Disability, Dance, and Inclusive Creativity | An Open Dialogo panel discussion
Artists and organisations from Italy and England reflect on their artistic exchange experiences.
Pausing with Purpose | Reflecting is not the same as resting
Co-Artistic Director Lucy Bennett shares insights from our reflective start to the year
An Inclusive and Equitable Dance Sector | Future Leaders Webinar
Join us for an engaging webinar exploring how we can increase the number of Deaf, Disabled, and neurodivergent leaders in the dance industry
Is clarity an inclusive practice? | Rehearsal Director Reflections
Stopgap Rehearsal Director Amy Butler reflects on how clarity can foster inclusive practices
Inclusive Community Choreography CPD | inspiring you with new ideas
Enhance your skills and ignite new ideas with this engaging inclusive community choreography workshop.
Supporting our mental health | Mental Health Awareness Week 2024
This Mental Health Awareness Week, the Stopgap team share their the things that they do to support their mental health, both at work and in their lives.
Nurturing the Disabled Leaders of Tomorrow | An interview with our inaugural Future Leaders
Assistant Producer/General Manager, Annie-Rose Grantham's journey reflections so far and her hopes for the future.
Collaborating as Co-Artistic Directors | An interview with Laura Jones & Lucy Bennett
We catch up with Lucy and Laura after a year of collaborating as Co-Artistic Directors
Reflections on a Dance Journey | An interview with Dermot Farrell
Meet one of our associate artists Dermot Farrell as he reflects on his personal dance journey in an interview with our Access Artist Lily Norton.
Pursuing Inclusivity | Supporting Disabled Students in A-level Dance
Creative Learning Mananger Belinda Preston speaks with Co-Artistic Director Laura Jones to reflect on her experience of taking A-level Dance as a wheelchair user and to offer advice for young disabled dancers and their teachers.
Get Dancing! | Join us as a volunteer
We're seeking volunteers to help support our weekly youth dance companies across Surrey and Hampshire
Who gets to be lucky? | Flipping the script with Lived Fiction
Co-Artistic Director Lucy Bennett introduces the thinking behind Stopgap’s evolving approach to making and platforming work with and by Disabled dance artists.
Summer 2023 | Artist Reflections
We share a glimpse into some of the projects our dance artists have been part of this summer...
Sharing Inclusive Dance Practice Internationally | Dance Documentary
Watch a short documentary on our recent international collaboration with Italian Cultural Institution, Oriente Occidente
Advocating for Change | Bringing Together Disabled Dance Leaders
Project Manager James Greenhalgh outlines the 2022-2023 collaboration between Oriente Occidente and Stopgap Dance Company to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in the Italian and UK dance scenes.
Constantly Learning | Reflections from Phil, our Professional Placement Student
Phil reflects on their time as our Professional Placement Student from Northern School of Contemporary Dance
My Placement with Stopgap | Angela's Reflections
Angela Bettoni shares with us some reflections from her placement with Stopgap.
Introducing Open Dialogo | a bilateral exchange project for dance and disability
Introducing Open Dialogo - a project igniting cultural exchange through sharing best practice in dance and disability.
Never Stop Learning | The impact of Home Practice
As our Home Practice journey comes to an end, Communications Manager, Hollie Park, catches up with Rehearsal Director and Home Practice Teacher, Amy Butler and Content and Access Artist, Lily Norton to reflect on the project, and discover what we have learned on both an individual and organisational level.
Celebrating the longevity of Stopgap Dance Company | Top tips for inclusive success
January 2023 marked 20 years since Lucy, Laura and Chris began their careers with Stopgap Dance Company. Lucy and Laura are now Co-Artistic Directors, and Chris is a resident choreographer. To mark the achievements of the last 20-years, Executive Producer Sho Shibata spoke to the Co-Artistic Directors Lucy and Laura to come up with some top tips on how to grow a successful inclusive company.
Cultivating Community | Creating a sense of belonging through Youth Dance
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.
Fertile Ground | Creative collaborations to grow an inclusive digital version of IRIS
In this signature blog, Projects Manager James Greenhalgh invites the artists and collaborators behind Dance for Kids with IRIS to share their insights on the creation process
Supporting Marginalised Artists to Thrive | Introducing Chris Pavia’s new outdoor dance work
Executive Producer Sho Shibata shares an insight to Chris Pavia and his work and invites other key industry players to support more marginalised artists.
Professional Placement | Nurturing a space for 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…