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Finding the Balance

Artistic Director Lucy considers the balance inclusion needs to find; between dancers who need translation and dancers who need body specific clarity.

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Seedbed - A Pathway to Teaching Inclusively

Find out more about what to expect from our teacher training course and how it supports your journey to becoming a teacher of our inclusive syllabus, IRIS.

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Chris Pavia dancing in the studio.

Journey to Inclusion

Our Executive Producer Sho Shibata, sheds some light on Dancer Chris Pavia's dance journey and what he brings to the company as an artist, and more importantly, as an individual.

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Why IRIS?

Artistic Director Lucy Bennett tells us more about IRIS, Stopgap’s inclusive dance syllabus; how it started and what we hope it can achieve.

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KJ at an outdoor performance of Frock.

Dancing After Having a Baby

KJ gives her advice and experience of going back to work as a dancer after having a baby.

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Sander dancing in the studio.

Sg2 Top Tips - Sander

Sander gives 3 top tips for starting your dance training

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Five ways to stay fit and healthy over summer

Fin shares five ways to help any dancer stay strong and healthy during over the summer.

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The Arts and Social Impact | A view from Stopgap Dance Co

Our Executive Producer Sho Shibata elaborates on how Stopgap's artistic and developmental work strategically align to make a difference in the wider world and the industry.

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Hannah's Top Tips

As the new Sg2 have their induction day Hannah offers some of her top tips...

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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...

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Monday Musings with AD | A Helping Hand

This week's musings with Lucy focuses on the female dancer...

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Monday Musings with AD | Making a new piece of work

This week's musings with Lucy answer a question we often get asked when making a new production.

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Monday Musings with AD | YouTube

This week's musings with Lucy Bennett show how platforms such as YouTube allow the opportunity to be constantly learning

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Monday Musings with AD | 'Zeitgeist'

Another Monday with Artistic Director, Lucy Bennett - today's musings focus on the similarities between choreographers' ideas.

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Monday Musings with AD | The Awakening

In our series of Artistic Director blogs, this Monday brings you The Awakening and behind the scenes of being a choregorapher.

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Monday Musings with AD | Creating via WhatsApp

Lucy writes about the new exciting creative process for Stopgap's collaboration with 2 East African companies

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ISTD Springboard | Hannah's reflections

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.

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IRIS Teacher Training

Christian talks us through his experience of Stopgap’s IRIS summer school.

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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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Nadenh and Hannah in The Awakening. Nadenh tips back on the main wheels of his wheelchair. Hannah is behind him, leaning forwards to take Nadenh's weight. His head rests on her shoulder.

Sg2 Graduates!

Artistic director, Lucy, writes about Hannah and Nadenh’s pathway to graduation.

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Chris' Choreography Inspiration

Chris has been creating choreographic tasks to inspire Guildford Youth Company for their upcoming performance at our Winter Platform.

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Artistic Identity (part 3) | by Lucy Bennett

Here’s the conclusion of Lucy’s series on Artistic Identity

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Artistic Identity (part 2) | by Lucy Bennett

Lucy’s series continues: with part two focussing on Integration.

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Artistic Identity (part 1) | by Lucy Bennett

Artistic Director, Lucy Bennett, writes a series of blogs on Artistic Identity – here’s number one out of three.

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