Greenwich Dance presents Tea Dances with a twist.

The full line-up will be announced here soon.

This social event takes place in Greenwich Dance's beautiful 1930's Borough Hall and features all the best bits of a traditional cabaret: table service, live band and a compere. Expect bite-sized bits of dance, acrobatic acts, film and music in a relaxed setting with a great atmosphere.

Dress up or down.

Sit at a table with friends.

Order drinks while you watch.

Bring your own food.

Haggle for your tickets.

In two nights of performances, you will see work inspired by the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games.

These semi-curated, informal platforms allow dance and movement artists to share work-in-progress, experiment with new approaches and explore new collaborations in a low-tech setting in and around The Borough Hall. 

Enjoy an intimate performance, followed by the chance to discuss your thoughts with the artist over a drink. All for free!

This month Nutshell Dance present People InTransit.

People InTransit takes its inspiration from train and bus stations and airports, the behaviour of individuals and the movement of people through them. Choreographed by Mari Frogner, Nutshell Dance use the idea of these spaces as a metaphor for life in Modern London, with people coming and going, and some staying longer than others. Using signs and symbols to communicate the dancers negotiate their way in the melee of city life.

The music is formed from fragments of found sound looped and slowly repeated, snatches of conversation, sounds of dance movement, words transcribed into notes, and altered electric guitar sounds.

Originally commissioned by Fruit for the Apocalypse with funds from the Royal Borough of Kenisngton and Chelsea for InTRANSIT 2011. People InTransit was also performed at The Bermondsey Street Festival in September and SsshBOOM at The Rag Factory in October and at the Robin Howard theatre in Janauray 2012 as part of Resolution.

Here's a film of the piece as performed at the Commonwealth Institute to give you a taster.

Dance iconoclast Nigel Charnock brings an enticing slice of his new work TEN MEN. It's camp and sexy and sweaty. Due to tour the world next year!

Innovative choreographer Arthur Pita presents Nobody’s Baby, the first stage in the making of a new dance theatre piece inspired by the 1920s and 1930s American phenomenon of Dance Marathons.

Folk-pop ensemble Lulu and the Lampshades perform their quirky cup duet – take a look at them in action on Youtube. Plus, there will be short film animations from Sally Stevens.

We also have a rare opportunity to see exciting dance talent from across Europe, with artists from Croatia, Bulgaria and Greece.

Hosting the evening will be stand up poet, armchair revolutionary and recumbent rocker, Elvis McGonagall.

This social event takes place in Greenwich Dance's beautiful 1930's Borough Hall and features all the best bits of a traditional cabaret: table service, live band and a compere. Expect bite-sized bits of dance, acrobatic acts, film and music in a wide range of styles in a relaxed setting with a great atmosphere.

Dress up or down.

Sit at table with friends.

Order drinks while you watch.

Bring your own food.

Haggle for your tickets.

The CitytoCity Cabaret, comes to you courtesy of Greenwich Dance and its three partners: Full House Promotion (Greece), Hrvatski Institut za Pokret i ples - HIPP (Croatia) and Heteropodi Dance (Bulgaria) with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union.

Hosting the evening will be stand up poet, armchair revolutionary and recumbent rocker, Elvis McGonagall, and the evening will be musically framed by the Ciyo Brown World Trio.

The one and only Antonia Grove (PROBE) presents: SMALL TALK. Devised by Wendy Houstoun and Antonia Grove, with musical arrangement in collaboration with Scott Smith. ‘Small Talk’ will involve stand-up singing, sit down talking, monosyllabic dancing and fast talking movement , in a virtuosic  display of disguise and derangement specially created for and with Antonia Grove by Wendy Houstoun.'

Cody’s Moving Group, who have recently re-located from Hong Kong, will be presenting an excerpt from their high energy piece Instinct.

Joyce Gyimah, Greenwich Dance’s Associate Artist and Founder of Dance Physics introduces the newly founded Syncop8 Jazz Dance Company who will be previewing excerpts from its upcoming 2012 production “Sway”. Sway captures the essence of Jazz from its inception and roots in African dance to Lindy hop, Tap, Beat poetry and Bebop. With live musical accompaniment by National and International Jazz vocalist Carol Grimes, this piece is loaded with energy, style and passion

Avant Garde Youth will also be premiering Tony Adigun’s latest creation, showcasing their youthful dynamism.

David Outevski and Bianca Vrcan will perform their table-top Argentinian contemporary tango, Red and Black, portraying a couple’s dramatic relationship.

The extraordinary Paper Cinema, will be returning to perform King Pest, a magical performance combining live music and intricate moving drawings, based on a story by Edgar Allen Poe.

Table service is provided throughout the night and the audience is invited to join Greenwich Dance’s Christmas Party after the show so don’t forget to bring your dancing shoes to take to the floor with us for a Christmas boogie.

Dress up or down ~ Sit at a table with friends ~ Bring your own food ~ Order drinks whilst you watch!

Frauke Requardt is a German, London-based choreographer. She is an Artist in Residence at Greenwich Dance and a Work Place Artist at The Place. Her previous work includes performances for the Young Vic, Sadler’s Wells and The Place Prize.