Those 25 dancers we worked with for a day, in as highly productive a way as possible - a long class, a period of teaching bits of the repertory - in fact I didn't teach Bank, I've used parts of Oil and Water. Siobhan Davies bankbitclass share on social
Independent dance - and, fine, it's a very good thing that it remains independent - is a much tougher life: all dancers expect that, and accept that there will be periods of not being able to work, provided there are choice moments during the year when they really can work. Siobhan Davies acceptchoicedance share on social
We could ask artists from abroad to come in too, so that there could be a mixing and matching of skills from Europe, America and here which would widen our world. Siobhan Davies abroadamericaartist Change image and share on social
They should be working, and there isn't enough work. Siobhan Davies work Change image and share on social
We're talking about people who've already got 3-4, if not 5-6 years' experience or more, and it's about trying to help professionals develop, using us as a resource for that development. Siobhan Davies developdevelopmentexperience Change image and share on social
On the other hand in London you can get an audience that desires dance to go as far as it can go: they've seen the bricks of ideas built over a period so therefore there is an acceptance of what otherwise might seem out on a limb. Siobhan Davies acceptanceaudiencebrick share on social
Then I came in twice a week - for my own enjoyment as well as to be a guide. And then we started to apply some of the splinters of the ideas back into the piece. Siobhan Davies applybackenjoyment Change image and share on social
It's not just for its influence on us, but to know that we can play a part in it, to understand the influence that we have outside our own existence. Siobhan Davies existenceinfluencepart Change image and share on social
The first 2 weeks, they didn't learn the piece - they went through the process of how the piece was made. Siobhan Davies learnmakepiece Change image and share on social
