Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

Charlotte Jackson: On Record

#OnRecord #TrinityLaban #CharlotteJackson #AmadeaTopalli #VickyChurcher Charlotte Jackson's 'Autumnal' is inspired by the wide variety of sounds and colours associated with the autumn season. The piece blends quick playful melodies with harsh and dense textures, alongside sombre drone-like moments.  On Record is Trinity Laban's YouTube series featuring original works. Each session is filmed and recorded in one continuous take in our studio in King Charles Court, Greenwich, where you'll find the bustling home of our music students. Performers Amadea Topalli - Alto Saxophone Vicky Churcher - Clarinet Production Credits Imogen Copp - Series Producer Tara Hughes - Design Callum Chaplin - Cinematography Callum McCreath - Recording Engineer Rob Pemberton - Mix & Mastering Engineer Tarsier Creative - Production Company About Trinity Laban Trinity Laban is a world-leading conservatoire that redefines excellence. We create pioneers, focusing on the artistic freedom and transformation of our students. A community of global collaborators, we lead the arts across genres and beyond convention through innovative research, experimentation, and outreach. Against a backdrop of stunning architecture in the creative heart of South East London, Trinity Laban is where change happens. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trinitylaban/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@trinitylaban Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trinity.laban Site: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/"

Miles Bridges: On Record

#OnRecord #TrinityLaban #MilesBridges #LouisDePedro #WillGreaves #GeorgeGreenland Inspired by progressive rock bands including King Crimson, Yes, Rush and Porcupine Tree, second-year BA Music Performance and Industry student Miles Bridges and his band perform his song 'Mr Benn'. On Record is Trinity Laban's YouTube series featuring original works. Each session is filmed and recorded in one continuous take in our studio in King Charles Court, Greenwich, where you'll find the bustling home of our music students. Performers Miles Bridges - Guitar Louis De Pedro - Drums Will Greaves - Keys George Greenland - Bass Production Credits Imogen Copp - Series Producer Tara Hughes - Design Callum Chaplin - Cinematography Callum McCreath - Recording Engineer Rob Pemberton - Mix & Mastering Engineer Tarsier Creative - Production Company About Trinity Laban Trinity Laban is a world-leading conservatoire that redefines excellence. We create pioneers, focusing on the artistic freedom and transformation of our students. A community of global collaborators, we lead the arts across genres and beyond convention through innovative research, experimentation, and outreach. Against a backdrop of stunning architecture in the creative heart of South East London, Trinity Laban is where change happens. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trinitylaban/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@trinitylaban Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trinity.laban Site: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/

Cori Smith: On Record

#OnRecord #TrinityLaban #CoriSmith #OwenSpafford "‘Another Rainy Day Polska’ is inspired by the relentless, horizontal rain that rages across the North Pennines, forcing me to stay inside writing tunes. Spinning, trance-like melodies morph into an electrifying groove-based tune, as tales from the forest meet daydreams in the big city." - Cori Smith, Composition Student Cori became enthralled by the fiery dance rhythms of polskas whilst studying Swedish folk music in Stockholm. Here she performs her polska with Owen Spafford, who she regularly plays folk with as they jam with others late into the evenings. See her Instagram for upcoming gigs - @cori_rose_smith. On Record is Trinity Laban's YouTube series featuring original works. Each session is filmed and recorded in one continuous take in our studio in King Charles Court, Greenwich, where you'll find the bustling home of our music students. Performers Cori Smith - Viola Owen Spafford - Violin Production Credits Imogen Copp - Series Producer Tara Hughes - Design Callum Chaplin - Cinematography Callum McCreath - Recording Engineer Rob Pemberton - Mix & Masering Engineer Tarsier Creative - Production Company About Trinity Laban Trinity Laban is a world-leading conservatoire that redefines excellence. We create pioneers, focusing on the artistic freedom and transformation of our students. A community of global collaborators, we lead the arts across genres and beyond convention through innovative research, experimentation, and outreach. Against a backdrop of stunning architecture in the creative heart of South East London, Trinity Laban is where change happens. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trinitylaban/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@trinitylaban Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trinity.laban Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrinityLaban Site: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/"

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Colab Festival at Trinity Laban

Each year, CoLab marks the perfect opportunity for our Dance, Music, and Musical Theatre students to unite in celebration of creativity and innovation in all its many art forms, culminating in two magnificent showcases. Over 600 students from our faculties come together with staff and visiting artists from around the world to create works rooted in imagination and innovation.

Musical Theatre at Trinity Laban

The Musical Theatre Department at Trinity Laban will provide you with outstanding, rigorous and dynamic performance training. Situated in the UK’s musical theatre capital, with excellent links to the West End and beyond, we will equip you with all the skills you need to become a creative, empowered performer for the 21st century.

Centre for Advanced Training

Do you see your future in dance? Are you ready to commit to an intensive programme of training? Are you aged 12-17? The Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) at Trinity Laban is an innovative scheme offering young people with exceptional talent and potential in dance the opportunity to access high quality dance training. The programme of classes provides intensive and rigorous dance training taught by a highly experienced team of professional dance teachers and artists. Find out more and sign up to upcoming Open Days and Auditions for our 2024 intake: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/course/centre-for-advanced-training/ Video credit: Becca Hunt

BA3 Commissioned Works | Takeshi Matusmoto & Makiko Aoyama

Professional choreographers Makiko Aoyama and Trinity Laban Alum, Takeshi Matsumoto, worked with third-year Contemporary Dance students to create a piece for primary school children. Innovative in style, the performance looked at the relationship between children, the dark and Covid-19. Video credits: Becca Hunt

BA3 Commissioned Works | Takeshi Matsumoto & Makiko Aoyama

We hear from professional choreographers Makiko Aoyama and Trinity Laban Alum, Takeshi Matsumoto, who worked with the final-year Contemporary Dance students to create a piece for primary school children. Innovative in style, the performance looks at the relationship between children, the dark and Covid-19. Video credit: Becca Hunt

Contemporary Dance at Trinity Laban

There are many performance opportunities for our Contemporary Dance students. This footage is from BA3 Commissioned Works, where our final-year students collaborate with professional choreographers during a period of intensive workshops and rehearsals. Video credit: Becca Hunt

BA3 Commissioned Works | Rahel Vonmoos & Jean Abreu

Our Contemporary Dance students worked with Rahel Vonmoos and Jean Abreu to perform Commissioned Works at the Laban Theatre. Students worked with the professional choreographers over an intensive term of collaboration and rehearsals to present new works exploring connection, disconnection, personhood and how we define ourselves when we don't quite have the words to say. Video credit: Becca Hunt

Commissioned Works | SAY, Alice Sara & Melanie Clarke

Our Contemporary Dance students worked with SAY, founded by Sarah Golding and Yukiko Masui to perform Break It Down, as well as working with Alice Sara & Melanie Clarke to perform Going, Going, Gone.

Commissioned Works | Akeim Toussaint Buck & Takeshi Matsumoto

Our third-year Contemporary Dance students worked with professional choreographers, Akeim Toussaint Buck & Takeshi Matsumoto to create new commissioned pieces of work. They were developed through intensive periods of creative exploration so we decided to take a peek into rehearsals and find out more.

Professional Projects | Centre for Advanced Training

Each year, the Centre for Advanced Training at Trinity Laban commissions a number of professional artists to work with the young people on the programme. This exposure to the professional dance world is a key element of the training programme. The students are treated as professional companies in their own right, supplied with rehearsal directors, lighting designers, costume designers, producers and, of course, the artists themselves.

Polina Savicka: On Record

#OnRecord #TrinityLaban #PolinaSavicka #RonojitBhuyan Pianist and master's student Ronojit Bhuyan performs Trinity Laban composer Polina Savicka's 'Is the rain a gift?'. The work weaves together the tender, uncertain and ever-shifting nature of rain, exploring it both as a feeling and a phenomenon. Taking some of its influence from European folk music, it is filled with traces of song that evoke the memories and sensations of a space that is both familiar and ambiguous. The intention behind this piece was to create something that sounded almost like an improvisation, something personal and intimate. 'Is the rain a gift?' won the 2023 John Halford Competition composition prize where it was first performed by Ronojit Bhuyan. On Record is Trinity Laban's YouTube series featuring original works from across our Faculty of Music. Each session is filmed and recorded in one continuous take in our studio in King Charles Court, Greenwich, where you'll find the bustling home of our music students. Performers Ronojit Bhuyan - Piano Production Credits Imogen Copp - Series Producer Tara Hughes - Design Callum Chaplin - Cinematography Callum McCreath - Recording Engineer Rob Pemberton - Mix & Masering Engineer Tarsier Creative - Production Company Filmed at the Trinity Laban recording studio, for booking enquiries please contact recordingstudio@trinitylaban.ac.uk About Trinity Laban Trinity Laban is the UK’s only conservatoire of music and contemporary dance. We identify, support and develop talented and innovative performers and creators throughout their creative lives, nurturing their transformation into resourceful, enterprising and adaptable artistic leaders ready to make a positive change to society. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trinitylaban/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@trinitylaban Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trinity.laban Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrinityLaban Site: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/

Amelia Wilding: On Record

#OnRecord #TrinityLaban #AmeliaWilding #SophieWarner #ScottieThompson Amelia Wilding is joined by her band Sophie Warner and Scottie Thompson to perform her beautifully folky song, 'The Ship'. Already a regular on the London Jazz scene, Amelia joined us on our BMus (Hons) Jazz in 2022. On Record is Trinity Laban's YouTube series featuring original works from across our Faculty of Music. Each session is filmed and recorded in one continuous take in our studio in King Charles Court, Greenwich, where you'll find the bustling home of our music students. Performers Amelia Wilding - Voice / Bass Sophie Warner - Drums Scottie Thompson - Synth / Piano Production Credits Imogen Copp - Series Producer Tara Hughes - Design Callum Chaplin - Cinematography Callum McCreath - Recording Engineer Rob Pemberton - Mix & Masering Engineer Tarsier Creative - Production Company Filmed at the Trinity Laban recording studio, for booking enquiries please contact recordingstudio@trinitylaban.ac.uk About Trinity Laban Trinity Laban is the UK’s only conservatoire of music and contemporary dance. We identify, support and develop talented and innovative performers and creators throughout their creative lives, nurturing their transformation into resourceful, enterprising and adaptable artistic leaders ready to make a positive change to society. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trinitylaban/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@trinitylaban Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trinity.laban Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrinityLaban Site: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/"""

Alumni Experience | Centre for Advanced Training

Talking to our CAT Alumni, we find out how their experience on the CAT programme at Trinity Laban has helped build and progress their careers in the dance industry. Video credit: Becca Hunt, Kieran Dawes & Briony Campbell

Ashley Solano Hernández: On Record

#OnRecord #TrinityLaban #AshleySolanoHernandez In this session of On Record, we hear Ashley Solano Hernández performing the first movement 'Mariposa Neón' (Neon Butterfly) from his Sonata for Piano: Echoes of Dreams. Ashley is a composer/performer here at Trinity Laban, who blends influences from Romanticism and Impressionism, to Latin American Folk music. On Record is Trinity Laban's YouTube series featuring original works from across our Faculty of Music. Each session is filmed and recorded in one continuous take in our studio in King Charles Court, Greenwich, where you'll find the bustling home of our music students. Performers Ashley Solano Hernández - Piano Production Credits Imogen Copp - Series Producer Tara Hughes - Design Callum Chaplin - Cinematography Callum McCreath - Recording Engineer Rob Pemberton - Mix & Masering Engineer Tarsier Creative - Production Company Filmed at the Trinity Laban recording studio, for booking enquiries please contact recordingstudio@trinitylaban.ac.uk About Trinity Laban Trinity Laban is the UK’s only conservatoire of music and contemporary dance. We identify, support and develop talented and innovative performers and creators throughout their creative lives, nurturing their transformation into resourceful, enterprising and adaptable artistic leaders ready to make a positive change to society. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trinitylaban/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@trinitylaban Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trinity.laban Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrinityLaban Site: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/

New Lights Festival Trailer

New Lights Festival gives Trinity Laban students the opportunity to explore and push the boundaries of new music, performance and multimedia collaborations. Each year it has grown, allowing for an ever evolving scope of contemporary performance events. This footage was shot from New Lights Festival 2023, highlights including a talk by film and stage director Tony Palmer and an evening celebrating the music and culture of Iran, curated by Mahsa Salali. Douglas Finch, Artistic Director Peter Tuite, Co-founder and Archivist Videography: Molly Pendlebury

Student Experience - MA/MFA Creative Practice: Dance Professional

MA/MFA Creative Practice: Dance Professional gives you the opportunity to work with Trinity Laban and our partner organisations; Siobhan Davies Studios and Independent Dance. The programme enables experienced practitioners to develop their artistic practice in a stimulating environment of intellectual and creative inquiry. Kilta gives us an insight into her experience on the programme and what she has been exploring through workshops with guest artist, Florence Peak.

Trinity Laban Youth Dance Company

Hear from Trinity Laban Company Dancers about what it’s like to be part of TLYDC!

Student Experience - BSc Dance Science

We speak to Vlada who gives us some insight into studying on the BSc (Hons) Dance Science programme. Vlada talks about the facilities in the Laban Building, collaborating with other dancers and what she hopes to do after graduating.

Ana Geoghegan: On Record

#OnRecord #TrinityLaban #AnaGeoghegan #LuciaFoti Written by third year composition student Ana Geoghegan, harpist Lucia Foti performs 'Expansion', inspired by Per Norgard's 'Queen and Ace' and Berio's 'Sequenza'. On Record is Trinity Laban's YouTube series featuring original works from across our Faculty of Music. Each session is filmed and recorded in one continuous take in our studio in King Charles Court, Greenwich, where you'll find the bustling home of our music students. Performers Lucia Foti - Harp Production Credits Imogen Copp - Series Producer Tara Hughes - Design Callum Chaplin - Cinematography Callum McCreath - Recording Engineer Rob Pemberton - Mix & Masering Engineer Tarsier Creative - Production Company Filmed at the Trinity Laban recording studio, for booking enquiries please contact recordingstudio@trinitylaban.ac.uk About Trinity Laban Trinity Laban is the UK’s only conservatoire of music and contemporary dance. We identify, support and develop talented and innovative performers and creators throughout their creative lives, nurturing their transformation into resourceful, enterprising and adaptable artistic leaders ready to make a positive change to society. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trinitylaban/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@trinitylaban Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trinity.laban Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrinityLaban Site: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/

Lunch Hour (Nina Erickson and Hughie Hunter): On Record

#OnRecord #TrinityLaban #NinaErickson #HughieHunter To kick off On Record, our new series of original music, we're sharing with you Lunch Hour's song Pre/post Prandial State. Lunch Hour is formed of Nina Erickson and Hughie Hunter, who met in 2022 on our BA (Hons) in Music Performance and Industry. This dreamy song was born out of ideas around sleep deprivation and the creativity that can come with it. On Record is Trinity Laban's YouTube series featuring original works from across our Faculty of Music. Each session is filmed and recorded in one continuous take in our studio in King Charles Court, Greenwich, where you'll find the bustling home of our music students. Performers Nina Erickson - Voice / Synth Hughie Hunter - Voice / Guitar Production Credits Imogen Copp - Series Producer Tara Hughes - Design Callum Chaplin - Cinematography Callum McCreath - Recording Engineer Rob Pemberton - Mix & Masering Engineer Tarsier Creative - Production Company Filmed at the Trinity Laban recording studio, for booking enquiries please contact recordingstudio@trinitylaban.ac.uk. About Trinity Laban Trinity Laban is the UK’s only conservatoire of music and contemporary dance. We identify, support and develop talented and innovative performers and creators throughout their creative lives, nurturing their transformation into resourceful, enterprising and adaptable artistic leaders ready to make a positive change to society. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trinitylaban/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@trinitylaban Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trinity.laban Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrinityLaban Site: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/

Student & Parent Experiences | Centre for Advanced Training

Why should you choose to study Centre for Advanced Training at Trinity Laban? We hear from a few parents and students from CAT at Trinity Laban. They take us through their experiences and what they are grateful for about the programme. You can find out more about dancing opportunities on CAT here: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/course/centre-for-advanced-training/ Video credit: Becca Hunt & Kieran Dawes

The Teachers | Centre for Advanced Training

The Trinity Laban Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) programme is taught by a group of highly experienced professional dance teachers, artists and dance science experts. Hear from them to find out more about the CAT programme and what students can expect studying with us. Further information on Open Days, Audition Dates and How to apply can be found here: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/course/centre-for-advanced-training/ Video credit: Becca Hunt & Kieran Dawes

Strings Side-by-Side Concert with Schools

In March 2024, we invited string players from four partner schools - Eltham Hill School, Haberdashers Hatcham College, Harris Academy Peckham and Thomas Tallis School - to perform with Trinity Laban Sinfonia Strings at St Alfege Church, Greenwich. Watch them describe their experiences and give the first performances of 'Isolated Moments' and 'Londinium', created for the occasion by Nathen Durasamy with fifteen young composers at Leigh Academy Blackheath.

Musical Theatre Summer School

Musical Theatre Summer School 2024 will take place Monday 5 – Friday 9 August at the Laban Building. A typical day runs from 9am – 5pm, with time for warm-ups, classes, workshops, breaks and lunch. Your week also includes an opportunity to see a live West End Show. At the end of the course, an informal performance event gives you the opportunity to showcase and share what you have created during your week. The timetable includes classes in dance, acting, singing, musical theatre integration (combining the skills of singing, acting and dancing for musical theatre), singing and acting for audition. Classes are led by industry professionals and members of the Trinity Laban Musical Theatre faculty. Find out more and book now: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/take-part/summer-schools/musical-theatre-summer-school/

As Time Goes By | Trinity Laban Youth Dance Company & Animate Artists

Trinity Laban Youth Dance Company and Animate Artists present 'As Time Goes By'. This new collaborative work was devised by young people aged 11-18 with choreographer Alethia Antonia and music director Sarah Freestone. Find out more about our opportunities for young people and schools at www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/take-part.

Student Experience | Centre for Advanced Training

Ever wondered what it's like to study on the CAT programme at Trinity Laban? Find out more from our students! Students at Trinity Laban’s Centre for Advanced Training have the opportunity to take part in various exciting projects throughout the year, working with leading dance companies and artists in world renowned-dance venues. Video credit: Becca Hunt & Kieran Dawes

Dance classes | Centre for Advanced Training

The CAT programme prepares young dancers for training and a career in dance, should they choose to do so. Therefore, it is important that our programme reflects the world around us and looks to the future dance industry that our graduates will become part of. For us at Trinity Laban CAT this means creating opportunities for young people to work with a diverse range of dance artists who teach a variety of dance practices using a range of approaches. Students will have regular creative workshops and experience with professional choreographers. Students will be encouraged to be imaginative, innovative and take creative risks. https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/course/centre-for-advanced-training/ Video credit: Becca Hunt

A day in the life of a CAT student at Trinity Laban

Wondering what it might be like to study on the Centre of Advanced Training programme (CAT) at Trinity Laban? Here's a snippet into the day in the life of one of our students. CAT at Trinity Laban is an innovative scheme offering young people with exceptional talent and potential in dance the opportunity to access high quality dance training. The programme of classes provides intensive and rigorous dance training taught by a highly experienced team of professional dance teachers and artists. Find out more: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/course/centre-for-advanced-training/ Video credit: Becca Hunt

Student Experience - MA/MFA Choreography

We hear from a few students who studied MA/MFA Choreography at Trinity Laban. They dive into their experiences at TL, covering facilities, faculty, performance opportunities and what it was like to study in London as international students.

My London - Dance and Social Action

Dance and Social Action Trinity Laban are exploring how dance can enable young people to engage with social action. Together we have looked at different ways that dance can address social issues and call for change. We’re reaching beyond traditional approaches to campaigning, considering what role dance can play and how it has the power to effect change for both audiences and participants. So far this has included investigating how Choreography that confronts a social issue can communicate to audiences in deep visceral ways. Dancers worked with Choreographer Joseph Toonga to understand his approach to creating professional dance work Born to Protest, which challenges racial stigma through dance that celebrates Black joy and shares the trauma of racism. Young dancers’ experiences of Joseph’s approach informed their ideas about working with dance in this way. Young people sought to communicate their concerns with gender stereotypes through the creation of new dance performance and film. This was informed by their work with Choreographer Sarah Blanc and her performance piece Punk Alley, which seeks to communicate that no matter how loud or soft their voice is – what you have to say is important. Young dancers have created Dance for Film. Normality uses dance and spoken word to ask audiences to question their acceptance of the status quo and bring change to the world around them. To reach participants, as well as audiences, young dancers have designed and created a workshop for their peers to experience their learning and approaches to working with dance to call for action on the issues that matter to them. These practical insights seek to galvanise more young people to engage with dance as a vehicle for social change. Young People led the workshop at a My London Super Summit and a Youth Dance Day at Trinity Laban. Our latest film documents our learning across the My London project. The film was screened at City Hall in February 2024.

Community Projects 2023

In Summer 2023 participants and artists from across all our community groups came together for a day of dance, music and celebration. Participants took part in a voice and movement warm up, shared created work, joined creative workshops and lunched together. Film by Ryan Myddleton

Clod Ensemble & Nu Civilisation Orchestra present: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady feat. TLDC

Collaboration is at the heart of Trinity Laban’s approach to artistic development, and as a student on the MA/MFA Dance Performance programme you'll get the opportunity to work on a range of interesting performance projects and collaborations. In November 2023, Clod Ensemble and Nu Civilisation Orchestra, featuring dancers from the Trinity Laban Dance Collective, presented a new perspective on Charles Mingus’ iconic 1963 recording The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. Part of the 2023 EFG London Jazz Festival, the show transformed the Grade II-listed Shoreditch Town Hall into a vibrant cabaret venue to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the album. Mingus always envisioned dance accompanying his provocative masterpiece. Trinity Laban Dance Collective, comprised of students currently on the MA/MFA Dance Performance programme, worked with Clod Ensemble and Nu Civilisation Orchestra to honour that vision and bring it to life for a new generation. Programme leader Hilary Stainsby says: “This wass a great opportunity for the TLDC students to develop their performance skills in collaboration with a fantastic creative team, working alongside professional dancers and practitioners. We are particularly committed to offering different performative experiences on this programme, and this project is wonderfully unique and interesting.” At Shoreditch Town Hall, dancers including Valerie Ebuwa, Faye Stoeser and TLDC filled the venue with movement and energy. The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady saw the dancers delivering both dense-knit choreography and passages of improvisation which dovetail with the band’s playing. The movement direction from Clod Ensemble’s Co-Artistic Director Suzy Willson employed the same daring, bold approach that has characterised Clod Ensemble’s work since the company launched in 1995. Nu Civilisation Orchestra were led by the MOBO-nominated Peter Edwards and featured their Founder/Artistic Director and Trinity Laban Honorary Fellow Gary Crosby OBE on bass. The professional ensemble of the acclaimed talent development organisation Tomorrow’s Warriors, Nu Civilisation Orchestra has toured and performed extensively, including a BBC Proms performance in 2019, a UK tour in 2021 of What’s Going On a tribute to Marvin Gaye’s seminal masterpiece, and an acclaimed national tour of Joni Mitchell’s Hejira and Mingus albums in 2022. In addition to Mingus’ work in full, the shows also featured performances of new music from Peter Edwards, Clod Ensemble’s Artistic Director Paul Clark, and rising drummer/composer Romarna Campbell (current live drummer for Fever Ray). The performance gave audience members the chance to move along with the music in celebration of Mingus’ composition. With dancers, band and audience all sharing the floor, attendees had the opportunity to get up close to world class performers and lose themselves in dancing along with this rhythmically explosive work. Wallflowers, hip-shakers, Mingus buffs, music-lovers of all stripes – all were welcome in this celebration of the sensuality and power of jazz. The MA/MFA Dance Performance at Trinity Laban is designed to foster a supportive and dynamic environment within which students can challenge and explore their voice, agency and artistry as dance performers. Find out more about Trinity Laban Dance Collective, the MA/MFA Dance Performance and how we support dance artists to grow their careers: https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/study/dance/postgraduate-programmes Film: Molly Pendlebury With thanks to Tomorrow's Warriors for soundtrack

MA and MFA Choreography

Programme Leader of MA and MFA Choreography, Gary Lambert, takes us through the look and feel of the programme and module outlines. MA/MFA Choreography at Trinity Laban offers a stimulating environment in which to explore and develop your choreographic practice and expertise. Whether you’re in the early stages of your career or an experienced dance artist, these programmes present opportunities to engage with contemporary ideas, concepts and propositions within the choreographic field.

Salome Siu | Mezzo-Soprano, Vocal Studies | Gold Medal Finalist 2024

Jamie Elless | Composition | Gold Medal Finalist 2024

Nivanthi Karunaratne | Natural Horn, Wind, Brass & Percussion | Gold Medal Finalist 2024

Alina Pritulenko | Piano, Keyboard | Gold Medal Finalist 2024

MA/MFA Dance Performance

Programme Leader, Hilary Stainsby, guides us through what you can expect on the MA/MFA Dance Performance at Trinity Laban. The programme is designed to foster a supportive and dynamic environment within which students can challenge and explore their voice, agency and artistry as dance performers. Students form the membership of Trinity Laban Dance Collective (TLDC), a framework for working which foregrounds the experience of the individual whilst at the same time suggesting collectivity and collaboration as a mode of artistic enquiry. Throughout the year, TDLC will undertake a range of different creative projects, workshops and classes, delivered with exceptional guidance from faculty and guest artists and culminating in a range of performance opportunities, artistic outputs, dialogues and debates. The MA/MFA Dance Performance offers the opportunity to research and explore the role of the performer in the artistic process and to deepen our understanding of both the artistic and technical complexities inherent in dance performance. --- Footage taken from: Rehearsals for The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady By Charles Mingus Performed by Clod Ensemble & Nu Civilisation Orchestra at Shoreditch Town Hall 9/10 November 2023 Workshops with Company Wayne McGregor

Chiara McDougall | Musical Theatre | Gold Medal Finalist 2024

Cameron Scott | Trombone, Jazz | Gold Medal Finalist 2024

Virag Hevizi | Violin, Strings | Gold Medal Finalist 2024

MSc/MFA Dance Science

Programme Leader, Catherine Haber, gives an overview of the MSc/MFA Dance Science programme at Trinity Laban. During this programme you will examine both the art form of dance and the science behind it. You get the opportunity to direct your experience through an extended research enquiry. The uniqueness of the programme, being situated within a dance and music conservatoire, brings with it the opportunity to be part of the wider Trinity Laban artistic and scholarly community. Our team is internationally known in the field and work with professional companies and organisations around the world. Trinity Laban is a founding partner of the National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science (NIDMS) and a supporter of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS).

MA/MFA Dance Leadership & Community Practice

Programme Leader Melanie Clarke gives us an overview of MA/MFA Dance Leadership and Community Practice at Trinity Laban. This programme supports a career as a creative dance teacher/leader/facilitator, developing your knowledge, confidence and entrepreneurial skills to make a difference in people’s lives through creativity and dance. Dance is a powerful tool to build relationships within communities, enable a creative outlet, support people’s wellbeing, rehabilitation and enjoyment of life. Learning creative dance practice, a socially engaged and inclusive pedagogy of relational ethics and care, and project management, will facilitate you with the practical knowledge and skills to create opportunities for dance to thrive.

MA/MFA Creative Practice

There are two pathways to study MA/MFA Creative Practice at Trinity Laban. Programme Leader Naomi Lefebvre Sell takes us through the different options. The Dance Professional pathway is delivered in conjunction with our partner organisations: Siobhan Davies Studios and Independent Dance, the Dance Professional Practice enables experienced practitioners to develop their artistic practice in a stimulating environment of intellectual and creative inquiry. The Transdisciplinary pathway offers a unique opportunity to place your interdisciplinary practice in transformative dialogue with leading dance and movement practitioners.