Chisenhale Dance Space

Chisenhale Dance Space is a British, member-led charitable organisation^[1] based in east London. It provides rehearsal and performance space for independent dancers.

Chisenhale Dance Space

Chisenhale Dance Space
Address	64 – 84 Chisenhale Road, London, E3 5QZ London
Coordinates	51.5330°N 0.0396°W / 51.5330; -0.0396
Opened	1984
Website
http://www.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk

It was founded in the early 1980s by members of the X6 Dance Collective^[2] who were originally housed in Butler's Wharf^[3] It officially opened as a public performance space in December 1984.^[4][5]

The organisation is based on the top floor of a former veneer factory near Victoria Park in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The space comprises offices, dance studios and a 75-seater theatre and performance space^[6] which is available for professional and community use. Chisenhale Gallery and Chisenhale Art Place are situated in the same former factory.^[7]

The Chisenhale Dance Space focus is artist development, experimentation, research, and the creation of new dance and movement works.^[8] Their projects consist of artist development programmes and community outreach, such as Inspiring Young Londoners Through Dance, which was part of the Transformers scheme to celebrate the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[9]

The theatre space is used for dance festivals, live performances and dance-related film screenings.^[10] The space's 30th anniversary film programme included a screening of Hail the New Puritan – a fictionalised documentary starring Michael Clark and directed by Charles Atlas – which was filmed in Chisenhale Dance Space.^[11]

Chisenhale Dance Space is part of the Tower Hamlets Dance Partnership. The other members are East London Dance,^[12] Green Candle Dance Company,^[13] Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance^[14] and Central Foundation Girls' School.^[15][16]