Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
BLINK Dance Theatre are a neurodiverse group of artists who perform and facilitate together. This is the story of their work, and how this changed in response to COVID-19. It is also a story about touch.
The film is part of 'Reaching Out’ at Wellcome Collection. ‘Reaching Out’ is a chance for you to think about social touch via a series of events and activities that you can engage with online and in the building. ‘Reaching Out’ is part of ‘Feeling Our Way’, a programme of in-person and online encounters and content co-curated by Touretteshero. ‘Feeling Our Way’ centres the experiences of disabled and neurodivergent people.
BLINK Dance Theatre: blinkdancetheatre.org
BLINK Co-Directors:
Delson Weekes
Francis Majekodunmi
Rachel Gildea
Vicki Hawkins
BLINK Freelancers:
Charles Oni
Ferran Luengo
Maisa Mendes
Zoe Dowler
Weina Wang
Emily Walsh
Siobhan Wedgeworth
Ike Denloye
PhD candidate
Leonie Elliot-Greaves
Staff and students at Jack Tizard School
Staff and participants at White City Play Association
Props and Costume
Kat Heath
Zoe Dowler
Vicki Hawkins
In-kind support
Wac Arts Centre
Camera, Sound, Post Production
Ricardo Barbosa
Jeremy Bryans
Ollie Isaac
Producers
Chloe Trainor
Solomon Szekir-Papasavva
Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/wellcomecollection
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/explorewellcome
See us on Instagram: instagram.com/wellcomecollection
BLINK Dance Theatre are a neurodiverse group of artists who perform and facilitate together. This is the story of their work, and how this changed in response to COVID-19. It is also a story about touch.
The film is part of 'Reaching Out’ at Wellcome Collection. ‘Reaching Out’ is a chance for you to think about social touch via a series of events and activities that you can engage with online and in the building. ‘Reaching Out’ is part of ‘Feeling Our Way’, a programme of in-person and online encounters and content co-curated by Touretteshero. ‘Feeling Our Way’ centres the experiences of disabled and neurodivergent people.
BLINK Dance Theatre: blinkdancetheatre.org
BLINK Co-Directors:
Delson Weekes
Francis Majekodunmi
Rachel Gildea
Vicki Hawkins
BLINK Freelancers:
Charles Oni
Ferran Luengo
Maisa Mendes
Zoe Dowler
Weina Wang
Emily Walsh
Siobhan Wedgeworth
Ike Denloye
PhD candidate
Leonie Elliot-Greaves
Staff and students at Jack Tizard School
Staff and participants at White City Play Association
Props and Costume
Kat Heath
Zoe Dowler
Vicki Hawkins
In-kind support
Wac Arts Centre
Camera, Sound, Post Production
Ricardo Barbosa
Jeremy Bryans
Ollie Isaac
Producers
Chloe Trainor
Solomon Szekir-Papasavva
Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/wellcomecollection
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/explorewellcome
See us on Instagram: instagram.com/wellcomecollection
