We are thrilled to share that renowned British choreographer, Siobhan Davies DBE will be our Guest of Honour at the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 Ceremony! Siobhan will give a special welcome address before we announce the five recipients of the £20,000 Fellowships.
Siobhan Davies rose to prominence in the 1970s. Davies was a founding member of London Contemporary Dance Theatre and in 1982 joined forces with Richard Alston and Ian Spink to create independent dance company Second Stride. Founding Siobhan Davies Dance in 1988, she works closely with collaborating artists to ensure that their own artistic enquiry is part of the creative process. By 2002 she moved away from the traditional theatre circuit and started making work for prestigious Art Institutions including ICA, Victoria Miro, Whitechapel, The Barbican, Turner Contemporary.
Davies applies choreography across a wide range of creative disciplines including visual arts and film. In 2006 she commissioned a lottery funded building Siobhan Davies Studios designed by Sarah Wigglesworth which became a home for many dancers and choreographers to work and study often alongside other artistic disciplines.
In 2020 she retired from the studios. In 2016 she became Associate Professor at the Centre for Dance Research (CDaRE) at Coventry University. Following her CBE, Davies was awarded a Damehood in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours and is an Ambassador and past trustee of the Arts Foundation.
We are so delighted and honoured to welcome Siobhan!
The Awards Ceremony will take place on Monday 17 February in London. Watch the welcome address and follow all the award announcements via Instagram Live on the night from 7 pm!