Instant Dissidence is a UK-based company directed by, Rita Marcalo. It is Marcalo’s way of bringing different artists together, in different combinations, to realise different ideas: through Instant Dissidence she invents ways of offering other people art experiences.

Her practice began in dance and choreography but eventually I was more interested in communicating concepts than in sticking to a particular art form. She began collaborating with others to create work in different media, and today she brings in people from different areas to solve creative problems.

Instant Dissidence’s is also a socially-engaged practice where the company foregrounds the role that dance and choreography can play as a social engine: the members of the collective are ‘artivists’ who believe in the power of connecting art and social consciousness. 

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