Was Once Now Next
A dance experience that crosses the boundaries of hip hop, ballet and contemporary in one all encompassing solo performance that will inspire your understanding of how dance is created. Was Once Now Next is an innovative solo work by Liam Francis, featuring a hybrid...
Mixtape
Mixtape explores what it takes for an individual to become part of a community. Invitation, resistance, acceptance and pleasure all play a part in this short performance that draws on Liam’s own experiences of slowly allowing feelings of isolation, threat and...
Sand of the Moon
Where To Start? (restaging)
Salt Dance
As part of the annual Salt Dance Link Festival, Liam restaged sections of I.M.I.T.I.L. on a company of early career dancers. Alongside performing pre-existing repertoire, participants also got to showcase their own responses to the initial tasks used to create...
Earth.Voice.Dance
Earth.Voice.Dance. is a collaboration between Liam Francis and artist Hugo Dalton, commissioned by the Royal Opera House, set to the music of Charles Spearin. The dance portrays a series of different voices as if emanating from the Earth, each is sinuously explored...
The White Hare
Winner
Winner is a story of a senseless act of violence. Adapted from Graham Greene's 1954 short story "The Destructors," Marianna Simnett reimagines the setting from post-war London to a surrealist modern-day football pitch. The Cock Squad, a gang of hooligan teenagers,...
Idol Matter
Where To Start?
After winning the ‘Sally Award’ at RIDCC in 2022, Liam was invited to Maastricht to reimagine his duet for the dancers of SALLY to perform for young audiences. As part of Sally's Dans Lab On Tour, ‘Where To Start?’ toured across theatres in The Netherlands throughout...
Pat
"One man's daydream unravels as he confronts his inner demons." In a forgotten corner shop, James' ordinary day transforms into an extraordinary journey. As he idly peruses the dusty shelves of the shop, the boundary between reality and fantasy blurs. James is...
The Odyssey: Episode 5
Public Acts builds sustained partnerships with theatres and community organisations across the UK who share our vision of theatre as a force for change. The Odyssey was the five-episode story of Odysseus’ epic journey, created by and performed at our partner...
Henry V School Tour
Inspired by the critically acclaimed 2022 Donmar Warehouse production of HENRY V directed by Max Webster, and supported by headline partner Howdens and Westminster City Council, the production toured for four weeks in June and July 2023, with performances offered free...
Going Steady
Lions cubs and jazz clubs, mourning elephants and evening elegance. Skånes Dansteater's new dance performance 'Going Steady' by British choreographer Liam Francis is a playful exposé into the relationships and courting rituals of humans and animals. “A production well...
KnotKnock
Inspired by A Doll’s House Part 2, Knotknock explores the emotional journey of returning to a place we so desperately once wanted to leave. The amplification of a dancers breath accompanies the works sound score, supporting the dancers rigorous exploration of the...
Check for Signs of Life
“The video for ‘Check For Signs Of Life’ comes from an idea I had to develop a dance piece over a series of songs from Strange Dance. I wanted the piece to explore imagined conversations between future and past selves and to be based around this particular quartet of...
Picking Up Pieces
“‘Picking Up Pieces’ is a song about the masking that we do when we’re young adults,” Selway said of the track in a statement. “It’s a time of life when your sense of identity can feel shaky, you can feel anxious about making the grade, and life can feel that it’s...
Ruination: The True Story of Medea
Jacob’s Pillow Festival
Home
I.M.I.T.I.L
I.M.I.T.I.L. (It’s More Impressive Than It Looks) is a work about compassion. Inspired by the beauty of human connection, this work sees the dancers explore the notions of empathy and community. They test their abilities to listen to one another whilst simultaneously...
Akram Khan Summer Intensive
Cause Célèbre
Murmuration
Henry V
Directed by Max Webster (Life of Pi), this exciting modern production explores what it means to be English and our relationship to Europe, asking: do we ever get the leaders we deserve? ★★★★ ‘A broodingly impressive production.’Time Out ★★★★ ‘A victory’ Telegraph ★★★★...
The Third Line
Block Party
Dual Till The Death
Dual Till The Death is a multi-award winning duet that explores the duality of human nature; the mature and the juvenile, the aggressive and the tender, the playful and the serious, and the conscious and subconscious. The duet investigates how we balance and embrace...
The London Practice — A Research Performance
Rambert
This Christmas
Choreographer: Benoit Swan PoufferAssistant Choreographer: Liam Francis
Bambi Has Principles
Annie
R1
Groove On Down The Road
Described by The Telegraph as ‘infectiously cheerful’, Groove on Down the Road was a special commission by Southbank Centre from the country’s leading hip-hop dance company ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company. This hip-hop rendition of the classic story of The Wizard...