Led by East Midlands Dance Artist Network (EMDAN) in partnership with FABRIC and Lakeside Arts, this Scratch Night will have five artists from the East Midlands share their works-in-progress followed by a curated Q and A after each sharing.

Each sharing will be up to 10 minutes of dance/physical performance/movement of work-in-progress. This Scratch Night is part of EMDAN’s mentoring programme, which artist will have received mentoring support in the following areas; choreography with Sophie Thorpe, dramaturgy with Pete Shenton, career sustainability with Ruth Lee and well-being with Jen Summer.

You’re invited to attend this event and have opportunity to gain insight into the creative dance and movement work, processes and ideas being developed by a range of wonderful local artists and companies from across the region.

Following the Scratch Night, Superfan will be performing STUNTMAN the same evening at Lakeside Arts at 7.30pm. Make a night of it and grab tickets to see this work while it’s in Nottingham.

Performing Artists for the Scratch Night

MSDC – Megan Hooley and Danni Chell (Derby)
Together, Megan and Danni have developed and shared a distinctive choreographic practice rooted in contemporary dance, marked by fluid floorwork, dynamic contact work, and acrobatic influences. They are currently developing a new duet which began to form in 2023, drawing inspiration from the rhythmic complexity of musical composition.
Instagram: @msdc.dance

Bethany Smith (Derby)
Bethany is a dance and theatre artist at Hubbub Theatre. She is an accomplished dancer/physical performer and a confident choreographer, improviser, and devisor. She will be exploring her solo work Journeys about nature and trial and error.
Instagram: @hubbubtheatre

Kim Bormann (Nottingham)
Kim is a German-Chinese movement artist with a wealth of experience teaching, performing and directing. Her interest and research lie in the use of Taoist ideas to deepen her somatic understanding and evolving practice, Self in Context | The Thinking Body | Circular Dynamics. Her work will be a continuation of exploring objects and settings, intimately connected to her practice, instrumental to bridging worlds of inward somatic relevance and outward storytelling.
Instagram: @kimbormann.change.is.motion

Ria Ashcroft (Nottingham)
Ria is an award winning Director, Performer, Theatre Maker, Dramaturg & Mum. Co-Artistic Director of Rebel Sparks (formerly The Gramophones) and Circus Hub. She is currently developing a new piece WOLFBITCH (working title), which explores the complexity of female rage through the language of dance, movement & circus.
Instagram: @ra_ra_ria / @circushubnotts

Rebekah Heathcote (Leicester)
Rebekah is a performance artist, choreographer, and facilitator currently completing an MA in Choreography at De Montfort University. Their practice is rooted in contemporary improvisation, with a fluid interest in queer movement, live art, and digital forms. They will be exploring their current work Perspectives, a multidisciplinary performance exploring queer identity through movement, live painting, and visual art.
Instagram: @rebekah_artist