| Chisenhale Dance Space | |
| Address: | 64 – 84 Chisenhale Road, London, E3 5QZ |
| City: | London |
| Coordinates: | 51.533°N -0.0396°W |
| Opened: | 1984 |
| Website: | http://www.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk |
Chisenhale Dance Space is a British, member-led charitable organisation[1] based in east London. It provides rehearsal and performance space for independent dancers.
It was founded in the early 1980s by members of the X6 Dance Collective[2] who were originally housed in Butler's Wharf[3] It officially opened as a public performance space in December 1984.[4] [5]
The organisation is based on the top floor of a former veneer factory near Victoria Park in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The space comprises offices, dance studios and a 75-seater theatre and performance space[6] which is available for professional and community use. Chisenhale Gallery and Chisenhale Art Place are situated in the same former factory.[7]
The Chisenhale Dance Space focus is artist development, experimentation, research, and the creation of new dance and movement works.[8] Their projects consist of artist development programmes and community outreach, such as Inspiring Young Londoners Through Dance, which was part of the Transformers scheme to celebrate the 2012 Summer Olympics.[9]
The theatre space is used for dance festivals, live performances and dance-related film screenings.[10] The space's 30th anniversary film programme included a screening of Hail the New Puritan – a fictionalised documentary starring Michael Clark and directed by Charles Atlas – which was filmed in Chisenhale Dance Space.[11]
Chisenhale Dance Space is part of the Tower Hamlets Dance Partnership. The other members are East London Dance,[12] Green Candle Dance Company,[13] Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance[14] and Central Foundation Girls' School.[15] [16]