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Cast from Artificial Things film

Artificial Things | Sarah Crompton's five best dance of 2020

'With the dancers moving from anxiety to uncertain joy, felt like a summary of the year'

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Cast from Artificial Things film

Artificial Things featuring David Toole to be broadcast on BBC

In memory of Dave Toole and to mark 25th anniversary of Disability Discrimination Act, BBC Arts are broadcasting our dance film Artificial Things on Weds 18 November on BBC Four.

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Dave Toole looking thoughtful, leaning on his left elbow, with his right hand touching his chin.

Musings from Sir Dave

We’re bringing you a few reflections from Dave, as he reflects back on his career highlights, dance and a little bit of politics.

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Artificial Things overlaid with Dance Screen 2019 Best Screen Choreography over 15 minutes award logo.

Artificial Things wins the prestigious dancescreen award

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Film Still from Artificial Things

Artificial Things comes to BBC iPlayer

We are very excited to announce that our Artificial Things film will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer from Sunday 31st March! Read the full announcement here...

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Cast from Artificial Things film

Artificial Things the film selected for prestigious IDFA in November

Artificial Things - the film will be shown at IDFA the acclaimed interntational film festival in Amsterdam throughout this month.

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The GCSE journey of Artificial Things

ArtsPool's Director Heather Worall talks about the journey to shape "Artificial Things" into an educational resource.

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Amy Butler and Dave Toole in Artificial Things

Artificial Things included in new GCSE Dance syllabus

Stopgap Dance Company is delighted to announce that their recent work, Artificial Things is part of the new specification for GCSE Dance. 

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Dave Toole and Laura Jones in Artificial Things

Artificial Things | ★★★★ Edinburgh Guide

'Exhilarating, emotional and provoking' a review from Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015

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Stopgap at Move It!

Julia, the company’s Research Assistant, writes a blog about Stopgap’s guest appearance on the main stage at Move it, the UK’s biggest dance exhibition which takes place annually at Olympia, London.

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Artificial Things | ★★★★ Exeunt Magazine

'Bold and disarming' a review from Sadler's Wells

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Amy Butler and Dave Toole in Artificial Things

Your Reaction | Artificial Things at Sadler's Wells (14 May)

Your thoughts on the second night of Artificial Things at Sadler's Wells.

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A photo from Artificial Things (2014) with two standing dancers balanced on upturned stools.

Your Reaction | Artificial Things at Sadler's Wells (13 May)

Your thoughts on the first night of Artificial Things at Sadler's Wells.

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Artificial Things cast members

Artificial Things | Ideas and Creative Process

Artistic Director, Lucy, divulges where the initial idea for Artificial Things originated and how the dancers are crucial in the creative process.

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Artificial Things | Design

Anna Jones our Theatre and Costume Designer for Artificial Things explains where the creative ideas appeared from.

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Amy Butler and Dave Toole in Artificial Things

Artificial Things | Composers

All three of Artificial Things composers have written about their experiences during the creation process.

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Arts head: Lucy Bennett, artistic director, Stopgap Dance Company The Guardian Interview

The creative chief on diversity in dance, challenging the artform's accepted rules and why the best ideas begin over a cuppa

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Artificial Things cast members

David on Section Two of Artificial Things

David explains the ideas behind section two of Artificial Things

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Artificial Things cast members

Laura's Chicken phrase adaptations

The second section of Artificial Things is where everything gets a bit manic – the storm before the calm as it were. In this section there is a phrase created by Laura, which has been made into a unison section – otherwise known as the chicken phrase.

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Composer Andy on working with Stopgap

During creation at Zinc Arts, Andy Higgs, composer for the final section of Artificial Things, has set up his own studio next to the dancers to start creating the music. He has written a blog about the experience.

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Dave Toole dancing with Laura in Artificial Things

Dave Toole on working with Stopgap again

Dave writes about returning to Stopgap to work on Artificial Things

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Chris in his role in Artificial Things

Chris' Artificial Things character development

Chris has been working on developing his character in Artificial Things

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Workshop with RootlessRoot

Working with Jozef from RootlessRoot

Amy, David and Chris write about working with Jozef Frucek from RootlessRoot.

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Photo of Lucy Bennett kneeling on the floor, writing into a notebook.

Artificial Things | An Insight from the Artistic Director Lucy Bennett

Lucy talks about what Yoshifumi is developing in the studio.

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