Culture Liverpool
Commissions
Thanks to funding made available from Culture Liverpool the following artists have been supported to create and perform new work for Leap Dance Festival 2025.
Grace Goulding
Freddie Flashmob - Everybody Dance Now is a pop-up performance featuring 50 performers, all dressed as the iconic Freddie Mercury, in a joyous celebration of community togetherness through dance.
This piece will form part of Dancing in the Streets, Monday 5th May.
Pei Yee Tong
A collaboration fusing live dance (contemporary and traditional Chinese styles), with spoken word and film by Noel Jones.
The piece is inspired by the increase of hate towards Asian communities during the pandemic.
This will be performed at the Unity Theatre on 3rd May as part of Digital Moves. You can purchase an individual ticket for this performance, or purchase a one-day festival pass for all three shows that evening.
Kudera + Mpearsonater
What have we become? is a collaborative project with garment designer Alena Kudera, who has created wearable sculptures from landfill-bound fast fashion and single use plastic. The costumes inspired the movements of a solo dancer who will perform to an original score.
This will be performed at the Unity Theatre on 3rd May as part of Digital Moves. You can purchase an individual ticket for this performance​, or purchase a one-day festival pass for all three shows that evening.
Mudanza Collective
The Loss of Innocence is a performance by four dancers, exploring the hardship and heartache on the journey into adult/womanhood, and the potential of finding solace in community. Inspired by resilient female figures throughout history and in film, as well as martial arts.
This will be performed at the Unity Theatre on 3rd May as part of Digital Moves. You can purchase an individual ticket for this performance​, or purchase a one-day festival pass for all three shows that evening.
Amy Milson
Unseen is a concept video exploring Amy’s experiences with Visual Impairment and Periventricular Leukomalacia, featuring three movement artists, and combines dance, music and spoken word. Amy is currently part of the Future Movement Rambert project that is supported by Culture Liverpool.
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Amy will present her film with a live Q&A, at the Unity Theatre on 3rd May as part of Digital Moves, following Mudanza Collective's performance. You can purchase an individual ticket for this performance​​, or purchase a one-day festival pass for all three shows that evening.
Co-commissioned by Culture Liverpool and DaDa for Leap Dance Festival.
Afro Dance Academy
A performance sharing African culture through movement, showcasing the richness and diversity of Afro dance styles, including Afro House, Afrodance, and Amapiano.
This piece will be performed at Unity Theatre on 9th May as part of New Dance Works alongside two other pieces by Liverpool-based artists from the African Diaspora. Tickets on sale now​.
Ruvimbo Bliss Munodawafa
Musikana Webasa (House Girl) is a performance examining the role and treatment of young female domestic workers in Zimbabwe, using contemporary dance theatre to highlight issues of disparity, depression, loneliness, abuse, the traditional gaze, aims, hope, ambitions and dreams.
This piece will be performed at Unity Theatre on 9th May as part of New Dance Works alongside two other pieces by Liverpool-based artists from the African Diaspora. Tickets on sale now.
Sole Rebel CIC
A film of a new dance piece, choreographed by tap artist Jack Evans, working with 20 emerging dancers from Sole Rebel’s T&P Company 2025.
The film will be shot at an iconic Liverpool location and shared online during the festival.
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Watch our three commissioned films from 2024 over on YouTube.