Gravity & Levity are an 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.
Upcoming Events
Dissecting Aerial 2022
Sat 15 + Sun 16 January 2022 Dissecting Aerial is back for 2022! This time, the 2-day aerial dance symposium promoting healthy practice ,will be both live at Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts in Brighton AND live-streamed internationally online. The event will showcase practice, pedagogical and personal approaches to healthy and sustainable practice from […]
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Vertical and aerial dance lab
So that was the 5 day lab then! Lovey people in a gorgeous venue and the sun even shone – sometimes! More photos coming soon but keep your eyes peeled on our social media. We ran technique and creative Labs tailored to 3 levels of experience and skill: Professional, Intermediate and Explorer. Participants said: ‘Thanks […]
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Aerial Dances, Screen Bodies and Emotional Materials
Join us for our upcoming screen aerial/dance course, led by award-winning director, writer and performer Marisa Zanotti across 4x weekend intensives in October.
Practical discussions on this course could include: making with available technologies, filmmaking and collaboration, filmmaking with small and no budgets, the specificity of ‘being aerial’ in filmmaking, consideration of screen contexts, and the creative opportunities of working across real world and online spaces including social media sites…..
Why tour continued, 2021
The Summer tour may be over but we’ve managed to sneak in another couple of performances – yay! We’d love to see you there:
PopOut festival, Lincoln – Oct 2nd & 3rd
Milton Keynes festival – Oct 10th
Blog
Grounded with Jo Foley
Coming out of lockdown, so far, I have only done shows that make me happy. Shows where I feel comfortable. Shows where I can be my ridiculous, silly, nervous, oversharing self and I am accepted and embraced for it. I can do without shows that make me cry in the toilets, no matter how big the agent or the money is…..
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Grounded with Tilly Lee-Kronick
When I am struggling, I tell myself to “Hold on to your equipment, hold your nerve, hold in your core but let go of your pride, let go of your self-judgment and let go of your need to impress”.
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Grounded with Ben Brown
During December I started working on an idea I had had for a while, which was to start my own circus school dedicated to Aerial Hoop. What I was thinking during a global pandemic where nobody could leave the house I don’t know, but somehow it worked…..
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