London Jewellery Design and Dance Students Collaborated for a Unique Exhibition

The British Academy of Jewellery (BAJ), in collaboration with London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS) at The Place, hosted a unique event on Friday 9th December, fusing jewellery design with dance.

Second-year BA (Hons) jewellery students from BAJ 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. Sponsored by Shandy Shack and Modern Love Gin, over 100 people witnessed these cutting-edge projects in a vibrant live setting, held at BAJ’s 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.

See the full gallery of images and read more about this event here!