Summer School with ADHOK
Summer School with ADHOK
The Language of Dance Theatre Outdoors
Mon 27 - Thu 30 Jul 2026
£195 (including meals & accommodation)
Internationally-renowned Compagnie ADHOK led an intensive residential workshop on theatre and dance.
As part of our annual Summer School programme bringing leading European outdoor arts companies to the UK, Compagnie ADHOK led a four-day intensive developing and exploring how to create a language with dance and theatre in public space. ADHOK's co‑founders, Doriane Moretus and Patrick Dordoigne, have each shaped the art form for over three decades — this was a rare chance to work closely with artists operating at the very top of their field.
Over the course of the lab, participants explored movement and created choreographies while developing skills for integrating artistic ideas into outdoor locations, diving into the characteristics and practicalities of different sites and types of project - learning to choose the right spaces for performance. They learned how to work and guide the natural movement of audiences to create powerful promenade performances. The week culminated in a large group outdoor performance of the theatrical choreographies developed throughout the workshop.
Who is it for?
This opportunity was for outdoor performance makers wanting to deepen their practice, learn directly from leading practitioners and take their work to a new level. This was a movement-focused lab, but you did not need to be from a dance or theatre background specifically. We welcomed artists working at any point in their career including those thinking about working in the outdoors for the first time.
About ADHOK
Adhok’s work is sensitive, playful and emotionally resonant, inviting us to reflect on what it means to be alive. Their recent trilogy traces the arc of a lifetime, from youth to old age. Blending dance and theatre, they use public space with exceptional precision, creating poetic images that both respond to and transcend their surroundings. Find out more
A huge thank you for organising such a wonderful week with Adhok. It was an absolute joy to work with Patrick and Dorian—they were incredibly generous with their knowledge and enormous fun to be around.
The group itself was a delight: such a wonderfully diverse mix of artists, many of whom I would never normally cross paths with in my own creative circles. That felt like a real gift.
It has been immensely valuable, and I have a feeling the experience will quietly percolate through my own practice.
Vidya Thirunarayan Summer School 2026 Participant
Watchful by ADHOK
A vital opportunity for professionals making dance, visual or physical theatre outdoors.
An ad hoc structure is said to be perfectly suited to a situation, to a use, and to be instituted especially to meet a need.
Event Photos
Image credits: 1. Watchful by Adhok, photo: Gilles Rammant 2. Watchfulby Adhok, photo: ©Bruno Maurey 3. La Rochelle, photo: ©Helene Bourdon