Neon Dance

24/01/2025

Due to severe weather affecting travel Theo Clinkard is sadly unable to run our Making Connections session today however happy to report the amazing Pepa Ubera will step in! Find out more about Pepa's interdisciplinary practice here: http://pepaubera.com

23/01/2025

Loved having local artist Sheryll Fox join us during our December Making Connections session. We're back at Swindon Dance tomorrow from 1.30pm and can't wait to welcome everyone. Meet, Connect, Dance: https://www.neondance.org/making-connections

C R E A T I V E – I found 'Making Connections' in December at Swindon Dance really inspiring. This meter-square painting is one of two I made from sketches of the session (the other one is almost finished) and I have included some quick sketches here. The movement session was beautifully led by Yael Flexer from Flexer & Sandiland.

I’ll be sketching moving dancers again tomorrow. This month’s meet-up is led by Theo Clinkard and anyone is welcome to join in the inclusive movement work. It starts at 1.30 pm.

Neon Dance 👈 Here’s where you need to go to book your free place or to find out more.

Thanks to Sarah and Adrienne for inviting me into your creative space.

03/01/2025

Our Making Connections sessions continue at Swindon Dance this month with guest facilitator Theo Clinkard delivering a 2-hour workshop from 1.30pm Friday 24th January. Designed for Swindon & Southwest creatives + free to attend. Dance, Create, Connect: https://www.neondance.org/making-connections

13/12/2024

10/12/2024

Do you make dance happen? If you're involved in the dance industry in any capacity, there's a survey currently open to allow you to share your thoughts and opinions.

It's been put together by the Future Ecologies: Producing Dance Network, which aims to work towards a sustainable and inclusive future for the dance sector. There's a draw for a £100 voucher for contributing.

Here's the link: arts.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aeYJ34bqZf9uh0O

📷 From Neon Dance's current Making Connections series in Swindon, c. Tiger Watts.

22/11/2024

"These moments of exchange are critical to keep us inspired and to bring us together."

Yael Flexer of Flexer & Sandiland tells us more about what to expect at our improvisatory workshop next Friday (29 Nov) at Swindon Dance. Organised by South West creatives for South West creatives - join us for a free afternoon workshop and networking session. Find out more via the link in comments 👇

19/11/2024

Happy 30th birthday to Arts Council England🥳 Thanks to National Lottery Project grants we have been able to connect, create and develop as an organisation for almost 20 years! It’s humbling to be a small part of an amazing network of people and communities who have benefitted.

11/11/2024

Join us at Swindon Dance! If you're a Swindon or South West creative then Making Connections is for you. Designed as a space to develop your practice as well as meet others, this month's 2-hour workshop will be lead by dancer Yael Flexer and followed by an informal meet-up.

The improvisatory workshop will focus on developing a connection to our bodies and each other, drawing on ideas from Yael's productions Imagining Otherwise and Acting Our Age, created with Nic Sandiland for their company Flexer & Sandiland.

Next session: Fri 29 Nov @ Swindon Dance, 1.30pm

Come and explore approaches to getting your creativity flowing - you don't need to be a dancer to take part.

with Neon Dance and Sarah Lorraine Ferris

21/10/2024

Come join us this Friday 1.30 - 4.30pm for our October Making Connections session at Swindon Dance! We'll be joined by guest artist Thomas Page.🤩To find out more about Making Connections: https://www.neondance.org/making-connections

15/09/2024

Mechanical Bloom, 2022
robotic creature
(PLA, nylon, steel, silicon rubber, servo motors)

*part of Prehensions Bloom project by Ana Rajcevic, Adrienne Hart (Neon Dance) and Hemma Philamore (Bristol Robotics Lab, University of Bristol)

Design: Ana Rajcevic
Robotics and telepresence: Hemma Philamore, Alix Partridge, Calum Gillespie (Bristol Robotics Lab, University of Bristol)
Computer-Aided Design and 3D Print: Alix Partridge, Charlie Hope, Star Holdon
Performance Animatronics: Charlie Hope, Star Holdon
Photography: Ana Rajcevic

05/09/2024

We're thrilled to be able to offer this free monthly event for Swindon and Southwest creatives thanks to Arts Council England and Swindon Dance. The first session begins Friday 27th September with guest artists Helen Ganberg and Mark Powell (Prime Theatre) leading an improv session on movement and text! To sign up and find out more about the initiative: https://www.neondance.org/making-connections

18/08/2024

Love seeing our collaborative project 'Mechanical Bloom' on the front page of the uber talented Ana Rajcevic Studio PhD book “Chimera: the Animal, the Machine, and the Almost Human”!

19/07/2024

Signal Festival kicks off next week and we're proud sponsors! Signal is led by 6 young producers, all artists under 28 who grew up and make work in . We'll be delivering a workshop and careers talk Wednesday 23rd July 2-4pm and a live improvised performance ft. dance artists Aoi Nakamura and musician Barry Ganberg at 5pm on Saturday 27th July. Tickets are just £2 per event. Book now:

With events held across Swindon, Signal Festival will bring music, dance, theatre, words, digital art and visual art to all! Find out more about the full line up.

16/07/2024

Neon's Summer Newsletter out now! Take part, be inspired and get creative this summer: https://mailchi.mp/9d8cf3748d5f/cultural-connector-alumni-newsletter-6742859 📸dancer Fukiko Takase pic by Miles Hart Photography.

04/05/2024

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“Last and the First Man” premier at 2024
Captured by at the main stage of one of my favourite venues in Berlin,

Presenting my work with at a full house was truly a magical way to mark 10 years of our fruitful collaboration. 🥰

Body-extensions and artefacts (still nameless - but I’m on it) are inspired by spider morphologies, and their ability to create spider web structures. Specifically, I looked at three-dimensional ‘cobwebs’ and spiders’ mooring threads, that connect spider’s webs to surfaces while also creating surface-to-surface connections.

The performance is set against the backdrop of Johann Jóhannsson’s 16mm black and white film Last and First Men (2020), which is based on the ground-breaking 1930 sci-fi novel by Olaf Stapledon.
To make this collaboration even more special, the film features abstract stone monuments (that we call “Spomenik”) erected during the communist era in the former Yugoslav republics (which happens to be my birthplace).

*The pre-premier of this work was presented at the in London in 2023.

Performance and direction: Adrienne Hart
Body Extensions and artefacts: Ana Rajcevic
Composition: Johann Jóhannsson and
Choreography: , , .nakamura8 and Makiko Aoyama
Costume design: Mikio Sakabe ( ) and Ana Rajcevic
Narration from the 👑 Tilda Swinton .tilda
Lighting Design: Nico De Rooij
Project Management: Maeve O’Neill

25/04/2024

24/04/2024

New trailer alert!

LAST AND FIRST MEN by Neon Dance, Johann Johannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman, narration by Tilda Swinton.

Created by Neon Dance
Concept & Direction: Adrienne Hart
Film: Jóhann Jóhannsson
Musical Direction: Yair Elazar Glotman
Composition: Johann Jóhannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman
Choreography: Adrienne Hart in collaboration with Fukiko Takase, Kelvin Kilonzo, Aoi Nakamura, Makiko Aoyama
Dance Performance: Fukiko Takase, Kelvin Kilonzo, Aoi Nakamura
Music Performance: Yair Elazar Glotman, Viktor Orri Árnason, Else Torp & Echo Collective (Margaret Hermant, violin | Neil Leiter, viola | Charlotte Danhier, cello | Jaroslaw Mroz, Bass)
Lighting Design: Nico De Rooij
Costume Design: Mikio Sakabe & Ana Rajcevic
Artefacts: Ana Rajcevic Studio
Technical Management: Rick Vincent Will
Video Trailer: Ralph van Boeschoten
Photography: Miles Hart
Graphic Design: Naile Muslu
International Tour Management:
Disk Agency / Remco Schuurbiers
Project Management: Maeve O’Neill
Supported by: CTM Festival Berlin, Rewire Festival, Sadler’s Wells, Swindon Dance, Pavilion Dance South West
Funded by: Arts Council England
Footage taken from our live music premiere at Rewire 2024.

LAST AND FIRST MEN by NEON DANCE, Jóhann Jóhannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman, narration by Tilda Swinton Credits - Created by Neon Dance Concept…