30 May 2025 - 31 May 2025

A festival of dance for LGBTQ+ folx and their allies.

Yorkshire Dance’s Collective Encounters festival is taking place in Leeds on 30 and 31 May 2025.

Join us for this two-day festival of bold, inspiring and unique dance performances, talks and workshops celebrating LGBTQ+ identities and allyship. Featuring local and international artists.

All events are Pay What You Can and tickets are now available to book online. 

A group of dancers in interacting poses
Fri 30 May 2025
Trans*Performativity by AURA
Yorkshire Dance
Dance , LGBT+ , Performance
Someone in bondage struts their stuff on the catwalk
Sat 31 May 2025
Ghetto Fabulous Present a Catwalk Extravaganza
Yorkshire Dance
Dance , LGBT+ , Performance , Social
A large group of people face each other in a line dance
Sat 31 May 2025
In conversation with Graham Clayton-Chance and excerpt of film Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede
Yorkshire Dance
Discussion , Film , LGBT+ , Talk
People line dancing
Sat 31 May 2025
Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede Dir: Graham Clayton-Chance
Yorkshire Dance
Dance , Film , LGBT+
A sketch of two people lying down with hands intertwined
Sat 31 May 2025
An Anatomy of Identity Workshop with AURA
Yorkshire Dance
Healthy Living , LGBT+ , Workshop
A person with red painted hands in a dynamic pose
Sat 31 May 2025
Exploring Gender, Constructs and I Workshop with Jaivant Patel
Yorkshire Dance
Dance , LGBT+ , Workshop
Person in a dress sitting on some steps
Sat 31 May 2025
Jaivant Patel in Conversation: South Asian Queer Lens & Choreographic Practice
Yorkshire Dance
Dance , Discussion , LGBT+ , Workshop
People in cowboy boots dancing
Sat 31 May 2025
Line Dancing with Peter Flockhart from The Cactus Club
Yorkshire Dance
Dance , LGBT+ , Workshop
Two women embracing while dancing
Sat 31 May 2025
What Adult Am I? Workshop with Alicia Meehan
Yorkshire Dance
Dance , LGBT+ , Workshop
A group of trans* identifying people move connecting with each other
Sat 31 May 2025
Collective Encounters Welcome Event and Introduction to Allyship with Curious Arts
Yorkshire Dance
Dance , Discussion , LGBT+ , Social