About Wavelengths

Wavelengths is a festival of movement, dance and performance that brings the body into public space and across cultural venues. From theatres and cinemas to streets, beaches and skateparks, Wavelengths presents work that activates place and reimagines how performance is encountered.

The festival creates opportunities for artists to make bold, site-responsive and audience-facing work, and for audiences to experience movement in environments they already inhabit. Wavelengths is interested in performance that is immediate, physical and present — work that meets people where they are and transforms everyday spaces into places of encounter.

Alongside public performances, Wavelengths supports the performance community through artist development, workshops and knowledge-sharing, building long-term relationships between artists, producers and audiences. The festival operates as both a platform for presentation and a space for experimentation, dialogue and exchange.

Wavelengths believes in performance without walls, in bodies in motion, and in the power of live encounter.

Out Reach: James Middleton

Production Manager: Tina Dezart

Marketing and Social Media: Common Tongue, Jacob Bray, Hannah Prizeman and Ezzie Schwartz

The Team

Wavelengths is co-founded by Matthew Jones, Roberta Spicer and Terry Smith

Roberta Spicer joined 1DegreeEast at the start in 2018, working alongside Matthew & Rebekah to launch the company. Roberta now works with numerous artists and organisations and supports a plethora of 1DegreeEast clients, including Ballo Arthur Pita, Revolution Arts, Vinicius Salles and Mercury Creatives in Colchester.

Matthew Jones is co-founder of 1DegreeEast and a creative producer, who has worked in theatre and dance for over 25 years.He has overseen over seventy productions, including co-productions with the Royal Opera House, National Theatre and Sadler’s Wells,and is also currently the Executive Director of Ballo Arthur Pita.

Terry Smith is a multi-disciplinary artist, co-director of Strangelove Festival and Venice Agendas. His installation work includes projects at the British Museum, MACBA Barcelona and The Drawing Center in NY. He has been working with live art since 2008, focused on performance but he is also studio based.