Current/Upcoming Projects
DYCP Project - Joe is delighted to announce that he is a successful recipient of the latest Arts Council Developing Your Creative Practice Funding Programme. Joe is extremely grateful as this opportunity will allow him to work with collaborators, enriching his creative development. The main question that will be asked during this research and development project will be How can a new dance work use accessible features to their fullest potential. This will allow Joe to explore how to fully integrate accessible features into new choreography. The project will run into early 2027 and will include studio sessions exploring accessible features and their integration into choreography and Joe will also be undertaking developmental activities to help continue to develop his accessible practice. Stay tuned for more information as the project continues.
Tros Y Garreg (Crossing the Stone) - Is a research and development project inspired by choreographic material developed by Joe during Scottish Ballet during an R&D project in collaboration with the company.
This new iteration of the piece whilst inspired by the seeds planted during the 2024 R&D takes the piece in a new direction and brings in new choreographic ideas too. The piece aims to showcase that everyone has their challenges but if we can work together, we can overcome these boundaries. The piece features a female led cast and also challenges the stereotypical qualities of how female dancers present themselves in the genre of Neo-classical and classical ballet.
This project is funded in part by a generous grant from The Abderrahim Crickmay Trust to help develop this idea further. The piece will be shared with an audience soon so stay tuned..
The Oxford Handbook of Ballet Pedagogy - is a new book edited by Adesola Akinleye and Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel and is due to be released in 2026. Joe is delighted to share that he has co-written a chapter with late Dr. Susan Cooper (Dance researcher and current tutor at The Royal Academy of Dance), that will focus on pedagogical ideas for working with dancers who have additional needs or use a wheelchair. This chapter is informed by Joe's own experiences as dancer, choreographer and teacher. More information to come soon....
Vengeance and Valour: A Mixed Bill of New Dance Work - Is JPM Productions inaugural full live evening of dance performance which will take place on Saturday 6th March 2027 at Saxon Hall - Putson Community Centre in Hereford.
On the 6TH MARCH 2027
VENGEANCE AND VALOUR : A Mixed Bill of New Dance Work, comes to Saxon Hall Hereford - Putson Community Centre, Hoarwithy Road.
A programme fuelled with passion, vengeance, elegance and grace. An evening full of new work, and some old favourites, brings the power of dance to the heart of Hereford.
Featuring a cast of talented, diverse and unique Leading Soloists. Led by Founding Director and Choreographer Joe Powell-Main the evening promises to be a joyful celebration of all things dance.
Full details and tickets to be announced...
