Join BLINK's Summer Crawl around Wandsworth

BLINK Dance Theatre are bringing their signature immersive, sensory work to Wandsworth this summer with the BLINK Summer Crawl! This is a chance to come and meet us and find out more about what we do ahead of our move to New Mansion Square at the end of this year. 

The first stop on this summer-long celebration is Happy Streets Festival, Nine Elms, where we’ll be bringing our walk-about performance HUGDEMIC. Join the BLINK dancers on Saturday 6th July in their HUGDEMIC quest to spread love and warmth through the community. Using their oversized tactile arms, the BLINK dancers will pass a dance hug from one festival-goer to the next without actually touching. Help us reach our target of 1,000 hugs in the borough by the end of 2024!

For children and young people with SEND and their families, we will be running three sensory dance sessions at the Yvonne Carr Centre, SW8 4HT. These sessions will take place 10.30am - 11.30am on Thursday 1st, 8th and 15th August.

The SUMMER CRAWL will end with a Sensory Party for those who have taken part in our SUMMER CRAWL workshops outside our new home in New Mansion Square. This will be a chance for participants to come along and experience our immersive, sensory work for themselves. You’ll also be able to find out more about BLINK’s plans for work in Nine Elms and Wandsworth in 2025 and beyond, including regular sensory sessions for children, young people and adults with PMLD and Complex Needs.

Over the summer, we’ll be running more community workshops and events, so watch this space for more dates as they are confirmed.