The Playground

💛 Booking is now open for our next Playground session on Friday 19 June!

Join us for an evening of creativity, collaboration, live music, and making work together in a supportive and welcoming environment.

Whether you’re a regular or thinking of joining us for the first time, we’d love to see you there.

📅 Friday 19 June 2026
🕡 18:30–21:00
📍 Rambert, London

Spaces are limited and usually fill quickly, so be sure to book early.

Link in bio.

Image by Playgrounder photographer Dominic Farlam 🤍

We’re so excited to welcome Choreographer Attila Andrási and musician Jo Thomas to The Playground this Friday ✨

Attila (he/they) is a Hungarian, London-based dance artist and practice-led researcher whose work spans choreography, somatics, and neurodivergent perception. Their work explores rhythm, atmosphere, embodied attention, and sensory awareness through slow and immersive movement practices.

For this Playground session, Attila will guide participants through a deeply attentive movement practice focused on minor gesture, sensory detail, and subtle rhythmic shifts through the body. Working individually and in pairs, the session welcomes all levels, particularly those drawn to slow processes, rich sensory experience, and embodied exploration ✨

Joining Attila is the wonderful Jo, composer, musician, artist and dancer whose work has been presented internationally across sound art, experimental music, and performance. In 2012, Jo received a Golden Nica in Sound Art from Prix Ars Electronica for her work Crystal Sounds of the Synchrotron.

Working with intricate digital glitches, textures, noise, and live responsiveness, Jo creates expressive and immersive sound worlds, and we’re so excited to welcome her to The Playground for the first time 🎶

📍 Friday 22 May 2026
📍 Rambert HQ, 99 Upper Ground SE1 9PP, London
⏰ 18:30–21:00

We can’t wait for Friday 💫

📸 Images by Marcandrea

We’re so excited to welcome choreographic duo Ekleido (Hannah Ekholm & Faye Stoeser ) and musician bobby demers back to The Playground this Friday ✨

Recognised for their dynamic work across live performance and film, Ekleido create multidisciplinary work that bridges contemporary dance, club culture, fashion, and electronic music. Their critically acclaimed works have toured internationally and been presented at venues and festivals including Sadler’s Wells, Glastonbury, Latitude, The Place, and DanceEast.

For this Playground session, Ekleido will be researching material for their new work, Femina — exploring femininity, power, restriction, and expression through movement, contact work, unison, and the use of handbags as props. The session welcomes all dance backgrounds, levels, and gender expressions ✨👜

Joining them is the wonderful bobby demers, multi-instrumentalist, e-drummer, long-time Playground collaborator, and beloved improviser across Trinity Laban and The Place. With decades of experience creating music for dance, we’re always so happy to have bobby back in the studio 🎶

📍 Friday 22 May 2026
📍 Rambert HQ, 99 Upper Ground SE1 9PP, London
⏰ 18:30–21:00

We can’t wait for Friday💫

📸 Images by Deborah Jaffe .jaffe and Henry Curtis

We’re so excited to welcome back choreographer Gerrard Martin and musician William South to The Playground this Friday ✨

Gerrard Martin is a performer, choreographer, movement director, educator, and EDI advocate whose career has spanned companies and productions including Phoenix Dance Theatre, Ballet Black, Rosie Kay Dance Company, Union Dance, Akademi, and The Lion King in the West End.

For this session, Gerrard will explore connectivity and joy through phrase work, contact work, and improvisation — creating space for dancers to move, connect, and share the experience together.

Joining him is the brilliant William South, a hugely experienced composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist who has collaborated extensively across dance, theatre, film, and live performance. William regularly works with leading dance institutions and artists across the UK and beyond, and we’re always so happy to have him back in the studio 🎶

📍 Friday 22 May 2026 
📍 Rambert HQ 99 Upper Ground SE1 9PP, London
⏰ 18:30–21:00

We honestly can’t wait to see what unfolds from this collaboration 💫

Happy sunny Saturday Playgrounders ☀️

After two months away touring, we are SO excited to say that Playground is finally BACK — and booking is now OPEN! ✨

🗓 Friday 22 May 2026
🕡 18:30 – 21:00
📍 Rambert HQ, 99 Upper Ground, Southbank

We honestly can’t wait to see you all again — to move, play, create and reconnect 💫

👉 Find the booking link in our bio, and don’t wait, spots go fast! 👀

Throwback image from a session led by Choreographer on the 12th January 2018. Captured by photographer 📸

We can’t wait to see you all soon, 
The Playground Team ✨

‼️ SAVE THE DATES ‼️

They’re finally here ✨ our new 2026 Playground dates 🎉

Pop them in your diaries — we can’t wait to be back together🗓️

22 May – TBC Rambert Studio availability
19 June – All studios
17 July – All studios
18 September – No Rambert Studio
23 October – All studios
13 November – All studios
4 December – No Rambert Studio

⏰ 18:30–21:00
📍 Rambert HQ, on the Southbank 
🎟️ Booking opens approx. 2 weeks before each session.

📸 Image by the lovely Photographer Elena Fortin 🤍 We love it and it’s a throwback to the session from Friday, the 11th May 2018.

🌈 PLAYGROUND TAKEOVER ALERT 🌈

We’re so excited to announce that the not only is the brilliant Jaimée-Jett .jett helping put the team tomorrow night, they are also taking over our Instagram, so make sure to tune in 💥

Jaimée-Jett is a professional multi-disciplinary dance artist, graduating with a First Class BA (Hons) in Dance Studies from University of Roehampton 🎓✨ They’ve performed professionally with Merlin Entertainment and Disney Cruise Line 😍

They’re also the Founder & Creative Director of ITCH Dance — an inclusive dance company all about artistry, breaking binaries, and creating opportunities through classes, charity fundraisers, and live performance projects ❤️‍🔥

We cannot wait to play, move, and celebrate with you all tomorrow night. 🫶✨

See you on here on at Rambert Studios 💖

Image by the amazing Taiyo Nagano 📸

🎶✨

✨ We’re so excited to welcome back Nikki Forova ✨

This Friday, Nikki joins choreographer Chevon Edwards for a special collaboration — and we couldn’t be happier to have her back in the room.

Nikki is a Ukrainian composer, recording artist, and singer-songwriter whose colourful expressivity makes her a truly captivating performer. Classically trained as a pianist, Nikki weaves virtuosic piano and vocals with strings, drums, bass, and improvisation — creating live performances that feel both high-flying and deeply grounding.
With four albums released, an MTV appearance, and tours around the world, Nikki’s music connects with audiences on a visceral, deeply personal level. In recent years, her work has expanded into film, contemporary dance theatre, and TV trailers — including Bridgerton Season 2, Nuclear Family, Victoria’s Secret, and Netflix’s Mountain Queen. She’s also one of the leaders of the Woven Gold choir in London.

We can’t wait to see what unfolds in the studio this Friday 💫

✨ We’re excited to welcome back William South ✨

This Friday, William joins choreographer Daniel Lukehurst for a live collaboration — and we’re really happy to have him back in the studio.

William South is a vastly experienced composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist whose work spans the dance world, TV & film, and live performance. He has toured internationally, released numerous albums, and worked extensively both as a freelance player and with his own bands.
After being MD and co-composer on Punchdrunk’s The Drowned Man (2013/14), William became deeply immersed in the world of dance, working regularly as an improvising accompanist around London — particularly at Trinity Laban and with English National Ballet. He is also frequently commissioned to compose for new works and has collaborated with choreographers including Sarah Dowling, Gerrard Martin, Jo Meredith, and Feet off the Ground.
Alongside this, William maintains a regular schedule of small jazz gigs and mentors bands on the Trinity Laban BAMPI degree course.

We can’t wait to see what unfolds from this collaboration 🎶✨

We’re excited to welcome Choreographer Daniel Lukehurst back to the Playground this month.

✨Daniel is returning to the Playground with a session rooted in exploration rather than fixed outcomes. His work often centres curiosity, physical listening, and shared discovery — creating space for dancers to tune into sensation, connection, and play. ✨

This session will explore the idea of free fall. Through contact, sensation, and playful interaction, Daniel is interested in how dancers can tap into a sense of freedom — allowing movement to unfold through trust, responsiveness, and shared momentum. Expect an open, exploratory space where curiosity leads the way.

🎶 We will announce the musician joining Daniel very soon — keep an eye out for updates!

📍 Friday 20th February 2026 18:30–21:00
📍 Rambert HQ, London

We can’t wait to fall, catch, play, and explore together.

See you on Friday 💛

Improvisation Choreography