The Dance Floor presents: Get Into Dance Takeover
Celebrate the energy, creativity and diversity of East London with this joyful showcase.
Featuring an inspiring line-up of performances and workshops, this is a celebration of the people and communities we work with year-round.
Created in collaboration with professional artists and local participants, the line up includes performances from a wide range of styles and community groups.
Also joining us on The Dance Floor is DJ Vanessa Maria — a dynamic creative leader, cultural advocate, DJ, and broadcaster at Foundation FM and Kiss FM. As a Resident Advisor host, she is renowned for her influence in music and culture. A Zetteler 25 for 2025 honoree, recipient of the Limitless Black Influence Award (2023), and a GUAP 30 Under 30 Blacklist inductee, Vanessa captivates global audiences — whether she’s sharing music or shaping cultural conversations.
Get into Dance shines a spotlight on the power of dance to bring people together, improve wellbeing and celebrate identity. Regular dance classes in community centres across East London provide free opportunities for our local communities to move, express, and connect. This festival is where it all comes together.
Sunday 29 June, 12 pm – 6 pm
The Dance Floor, Sadler’s Wells East
Free and open to all
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Performances on the day
Showmi Das brings Bollywood to the stage with a vibrant piece performed by participants from our Get into Dance sessions.
Danielle Capretti and the fabulous Disco Divas from St Hilda’s shine in a groovy celebration of movement and self-expression.
Julene Robinson leads a powerful Jamaican dance work created with women from Pembury, full of rhythm, pride and cultural heritage.
Act UP Newham, a dynamic group of disabled artists, present an original piece that celebrates their unique perspectives and movement vocabularies.
Participants from Beaumont Estate present Seat to Stand, a high-energy hip hop work developed with choreographer Charlie Blair, exploring movement at all levels of mobility.
Nicholas Norman collaborates with Sweet Patotee to present a dance piece that honours the Black Caribbean experience at the turn of the 20th century — a powerful blend of storytelling, history and movement.
Sadler’s Wells Company of Elders give us a preview of their latest pieces in development for their Mixed Bill performances later this year.
Also on this day:
THE HERDS
Sunday 29 June, 3 – 4 pm
The Dance Floor, free
Follow life-size puppet animals as they rampage through Stratford, encountering dancers from Sadler’s Wells on their global journey from the Congo Basin to the Arctic Circle.
Puppet making workshop with THE HERDS
Sunday 29 June, time TBC
The Dance Floor, free
As part of THE HERDS, families and children can take part in a free puppet-making workshop, getting hands-on with creative crafts and contributing to this extraordinary roaming herd.