Latest Award Winners
Photos: Neus Gil Cortez by Ross Willows (2016) (left); Laura Jones (2014) (right)
2025 – 2026 Main Awards
Anna Alvarez
Anna is planning a trip to Argentina in 2025 to develop her work as a Tango artist, choreographer and theatre movement director. The trip will include working with/observing a number of Tango artists, researching the new genre of Tango Theatre and develop Anna’s use of expression corporeal.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £1242.00
Avatara Ayuso
Avatara plans to undertake a three-week research trip to the origins of tango both in Uruguay and Argentina, visiting leading organisations, schools, and companies. This will inform her choreographic practice by understanding the specificity of tango training methods, dynamics and current discourse on follower/leader roles in the tango of 21st century.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £1317.00
Billy Taylor
Over 25 days in October, Billy will travel between Tokyo, Kyoto and Sapporo: researching Hijikata and Ohno’s butoh archives; attending workshops by established contemporary butoh artists; studying regular chado sessions in Urasenke tea schools; documenting through an ambient dance film, sharing their reflections and growing practice.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £1403.00
Farrell Cox
Farrell will travel to Brisbane, Australia. They will explore how marginalised performance genres like circus and cabaret can be the key to documenting and amplifying stories related to lived experience within underrepresented groups, alongside Farrell’s own artistic practice.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £1247.00
Joseph Mercier
This project is a 3 week residency in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a multifaceted exploration of queer dance practices, aimed at fostering creative exchange, deepening research, and building professional networks with Calgary’s emerging queer dance scene, centered around Rufi Oswald’s ‘Get Gay’ dance project.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £1330.00
Kai Tomioka
Kai will use their award to facilitate a trip to Japan to support their work to nurture and grow collaborative and artistic relationships between the UK and Japan. As a British Japanese artist, Kai will expand their artistic voice through teaching, studying, researching and creating in Japan and the UK.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £1363.00
Katie Dale-Everett
Katie will to attend the European Association of Dance Movement Therapy conference (Lithuania), to discover new ways to communicate the importance of movement in rehabilitation, wellbeing, and connection. This will support Katie’s choreographic and facilitation practices and a research project exploring how motion capture and dance can improve hospital care
The scholarship awarded is for up to £360.00
Melissa Laurellio
Melissa will travel to become a Certified Horton Teacher directly from The Ailey School. Enriching the visibility of the technique within the UK and ensure high quality learning directly from the source for future generations.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £977.00
Morag Deyes
Morag will travel to Senegal as part of a new project examining what it is to inhabit a mature body, observe how it moves in ritualistic spaces, that reflect an understanding of the elder bodies nuances. These spaces are rooted in ancient ceremonies which celebrate the phenomena of ageing. These gatherings and rituals are preserved in indigenous communities.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £1814.00
Stefan Jovanovic
Stefan will travel to Vienna for the DanceWEB Scholarship at Impulstanz 2025. As a returning participant, Stefan will deepen my artistic practice, collaborate with global peers, and explore intersections of choreography, healing, and community-building under the mentorship of Raja Feather Kelly.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £309.00
Takeshi Matsumoto
Takeshi’s project is a shared practice residency with Teatro al Vacio exploring dance performances for young audience at Barda del Desierto in Argentina, working with the local children and their families in order to develop choreographic practice.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £2207.00
Yanaelle Ritter
Yanaelle will travel to New York, to attend the Merce Cunningham Trust’s 2-week teacher training programme and become a certified Cunningham Technique teacher. Yanaelle will share this technique with community groups, dance students and professionals across London and Sussex, and in French-speaking countries like Belgium.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £926.00
Yoojin Lee
Yoojin will attend a week-long in-person lab in Madrid, offered as part of the Postnatural Independent Program by the Institute for Postnatural Studies. This opportunity will allow Yoojin to develop their multidisciplinary practice, receive mentorship on my movement/performance-based project ‘slowth (habitats) (yet)’, and connect with international artists and researchers.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £342.00
Natifah White
With LUTSF support, Natifah will travel to New York to collaborate with Tatiana Desardouin and Martha Diaz, exploring embodied and community-centered methods of hip hop dance archiving. Learning from their approaches to physical practice, oral tradition, and documentation will inform Natifah’s own somatic archiving methods for hip hop dance.
The scholarship awarded is for up to £725.00