In collaboration with London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS) at The Place, we hosted a unique event on Friday 9th December 2024, fusing jewellery design with dance.
Our second-year BA (Hons) jewellery students worked with 9 contemporary dance students from The Place, designing movable jewellery inspired by the theme of ‘Connection’. Each piece was then brought to life by a dancer, performing bespoke choreography to reflect the theme. Over 100 people witnessed these cutting-edge projects in a vibrant live setting, held at our new HE campus in Camden.
Each dynamic performance and piece explored meaningful themes, ranging from toxic relationships, sensory synapses and CAT scans, to the fragility of spinal connections in the body.
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.
BAJ student jewellery pieces worn by LCDS students

Alya Dormen performing in Alana sweet’s piece

Emma Dexter Smith performing in Abbi Walker’s piece

Anna Heineman performing in Bayleigh Morris’ piece

Izzy Pringle performing in Natalie Asher Martin’s piece

Cynthia Nalyanya performing in Rozana Piper’s piece

Annalia Sparks performing in Naima Cheniya’s piece

Annalia Sparks performing in Iman Mohammed’s piece

Xel Ortego performing in Anastasia Kan’s piece

Anna Heineman performing in Emily Murphy’s piece

Emma Dexter Smith performing in Ruth Walter’s piece
BAJ student ‘Diffusion’ pieces

Blue Twyman

Lily Straker

Blue Twyman

Emily Murphy
