Stopgap Dance Company

16/10/2026

What happens when you create without limits?

We caught up with some of the artists who took part in Creative Tank 2026 to hear about their experience — from discovering new ways of moving to connecting, collaborating and learning from one another.

Creative Tank is a space for curiosity. A space to share, question, play and discover what can happen when different perspectives and practices come together.

Thank you to everyone who showed up with such generosity and openness 🫶

Video Description: Three dancers share their reflections on Creative Tank in a series of interviews. Their words are interspersed with footage of disabled and non-disabled dancers moving, learning and creating together in the studio.

15/10/2026

We’re recruiting for an Assistant Producer, but have you ever wondered what a producer does?

At Stopgap, producers help make sure our work gets made and gets out into the world. They take new work from idea to delivery, and help make artistic visions possible.

As our Future Leaders Assistant Producer, you’d be right in the middle of it, supporting the coordination of the national and international tours of our productions RO-TES-រទេះ and Lived Fiction. You’d be mentored by our Executive Producer, Lucy Glover, and work closely with our Co-Artistic Directors.

To discover more about Future Leaders and the role, head to our website [link in comments!]

📅 Apply by 9th November, 10am

Image Description: A photo from the studio and text that reads ‘Work with us’, ‘Assistant Producer’. In the image, Stopgap’s Co-Artistic Director Lucy Bennett, a white person with curly black hair, kneels on the floor and talks to a group of disabled and non-disabled artists around her.

14/10/2026

“Inclusive culture brings different people together. We celebrate our differences and we use them. We don’t hide them or pretend we are the same. We learn from each other and move forward together.” [Senior Dance Artist, Nadenh Poan]

Lived Fiction's cast of diverse performers invite you to experience dance from multiple perspectives - Nadenh's solo 'Unplugged' is set to the sounds of his wheelchair, breath and the production’s poetic audio description, experience it in person, 29 & 30 January at Sadler's Wells Rose Prize!

[Image description: a shot taken during a performance of Lived Fiction. Nadenh Poan, a shirtless Cambodian wheelchair dancer, performing on a dimly lit stage. Creative captions projected on the black backdrop describe his movements - "Windmilling an arm, he tips sideways onto one wheel, balancing with one hand on the floor as he looks up at his other hand, fingers rubbing together as if seasoning the air." The blurred edges of the white text convey a sense of motion alongside Nadenh's dynamic performance.]

Photography by Jules Renahan for the 2024 Empower in Motion gala

09/10/2026

We can’t wait to perform Lived Fiction at on 29 & 30 January 2027! 💥

The last two days have been spent in tech rehearsal for Lived Fiction, as we prepare to share the work with audiences in January.

As a finalist for Rose Prize, we are excited to share Lived Fiction - a boundless, multisensory performance that invites us to imagine a future rich with the enterprise, potential and power of diversity.

Through sensual choreography, evocative audio description, exquisite projection art and creative captioning, Lived Fiction allows audiences to experience dance from multiple perspectives.

Come and experience dance differently.

🎟️Tickets are linked in our bio, make sure to grab yours now!

Video description: A montage of clips showing the seven disabled and non-disabled dancers of Lived Fiction rehearsing in a theatre space. Lights spread across the space, with strips of light flashing across the pale grey floor and warmer tones illuminating the dancers from the sides and above. The dancers rehearse in muted-toned costumes in shades of beige, pink, brown and grey.

09/10/2026

Stopgap’s Senior Dance Artist and Choreographer Nadenh Poan has had funding cut by 58%, vital support that enables him to thrive in the workplace.

Our Executive Producer Lucy Glover is featured in this Arts Professional article, highlighting the devastating impact of Access to Work cuts on Disabled artists.

Co-director of Second Hand Dance Rosie Heafford has claimed her Access to Work support has been reduced by 76% despite there being "no change in her needs or

06/10/2026

For Future Leaders alumna Annie-Rose, the programme opened doors for her career. As Assistant Producer, she found the year helped her develop decision-making and inclusive leadership skills.

We're proud to keep in touch with Annie-Rose and see her flourish as Learning and Engagement Coordinator with NYDC, Sadler's Wells

We're currently recruiting for Future Leaders round 3, take a look at the opportunity on our website 👉 stopgapdance.com/story/seeking-an-assistant-producer/

📅 Apply by 9th November

Image description: A quote and image of Annie-Rose. The quote in white text reads: ‘Future Leaders gave me the confidence, knowledge, and opportunity to thrive as a disabled leader’. It sits to the left on a black background, and on the right is a cut-out photo of Annie-Rose, a white disabled woman with a limb difference in her arms and forearms. She sits cross-legged and is mid-conversation.

30/09/2026

Half term is just around the corner ⏰

Join us for three jam-packed days of movement, activities and fun! Whether you love to dance already or have never tried it before, this holiday club is for you.

Suitable for ages 7 – 11 years. Everyone is welcome, no prior dance experience is needed.

Dates: 26 – 28 October
Time: 10.15am registration, 10.30 – 3.30pm
Where: Aldershot, Hampshire
Cost: £90 for 3 days

Find out more and book via our website, link in comments.

[Image description: a young Disabled dancer spins away from the camera with colourful ribbons on their white t-shirt trailing out behind them. Other dancers blurred in the background.]