Springback Academy

Oonagh Duckworth, Belgium

British born, brought up in London, Oonagh has spent her adult life living in Paris and Brussels where she is still based. She has been a freelance dancer, cultural journalist and producer/programmer since the eighties. As a producer/programmer she has worked with many independent dance companies as well as established institutions such as The Pompidou Centre in Paris, The Place Theatre in London and Les Brigittines in Brussels. She currently manages different arts projects from her own organisation, The Tinderbox, including the precursor of collective dance initiatives, the Bal Moderne.

As a journalist, she has contributed to The Guardian, Elle Magazine, The Evening Standard, City Limits and Time Out as well as the Belgian, English language publications Agenda, The Bulletin and Flanders Today.

She is also responsible for the Springback Academy yearly programme.

Media by Oonagh Duckworth
Read Icon An uplifting moment with Robin Lamothe and Rebecca Douglass at Workshop Foundation studios, Budapest, Springback Assembly 2024. © Lena Megyeri

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Springback Assembly 2024: Budapest

Read Icon Estelle Del­cam­bre, Marée haute. Photo © Rasa Alksnyte

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Ici Commence La Mer

Read Icon Springback meets at Oriente occidente, ROvereto, Italy

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Springback Assembly at Oriente Occidente 2023

Read Icon Carlos Garbin (centre) in EXIT ABOVE (Rosas). Photo © Anne Van Aerschot

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Out of the blues

Read Icon Poster for Oktoberdans 22 showing woman with white wig, brown vest and orange striped apron, arms bent in front of her with hands nearly touching, one of them gloved

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Springback Assembly at Oktoberdans 22

Read Icon Silvia Gribaudi’s Monjour. Photo © Andrea Macchia, courtesy Torinodanza Festival / Teatro Stabile di Torino - Teatro Nazionale

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Silvia Gribaudi: Monjour

Read Icon Light and body in Adrien M & Claire B’s Faire Corps

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Adrien M & Claire B: Faire corps

Read Icon Joachim Koester, Tarantism, 2007. © Courtesy of Joachim Koester and Jan Mot, Brussels

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Danser Brut – outsider dance

Read Icon Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in 3ird5 @ w9rk. Photo © Anne Van Aerschot

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Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker & Radouan Mriziga: 3ird5@w9rk

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Les Brigittines International Festival 2018

Read Icon Arkadi Zaides and TALOS, performance

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Arkadi Zaides: TALOS