GDIF 2024 | London’s free, annual outdoor performing arts festival 23 August-8 September 2024
Dancing City 2023
Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 September
What to Expect: Sensory spectacle
Free
Two extraordinary days of outdoor dance transform the piazzas, parks and waterfronts of Canary Wharf. Discover a spectacular alfresco programme of international and UK dance featuring contemporary, ballet, hip hop, kathak and choreography on trampoline. Every performance is FREE and unticketed – just show up.
Find Dancing City full schedule and map here
Eat and drink at Canary Wharf during your visit to Dancing City.
What's On
Access
Site Access
All shows in Dancing City are free to attend. Just show up.
Assistance Dogs Welcome
Level Access
There is level access to all Dancing City show locations.
Some sites are accessed via public lifts.
Access Viewing areas
A priority area for disabled audiences will be marked with a sign or flag. Space for wheelchair users and various seating options will be available at each performance site.
Distances between shows
The festival site is across the Canary Warf Estate. Performance sites are 5-15 minutes away from each other. Each site has multiple performances throughout the day. Check the map and brochure to plan your route.
Quiet Space and Access Areas
There will be a covered Quiet Space available. The Access Area will have volunteers and staff available for access information throughout the day.
Assisted Access Routes
On Sunday 10th September GDIF volunteers will guide audiences on the following access routes:
1）BSL/Captioned/Speech Free performances
2）Audio Described performances
3）Performances with Easy Read available
Meet at 12.30pm Outside Canary Wharf Underground w3w.co/dangerously.wool.tells
Accessible Toilets
All these locations have accessible facilities. The accessible toilets in Canada Place and Churchill Place have changing places hoist facilities.
Cabot Place, Mall Level -1, behind Leon
Canada Place, Mall Level -1, opposite Robert Dyas * Changing Places
Churchill Place, Mall Level -1, past Joe & The Juice and behind Post Office * Changing Places
Jubilee Place, Mall Level -1, next to Seoul Bird and food court
Crossrail Place, Mall Level -3, enter the building next to Notes Coffee Roasters & Bar, take the lift down to – 3
Blue badge parking
Cabot Square Car Park
Canada Square Car Park
Jubilee Place Car Park
Westferry Circus Car Park
Access drop-off point
Canary Riverside
Contact
For Access questions, contact [email protected] // 07899 893 935
For other audience questions, contact our Box Office: [email protected]
Show Access
We have bespoke accessibility for each show. See event pages for details.
Shows with speech will have BSL-interpreted performances.
Many shows will have a downloadable Audio Introduction, and selected shows are live Audio Described via headset
All of our shows are relaxed
Easy Read Visual Guides and digital audio decryption can be downloaded from event pages and printed copies will be available
Where to find it
Dancing City takes place at locations across Canary Wharf, London.
Photo route coming soon.
See our interactive map for all performance locations.
Public transport:
Canary Wharf Pier, served by Uber Boat by Thames Clippers.
Canary Wharf station – Jubilee Line,
Canary Wharf Station – DLR
Heron Quays station – DLR.
Bus routes D3, D7, D8, 135 & 277.
Paid public parking and Blue Badge Parking available at Westferry Circus and across Canary Wharf.
Canary Riverside Photo Route to Access Areas
On Sunday 10th September GDIF volunteers will guide audiences on the following access routes:
BSL/ Captioned / Speech Free Route
Meet at 12.30pm Outside Canary Wharf Underground w3w.co/dangerously.wool.tells
1pm – I Think We Should Start Over (CAP)
2pm – DEVA (BSL)
2.50pm- TREAD (BSL)
You can leave the assisted route and see any of these other SF shows: You & Me 2.40pm / 4 minutes 2.40pm / Sleep Walker 3.15pm
4.05pm- Pan~//Catwalk (SF)
5.10pm- Bouncing Narratives (SF)
Audio Described Route
Meet at 12.30pm Outside Canary Wharf Underground w3w.co/dangerously.wool.tells
1pm – I Think We Should Start Over (Digital AD throughout the performance)
1.40pm – DEVA Touch Tour
2pm – DEVA (Digital AD throughout the performance)
3pm- Arcade (Live AD)
3.45pm – Pan~//Catwalk Touch Tour
4.05pm- Pan~//Catwalk (Live AD)
5.10pm- Bouncing Narratives (Live AD)
Easy Read Available Route
Meet at 12.30pm Outside Canary Wharf Underground w3w.co/dangerously.wool.tells
1pm – I Think We Should Start Over
2pm – DEVA
3.15pm- Arcade
4.05pm- Pan~//Catwalk
5.10pm- Bouncing Narratives
Watch the 2020 Highlights
Supported by
Dancing City is supported by Canary Wharf Group, Arts Council England and Without Walls.