It's salamanda tandem's 23rd year of making arts work with people!

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We're a group of experienced artists and producers who work within a set of core principles that underpin the delivery and engagement process of participatory performance art. These values have driven us since our inception in 1989.

We've just finished PROJECT 20 - a 3 year program of debate, 12 Provocations, published material and practice led projects that raise ethical and aesthetic questions about quality in participatory or socially engaged arts work with people. The project toured throughout the East Midlands region in 2009 - 2011 and now has gone national. We've been drawing upon the work of salamanda tandem and the many experienced artists and academics we have worked with over the last 23 years. We have worked closely with EMPAF as part of the project and have set up a Project 20 group and are running forum topics on this web site for contributions and debate. We have blog as a record of what happened: www.salamandatandem.wordpress.com  .

Project 20 was launched at the EMPAF conference in October 2009, and so far we have led seminars at; The Curve Leicester with our partners Foundation of Community Dance (FCD) and Miranda Tuffnell on 'dance and Ethics', at the Lincoln Centre for performing arts with Kayla Doughan Bowtell on the 'dancers journey into participation' and 'therapeutic dance', and at New Art Exchange in Nottingham with NORSACA for parents on interactive play with children on the autistic spectrum. We've also run a seminar and training events at Rufford Crafts Center on 'inclusive practice' for visual artists, at Nottingham Contemporary, were the course leader on the Dance and Disabled People Residential Courses run by FCD in 2010 and 2011 and continue in 2012. Isabel Jones is the author of a book that came out in Sept 2010 published by FCD. We want to widen the net to include others who are conversant with exemplary participatory practice and those who want to develop their ethical and aesthetic focus in participatory arts. Do get in touch or log onto our blog or here on the EMPAF site if you are interested in contributing to our next project.

This summer / autumn 2012 and spring 2013 the company goes national as part of Ludus festival in, Leeds, PCI International performance Conference at Leeds Uni, to Plymouth Dance, Attik Dance, Staffordshire, and internationally as part of FRAGILE to Norway, Estonia and Portugal.  

This project is supported by Arts Council England through the National Lottery program, and Nottinghamshire County Council Arts Team.