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Gravity & Levity are a disabled -led aerial dance company specialising in vertical dance performance, world-class artist development and exciting audience imagination.

We create innovative aerial dance that redefines what and where a dance floor can be, both for an audience and for ourselves. We’re committed to accessibility and amplifying alternative perspectives for both dance and circus.

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Dissecting Aerial 2024, March 23rd & 24th

Tickets will go live on Feb 9th – boom! Two days of presentations, talks and practical sessions that investigate the body in motion, particularly whilst aerial. Dissecting Aerial 2024 will be live and in-person in Brighton AND live-streamed globally and we’re very excited by the line up!

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ACE funding success – yay!!!!

Sharing the brilliant news that our Arts Council England funding application to support our upcoming creative professional development opps, (CPD to you), was successful, enabling us to run the ‘Dissecting Aerial’ symposium, March 23rd/24th, the European Aerial Dance Festival, Aug 5th -16th, plus lots of opportunities for more 1-1 mentoring and peer-peer exchange. We couldn’t […]

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A man seated on a bench gazes down into his dance partners face as she flies, body held in a horizontal position supported by rope and harness. Behind them seated on a diagonal pole another male dancer laughs with them

Crawdaddy

We can’t wait to tour our new outdoor touring show ‘Crawdaddy’ in 2024. Choreographed last Spring by Charles Linehan we had a blast getting it out there for it’s first initial run, it’s such a fun piece to perform. For more info and to see a short film of the piece >>>>

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Vertical Dance Research Creating International Connections

This time last year we were just finishing up on the final online sharing of a project called “Creating Connections’, a collaboration with Wanda Moretti and Kate Lawrence  funded by British Council’s International Collaboration Grants to deliver a project exploring participatory and inclusive practice in vertical dance.

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2 aerialists sit in harness, legs outstretched, feet planted on the wall, bodies upright. Lee’s arm is wrapped around Lindsey's waist

Inclusive Choreography Grounded and Flying with Stopgap

Artistic Director Lindsey got to offer a skills exchange with ever dynamic and engaging Stopgap Dance Company. Lindsey’s always been interested and intrigued by Stopgap’s inclusive choreography and process of movement translation between disabled and non-disabled people and bodies.

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2 dancers face each other smiling. They hold 1 finger in front of their noses, trying to regain their balance after spinning wildly.

Inclusive aerial, vulnerability and revelations

Inspired by the change in the seasons, we’re taking this opportunity to reflect on all that’s happened this year. We were grateful to receive a Cultural Recovery Fund grant from Arts Council England earlier this year which enabled us to finally create our own EADF website, go through some deep and inspiring business development and deepen […]

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