London School of Contemporary Dance
Overview
Contemporary dance
Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...
school located in London
London
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, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. LCDS was founded by Robin Howard
Robin Howard
Robin Jared Stanley Howard was a British philanthropist, dance patron and founder of The Place who promoted modern dance in England.-Early life:...
in 1966 in order to train new dancers for his company, London Contemporary Dance Theatre
London Contemporary Dance Theatre
The London Contemporary Dance Theatre was a contemporary dance company, based at The Place, founded by Robin Howard with Robert Cohan as its Artistic Director....
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LCDS is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
The Conservatoire for Dance and Drama is a higher education institution in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 2001 to co-ordinate the activities of a number of affiliated schools providing higher-level vocational training in the performing arts...
, an organization devoted to promoting excellence in contemporary dance, ballet, acting, circus arts and academia.
LCDS is based at The Place
The Place
The Place is a dance and performance centre in Duke's Road near Euston in the London Borough of Camden. Originally the home base of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre from the 1970s, it is now the location of the London Contemporary Dance School, the Richard Alston Dance Company and the Robin...
in the Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury
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area of Central London
Central London
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