BAJ x London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS) at The Place 2025

Recently, BAJ brought movement and craftsmanship together for a special collaborative event with London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS) at The Place, one of Europe’s leading centres for contemporary dance, where the artistry of dance met the world of jewellery design.

Exploring the theme of connection

Inspired by the concept of “Connection,” our jewellery students collaborated with nine contemporary dance students from The Place to create performance pieces. Through bespoke choreography, the dancers brought each piece to life, illustrating the theme through movement and performance. Over 70 guests attended the evening to witness the innovative exhibition in a live setting in Camden. 

With changeable jewellery designs influenced by concepts ranging from the dynamics of friendship to the frailty of emotional connection, each performance examined the relationship between jewellery and movement. To accompany the journey of movement and adornment, BAJ students also created ‘diffusion’ pieces – a secondary piece of wearable jewellery that continued the theme of their project. The show was a one-of-a-kind production that examined jewellery as a component of living artwork rather than just as an accessory.

Student jewellery pieces worn by LCDS students 

Ava Moseley performing in Nina Lenne’s piece
Samantha Amali Joseph performing in Emaan Hasan’s piece
Oliver Clarke performing in Sylwia Wroblewska’s piece
Ximena Zeron Ballesteros performing in Veroni Dimitrov’s piece
Izzy Pringle performing in Scarlett Smyth’s piece
Ishbel Sinclair performing in Rayhaan Shaikh’s piece
Ximena Zeron Ballesteros performing in Nadine McBurnie’s piece
Eve McGlashan performing in Avant Williams piece
Kyah Oti performing in Rebecca Prenga’s piece

BAJ student ‘Diffusion’ pieces

Rebecca Prenga
Nina Lenne
Sylwia Wroblewska
Scarlett Smyth 
Avant Williams
Emaan Hasan

Close-up of Nadine McBurnie’s bodice piece

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