Join Transform and Dan Daw Creative Projects in this captivating performance of EXXY.
How do you continue to value yourself when society doesn’t value you?
Dan Daw, a Queer, crippled dance artist, is feeling the pressure to stay at the top of his game after the smash-hit world tour of his last show.
Step back in time and witness a remarkable transformation at RSPB St Aidan's!
Join us for a captivating guided history walk, where you'll uncover the secrets of a former opencast mine turned thriving nature park. Learn about the area's rich industrial past, the rewilding process, and marvel at "Oddball," the iconic dragline still at the nature park.
Perfect for history enthusiasts and nature lovers alike, this unique experience is not to be missed!
Join Transform for an immersive, deeply moving video installation presented in collaboration with Light Night and Yorkshire Dance.
Choreographer Katja Heitmann collects and preserves ‘human movement’ in the Motus Mori archive. Over 2000 people, including from Leeds, have contributed their personal gestures to this archive.
Embark on an outdoor adventure on Birding for beginners!
Discover the enchanting world of birds as you stroll through nature with an expert guide.Whether you're a novice or a seasoned enthusiast, this leisurely walk promises fascinating insights into avian wonders.
Binoculars in hand, let's unravel the mysteries of our feathered friends together. Join us for an afternoon of birdwatching bliss and enjoy a free hot drink in our Little Owl cafe to finish off your experience!
Lucy returns with a brand-new show about the power of letting yourself go - in every sense. Whether that means embracing your wrinkles and love handles whilst living in a slanket, or having a couple of Babychams and dancing like nobody’s watching (and if you’re a middle-aged woman, they’re probably not!). It’s also about letting go of the person you’ve always thought you are and using your midlife crisis to pursue new goals and reinvent yourself.
“Impeccably punchlined anecdotes … genuinely delightful” The Telegraph
“A treat from start to finish” The Herald
Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University City Campus
Portland Way
Leeds
LS13PB
United Kingdom
Leeds’ very own Akeim Toussaint Buck presents Free, a joyful, immersive dance show that celebrates Reggae and its radical history.
This powerful performance is a quest to challenge the confines of borders, flags and occupied lands, to find joy in the darkest hour.
Nyabinghi rhythms vibrate, jazz influences unfold and vivid storytelling underpins this high energy dance show.
With original dub music, you’re invited to gather, skank and lively up yourself, until we're all free.
Performances at Transform 25 co-presented by Transform and Leeds School of Arts.
Through the story of one family, this intimate, interactive installation shares the Palestinian experience of displacement and resistance.
The seeds of Dear Laila were planted when Basel Zaraa’s five-year-old daughter began to ask him about his home growing up. Unable to take her there, he decided he would try to bring the place to her, by creating a model of his childhood home in Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus.
Dancer and choreographer Tiran Willemse presents an intense and tension-filled solo performance.
From the precise choreography of drum majorettes in uniform, to the melodramatic movements of white femme starlets and gestures associated with masculine Black rap stars, Willemse examines limiting stereotypes and shifting identities.
Through a focus on hand gestures, blackmilk complicates a mainstream repertoire of legible identities, opening them up to a complex sensitivity that the artist describes as ‘black male melancholia’.
A selection of Yorkshire based independent traders together celebrating Yorkshire Day.
On the day:
- Illustrated goods
- Home baked brownies
- Handmade ribbon roses
- Cakes and desserts
- Role playing games
- Handmade jewellery and wax candles
- Artisan cheeses
- Cards and gifts
- Bee themed products
- Crochet decorations
- Polymer clay earrings and jewellery
- Yorkshire themed gift items
- Posters and greetings cards