News: 2018
Championing boys’ dance
2 December 2018Fresh, innovative and engaging ideas to get boys moving! We were delighted to be invited to the One Dance UK conference in November to deliver a Teacher Toolkit session on ‘Facilitating Boys Dance’.
Taking dance into Manchester schools
28 November 2018We talk to our Dance Development Artist, Amber Calland, and find out more about taking dance into Manchester schools this Autumn.
Movement for the mind
20 October 2018To coincide with World Mental Health Day this Autumn, our Co-Artistic Director, Kevin Edward Turner, talks us through the creative process for Witness This, an outdoor choreography which explores his own mental health.
Kevin works with Darcey Bussell
10 October 2018Over the summer, our Co-Artistic Director, Kevin, worked with young people’s mental health charity, 42nd Street, to deliver a dance and mental health project, which was filmed for the BBC and followed by world famous ballerina and Strictly Come Dancing judge, Darcey Bussell.
New dance space for Manchester
5 October 2018To create a hothouse for dance and to make Manchester more of a dancing city, our Co-Artistic Directors, Kevin and Anthony, talk about the launch and vision for our new home.
Autumn UK Tour of 10
5 October 2018This Autumn, Company Chameleon presents the second UK tour of 10. The production, celebrating a decade of creating socially relevant dance theatre, that makes you think and makes you feel, tours nationally from 25 October to 20 November 2018.
Popping up in Manchester
20 August 2018On Thursday 13 and Saturday 15 September, we’re popping up in our home city of Manchester with a trio of free performances - and the UK premiere of Amaranthine, a magnetic short dance piece that tells the story of two people who are deeply in love, and in conflict.
Call out for young dance artists
11 June 2018Be part of a dance company that is inspiring and different to the mainstream. Chameleon Youth, Manchester’s youth dance company, is calling out for new members for 2018/19.
Leeds Primary Schools explore mental health through dance
5 May 2018In partnership with The Co-operative Academies Trust and inspired by our production, 'Witness This', over the past three months, we've been working with 240 primary school pupils in Leeds to explore the theme of mental health through dance and movement.
All About 10: Interview with our Co-Artistic Directors
10 April 2018As our '10' Spring UK Tour comes to a close and the '10' international premiere takes place in Algeria, our Co-Artistic Directors, Kevin and Anthony talk about the production, the ideas behind the choreography and how the company's movement style has developed over the last ten years.