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List of press Articles

  1. Two plus sized dancers wearing varying skin toned, body hugging shorts and bras, stand at a ballet bar. They stare out towards us, asking us to question what we see.

    Dance Body Statement

  2. Image of two dancers in the frame. They both are wearing red tracksuits and black trainers. In the background behind them is a blue circle to the left. Two green lines also appear in the background.

    Stomping Ground Commission Call Out 2022

  3. A dancer in a white vest and trousers pirouettes in a dark room, a grid of light projected onto him and the walls behind him. Audience members can be seen around the frame of the image.

    Rural Touring Dance Initiative 3 awarded national funding

  4. Image of Farooq Chaudhry. This image is black and white. Farooq smiles into the camera and wears a dark tracktop.

    Farooq Chaudhry becomes patron of The Place

  5. The cabin door of a truck opens, spewing eerie blue smoke. Silhouetted by a bright blue light that cuts through the darkness of night, a figure wearing an astronaut uniform begins to emerge.

    Requardt & Rosenberg's Future Cargo comes to King's Cross Summer Sounds

  6. An illustration of an adult dancing with a child. The background is light blue and there is illustrations of bunting.

    Family Dance Day returns to The Place

  7. Image of Bob Lockyer. Bob looks into the camera with his arms folded. He is wearing a pink shirt with a black cardigan over the top.

    Remembering Bob Lockyer OBE

  8. Image of Shaparak Rahimi. Shaparak has dark hair and is wearing a yellow cardigan and a blue top. She is smiling.

    Shaparak Rahimi joins The Place's Board of Governors

  9. Image of SWEAT Festival logo. At the bottom of the image is is a series of collages of people dancing. The letters D A N C E are scattered on the image. The background colour of the image is red.

    LCDS presents at SWEAT Hong Kong International Dance Festival

  10. Black and white headshot of Andrea, a white woman

    Andrea Barzey joins The Place as Head of Widening Participation and Recruitment

  11. The Place announces Choreodrome 2022 artists

  12. Image of Stephanie De'Ath. Steph has light brown hair and smiles at the camera. She is wearing a dark top.

    Stephanie De'Ath appointed Head of Dance Science at LCDS