As a culmination of her role as tanzhaus nrw‘s Factory Artist, Claire was due to curate the Choreography of Care symposium originally scheduled for mid-May.  The symposium would investigate how “Care” – caring for yourself and others – works, if careful attention is paid to artistic collaboration, research, rehearsals and performances, barriers and the audience? Claire has produced a … More about Choreography of Care

We’re very excited to announce that Claire has been selected to be one of  The Place’s Associate Artists on its Work Place Development programme. Joined by fellow dance artists Amy Bell and Vicki Igbokwe, the Work Place programme gives artists space to create and reflect, and platforms for performance. Claire will be working on a … More about Claire announced as Associate Artist at The Place

Open Call for trans disabled dancer Claire Cunningham is seeking a professional self-identifying disabled dancer who is a trans person of any gender identity, for their new work Thank You Very Much (Working Title). Claire is particularly interested in meeting and working with dancers who identify as BAME (black, Asian or minority ethnic) dancers for … More about Open Call for trans disabled dancer

Open Call for male disabled dancer Claire Cunningham is seeking a professional self-identifying disabled male dancer for their new work Thank You Very Much (Working Title). Claire is particularly interested in meeting and working with dancers who identify as BAME (black, Asian or minority ethnic) dancers for this work. You will need to be available … More about Call for Dancers

As part of Claire’s week of teaching at Perth International Arts Festival.  DADAA (the partners in the project) have created a blog documenting the week and for the participants to continue contributing to over the next year. Really beautiful to see some of the responses to the time. Click here to read the blog in … More about DADAA, Perth workshop blog

This week saw the release of Claire’s dance film as part of Sadler’s Wells 52 Portraits.  52 Portraits is a digital project by choreographer Jonathan Burrows, composer Matteo Fargion and video maker Hugo Glendinning and takes the form of a short gestural portrait of a dancer or performer with new addition released every Monday throughout 2016. Click … More about 52 Portraits

Continuing her tour of Australia, Claire has just arrived in Sydney where she will be doing a residency at Critical Path, the country’s leading centre for choreographic enquiry, research and development. On 19th & 20  March, Claire will be running her workshop ‘Permission to speak…‘ at Critical Path as part of Beyond the Training, a programme supported by Ausdance that … More about Beyond the training: Open Workshop in Sydney

We’re about to go into rehearsals for Guide Gods at the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock – before heading down under with the show to the Perth International Arts Festival. I’m packing for both places – shorts, sun cream, fleeces, sou’wester. It’s a major operation to take a show abroad which calls for much planning … More about Guide Gods goes to a land down under – Derek Nisbet