Clash is coming!

2nd July 2025

Instigated by our Youth Steering Group, and following on from SHIFT which took place last August, we are busy pulling together plans for a large-scale community dance project later this year.

CLASH will involve 85 performers aged 7 – 87 years old and include a series of choreographic workshops, artist training opportunities and a residential with community dancers from across Northern Ireland, leading to four, site-specific performances in Belfast.

The project is being delivered by DU Dance in collaboration with 5th Element Belfast and choreographer Conor (Doke) O’Kane.

CLASH aims to give participants the opportunity to ‘shout’ about issues that they are passionate about, ranging from community concerns to social pressures and showing them that what they think matters. The vehicle for this expression will include urban street arts, (Breakdancing, Parkour, Graffiti, Rapping) and Contemporary Dance Theatre.

CLASH will see people of all ages and different cultural, social and economic backgrounds coming together to create this new work.

Watch this space!