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AG2 // Avant Garde Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Training Program

Curated by Tony Adigun, AG2 is Avant Garde Dance Company’s elite, one-year training course for ambitious dancers and creatives who are ready to refine their artistry and step confidently into the professional industry. This immersive year-long journey is split into two six-month phases, each designed to expand your skill set, creativity, and industry awareness.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 4pm Friday 6 February 2026

TO REGISTER TO AUDITION:

Date: 7 February 2026

Time: Arrive for 9:30 AM

You may be needed until 3:30 PM

Venue: Platform Studios East, Studio LG1, Morning Lane, London E9 6LH

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Phase 1

Foundation & Artistic Development (Months 1–6)

The opening half of the year focuses on establishing a strong technical and creative base:

  • Training in contemporary dance, hip-hop, physical theatre, and text-based movement
  • Exposure to Avant Garde’s distinct choreographic style and ethos
  • Mentorship from Avant Garde Dance principals and invited industry leaders
  • Intensive workshops on composition, improvisation, and storytelling
Phase 2

Creation & Industry Integration (Months 7–12)

The second half of the course immerses dancers in high-level creative practice and professional preparation:

  • An International Creative Retreat for cultural exchange and global networking
  • Opportunities to create and present live and filmed work with professional support
  • Exploration of dance-technology integration, including film production, immersive media, and interactive performance tools
  • Development of portfolios, audition strategies, and entrepreneurial skills

Why Choose AG2

AG2 is not a typical training program; it is a launchpad for future dance leaders. Participants gain:

  • Real-world experience alongside an award-winning touring company
  • Insight into the intersection of dance, technology, and media
  • A collaborative environment that champions experimentation and innovation
  • Access to Avant Garde Dance’s creative network and industry partnerships

Take the leap. Join AG2 for a year of transformation, global opportunities, and boundary-pushing artistry.

The programme runs over one year:

AG2 is for dancers and movement artists who are:

  • Dedicated to building a professional career in dance and performance
  • Curious, adaptable, and willing to step into new creative territories
  • Interested in both physical craft and the integration of digital and multimedia practices
  • Committed to a full-year journey that demands excellence and leadership

Tony Adigun Bursary Award

Exceptional talent is celebrated at AG2. Through auditions, one or more dancers demonstrating outstanding potential, creativity, and drive will receive the Tony Adigun Bursary Award to support their training journey.

TO REGISTER TO AUDITION:

Date: 7 February 2026

Time: Arrive for 9:30 AM

You may be needed until 3:30 PM

Venue: Platform Studios East, Studio LG1, Morning Lane, London E9 6LH

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Introducing AG2 // Company G.O.T.F

Welcome to AG2, a cohort of aspiring artists meticulously selected by Avant-Garde through a competitive audition process.
Our programme has been carefully curated by Artistic Director, Tony Adigun, to provide unique opportunities for semi-professional artists to train and develop as performers, choreographers, and independent thinkers and understand the unique dance language of Avant Garde through the fusion of hip-hop, contemporary, and physical theatre.

Adigun states ‘Building a space for dancers to develop as well as honing-in on their own individual creativity has been a passion of mine for the last 22 years, a space whereby they are offered a 360 degrees perspective on what it takes to be an artist, to find and utilise skillsets that contribute to the vision, as well as Dance. To have it come to fruition with AG2 has been a fulfilling moment for me and I’m excited to continue this journey, which values the artistic side as much as the entrepreneurial side, with the next generation of artists.’

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Express yourself as an artist

Looking to advance your career in dance?
AG2 offers a program for young creatives to develop their skills and prepare for the professional industry.
Here’s what to expect:

During this 1-year programme, participants will receive expert support and mentoring on how to progress in the industry, as well as regular intensive training to understand the unique dance language and creative methodology of Tony Adigun and Avant Garde Dance, through the fusion of hip-hop, contemporary, and physical theatre.

This programme has been designed for a strictly limited number of participants, allowing us to maximise the impact felt by each participant, and open them up to what it is like working within a touring, artist-led dance organisation.

Contemporary Dance

Hip-Hop Dance

Physical theatre

Specialize In Any Dance Form

Refine your craft, and find your superpowers

  • Choreography and Composition - Unleash your creative expression as you learn to craft dynamic and thought-provoking dance pieces.
  • Execution and characterisation- Refine your skillset and add strings to your bow to expand your palette, widening the capacity of creative choices.
  • Entrepreneurialism within the Creative Industry - Develop the skills to navigate the professional world as an independent artist, making your mark on the industry.
  • Entrepreneurialism within the Creative Industry - Develop the skills to navigate the professional world as an independent artist, making your mark on the industry.
  • Our experienced team will facilitate, develop, and refine your skills as a performing artist.
  • AG2 is made up of hybrid dancers of all styles, eager to explore and challenge themselves.
  • As a world-leader in hip hop and contemporary dance, Avant Garde Dance Company will prepare you for a successful career.
  • AG2 offers valuable experience within a touring, artist-led dance organization.
  • Dancers may be signposted to paid performance and facilitation opportunities.
  • From this program, performers may join Avant Garde Dance Company, deliver workshops, or launch their own artistic works.

Who We’re Looking For

  • Comprises 6 x 4 day training intensives over three terms
  • Time to work with Artistic Director, Tony Adigun
  • Once a month online task and development training
  • RND and shadow opportunities with the main company
  • Working with AG Core Company Members
  • 1-2-1 feedback
  • Learn company repertoire
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Performance opportunities
  • Working with camera
  • Choreography and composition
  • Working with props
  • Execution and characterisation
  • Possible education delivery training and support

DATES

Cohort 3 (2023-2024) Schedule

  • Intensive 1- 25th-28th September : Investigating Styles
  • Intensive 2- 6th-9th November : Learning Company Repertoire from Illegal Dance
  • Intensive 3- 8th-11th January: A work for AG2
  • Intensive 4- 4th-7th March : The AG and TA mentality, creative choices and characterisation
  • Intensive 5- 29th (April)-2nd May : Learning Company Repertoire from Fagin’s Twist
  • Intensive 6- 1st- 4th July : Working with Camera and international choreographers

MEET THE FACULTY

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Dani

Dani’s work is heavily focused on intrepid movement, performance intensity and honouring artistic integrity.

He reforms and restructures movement from many dance styles to create a unique and distinctive dance language.

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STEFANO

Stefano’s focus is finding the Grand, Epic and Majestic character within your movement while further developing individual vocabulary and discipline.

He draws from his influences in Hip-Hop/Contemporary background as well as playing on the strengths of the artists in the room to create a unique collective piece.

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AJANI

Ajani focuses on the music as his initial stimulant for creation. Exploring an integral correlation between the polyphonic rhythmic structures and movement.

Ajani’s aim for AG2 is to celebrate and integrate each company member’s abilities, whilst refining their musical awareness with textures and articulation.

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EMMA

Emma pulls choreography from an elemental place: often water-like and experimental. Regardless of the style and concept, Emma often plays with the vision of a broken doll, chic yet vulnerable, ethereal yet grounded.

She also works to refine and progress the use of floor work in the company, particularly with musicality, attention to timbre of sounds and dynamic range. .

AG2 Teachers

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Zak

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Viki

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Toby

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Sasha

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Sam

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Sade

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Paris

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Livia

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Gavin

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Gabby

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Esi J

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Dom

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Denzel

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Amber

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Meet AG2 // Cohort 1

Cohort 1 testimonies

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Jess

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Mollie

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Roseann

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Sula Ag2

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T’yanna!!

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terriss

Meet AG2 // Cohort 3

Cohort 3 testimonies

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Luke (LA)

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Grace

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Kayan

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Laura

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Robbie

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Sacha

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Sofia

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Bursary

Congratulations to Shaylin Bu who is the first student to have been awarded the Tony Adigun Bursary. This award is to contribute towards the costs of training with AG2 for the year 2023-2024. Shay’s performance at the audition showed excellence and an exciting potential as a developing dance artist.

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