Vivien Wood premiers her new production at Dance City this July, exploring how living in exile affects your sense of belonging and what it means when you return home.

Exile, a Dance City commission and part of the Lindisfarne Gospels cultural programme, is a beautiful physical theatre piece inspired by the journey of the Lindisfarne monks and the importance of the Gospels in retaining everything that was important to them such as their code of practice, their philosophy and their culture.

Exile is a visual and aural journey through ...

Dance City are supporting 22 choreographers and their companies as part of Creative Summer, a free studio space offer from July to September 2013.

Creative Summer supports dance artists and companies by giving them a free residency to research, develop and create new work in Dance City’s theatre and studios. Dance City offers a range of spaces for single days to a week without charge. In addition, artists have access to technical support and professional development advice. This year the choreographers who have been chosen from across the country ...

Dance City and TIN Arts are inviting interested individuals and organisations to attend an open meeting to discuss the possible formation of a North East Inclusive Dance Network.

The open meeting will take place at Dance City in Newcastle on Tuesday 18th June from 1.00 – 3.00pm. It is for anybody who is interested in talking about the future of inclusive dance in the North East of England and is for disabled and non-disabled artists, supporters, organisers and providers.

The open meeting at Dance City will aim to explore ...

The Unfolding Sky: Turner in the North is a vibrant re-imagining of the extraordinary depictions of the Northumberland countryside, captured on canvas by the great English landscape painter JMW Turner.

This performance is a collaboration between Artistic Director Dora Frankel and composer Peter Coyte and is inspired by JMW Turner’s tour of Northumberland and County Durham in 1797.

Alongside the performance at Dance City there will be an exhibition of work that captures the essence of Dora Frankel’s choreography by artist Michael Morgan and artists from North Tyneside Arts ...

Ours was the Fen Country is Dan Canham’s new dance-theatre show which takes inspiration from the stark and beautiful landscape of the Fens in East Anglia.

Over the past two years Dan has been travelling through the Fens spending time with people who live and work there and recording stories and conversations. Over time, the focus of the research has led him to seek out those who are rare and uncommon - whose way of life is under threat. He has spoken with eel-catchers, farmers, parish councillors, museum keepers, ...