About Lîla Dance
We make family friendly visually dynamic and striking dance productions. We believe in equality, acceptance, kindness and a fair world. We create spaces for everyone to have a voice equally through collaboration and laughter (and maybe a bit of gin), without ego or hierarchy getting in the way.
Photo Credit: Amber Tanc. Artistic Directors Carrie Whitaker, Abi Mortimer, and Producer Lou Rogers.
We make work that has a narrative, is often funny, sometimes moving and is always made with the audience at its heart.
We tour to dance houses, village halls, theatres, arts centres and school halls both nationally and internationally. We also take our outdoor work to festivals. We believe dance is for everyone no matter your background, age, ability or experience. We work with students of all ages, professional dancers, community groups, schools and you. We are welcoming, accessible and creative.
We are a small, friendly, hard working team, who do everything from marketing to finance to tour booking. We work with talented freelancers who bring their own creative magic to each production from dancers to dramaturgs to designers.
We believe in collaboration, helping the next generation, working with all communities, meaningful participation and creating beautiful, visually stunning, cinematic work.
Interested in booking Lîla Dance for your venue?
Get to know us
Who we are
Discover team Lîla - Abi, Carrie and Lou - learn who can dance like Michael Jackson, who unearths props in charity shops and who fixes things when they break.
Plus discover our talented crew of dancers and collaborators.
Photo Credit: Jamie Morgans. Dancer: Carrie Whitaker
What we do
More like what don’t we do?! We regularly tour our own shows or produce Dance on Film. Want to see us in your town? Get in touch.
We offer mentoring opportunities and work within communitites so everyone has the chance to experience dance.
Photo Credit: Jamie Morgans Dancers Sarah Golding, Aya Kobayashi, Dramaturg: Nick Walker
How we do it
That’s a big question and it has a big answer. Dive into the detail of our process of developing new work - from where the spark of an idea comes from, research and development to the creative collaboration that brings shape to the work, plus loads more.
Why support Lîla Dance?
By donating directly to Lîla your money will be used to fund the work we tour, pay our Lîla Associate Artists to teach classes and ensure the freelance arts sector is healthy and financially stable.