Making Ambitious Work: Reflections on 2024

In this webinar, we'll hear Danielle Corbishley and Simon Chatterton about the trends they’ve noticed in the artists and work coming through the doors of the 101 creation space in 2024 and how we navigate making ambitious, quality work in the face of shrinking resources in the sector. Alongside this, Jeanefer Jean-Charles will reflect on her experiences as a creator of new touring work this summer.

This webinar is available for free to OAUK Members. It is £10 for freelance non-members and £20 for non-member organisations. Please note that this is per employee.

The session will be available via Zoom, with a link emailed out the day before the session.

Danielle is a creative producer, director and performer with a track record of creating ambitious and wide-reaching outdoor performance projects across a range of settings and scales. Her passion for contemporary performance, education and training runs through every aspect of her work, cultivated by her time as Head of Performing Arts at Reading College, Artistic Director of Beautiful Creatures Theatre and Producer for Dance Reading. This is now crystalised in her post as Head of 101 Outdoor Arts Creation Space in Newbury, where she manages the operations and activities for this multifaceted national centre for the development of outdoor arts and work for public spaces, supporting artists to do what they do best!

Simon Chatterton oversees and curates the programme at 101 and the Corn Exchange Outdoor Arts Programme. Simon has worked for over 25 years as a festival director and producer creating outdoor and site-specific arts events in the UK and internationally. His work has brought performances to audiences of over a half a million people in locations as diverse as town squares and city streets, iron age hill forts, disused railway arches and public parks and gardens.

Jeanefer Jean-Charles - Creative Director, Mass Movement specialist & Choreographer is a globally renowned artist. Since starting her journey as Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Bullies Ballerinas’ Jazz Dance Company (1990-2000), her work has taken her to over 21 countries. As Artistic Director of Big Dance, she gained recognition by the Guinness Book of Records choreographing and coordinating 800 dancers in Trafalgar Square in 2006. As Creative Director of Jeanefer Jean-Charles & Associates, her unique methods centre around her role as the creator, drawing together the right team to most effectively engage and enrich the community. Her creative process aims to bring to life the talents, strengths and shared stories of local communities and artists in inspiring and unforgettable ways.