Joe Bates (@JoeBatesHQ) header
Joe Bates (@JoeBatesHQ) profile picture

Executive Director of Dance Consortium. Touring high-quality international dance across the UK & Ireland. Views expressed here are personal & not of my employer

London
Joined February 2012
Photo by Joe Bates (@JoeBatesHQ)Photo by Joe Bates (@JoeBatesHQ)Photo by Joe Bates (@JoeBatesHQ)Photo by Joe Bates (@JoeBatesHQ)Photo by Joe Bates (@JoeBatesHQ)Photo by Joe Bates (@JoeBatesHQ)Photo by Joe Bates (@JoeBatesHQ)Photo by Joe Bates (@JoeBatesHQ)Photo by Joe Bates (@JoeBatesHQ)
Only 1 week to go until #TalesOfQueerSuburbia is finally yours! 🖤 And there are still a few surprises left. Here’s another fun teaser from the epic album opener! ⚡️ Cannot WAIT for you to hear the whole thing next week!! 🔥🤘🏼🏳️‍🌈 Pre-Save now on Spotify 👉🏼 open.spotify.com/prerelease/…
1
1
2
111
Here we go guys! My brand new album “Tales of Queer Suburbia” drops in 3 weeks, on 20 June!!! ✨🙌🏼🥹 Woohoooooo!!!! Pre-save now on Spotify 👉🏼 open.spotify.com/prerelease/… Here’s a little snippet of the EPIC opening track! Loads more still to come. Let’s GO!! #TalesOfQueerSuburbia
1
1
3
426
“He’s got me channelling @Cher in 1989…” ✨🖤 #GentlemanCaller89 Watch on YouTube 👉🏼 youtu.be/lr6-Rkzlgo0
1
3
134
Do you need something MORE…than just a Gentleman Caller? 😜🏳️‍🌈 Fire & chains, leathers, insane sax solo perhaps!? 🎷 Cher? 😂 Of course the answer is YES! Come check out the full ‘80s rock realness now in my epic new music video!🤘🏼🔥👉🏼 youtu.be/lr6-Rkzlgo0 #GentlemanCaller89
1
4
229
#GentlemanCaller89 - Fire, chains, candles, huge hair, an epic sax solo & Harley-Davidson; @Cher T-shirts; @belindacarlisle LPs; a fabulous band plus super sexy ‘gentleman caller’ @_sadiqsadiq🔥🥵 What’s not to love!? 😆 Check out the full ‘80s realness👉🏼 youtu.be/lr6-Rkzlgo0
1
2
175
It's live! My directorial debut for @mattfishel's latest single Gentleman Caller '89. I was channelling @Dawn_French & Jennifer Saunders all the way with this 80s rock pastiche...20+ years after I was a backing dancer in their iconic Madonna/Britney video youtube.com/watch?v=lr6-Rkzl…
2
3
277
Wonderful to see #TheQDanceCompany's Re:INCARNATION included in @TimeOutLondon's best dance in London this September! 👉 timeout.com/london/dance/the… • Tour opens @southbankcentre on 18 & 19 September. Get your tickets now on our website!
1
1
89
📣 NEW TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 Dance Consortium is proud & excited to announce our 2024 Autumn Tour of Qudus Onikeku | The QDance Company 🇳🇬 Nigeria’s ground-breaking dance company will explode onto UK stages with the amazing “Re:INCARNATION”! Full info 👉 danceconsortium.com/touring/…
1
3
1
4
721
It’s #GymBunnies day!!🥳🏋️‍♂️🐰💪🏼✨Out now & available everywhere!👉ffm.to/gymbunnies A song in 4 parts, this one was conceived across several years, on treadmills & elliptical trainers, & I’m beyond excited to finally share it with you! More here: instagram.com/p/C8MWULhtPWd/
2
5
529
#GymBunnies music video is live!! 🎥 This one took many weeks & late nights to make, & it was a whole lotta fun editing together all the footage …for obvious reasons! 😜💪🏼🥵🔥 It’s pretty epic! Go check it out 👉🏼 youtu.be/gZpRGlHeC38?si=C8Hh… 🏋️‍♂️🐰🏳️‍🌈🎷🎸🪐✨ #TalesOfQueerSuburbia
2
6
770
Woohoo 🙌 This one is a real bop!! Enjoy 😊
It’s Release Day!! 😄✨#TheQueerbaitingSong is out everywhere now!! 🥳🏳️‍🌈 👉🏼 ffm.to/thequeerbaitingsong I’ve been dancing around my studio with a big grin on my face to this song for months now, & I’m so excited to finally share it with you! More deets here: instagram.com/p/C7ENxBiNuN1/…
2
294
Here we gooooo!!! 🔥 Full HD Lyric Video for “Lonely Boys (Faster)” is now up on my YouTube channel 🎥 Go go go!!! 👉🏼youtu.be/0XhJYsCa4Nk?si=N2aU… #LonelyBoysFaster #TalesOfQueerSuburbia #mattfishel #lyricvideo #newmusic #synthwave
2
6
603
Have you checked out “Lonely Boys…” yet? Available everywhere now: ffm.to/lonelyboys Music Video on my YouTube: youtu.be/0XhJYsCa4Nk?si=fOTY… 👍🏼 That’s all! 😁👋🏼 #LonelyBoysFaster #TalesOfQueerSuburbia #mattfishel #lyricvideo #newmusic #synthwave
2
6
744
I’m so incredibly proud of my hubby @mattfishel for releasing the first single from his new album. Have a watch/listen and drift back to the 80s 😜 Matt Fishel - "Lonely Boys (Faster)" (Official Video) youtu.be/0XhJYsCa4Nk?si=MuNp… via @YouTube
2
292
We're thrilled to have had @BBC Arts correspondent @BrendaEmmanus OBE write a fantastic feature for our #Ailey2 tour programme, on #AlvinAileyAmericanDanceTheater & the impact it’s had across the last 70 years! Now available to read in full on our website👇danceconsortium.com/features…
1
1
122
❤️
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Ailey 2 is excellence personified, something special. It's amazing how young the Ailey dancers are, their talent is simply incredible & offers such hope for the future. On tonight @brumhippodrome don't miss out birminghamhippodrome.com/cal… Full review facebook.com/CultureBab
1
1
122
Tomorrow night’s performance of Ailey 2 at @brumhippodrome will open with a 'Curtain Raiser' performance created in partnership with Birmingham Hippodrome & #AlvinAileyAmericanDanceTheater. Tickets can be purchased here: birminghamhippodrome.com/cal…
1
6
2
6
1,578
We are all set up. Anyone @LatitudeFest who wants to come and talk touring today head over to the faraway forest. We have food and shelter!! @ace_national @ace_southeast #ACEsupported
3
6
2
20