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Amy and Hannah from the Awakening cast in an intricate duet of hands.

Why we made The Awakening | Part 1

Prior to the London premiere of Chris’ new outdoor work at Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, Company Producer Sho Shibata talks about what makes Chris’ work so appealing (Part 1 of a 2 Part blog).

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Nadenh Poan and Hannah Sampson in The Awakening

Chris on the creation of The Awakening

Our learning disabled dance artist Chris Pavia has done a quick Q&A about his inspiration behind our new outdoor production The Awakening.

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Amy as she leads dance class.

Amy's Creation Blog | Part 1

Amy has been commissioned to choreograph a short dance work for Sg2's new mixed bill Exhibition, funded through Arts Council's Strategic Touring Scheme, touring in Autumn 14. In this 2 part blog Amy explains her ideas for her choreography and where she hopes it will lead.

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Artificial Things Group photo

Artificial Things | ★★★★ Exeunt Magazine

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

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Nadenh in The Awakening

Your Reaction | The Awakening premiere (16 May)

Your thoughts on the UK premiere of The Awakening at the Integrated Dance Summit, Pavilion Dance South West.

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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 Group photo

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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Surrey, GU9 7QR
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