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Dance of the African and Caribbean Diaspora
📍Glasgow | Scotland

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Artist Voice gives you the space to explore your creative practice, share your work with an audience and collaborate with creatives in Scotland’s dance community.

Whether you’re developing something new or building on an existing idea, it’s an opportunity to experiment, create and be platformed.

We’re looking for dance artists from the African and Caribbean diaspora based in Scotland to be part of Artist Voice 2027.

🔗 Apply now via the link in our bio. taken in Glasgow, United Kingdom by @project_x_dance

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4 days ago

Dance Base x Project X Scratch Night artist spotlight: MC Laffitte ✨

MC is a French-Cameroonian dancer and producer who has been part of the dance community in Scotland for the past ten years. She started dancing with Yasmin Doak company in Glasgow and then went onto training Hip-Hop and African diasporic dance styles with THREE60 Street dance company, where she received close mentorship from Divine Tasinda.

MC's practice is increasingly driven by the themes, questions and feelings that move her personally. She is interested in bringing to the stage the thoughts and emotions that stay with her, unsettle her, or ask to be explored. Through movement, MC tries to give these inner experiences a physical form, allowing herself to investigate what she may not yet understand or know how to articulate.

At Scratch Night, MC will present 'Clear'—a solitary exploration of isolation, endurance, and the quiet search for connection. As space contracts and presence shifts, a single body navigates the weight of being alone—reaching toward something that remains just out of reach. The piece is a physical exploration and a call made to the outside, knowing it might never be answered. It asks: how do we keep moving when there is nothing to move towards? And can we stay with emptiness without trying to fill it or escape from it?

Collaborators: nxa Parinussa (Artistic Consultant), Robert Millon (Sound mixing and editing)

💫Dance Base x Project X Scratch Night
📆 Friday 23 October
🕘19:00-21:00
🎟️Tickets: £10 (£8)

Book now via the Live Events page on our website. by @project_x_dance

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5 days ago

Dance Base x Project X Scratch Night artist spotlight: Michael Arowolo ✨

Michael is a Nigerian-born multidisciplinary artist working across dance, choreography, drumming and music. He has over five years of experience working in theatre and the performing arts, including working with Project X Artist Voice for Dance International Glasgow, collaborating on 'Dictations: The Heart of the Sea' by Mele Broomes, 'Dive Into the Groove' with Whacking Scotland and Project X’s 'In the Making'.

At Scratch Night, Michael will be performing a section from a dance piece called 'Sacrilege,' which is still being developed. It’s inspired by his Nigerian roots and features various traditional dance movements such as Bata and Yengbe accompanied with the Bata drums from the Yoruba tribe and Yoruba chants (oral poetry).

Michael will be joined by Adenopo Samiat who features as a dancer on this piece.

💫Dance Base x Project X Scratch Night
📆 Friday 23 October
🕘19:00-21:00
🎟️Tickets: £10 (£8)

Book now via the Live Events page on our website. by @project_x_dance

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11 days ago

Applications are now open for Artist Voice 2027!

We’re looking for 2 Black dance artists from the African and Caribbean diaspora, based in Scotland, to develop and present work as part of Artist Voice at Dance International Glasgow Festival 2027 (DIG27).

You don’t need to have a finished piece. We welcome ideas, concepts and works in progress across all dance styles.

Selected artists will receive:
⚡️£3,400 artist fee across 5 weeks
⚡️£800 material + research budget
⚡️Fee for a collaborator for up to 2 weeks
⚡️Studio and stage time at Tramway
⚡️Support from a creative mentor
⚡️Travel, accommodation, care + access support where required
⚡️Two performances in May 2027
Your final work-in-progress or extract will be 10–15 minutes and presented at Tramway as part of DIG27.

📅 Apply by 11 November 2026, 11.59pm

*All applicants must live and be able to work in Scotland

🔗 Find full eligibility, dates and details + apply via the Project X website.

We’d love to hear what you’re making 🖤⚡️. taken in Glasgow, Scotland by @project_x_dance

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17 days ago

Dance Base x Project X Scratch Night line-up! 📣

🌟 Michael Arowolo | Sacrilege
🌟 MC Laffitte | Clear
🌟 Kiki Oladapo and Gaia Silvan | Lost Tongues – The Humanity of the Gods….

The Dance Base x Project X Scratch Night is an exclusive first look at works-in-progress by some of Scotland’s leading Black dance artists from the African and Caribbean diaspora, curated and supported by Project X and hosted by Dance Base Artistic Director Tony Mills.

💫Dance Base x Project X Scratch Night
📆 Friday 23 October
🕘19:00-21:00
🎟️Tickets: £10 (£8)

Book now via the Live Events page on our website.

📸1. Courtesy of the artist. 2. @sallyjubbphotography 3. Marios Ento-Engkolo

[Images: 1. A black tile with purple shapes and purple text that details everything written above. 2. A photograph of a dancer on stage, wearing a flowing garment. 3. A photograph of a dancer on stage, wearing a white cap, jeans and a loose, colourful shirt. 4. A photograph of two dancers in a studio, standing, reaching toward each other with the backs of their hands.] by @project_x_dance

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18 days ago

***Deadline extended: Wednesday 9 September, 11:00am***

Scratch Night Call Out | Autumn 2026 📢

Are you a Black professional dance artist, scratching the surface of a new idea? Do you have a work in progress that you want to share with an audience? Then the Dance Base x Project X Scratch Night is for you!

The Dance Base Scratch Night is a unique platform in Edinburgh that brings live dance work to audiences and creates a supportive platform for dance and movement artists to try out ideas on the stage, experiment with an audience and share their work with their peers, the sector and the public. For the autumn 2026 edition, the programme will be curated by @project_x_dance

Deadline: Wednesday 9 September, 11:00am
Dance Base x Project X Scratch Night: Friday 23 October 19:00-21:00

Find out more - link in bio.

📸Thulisile Binda performs at Artist Voice during Dance International Glasgow (DIG) May 2025. Photo by @stillmotionarts by @project_x_dance

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3 months ago

Join us this July as we move, make and celebrate together.

🎨 18 July – Family Day
A day of movement and crafts in preparation for the Edinburgh Festival Carnival for the whole family (recommended age 5+).

🥁 19 July – Edinburgh Festival Carnival
Walk with Project X at Edinburgh’s largest multicultural celebration as artists, performers and communities from across the world fill the city centre with music, movement, dance and colourful costumes.

🎡 31 July – Merchant City Festival Carnival, Glasgow
Join Project X as we take to the streets in a vibrant procession celebrating rhythm, movement, creativity and community.

Whether you’re crafting, dancing, walking or cheering from the sidelines, we’d love to celebrate with you.

Please check www.projectxplatform.co.uk for the most up-to-date information. by @project_x_dance

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3 months ago

In The Making is tomorrow 🥳⚡️

18:00 — Doors
18:30 — Artist sharings
Followed by a Q&A, food and networking.

🎟️ Last few tickets available via the link in our bio.
⚡️Limited tickets available on the door taken in Glasgow, Scotland by @project_x_dance

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4 months ago

Across our programme, we’ve witnessed meaningful moments happen around the work itself: in the chats afterwards, in the connections made over food, and in the introductions that turn strangers into collaborators.

‘In The Making’ is a continuation of that.

It’s a response to what artists in our community have told us they need: more opportunities to share work at every stage of its journey, connect with other creatives, test ideas, receive feedback, and spend time together.

A space for initial ideas. For experimentation. For asking questions. For figuring things out together.

Join us for an evening of work-in-progress sharings, conversation, food, and community.

📍 The Vic Café & Bar, Glasgow School of Art
📅 11 June
🎟️ Pay What You Can tickets in the bio taken in Glasgow, Scotland by @project_x_dance

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4 months ago

Not sure what to expect from In The Making? We’ve got you.

Our Producer @emmanuella_damptey is sharing 3 things you can look forward to on the night!

We’re just a few weeks away, and tickets are still available. We’d love to fill the room with artists, friends, family, and curious folk.

🎟️ Book your ticket via the link in our bio taken in Glasgow, Scotland by @project_x_dance

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5 months ago

3 weeks till In the making is active @thevicandassembly
Get your tickets now! link in bio 🎟️ taken in Glasgow, Scotland by @project_x_dance

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5 months ago

Let’s Dance International Frontiers 2026 ? Completed it mate ✅👋🏾⚡️ @serendipityinstituteuk taken in Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage by @project_x_dance

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5 months ago