The Rose Choreographic School is an experimental research and pedagogy
The theories and practices of learning
project. We support a cohort
The emphasis on a cohort learning approach values collaboration and the contamination of ideas as we all work through our research in relation to each other.
of 13 artists to explore their singular
Denise Ferreria da Silva argues for singularity rather than individuality, as a means to articulate specificities within larger plural entanglements.
choreographic
the choreographic can refer to choreography, and to the writing of dancing bodies, but it can also refer to modes of generating and circumscribing movement that do not register as dance, or as art works.
enquiries and to collectively imagine a school
Gathering places for teaching and learning. Also, a school of thought is an idiom that suggests the sharing of traditions of philosophical and intellectual practices.
through which knowledges and practices can be developed and shared. There is no set curriculum or syllabus, and no predetermined outcome; the focus is on coming together as a community of artist researchers to discover the conditions we need for speculation and articulation. Applications for this first cycle are now closed. Information about the first cohort
The emphasis on a cohort learning approach values collaboration and the contamination of ideas as we all work through our research in relation to each other.
is posted on the
People page.
We propose a postdisciplinary
This is a key term for us – linking our interest in educational practices that exceed academic disciplinary boundaries together with the critical rethinking of medium specificity and the notion of a dancerly discipline.
approach to the question of the choreographic
the choreographic can refer to choreography, and to the writing of dancing bodies, but it can also refer to modes of generating and circumscribing movement that do not register as dance, or as art works.
and engage with artists from all practices and inclinations for whom the concept of the choreographic
the choreographic can refer to choreography, and to the writing of dancing bodies, but it can also refer to modes of generating and circumscribing movement that do not register as dance, or as art works.
is a central concern.
Each cycle of the School lasts two years, during which we offer access to studio spaces, mentoring and a research budget. The Artistic Faculty
There is a permanent Faculty consisting of the Head and Assistant Producer
The Artistic Faculty will change with every two-year cycle
We will also invite visiting artists and make connections with the wider staff teams of Sadler’s Wells
Artists in the School can also nominate their own mentors
for this first cycle are Alesandra Seutin, Trajal Harrell and William Forsythe and they will invite engagement with their own research concerns and practices through workshops and seminars. There will be also a podcast series
a sharp prickled growth on flower stems, found on roses.
and regular onsite and online meetings to enable the cohort
The emphasis on a cohort learning approach values collaboration and the contamination of ideas as we all work through our research in relation to each other.
to develop processes of critique and support.
We are also working in partnership with Goldsmiths, University of London to support a fully funded CHASE (Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England) collaborative doctoral award on “The four-plus-dimensional Materialities
to regard and treat the fabric of the choreographic as committedly composite and variously unstable and unbounded.
of the Choreographic”. Applications for this have now closed. More information about the PhD can be found
here.
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project. We support a cohort 
of 13 artists to explore their singular 
choreographic 
enquiries and to collectively imagine a school
through which knowledges and practices can be developed and shared. There is no set curriculum or syllabus, and no predetermined outcome; the focus is on coming together as a community of artist researchers to discover the conditions we need for speculation and articulation. Applications for this first cycle are now closed. Information about the first cohort 
approach to the question of the choreographic 
for this first cycle are Alesandra Seutin, Trajal Harrell and William Forsythe and they will invite engagement with their own research concerns and practices through workshops and seminars. There will be also a podcast series 
and regular onsite and online meetings to enable the cohort 
of the Choreographic”. Applications for this have now closed. More information about the PhD can be found here.