6 – 10 July
IN SCHOOLS FOR PUPILS AND STAFF
The Playground Tour, in partnership with The Place and Stomping Ground Commissioning Partnership, is a touring dance project bringing live performances straight into school playgrounds. This year, performances are from world class choreographers Lea Anderson (UK) and Rotem Weissman (Germany).
Created in collaboration with choreographer and performer Lewis Norman and musician Steve Bake. Dressed as giant insects, the performers present a series of funny, funky short dances inspired by insect dance moves – from the honeybee’s waggle to the ant’s tremble – accompanied by live rhythmic, electronic music and creature sound effects.
A weird and wonderful dance show for young audiences.
Inspired by children’s books that open doors to fascinating worlds – from the wild imagination of Where the Wild Things Are, to microscopic universes, to the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly – Prisma translates stories, images, and characters into irresistibly fun movement.
Created for primary school ages, The Playground Tour offers a fun, close-up experience that inspires young audiences to watch, join in and discover dance in a familiar setting. This year the tour will visit Seymour Primary School, Broadfield Primary Academy, Waterfield Primary School, Northgate Primary School and Bewbush Primary Academy.
Stomping Ground Commissioning Partnership is a group of partner organisations that commission bold, original and ambitious dance works made for outdoor spaces. The organisations that form this commissioning partnership for 2025/2026 are: Citymoves/ Dance Live festival, Creative Crawley, Fabric, FESTIVAL.ORG, Pagrav Dance, The Place, Strike a Light and Tramway.
