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Celebrating dance pioneers...

Overview

ESD Presents is a biennial dance event produced by Eliot Smith Dance (ESD). The event aims to inform, celebrate, and foster creative conversations around the work of influential dance makers.

 

Taking place every two years, ESD Presents is held during the last week of July in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It offers unique opportunities for both dancers in training and professionals to engage in an intensive program, alongside lectures, forums, and performances for the public to enjoy.

Next Event

Dance Celebrant

28 July - 02 August, 2025

Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne

Sir Robert Cohan CBE

In partnership with Sir Robert Cohan Dance Legacy

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Robert Cohan CBE, Aug 1987 I © Abderrahim Crickmay Charitable Settlement

Intensive

Join the Cohan inspired intensive

for dancers-in-training and professionals 18+

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Dancer Yamit Salazar | Photographer Darren Irwin

Public Events

Lecture - Brief History of Robert Cohan

Mon 28 July, 15:30, Dance City, The Corner Room

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Cohan Rehearsing. Anthony Crickmay supplied by the Sir Robert Cohan Dance Legacy with permission of the V&A Museum and Abderrahim Crickmay Charitable Settlement

Gala Performance 

Sat 02 August, 19:00, Dance City Theatre

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Cohan in 2005. Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy Stock Photo

Open Forum Discussion

Sat 02 August, 20:15, Dance City Theatre

Attentive Audience

Theatre Talks. Supplied by WIX

Acknowledegment

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Friends of ESD, Richard Chen See, and Anonymous Donors

Past Events

2023

ESD Presents Paul Taylor, in partnership with Paul Taylor Dance Foundation 

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Paul Taylor. Photo: Maxine Hicks. Image courtesy of Paul Taylor Dance Foundation

2021

ESD Presents Martha Graham in partnership with The Martha Graham Centre of Contemporary Dance

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Martha Graham in 'Herodiade'. Photo by Chris Alexander. Image courtesy of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Centre of Contemporary Dance 

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