‘Dance the pain away’ is a series of online events exploring the redemptive power of joy through social dance. The events are curated by artist Harold Offeh to accompany his ‘Joy Inside Our Tears’ installation, part of our ‘On Happiness’ season.
No upcoming events
Past events
- Discussion
Harold Offeh in conversation
Available to watch- British Sign Language (online)
- Auto-captioned
- Limited audio description
- Discussion
Social dance and traumatic histories
Past- British Sign Language (online)
- Auto-captioned
- Limited audio description
- Workshop
Choreographing joy
Past- British Sign Language (online)
About the curator
Harold Offeh
Harold Offeh is a UK-based artist working in a range of media including performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice. Offeh is interested in the space created by inhabiting or embodying histories, using humour to confront the viewer with historical narratives and contemporary culture. He has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, including Tate Britain and Tate Modern, South London Gallery, Turf Projects (London), Kettle’s Yard, Wysing Arts Centre Studio (Cambridge), Studio Museum Harlem (New York), MAC VAL (France) Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Denmark) and Art Tower Mito (Japan). He recently completed a PhD exploring the activation of Black album covers through performance. He is a Reader in Fine Art at Leeds Beckett University and a tutor in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art.