This year we had the privilege of collaborating with the patients and staff at St.Christopher’s Hospice. Choreographer Anita Wadsworth and Dancer Louise Klarnett share their reflections. Images by Ben Joseph ‘I knew that we had to create something that we could perform, but also adapt to the needs of the participants. I chose to create […]
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Communities and Continents!
I’ve had so much fun over the last 10 years, building a dance career, creating new communities (focused on Croydon) and setting up SLiDE with Anita. It is a rich and rewarding career and I’ve met some incredible people, many of whom are now friends for life. Leaving all this behind to travel for nine […]
Street SLiDE – an update from Corinne.
Dance artist Corinne Meredith has been working with SLiDE on our new Street Dance project, where she has been supporting the group and our street dance teachers Brandon and Angus who are graduates of The BRIT School. We asked her what she enjoys about the project and what else she is up to… So, we’re […]
Come ceilidh with us!
Woo hoo! It’s time for the annual SLiDE fundraising ceilidh! SATURDAY 21st NOVEMBER 7.30-10.30pm VENUE: Selsdon Halls, 132 Addington Road, South Croydon, CR2 8LA (underneath Sainsbury’s) Great fun for ALL AGES as we skip, promenade and do-si-do our way through the evening! There’s time along the way for a quick ploughmans supper (that’s a plateful […]
Could you be a SLiDE Champion?
SLiDE is recruiting a small group of champions to help us grow. We need people who know a little bit about SLiDE and would be interested in contributing to the future direction of the company. That means helping us to make decisions about the types of projects we run. We’d also like our champions to […]
People vs Slide: 2 day countdown….
THIS weekend we are sliding for slide and we are looking for your support! SLiDE Artists, Directors, Dancers, family and friends will be sliding and dancing all weekend across Croydon. You can get sponsored and slide with us for a day, meet us for a boogie in one of the parks en route* or (and equally […]
The Art of Asking
This book literally just popped through my letter box, pretty good timing as we’re reaching out to ask for your support! Our fun-raiser is almost upon us and already we’ve had some pledges of support in, we’re so grateful. We’ve also had some fun challenges, so you’ll probably find us sliding whilst trying to drink […]
On a myth busting mission…
At SLiDE we think it’s time to demystify some dance myths and really get to the bottom of that age old question: so what is creative dance? We’re going to start by explaining what it’s not. It’s not….. …spending time in a dance studio channelling your inner tree. …being asked to devise a 30 second […]
New journeys, new destinations
We (that’s Anita & Gemma) seem to be all over the place at the moment. But in a really good way, as SLIDE is moving upwards and all kinds of ways. 2015 is about developing our community projects with new monthly dance workshop for adults with learning disabilities, in collaboration with CALAT and Club Soda. […]
The winners are…
Last time I looked we were dancing in a park in glorious sun! But time has flown and what with little people starting school, Gemma dancing in Japan, sliding down slides AND a nomination to be Croydon Art Champion, we have been busy! So what next? We are excitedly planning our ceilidh for Saturday 29th […]
