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GDIF – Week 3
GREENWICH + DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2025
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF SURPRISE AND SPECTACLE
Presented By Talawa, Fubunation & Sonia Hughes
Fragments Of Us
4 September | 4pm & 6:30pm | General Gordon Square, Woolwich, SE18 6FH
Free and unticketed – Just show up
This vibrant and tender dance theatre production celebrates the endless possibilities of Black masculinity.
Celebrating the endless possibilities of Black masculinity, this dance theatre performance features fluid movement and poignant poetry to reveal snapshots of joy, struggle, love and loss. With rhythmic beats and soulful expressions, striking images of brotherhood and the richness of community, are layered with moments of up-close personal storytelling to create a moving testimony to collective history and identity.
Presented By Company DHW
Go Grandad, Go!
4 September | 13:30 & 15:30 | General Gordon Square, Woolwich, SE18 6FH
Duration: 25 Minutes
What to Expect: Dance | Family friendly | Great for Kids | On the Move
A heart-warming Caribbean welcome awaits at this inter-generational story told through Hip-Hop, street arts and audience participation.
A heart-warming Caribbean welcome awaits at this inter-generational story told through hip-hop, street arts, audience participation and integrated British Sign Language. Led by Dani Harris-Walters, Company DHW is a new and exciting hip-hop theatre company which puts community, relatability and inclusivity at the forefront of its work.
Presented By Panama Pictures
The Weight of Water
5 September – 6 September | 2.30pm & 6.30pm | Birchmere Lake, Epstein Road, Thamesmead, SE28 8DQ
The stakes are high in this modern parable of global warming, which merges dance and circus on water to nail biting effect.
This spectacular water-based event sees 6 incredible performers struggle for survival on an unpredictable floating stage. While those in power indulge in power games the performers deal with the impacts of their indecision as they fight to maintain a foothold on a floating platform which see-saws so violently that there’s a constant risk of falling.
London’s much-loved, annual celebration of outdoor dance is coming back to Newham on Saturday 6 September.
This year’s alfresco dance take-over will showcase a host of amazing outdoor spaces across Stratford – popping up in the Town Centre, East Bank and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. With stunning staging and a huge variety of dance styles, explore the full line up now.
