DMU Dance

01/07/2025

⭐️ MEET THE MENTORS ⭐️

We're pleased to introduce our next mentor, Pete Shenton Peter Shenton 🥳 Pete is joining the group of mentors as Dramaturgical support

Pete is a dance artist, comedy performer, deviser, writer, director, dramaturg, and teacher. He is one half of the pioneering comedy dance theatre makers, New Art Club, whom he has been presenting groundbreaking performances nationally and internationally since 2001. Their work has been translated for performance into French and Mandarin.

Pete is the resident director of Unanima Theatre Company, who devise work based on the lived experience of the company, all of whom have learning and / or developmental disabilities.

He is Programme Leader for MA Choreography and Senior Lecturer in Dance and Acting at De Montfort University.

He is currently working on his PhD by Professional Experience, exploring the concepts of being and play in the context of the collaborative creative process and performance of New Art Club.

He is also a member of the board of trustees for Fabric

Supported by
Arts Council England
Fabric
Lakeside Arts

18/07/2024

Very excited to announce this news! A new collaboration between DMU Dance and Fabric creates a unique research centre for dance in the Midlands: The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Dance (CIRID). Watch this space for more detail to come! De Montfort University Leicester (DMU)

De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) and strategic dance organisation FABRIC, are collaborating on creating a unique research centre for dance in the Midlands.

12/05/2024

Very pleased and proud of our graduate dancer Preenon Rahman forging on with her yoga teaching career. Well done Pree 👏

Welcoming Pree to the teacher team in both City and Bridgford pods this week 💜 and we can't wait for you to get to know her. The barre in the background is a bit of a giveaway, Pree is a graduate dance artist from De Montfort University and trained in Astanga and Vinyasa yoga, so expect a strong and dynamic range of movements on the mat. Catch her from tomorrow in her new Monday 5pm slot in West Bridgford, ready to put you through your steps xx

10/04/2024

If you want to speak to me in my role as programme leader for our wonderful MA choreography programme at De Montfort University in partnership with Fabric then check the link below and sign up to see me in person or online.

De Montfort University (DMU), Leicester, UK offers a whole range of undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses. View our courses, book a visit and more

19/03/2024

So proud of the work our 2nd years put into this! 👏 Thanks Flexus Dance Collective

17/03/2024

DMU dance lecturers, Marie Hay and Lily Kind, will both be delivering workshops out in Malta this week 🤩

Registration for the 10th Annual SPA Conference is now open! Rates available for in person or online. The deadline for registration is March 13!

Click QR code for registration and see our website for more details: https://www.um.edu.mt/events/spa2024/

11/03/2024

This weekend we are proud to have current and alumni DMU dance students performing across the country!

Saturday in Derby:

Second year students are performing a curtain raiser for Flexus Dance Collective at Deda - to a SOLD OUT audience.

Saturday in Leicester:

6 of our third years have been competitively selected to perform their solo work at Curve's New Work event. Tickets are available for this, ONLY £5: https://www.curveonline.co.uk/whats-on/shows/new-work-festival-dance-showcase-featuring-roots/

Sunday in London:

DMU Dance alumni, Kadafi Mulula will be performing on the MOVE IT stage.

Aakash Odedra Company, a leading dance company known globally for its innovative and boundary-pushing productions, are proud to showcase ROOTS, a five-weekend dance intensive programme created for the 2023-2024 season. Through ROOTS, Aakash Odedra Company is dedicated to helping dancers discover the...

27/02/2024

DMU’s ‘Funmi Adewole makes another insightful contribution to the field

I outline my process in Dancing and the Stance: Mapping a creative practice in African dance-drama (2023) which is to be published in Dance Research 41 (2).

31/01/2024

Some fantastic work from our 2nd year BA (Hons) Dance students across our city and county. Here is just one of the six commissions we have been doing

02/12/2023

Special announcement! Due to popular demand, we are extending the deadline of our Young Creatives and Dance Ambassador applications. If you are one of the young people who have gotten in touch to apply don't worry - we have extended the deadline until Monday 4 December 9am so you have all weekend to apply.