Adrian De La Court
Staff details
Adrian is the Director of MA Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship. As a critical practitioner, Adrian has worked as a lecturer at many Universities and colleges. Prior to Goldsmiths, he was Head of Physical Theatre, Contemporary Dance and Outdoor & Site Specific Performance courses at Northbrook College (University of Brighton). Adrian joined the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE) at Goldsmiths as MA Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, and as the Director of SYNAPSE a programme developed to deliver entrepreneurial thinking, explore ambition, turn potential into action and approaches to creative and critical practice, across all departments at Goldsmiths. He is also engaged in delivering this training with outside organisations and creative practitioners within industry in the UK and Europe.
Teaching and Supervision
Research interests
Developing and delivering training packages for Cultural and Creative organisations around Audience Development, Business Modelling and Financial streams.
Adrian has worked for the Cultural Enterprise Office, Glasgow as an Enterprise Advisor, and was commissioned to write some of their first factsheets on planning and financial management for cultural entrepreneurs. He has delivered training and consultancy to creative industries, organisations and practitioners across the UK and Internationally.
Adrian has been a freelance arts consultant and trainer for many years, with clients including: Copenhage School for Entrepreneurship (Copenhagen Business School) Scottish Enterprise, NESTA, Business Link and Artworks MK. Adrian is also a qualified life coach (Trained through CTI) and still works as a producer, freelance arts consultant, director and choreographer and visual artist.
Publications and research outputs
Conference or Workshop Item
De La Court, Adrian and Prime, Sian. 2022. 'Sustainable Enterprise London Festival (Business of Creative Industries): A model for supporting enterprises and enterprise teaching'. In: 16th International Enterprise Educators Conference, IEEC2022. Swansea University, United Kingdom 7 - 9 September.
Digital
Prime, Sian; De La Court, Adrian and Silvaggi, Antonia. 2019. A toolkit of exercises for mentors.
Project
De La Court, Adrian and Prime, Sian. 13 – 31 July 2020 Sustainable Enterprise London Festival (SELF).
De La Court, Adrian and Prime, Sian. 2016. Good Innovation Lab Tools (GILT).
Further profile content
Featured publications
How to write a DBACE plan
co-author the guide for their Awards for Creative Enterprise
Goldsmiths Research Centres/Groups
Additional Activities
Adrian initially worked as a professional dancer and performer, touring nationally and internationally, including work for The Featherstonehaughs, Josef Nadje, The People Show, Billy Cowie and Divas Dance Company. In addition to his performance work, Adrian gained commissions for his environmental art in Sussex. Adrian formed the first of a number of his visual performance and dance theatre companies in 1998, and has won choreographic commissions from South East Dance and the Brighton Festival 2009. His work was part of the first season held at the re-developed Corn Exchange in Brighton. He received the only Millennium Award given to a dance artist in South East England
