KWAM Collective is a group of interdisciplinary artists from dance theatre, live performance, sculpture, film and music, based in the UK and Portugal. The collective works with a pool of artists on a project-basis, depending on the context of the work. At the core of KWAM's practice lies a curiosity to explore the potential of bodies through various dimensions: materiality, phenomenology, space as well as politics and sociality. KWAM's artistic projects and community initiatives have been supported by UK organizations including amongst others The Place, East London Dance, ECHO, Redbridge Drama Centre, the Abderrahim Crickmay Charitable Settlement, Royal Philharmonic Society, Arts Council England and Midlands4Cities DTP (AHRC).
the team.
Artistic Director
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Klaudia Wittmann
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Co Director
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Esme Rocha-Benjamin
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Co Founder
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Ana Beatriz Meireles
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Associate Artist
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Arturo Bandinelli
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projects.
calendar.
​​​06.02.2025 theatres of hysteria at Practice Research Symposium:
Feminisms, Bodies, Messiness. The Lab Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
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​​04.02.2025 theatres of hysteria at Practice Research Symposium:
Feminisms, Bodies, Messiness. Goldsmiths University of London
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​01.02.2025 2:30 sharing at open performance, Somers Gallery, London
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workshops.
EXPRESSIVE BODIES: IMPROVISATION AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE WORKSHOP
19/05 - 23/06/2025
Longfield Hall, South London, SE5 9QY
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In this 6-week workshop, participants are invited to explore their creative body through a number of embodied practices. In each session, we will explore individual and group movement facilitated through imaginative instructions based on a specific theme, including introspection, communication, rhythm and playfulness. For us, movement is a way to experiment with the body as a site of sensation, emotion, memory and creativity. We will encourage you to inhabit your body through those various layers.
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Our approach brings together movement direction, somatic practice and movement psychotherapy to facilitate an experience where bodily knowledge is situated in the individual, and brought into dialogue through the community.
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supporters.
