Executive Director Summary of Anatomy of Solidarity

What happens when communities make art together? Something remarkable. Seeta Patel Dance has spent the last few years in deep thought. In these fractured times of polarisation, division and othering, how can we learn from the solidarity movements and social action of the past? How can we come together to create a shared sense of […]
Go and See and Write #3

Welcome to the third and final round-up of 2025/26 of what the SPD team has been seeing, questioning and enjoying on stages and online. Our Go and See and Write programme invited every member of staff – not just those in artistic roles – to spend time in theatres, encounter other artists’ work, and write […]
Go and See and Write #2

Welcome to the second round-up of what the SPD team has been seeing, questioning and enjoying on stages. Our Go and See and Write programme invites every member of staff – not just those in artistic roles – to spend time in theatres, encounter other artists’ work, and write honestly about what they experience. Part […]
Go and See and Write

An evolving case study on training and professional development at SPD / Ian Abbott Welcome to our first round-up of what the SPD team has been seeing, questioning and enjoying on stages across the UK. Our new Go and See and Write programme invites every member of staff – not just those in artistic roles […]
It’s been a week since I presented the biggest work of my life.

It’s been a week since I presented the biggest work of my life. My new solo: Shree, and the large scale The Rite of Spring.
Black Lives Matters response: Superpowers

It’s been a week since I presented the biggest work of my life. My new solo: Shree, and the large scale The Rite of Spring.
Disturbing the ‘calm’ – ?

It’s been a week since I presented the biggest work of my life. My new solo: Shree, and the large scale The Rite of Spring.
Approaching a dance organisation/venue about Not Today’s Yesterday

It’s been a week since I presented the biggest work of my life. My new solo: Shree, and the large scale The Rite of Spring.