East London Dance is thrilled to announce its first season of activity at new home, The Talent House, and the inaugural programme from East London Dance’s recently appointed joint Creative Directors and Chief Executives, Tia Hassan and Kate Scanlan. The spring season features new Street Dance Classes for all ages; take-overs by local dance artists; youth-led community celebrations and much more.

In January 2022, East London Dance started to move into its new premises, which it shares with music organisation UD. This joint new home, which will officially open in late spring, will be a pioneering dance and music hub for artists, young people, local residents and the wider arts sector, located at Sugar House Island in Stratford.

Tia Hassan and Kate Scanlan, Joint Creative Director and Chief Executive, East London Dance said:
“For over three decades East London Dance has been here to champion and grow east London’s dance scene, responding to local cultural influences to create a dance offer that is genuinely attractive and relevant to our communities. As we start this new chapter, it is crucial that independent artists and the young people on our programmes are directly shaping how we work and what we offer for our creative communities and the public.

We are all slowly recovering from the feeling of isolation that the pandemic has inflicted on our communities, so it is important for us to create a safe – and Covid-safe – environment for people to connect, create, find joy and inspiration, invest in themselves and feed their physical and mental wellbeing.

As we launch this exciting season of activity in a new home, this huge moment of change for East London Dance is our opportunity to be courageous, inclusive, imaginative, generous and joyful. We want to create an environment of mutual trust, create strong connections between people, our programme and the building, that ultimately makes space for creativity and innovation and reminds us all that what we do ties us into something greater.”