The Generate Network

03/06/2026

Tickets are now available for 'An Evening with Generate' at Ilkeston Contemporary Arts Centre on Friday 24th July 6-8pm 🙌⬇️
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/generate2/2204163

The Generate Creatives will be showcasing our latest project a photography exhibit 'The Hollows' as well as showcasing our screendance 'An I Away From Science' and premiering a new spoken word piece!

You'll get to hear from members of the group and have a chance to chat and network with other older adult dancers and colleagues in the field. There are drinks and nibbles provided, I hope you can join us!

An Evening with Generate – ILKON (Ilkeston Contemporary Art Gallery), Fri 24 Jul 2026 - You are invited to join us for an evening with Generate!  Founded in 2025 by Dance Artist Karla Jones thanks to funding from Arts Council England, Generate encompasses an online network, connected via an acti...

21/05/2026

The Generate Network summer newsletter is now live! ⬇️

You can hear about what has happened already this summer as well as lots of exciting things to come! 🙌

There is a confirmed July evening event for us to get together, a July Dance in a Day workshop, updates from the older adult dance festivals happening this summer as well news from our friends and partners.

07/05/2026

What a fabulous day at HOST 2026!

DanceEast and EncoreEast curated such a wonderful experience for everyone involved!

Our highlights were the Gila Practice workshop with Galit Liss and of course seeing our screendance 'An I Away From Science' showcased amongst so many amazing films from around the world!

We also loved the double performance showcase and seeing our friends Sky Mirror Dance performing their latest piece, the East Midlands were out in force in the East of Engalnd!

23/04/2026

We're excited to announce that our screendance 'An I Away From Science' is one of only 5 films chosen to be showcased at Yorkshire Dance Ageless Festival in Leeds on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th July 🥳

The Generate Creatives will be there for both days, with our screening taking place on the Saturday morning.

The full festival line up is now available at: https://yorkshiredance.com/whats-on/event/ageless-2026/

You can grab an early bird festival pass before 31st May to get a 20% discount 🙌

11/04/2026

We've had the most incredible 2 days shooting The Hollows 💃📸

A huge thank you to National Justice Museum for the hire of the glorious City of Caves, the Abderrahim Crickmay Charitable Settlement for funding the project, David Wilson Clarke for the unbelievable skill needed to shoot in this location!

And above all the 10 dancers of the Generate Creatives who give all they are to these wonderful projects with trust and creativity ✨️

The exhibition will be held at ILKON during the summer as part of 'An Evening with Generate'

31/03/2026

A big thank you to all the dancers who made it to our first Dance in a Day of this year and our first since 2024!

It was a pleasure to share the beautiful studio Fabric Nottingham with you all! 🤗

If you missed out this time SAVE THE DATE for the next one, Tuesday 21st July 10am - 3pm bookings will open in May.

29/03/2026

2 spaces have become available on this week's Dance in a Day workshop, Tuesday 31st Marxh 10am - 3pm Fabric Nottingham, £25 per dancer

If you'd like to book please email [email protected] 😊

12/03/2026

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A fabulous blog written by Frances 50+ Contemporary Dance Sheffield ❤️

People Dancing is the development organisation for community and participatory dance

11/03/2026

Call out for older professional contemporary dancers!

Would you describe yourself as an older professional contemporary dancer?
If so, you are most welcome to come along and join us at one, some or all of the classes listed below.

These classes are aimed at dancers who have worked professionally as performer, teacher, and/or choreographer – dancers who have technical training/skills in contemporary dance. You may still be working in that capacity or your professional life may be a distant memory but you would love to get back into the studio and rediscover your plié!

Class will follow the familiar pattern of warm up exercises, technique (Graham/Cunningham) and travelling phrases. Then we will move on to learning and developing a longer phrase in the style of Alston.

This is the beginning of a much bigger project designed to create opportunities for older professional dancers to be able to train, create and perform new works - to have the opportunity to persuade our older bodies to sustain or rediscover the physical, technical and artistic challenges of dance that continue to bring us joy!

Friday 20th March - Albany Theatre Coventry in the Courtyard Studio

Wednesday 1st April - The Dance Hub Studio Birmingham

Wednesday 8th April - The Dance Hub Studio Birmingham

Friday 17th April - Albany Theatre Coventry in the Courtyard Studio

Friday 8th May - Albany Theatre Coventry in the Courtyard Studio.

All classes take place 6:00 - 7:30pm.

For more information and to book a free place please contact Sarah Jackson on [email protected]

04/03/2026

Such a wonderful The Guardian article shared by one of the Generate Creatives 😁

As Angela Rippon’s Let’s Dance campaign aims to get the nation moving this week, older dancers share how they overcame nerves to relish the benefits