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How do I become a supported artist?

There are several steps which lead up to becoming a Supported Artist: introducing us to your work, becoming a Visiting Artist and sharing your artistic journey through conversation and performance.

We are always keen to meet new artists whose vision and values match with ours and learn about the work you are doing. In the first instance we suggest you sign up for our Artist Newsletter to keep up to date with news and opportunities at PDSW. This will include our opportunity every summer to become a Visiting Artist where you can meet our team and work in our studios. This call out usually happens every January. See our Work with Us page for details.

To become a Supported Artist and to be programmed in our theatre, the PDSW team will need to see your work live.

If you would like to introduce yourself to us, share a tour pack, or wish to share information on upcoming performances that we can attend, please email programming@pdsw.org.uk

Supported Artists

Our Supported Artists are companies and individuals with whom we have agreed to invest time and resource to develop a more meaningful relationship – one that benefits the artist, ourselves and our learning and achievements together. We share a vision and our values play a central role in our relationship:

Kind; Passionate; Inclusive and Inspiring.

We support artists in various ways, including financial support, space at Pavilion Dance, our beautiful dance house by the sea; and through on-going conversations and connections. We also offer small commissions for work that meet with our artistic vision, consider alternative presentation contexts and have the audience at the heart of the creative process.

How do I become a supported artist?

Artists we currently work with

Chhaya Collective

Chhaya Collective was founded by Kay Crook in 2013 to connect artists in Bangalore (India) and Devon (UK). Kay has been working between UK and India for 10 years. She formed Chhaya as a means to engage artists in cross-cultural […]

Claire Benson

Living and working as a freelance dancer and teacher, Claire has travelled across the the UK working for various dance companies and projects. She was a key member of internationally acclaimed dance company Motionhouse for seven years, touring the globe […]

Ella Mesma

Ella Mesma Company is a British based dance theatre company who use a diverse range of folkloric dance styles, inspired by director Ella’s background in Afro-Latin, Breaking and Contemporary dance.

Joe Garbett & Elinor Lewis

Joe Garbett is an internationally toured and performed dance artist. He creates colourful, silly and unifying shows for all and puts the community at the heart of his practice. Based in southwest UK, you will find Joe choreographing and performing […]

Joli Vyann

Joli Vyann is a South West England dance circus company directed by Olivia Quayle and Jan Patzke. Joli Vyann’s work challenges audiences with new innovative ways of integrating dance and circus, blending the two genres and enveloping it in theatrical […]

Joss Arnott Dance

Joss Arnott Dance is a cutting edge, classical contemporary dance company based in West Yorkshire, led by Artistic Director Joss Arnott.

Just Us Dance Theatre

Just Us Dance Theatre (JUDT) is a Hip Hop organisation, led by choreographer Joseph Toonga, at the forefront of connecting international dance communities. It actively supports early career artists and upskills young dancers who are generally underrepresented in the mainstream. […]

Mischief Company

Mischief Company is a new physical theatre company based in the U.K. which aims to bring daring, imaginative and challenging works to its audiences.

Second Hand Dance

Second Hand Dance makes highly visual dance performances, collaborating with dancers, visual artists and the public to produce joyful, inspirational shows for children and adults

Who we have worked with before

2Faced Dance Company

2Faced Dance Company produces innovative, accomplished and aspirational artistic performance and participation programmes alongside a captivating community dance programme

Denisas Kolomyckis

Denisas Kolomyckis is a Lithuanian interdisciplinary artist.

Ella Huhne

Ella is the Artistic Director of Landance, which she founded in 2006, specialising in outstanding dance in exceptional outdoor places.

Impermanence

Drawing on a range of artistic disciplines, Impermanence is a Bristol-based company creating performances for conventional venues, festivals, cabarets, site-specific projects and community events

New Art Club

New Art Club is pioneering choreographers, artists, comedy theatre makers and performers Pete Shenton and Tom Roden. They have been presenting ground-breaking performances nationally and internationally since 2001.    New Art Club’s most recent touring show, ‘Cupid’s Revenge’, was co-commissioned by […]

Seeta Patel

Born in London, Seeta Patel began training under the guidance of Kiran Ratna in 1990 and has since worked with a range of Bharatanatyam and contemporary dance professionals

Southpaw Dance Company

Southpaw Dance Company creates powerful, joyous performances, from small scale solo work to large scale outdoor spectaculars

SW Dance Artist Network

SW Dance Artists Network (SWDAN) is an independent and artist-led hub for professional dance artists working in the region across performance, choreography, interactive arts and teaching.

Vilma Pitrinaitė

Vilma Pitrinaitė (LT/BE) started her career in Aura Dance Theatre, after studying choreography in France, at CDC de Toulouse and Ex.e.r.ce, CCN de Montpellier as well as theatre directing at National Strasbourg Conservatory.

Vincent Dance Theatre

Vincent Dance Theatre (VDT) makes crucial performance for the critical times in which we live.

Zoie Logic Dance Theatre

We get guys dancing. We challenge the perceptions of dance, who it’s for, where and how it is shown.

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