The votes have been counted and the judges have deliberated! We are very happy to announce that the winner of SLAPmoves is Dan Craddock with Rhythm is a Daniel!
We are very excited to work with him. You can see how the show has developed at Yorkshire Dance on the 1st of May.

If you missed the event at the Guildhall you can read a review of the evening from Michelle Dee here. 

Joshua Hubbard & Anton Hinchliffe - The Brightest of Carps 

It’s about nothing, its about something, and that is nothing….

Dan Craddock - Rhythm Is A Daniel

A dance master-class that will span the history of space, time and dance; this show is a one-man performance by DanieŁ, (see performer for correct pronunciation) teaching the world how to dance. Watch and engage as he attempts to create a real life dance company. Let the show commence!

Michael Robbins - GL_TCH.

A fragmented ballet.

Spaces pixelate, bodies distort, and sequences piece together in the wrong order.

Referencing ballet repertoire, the piece moves episodically through familiar imagery warping from it original form and has used apps as a choreographic tool to inform disruption. GL_TCH. is unsettling with ever-changing costume, counts, and music.

Christie Barnes - Agitated Atoms

The tiny wriggling atom who dances to make bigger things work. We played like microscopic atoms, we played like groups of atoms conducting the rhythm of the engine. The conclusion: a playful analysis, a playful gesture, a playful explosion of energy under the notion of thermodynamics.

Amy Lawrence - WHAT it’s not/and then SOME

WHAT it’s not/and the SOME is a dialectic between auditory,visual and physical experiences of the ‘moment’ using uncorrelated and correlated interactions exploring the problematic nature of the present moment, nostalgia and the audience’s gaze through a focus on hyperbolised gesture within an immersive environment using found footage/and then SOME.

With thanks to the North West Film Archive

Arnold & Whittle - Touch Tales

Touch Tales blurs the roles of dancer/musician to examine forms of touch.

“If the cello had hands it would play itself. Since it has none it has only one wish: to do what it is supposed to.”

What makes touch loving, manipulative, abusive? Does the cello want to be played?