News & Opportunities

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Flatland featured at Art for Tomorrow 2015

Posted on: 13 Mar 2015

The Flatland R&D project by Extant, The Open University and Dr Ad. Spiers, will be featured at the international conference Art for Tomorrow, taking place 14-16 March 2015.

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Flatland project ident: a geometric rainbow over a flat horizon

Recruiting: Volunteers for Flatland

Posted on: 21 Jan 2015

Extant seeks volunteers to help on its ground-breaking performance research project, Flatland, during February and March 2015.

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Maria Oshodi speaks on stage with a picture of the haptic lotus on screen above her

Digital Utopias

Posted on: 20 Jan 2015

Artistic Director Maria Oshodi took part in the Arts Council England's Digital Utopias conference on 20 January 2015.

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Flight Paths new R&D

Posted on: 18 Dec 2014

Extant's latest R&D of collaborative project Flight Paths took place in November.

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Visually impaired trainer with white stick talks to a young female Sadler's Wells staff member

Awareness training at Sadler’s Wells

Posted on: 16 Dec 2014

Extant's team of visually impaired facilitators delivered awareness training for Sadler's Wells staff in November.

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A black woman in sunglasses sits smiling as she joins in with a Zumba class from a chair

Visually impaired dance on film

Posted on: 14 Dec 2014

Don't miss our film documenting the fantastic impact of our 2014 'I dance' project for visually impaired participants.

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2015 Disability Power List

Posted on: 20 Oct 2014

Maria Oshodi, Extant's Artistic Director, has been recognised on the 2015 Disability Power 100 List.

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Male dancer dressed as Edward Scissorhands with blade-like fingers hugs a female dancer dressed in white

Dance, dance wherever you may be….

Posted on: 13 Oct 2014

Take part in an Extant and Sadlers Wells dance participation day for visually impaired people, in January 2015

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In rehearsal, five young people stand in a diagonal line, holding scripts. Their arms are gestured outwards and their mouths are open, as if talking to someone beyond the camera.

Access to Acting with RADA

Posted on: 13 Oct 2014

A fun taster workshop for disabled young people to find out more about acting takes place in December.

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Showcase your talents!

Posted on: 18 Sep 2014

Sign up now for Show Reel: an exciting new project for visually impaired adults to create a showcase for your performance or creative skills

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Job Opportunity: Trainee Arts Administrator

Posted on: 30 Jul 2014

Extant has a new job opportunity for a visually impaired person to join our team. Closing date 8 September

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A white female aerialist hangs from two bolts of red silks strung from the ceiling. A Japanese viola player is playing

Aerial R&D takes flight

Posted on: 22 Jul 2014

Flight Paths, Extant's ground-breaking collaboration with Upswing and Yellow Earth Theatre exploring aerial movement, music, narrative and live description, will begin its next phase of development this November with funding from UNLIMITED.

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