
Monday Musings with AD | All Change Please
Another Monday musing with Lucy Bennett, showing that sometimes everyone has to think on their feet and go with the unknown...
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.
Find out moreJanuary 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.
Find out moreAnother Monday musing with Lucy Bennett, showing that sometimes everyone has to think on their feet and go with the unknown...
ArtsPool's Director Heather Worall talks about the journey to shape "Artificial Things" into an educational resource.
This week's musings with Lucy focuses on the female dancer...
This week's musings with Lucy answer a question we often get asked when making a new production.
Hannah reflects on the journey of The Awakening and performing at The Funky Llama festival in June...
This week's musings with Lucy Bennett show how platforms such as YouTube allow the opportunity to be constantly learning
Hannah writes a poem, telling us the story behind the duet Where we begin which she performed with Chris Pavia...
Another Monday with Artistic Director, Lucy Bennett - today's musings focus on the similarities between choreographers' ideas.
In our series of Artistic Director blogs, this Monday brings you The Awakening and behind the scenes of being a choregorapher.
Following on from Lucy's blog about creating via WhatsApp, here's Christian's view on the 5 day project working with the 2 dancers from Kenya...
Lucy writes about the new exciting creative process for Stopgap's collaboration with 2 East African companies
We hear from Hannah as she talks about her experience of teaching rep from The Awakening as part of an ISTD Springboard workshop at Urdang Academy in April.
'An absorbing encounter with grief and loss' a review from Sadler's Wells
Thank you so much to all who gave us such lovely feedback. Here's a compliation of responses for what has been a hectic but exciting week!
Christian talks us through his experience of Stopgap’s IRIS summer school.
Stopgap Dance Company co-produced a large scale outdoor show The Seafarers with Portsmouth Festivities, here's happened, plus a full-length video!
Stopgap Dance Company is delighted to announce that their recent work, Artificial Things is part of the new specification for GCSE Dance.
In this first blog about Stopgap's next major production The Enormous Room, Artistic Director Lucy Bennett talks about the overall concept and how ideas for the work developed and changed.
Artistic director, Lucy, writes about Hannah and Nadenh’s pathway to graduation.
Chris has been creating choreographic tasks to inspire Guildford Youth Company for their upcoming performance at our Winter Platform.
Here’s the conclusion of Lucy’s series on Artistic Identity
Lucy’s series continues: with part two focussing on Integration.
Artistic Director, Lucy Bennett, writes a series of blogs on Artistic Identity – here’s number one out of three.
'Exhilarating, emotional and provoking' a review from Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015