Grace Okereke Supporting Selection Panel for CROWD - International Dance Exchange

Uprise Rebel are pleased to announce that our Founder and CEO, Grace Okereke, was recently a member of the selection panel for CROWD - international dance exchange. A collaborative network of dance organisations, together seeking to support dance makers who engage with communities as part of their practice.

Through hosting residencies and opening up space for discussion and knowledge development, the programme aims to support dance artists with an established practice in community engaged dance making to build their professional network, exchange experience with others in the field and develop their practice.

In 2021, the Goethe-Institut initiated the project and residencies were hosted with partners across Finland, the Netherlands, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in Germany and the UK. In 2022 we are growing the programme to include more partners, more artists and raising our ambition.

This year,  ten selected dance artists (one from each host country and two from NRW in Germany) will collaborate with the support of the network partner organisations. Working in pairs, selected dance makers will come together twice, each time for a two-week residency in a new context. Alongside the residencies, between June and October the entire network will engage in digital, discursive sessions exploring community engagement in dance. 

Please note the applications for CROWD are now closed.

To find out more about CROWD please click here.

To find out more about Grace Okereke and what we do at Uprise Rebel, please click here.