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As The Place prepared for its 40th birthday celebrations in May, we invited Robert Cohan, the founding artistic director of The Place and Janet 'Mop' Eager, who was the company's original administrator, to film an interview with Kenneth Tharp, The…

This Is The Place is a new dance show telling the story of The Place: a collection of memories, anecdotes, dancers and performances that have together shaped The Place, as well as the stories of many for whom The Place has played an important role in their life and work.This Is The Place is specially commissioned for The Place’s 40th anniversary, directed by internationally celebrated choreographer and Place alumna Aletta Collins. The work includes extracts, performed live from seminal pieces…See More

This Is The Place is a new dance show telling the story of The Place: a collection of memories, anecdotes, dancers and performances that have together shaped The Place, as well as the stories of many for whom The Place has played an important role in their life and work.This Is The Place is specially commissioned for The Place’s 40th anniversary, directed by internationally celebrated choreographer and Place alumna Aletta Collins. The work includes extracts, performed live from seminal pieces…See More

This Is The Place is a new dance show telling the story of The Place: a collection of memories, anecdotes, dancers and performances that have together shaped The Place, as well as the stories of many for whom The Place has played an important role in their life and work.This Is The Place is specially commissioned for The Place’s 40th anniversary, directed by internationally celebrated choreographer and Place alumna Aletta Collins. The work includes extracts, performed live from seminal pieces…See More

"Forty years ago I was in New York working with the Martha Graham Company when I received a letter from Robin Howard saying, ‘I think I’ve found the right place for us. Come to see it as soon as you can.’Robin and I had already been talking and planning for nearly two years what, how and why this idea of creating a centre for Contemporary Dance could and should be. At that time the school and company were crammed into a small studio and a half at Berners Place, just behind Oxford Street, where…See More