Connect Festival

2 weeks of dance for 0s to 90s

The Connect Festival is a vibrant celebration of dance produced by Connect. The Connect Festival provides a showcase for many of the theatre's projects and involves around 2000 people annually. Based in the 180 seat Lilian Baylis Theatre, the Festival features performances and workshops designed to inspire and invigorate dance enthusiasts of all ages and abilities.

Connect Festival 2010: 1 - 14 March


Destino
12 & 13 March 2009

Destino was a unique co-production between Dance United and Sadler's Wells. An intrepid and ambitious partnership of two organisations who passionately share a vision that dance can be wonderfully enriching and transformative experience in people's lives.

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Highlights of Connect Festival 08

  • Ascendance - performance platform for emerging choreographers
  • Corali Dance Company - performance evening of two works in progress
  • Connecting Vibes - an evening of work by London secondary schools
  • Watch This Space - a triple bill of new works aimed at young people
  • Roar! - two nights of the best youth dance in London
  • Sadler's Wells Company of Elders
  • Connecting Moves - a celebration of dance by Islington Primary schools
Highlights of Connect Festival 07
  • Boyz Nite In - a celebration of work by boys and young men
  • Roar! - two nights of the best youth dance in London
  • Open Stage - an open platform for choreographers
  • Connecting Moves - primary schools' sharing
  • Sadler's Wells Company of Elders