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Grounding Practice: Performance Symposium

A day-long programme shaped by our 12-month Performance in Practice residency, designed to support artists working across dance, movement, and live performance.

DatesSat 6 Dec 2025
Times2pm - 8pm
SpaceLancaster Rooms & River Rooms, New Wing
PriceFrom Free - £7. Each event is individually ticketed.

As part of our artist development strand, the Performance Symposium offers both a semi-educational platform and a space that values experimentation, process, and open-ended beginnings.

The programme brings together talks, performance, archival material and opportunities for connection, with contributions from Wet Mess, Jose Funnell, Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome, Live Art Development Agency (LADA), emilyn claid, Martin O’Brien, Ned McConnell, Sara Sassanelli, Tinisha Williams, and Gemma Rolls-Bentley.

Schedule

2pm - 8pm, LADA Archive, River Rooms | FREE

2pm - 3.30pm, Roundtable, Lancaster Rooms | Pay What You Can

4pm - 5.30pm, Artists’ Talk: Origins and Afterlives, Lancaster Rooms | Pay What You Can

5.30pm - 6.30pm Let’s Collab Babe! River Rooms | FREE

7pm - 8pm, Performance, Lancaster Rooms | Paid Ticket

Please note that each event is ticketed individually unless otherwise stated.

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