Six dancers with painted faces, dressed in flowing earth-toned costumes, perform an expressive group movement outdoors as Selected Pitching Artists for Outdoor Dance Showcase, arms extended in unison against greenery and white railings.Six dancers with painted faces, dressed in flowing earth-toned costumes, perform an expressive group movement outdoors as Selected Pitching Artists for Outdoor Dance Showcase, arms extended in unison against greenery and white railings.

ODS 2022: Artist Pitches

Part of the Outdoor Dance Showcase 2022
  • Dates: 22 June, online

This event has now ended, however you can re-watch the Artist Pitching Session recording.

 

About the event

Discover new work from exciting artists and companies from the UK, as they present new outdoor dance projects to an audience of international promoters and presenters.

This is our first hybrid event with events in-person alongside the virtual platform Swapcard, where delegates can network with international artists and dance professionals. The platform includes instant messaging, video conferencing and online profiles, offering unique opportunities to connect and facilitate new relationships.

 

Pitching artists

Explore all the projects at the bottom of this page.

 

Shaped and delivered by XTRAX and FABRIC, the Outdoor Dance Showcase is presented as part of BIDF 2022 and is supported by Arts Council England. www.bidf.co.uk

Featured Image: Rite Of Spring, Seeta Patel Dance by Neil Terry Photography

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Meet the pitching artists and shows

Show
A person in mid-air appears to be falling backward onto a field, with dirt and grass flying around them. The sky is cloudy, and a large green rectangular frame stands in the background.

Where All Paths Lead

Artist: 2Faced Dance

Through the company’s trademark distinctive physicality, driven choreography, touches of parkour and complex partner work, 7 male dancers embrace the powerful possibilities…
Show
A person is leaping in mid-air above a colorful playground structure outdoors, while others stand or lean on the structure. Trees and greenery fill the background under a blue sky.

The Other Side

Artist: Ascension Dance Company

The Other Side is about our consumerism and as humans, our desire for more. The Other Side is a highly physical outdoor…
Show
A group of people operate a large, colorful puppet or sculpture of a human figure near a pond in a park, surrounded by lush green trees and a cloudy sky overhead.

Out of the Deep Blue

Artist: Autin Dance Theatre

An impactful dialogue around our earth’s climate emergency, told through dance, movement and masterful puppeteering. Ideal for family audiences.
Show
Four performers in colorful dresses and wigs dance around a small round table with a large decorated parasol in a busy city square as a crowd watches. Historic buildings and a church tower are visible in the background.

High Tea (with a twist)

Artist: Levantes Dance Theatre

Under the direction of choreographer/designer Eleni Edipidi; Levantes Dance Theatre creates contemporary circus performances which are witty, inclusive and visually strong. Their…
Show
Four kids in bright athletic clothing perform energetic parkour moves on a seaside promenade, jumping and flipping off wooden ramps, with the ocean and a few palm trees in the background.

Fish Out of Water

Artist: Michaela Cisarikova Dance Company

Fish Out Of Water is a fresh, multi-disciplinary outdoor dance performance, which explores themes of belonging, otherness, displacement and migrancy.
Show
A young man breakdances on artificial grass in an outdoor shopping area, balancing on one hand, while others watch and dance in the background near shops and a John Lewis store.

T-Break

Artist: Mickael "Marso" Riviere

T-Break is an outdoor 20-minute promenade, site-specific dance performance for adult and family audiences featuring live music. In T-Break, two worlds collide:…
Show
Five dancers in flowing costumes pose in a dramatic, symmetrical formation with arms extended outward, illuminated by blue and purple stage lighting against a plain backdrop.

The Rite of Spring – reimagined (outdoor version)

Artist: Seeta Patel

Seeta Patel Dance has reimagined Stravinsky’s iconic ballet ‘The Rite of Spring’ in the powerful classical Indian dance style Bharatanatyam.
Show
A woman in a muddy sari stands with her arms raised, holding onto colorful ropes in a room with bricks, earth, and a painted sign in the background. She looks intently ahead, her face and clothes smeared with mud.

Lives of Clay

Artist: Vidya Thirunarayan

Conceived and performed by Vidya Thirunarayan
Directed by Tim Supple
Director of Choreography Debbie Fionn Barr
Designer Julie Landau
Composer Barry Ganberg
Show
Three women in colorful traditional Indian clothing perform a joyful dance outdoors on a brick plaza, with city buildings and festive decorations visible in the background.

Mughal Miniatures

Artist: Sonia Sabri Company

Mughal Miniatures is inspired by, and offers a performative interpretation of, traditional miniature paintings. However, the narrative of the characters we meet…