As another year in creative learning draws to a close with our annual Winter Platform, we reflect on the sense of community fostered in our youth companies, sharing all the ways we nurture young disabled dancers and invest in their progression.
Emily Lue-Fong, former Professional Placement student turned Frock understudy and Access worker, and mentor Christian Brinklow share their experiences and learnings from Emily’s year with the company…
In this signature blog, dancer and emerging choreographer Nadenh Poan reflects on his latest choreographic project with content and access artist Lily Norton
Content and Access Artist Lily asks the question ‘How can autistic and learning-disabled artists be empowered to develop and progress their creative voice and practice?’.
Considering the impact of the pandemic on inclusive dance education, featuring insights from Stopgap’s Creative Learning artists
In this Signature Blog our outgoing Communications Manager, Helga Brandt, spent time with some of Stopgap's new mothers to reflect on balancing a career in the dance industry with parenthood...
Lauren, Stopgap’s Access Worker, shares some insightful reflections on leading improvisation workshops with Fin, who is an autistic dancer and one of our Sg2 Apprentices.
Tom Goodwin reflects on his role supporting Chris Pavia in his latest independent choreographic project…
Lauren Trim, Stopgap's Access Worker, dives deeper into her love for improvisation...
Our Executive Producer, Sho Shibata, writes about what we learned from sustaining inclusive dance classes during a pandemic...
Founding Artistic Director Vicki Balaam continues to reflect on the origins of Stopgap and her personal journey with the company
Get grounded with our Home Practice Groundwork series...
Vicki Balaam, Founder of Stopgap and current Chair of our board, reflects on humble beginnings and those that supported the company from it's inception...
Our new season of Home Practice starts 11 January, so we wanted to reflect back on when the pandemic began and how we evolved Home Practice.
Today Hannah shares with you her Home Practice diary and discusses a few of the key points from a selection of her favourite sessions from last year.
Amy reflects on this year full of change, with personal anecdotes from what has been a very strange and unpredictable year...
Happy world ballet day 2020! Before access worker Millie left Stopgap, she was really interested in how we could translate classical ballet and make it accessible. This blog contains some of her research and ways to approach translating ballet.
Anna has been one of the masterminds behind getting Home Practice online and out to the world. In this blog she talks all things YouTube, offering us an insight into the highs and lows of getting Home Practice out to you all!
Access worker, understudy and Youth Company teacher Millie (Amelia Clarke) reflects on the evolution of her duties as an access worker in the pandemic…
We’re bringing you a few reflections from Dave, as he reflects back on his career highlights, dance and a little bit of politics.
Artistic Director Lucy Bennett explores the origins of 'translation' for Stopgap, and reflects on its development and importance over the years...
Welcome to the second week of Stopgap’s NEW online dance programme: HOME PRACTICE. In this blog Tom introduces our Home Practice Seeds...
Welcome to Week One of Stopgap's NEW online dance programme