PROGRAMME
CONTENTS Welcome Order of Ceremonies Host & Presenters Performers Awards Categories Judges Panel Discussion Acknowledgements
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Rebecca Fowler by One Dance UK, Dani Bower
WELCOME We are delighted to welcome you to the One Dance UK Awards. It’s a pleasure and a privilege to be able to gather so many talented individuals together under one roof. Our primary goal for the Awards is to celebrate the exceptional work and accomplishments of the many professionals who make important contributions to the vibrant and diverse dance ecology in the UK. All of the nominees truly embody the dedication and innovation that drives dance in the UK, and we are delighted to be able to showcase your important work. The entire One Dance UK team would like to express thanks and gratitude to the dance community in Coventry whose support and collaboration played a vital role in this event. We would like to extend a special thank you to Ascension Dance Company for bringing the spirit of Coventry to this evening’s celebration!
Andrew Hurst
Chief Executive, One Dance UK
With thanks to One Dance UK’s Awards SILVER SPONSOR
ORDER OF CEREMONIES
Saturday 10 February, The Box at FarGo Village, Coventry 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:45pm
Welcome drinks Food and drinks Awards Ceremony Featuring performances from Breakdots Ltd, Lakshmi Srinivasan, and Motionhouse and a 15 minute interval
Anaya Vasudha by One Dance UK, Dani Bower
HOST John Bernard John Bernard is Coventry’s current Poet Laureate, a rapper and a mentor whose work has earned him a reputation as the city’s voice for the young. A multifaceted artist, his work stands out for its authenticity, rawness, and potency; exploring themes of social justice, youth empowerment, faith, and purpose. A finalist in BBC Words First 2020, John has become a standout performer in the world of poetry and rap. He has taken to the stage at some of the UK’s most prestigious events and venues, including Shambala festival, Godiva festival, BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, and Symphony Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He has also created work for brands and organisations, such as Formula 1, BBC, Flannels, TBN UK, Royal Shakespeare Company, Belgrade Theatre, and many more. Beyond the stage, John actively engages with communities, leading creative workshops that empower young minds to discover their voices and express themselves through the art of poetry and music.
PRESENTERS
Amanda Skoog
Anthony Bowne
Antoine Marc
Ashley Jordon
Chair of the Board of Trustees for One Dance UK
Member of the Board of Trustees for One Dance UK
Technology Producer and Choreographer
Dancer, Choreographer and Company Director of Ascension Dance Company
Harlequin
Oliver Scott
The world-leading providers of the highest quality sprung and vinyl dance floors
Founder and Artistic Director of Mercurial Dance
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PERFORMERS Breakdots Ltd Marius Mates, Creative Director of Breakdots Ltd, is a dancer, choreographer and producer with 17+ years of experience. He is driven by positivity, passion and determination. His expertise lies in combining breaking with hip-hop, contemporary, and experimental dance to create mesmerising indoor and outdoor performances, as well as theatre productions that are both celebratory and thought-provoking. He frequently collaborates with artists from other disciplines, including visual artists, musicians, filmmakers, writers, beatboxers, digital creators and poets, to create interdisciplinary works of art. Tonight’s solo performance, ‘The Frame’, performed by Marius, delves into the concept of losing something significant in life, be it a past memory, a close individual, or a part of oneself. The group performance, danced by Marius Mates, Jamaal O’Driscoll, Jude Westermann and Nancy Gibson titled ‘FREE STYLE’ encapsulates the essence of breakdancing with four individuals, each contributing a distinct and unique style.
Lakshmi Srinivasan Lakshmi, a highly accomplished Indian classical dance artist, blends Bharatanatyam and Bharatanrityam, pioneering Karana-based movement inspired by the temple sculptures of India. Tonight Lakshmi will perform Surya Kautuvam. Surya also known as Adithya is the Hindu god of the Sun. He is considered the creator of the Universe and the source of all life. He is the supreme soul who brings light and warmth to the world. Each day he travels across the sky in his golden chariot pulled by seven horses driven by a red aruna – a personifaction of dawn. Surya is known by many alternative names and epithets including brilliant, nourisher, light maker, king of the constellations and of thousand reigns.
Motionhouse Motionhouse create world class dance-circus productions that tour extensively to rave reviews across the globe. From full-length productions for theatre touring to flexible work for the outdoors and large-scale performance events, their sell-out productions integrate athletic physicality, powerful narrative, incredible digital imagery and emotive sound scores. Tonight they will perform a piece called Gravity. Inspired by the first moon landing, Gravity combines hand-to-hand acrobatics with Motionhouse’s signature contact choreography. Using breath-taking balances and extraordinary trust, Gravity sees two white-clad performers in an evocative exploration of weightlessness and zero gravity. An overwhelming sense of isolation underlies the precise, haunting choreography.
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Bryn Aled by One Dance UK, Dani Bower
AWARDS CATEGORIES
The Awards will be presented in the following order.
The following extracts about the shortlist have been taken from their original nominations.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S DANCE CHAMPION AWARD This award is for all individual dance educators who are championing dance in the lives of young people, regardless of style, genre or setting. This is anybody who is an educator working with children or young people from pre-school through to higher education, whether in or outside formal educational settings. They will be providing quality tuition and guidance, instilling a culture and love of dance, and having a positive impact on those they work with.
Lucy Melia
@streetlydance Lucy’s work in dance is motivated by creating opportunities for those who need it most whilst maintaining excellent dance training for all. She has built a powerhouse of dance in her school, developed a Boy’s Dance Company and created dance opportunities for those with Special Education Needs and physical disabilities.
Jessica Ho
www.ydance.org With boundless energy, unwavering passion, and remarkable versatility in engaging young people from diverse and often vulnerable backgrounds, Jessica empowers young people to believe in themselves and their abilities. Whether she is working with a group of young people in a community centre or leading a dance session in a youth prison, her vitality and liveliness are simply magnetic.
Ashwini Kalsekar
www.ashwinikalsekar.co.uk Ashwini, the Artistic Director of Kirti Kala Mandir UK CIC, boasts a rich legacy with over 25 years of industry experience. Conducting classes across West London for both young people and adults, her artistic influence and support for students serve as a source of inspiration, empowerment, and positive change within the realm of dance and beyond. - 10 -
THE COMMUNITY CHAMPION AWARD This award is for any person or organisation who is using dance as a tool to create, strengthen, and/or build communities with non-professional groups in any setting and with any age group. They will be passing on a passion for and enjoyment of dance, bringing its benefits directly into communities whilst showing that dance is for anyone and everyone.
Step Change Studios
https://www.stepchangestudios.com/ Step Change Studios is an inclusive dance company focussed on disability inclusion. It created an initiative called ‘Dance Dosti’, to support blind people of South Asian heritage in Birmingham by using dance to improve participants’ wellbeing, encourage creativity, promote independence, confidence and community connections, and to tackle stigma towards disability in the community. The initiative also provided training for dance practitioners in supporting people with sight loss, and empowered participants as advocates, and to perform at the Blind Sport World Games.
Dance United Yorkshire https://www.duy.org.uk/
Dance United Yorkshire (DUY) connects the very best of professional contemporary dance with socially and economically marginalised communities such as young offenders, young people and adults suffering with poor mental health, women prisoners, victims of abuse, refugees, asylum seekers, and families living in areas of deprivation. DUY targets those whose lives are most troubled and chaotic, offering a catalyst to inspire positive and sustainable change.
Greenwich Dance
https://greenwichdance.org.uk/ For three decades Greenwich Dance has offered opportunities for people to make, watch and take part in dance regardless of age, experience, or background but sadly in December 2023 the organisation was forced to close. Despite this, last year, Summer in the Park, a series of free performances and workshops across South East London co-created with the community, engaged 109 professional artists, 96 community performers and attracted an estimated audience of over 5,150 people. Plans for the organisations work to continue in the future with new partners will be announced soon.
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THE DANCE SPOTLIGHT AWARD This award is a chance to shine a light on those whose work is vital to the production and support of dance. Bringing those back of house to front of house, these individuals and teams work tirelessly to help make dance happen, making it possible for people to see, engage with and work within dance.
Isabel Mortimer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabel-mortimer-b363955/?originalSubdomain=uk
Isabel has worked with DCD for over 11 years and is dedicated to supporting the dance sector. She offers invaluable support to dancers during and beyond their performing career, giving dancers the opportunity to take the next step beyond performance with someone by their side. Isabel also developed and leads DCD Evolve coaching workshops, bringing dancers together for personal and professional development and is Associate Facilitator for Clore Leadership (a DCD partner).
Jen McLachlan
www.linkedin.com/in/jen-mclachlan-38575052 Throughout a long career in the cultural sector, Jen has worked tirelessly to support dance organisations of all scales to deliver inspiring creative and capital projects. As a project director and cultural consultant, over the last three decades Jen has worked with companies including English National Ballet, Donmar Warehouse, Dance Umbrella, The Place, Studio Wayne McGregor and the V&A amongst others.
Melanie Precious
www.greenwichdance.org.uk As CEO at Greenwich Dance Melanie has transformed what was a dark period for the organisation into a bright home for creativity in the borough, offering dance to a multitude of Greenwich residents in a variety of ways. She has an outstanding ability to come up with inventive ideas whilst being grounded in the understanding of what the sector, its workers, and participants need, making projects relevant and exciting.
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THE HEALTH & WELLBEING IN DANCE AWARD This award is for any person, team or organisation whose work has had a transformational impact on the wellbeing of people who dance. Their work will have contributed to improve the physical and/or psychological wellbeing of dancers, communities or patients. The judges have evaluated the subjective stories and experiences of those impacted.
Stephanie De’Ath @theplacelondon
Stephanie works as Head of Dance Science for London Contemporary Dance School at The Place and has been a pillar for all students whenever they need help. She leads the Physical Support Team and supports dance students with injuries, illness and disabilities and creates a safe space where students feel comfortable to chat about both physical and psychological difficulties. As well as this, she coordinates important and cutting-edge research on the impact of physical and psychological well-being in relation to dance education.
Sara Macqueen (Linden Dance) www.lindendc.com Sara’s ethos is human first, dancer second, and this is applied in everything she does. Sara cultivates an environment where the students can grow not just as dancers but as whole beings with a strong emphasis on promoting good health and wellbeing. Her commitment has led to the LIMITLESS project, which aimed to raise awareness of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), provide creative opportunities, and open up conversations about inclusive working that can benefit the FND community and beyond.
Stephanie Hellewell Baird www.facebook.com/MoveOrkney
Stephanie works with children with additional needs and difficulties such as blindness, limited speech/nonverbal, social anxieties, ADHD and neurodivergence. She has worked with local schools and the Orkney islands council to support inclusive dance education in schools through a teaching toolbox of strategies, offering an inclusive learning environment for all young people to grow and flourish.
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THE SCIENCE & RESEARCH IN DANCE AWARD This award is for research relating to dance that is pushing the artform forward with scientific enquiry. This research will use scientific methodologies, whether in applied practice or in laboratory settings. It will be impacting how dance is created, seen, taught and understood, and will be helping influence the future of the dance industry.
Maria Kolitsida
www.sprintproject.org Maria’s research focused on how dance freelancers conceptualised their mental health and wellbeing in relation to Covid-19, highlighting how the pandemic and its restrictions to daily life amplified existing job-related challenges (e.g. financial instability) and negatively impacted the dancers. It has been impactful in raising awareness about the need to focus on freelancers’ mental health and well-being.
Gemma Harman
www.open.spotify.com/show/7oukfI6Rhx27j4GbUDmz6z Gemma’s podcast: ResDance is “a podcast dedicated to research methodologies and methods in dance practice, intended for educators, students, practitioners and performers and interdisciplinary researchers curious to learn more about dance research in action”. The podcast is now in its sixth series, having launched 55 episodes, it has become a ‘go to’ resource for dance, students, staff and practitioners across the UK and beyond”
Kathryn Stamp & Karen Wood
www.canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/strictly As part of the ‘Strictly’ Inclusive project team. This research has pushed forward thinking about how dance on mainstream TV is understood and received by the public, particularly for marginalised groups. It aimed to impact thinking within the BBC and encourage continued explorations of inclusion and representation on the show. It developed and sustained impactful partner relationships and the researchers have discussed this work on local and national BBC radio stations.
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THE GREEN DANCE AWARD This award celebrates any form of work that uses dance as a tool to spotlight and respond to the environment and climate crisis. This could be a specific project or person whose work has helped raise awareness, changed industry behaviours or responded artistically to environmental issues. Work can be in any genre, scale, location or remit within dance.
Akademi, Pravaas
www.akademi.co.uk/pravaas Pravaas is a poignant exploration of the climate-driven migration of people from the Sundarbans across India and Bangladesh, an area profoundly affected by rising sea levels and extreme weather events. Made in response to climate issues, the production communicates the urgent need for climate action by seamlessly weaving together themes of loss and hope, community and people, landscapes and shelter, refugees and livelihoods explored through the beauty and poignancy of South Asian dance forms and classical Carnatic vocals.
Autin Dance Theatre www.autindt.co.uk
Autin Dance Theatre is an innovative dance company that has been successfully touring ‘Out of the Deep Blue’ both nationally and internationally, engaging hundreds of thousands of audience members, alongside education creative workshops with a wide range of local communities, spreading messages about environmental sustainability, the climate and biodiversity crisis, and the positive changes that together we can achieve. The company has produced a children book inspired by the narrative of the show, called ‘Violet and the Sea Giant’ to inspire young minds on the power of storytelling.
Dance Consortium
www.danceconsortium.com Dance Consortium comprises a group of 19 large-scale theatres across the UK and Ireland, who work together to tour international dance companies. It oversees several sector peer-to-peer groups on behalf of the dance, theatre and touring sectors, and this year has turbocharged its approach to more sustainable ‘greener’ touring; sharing knowledge and expertise around environmental responsibility and highlighting good practices across the sector.
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THE DANCE CHANGEMAKER AWARD This award recognises bold, brave and impactful work that has driven progress in our sector, improving access to dance for all and championing diversity and inclusion. This could be for a person, team, organisation, campaign or movement. They may be taking risks to challenge norms or using dance as a tool to drive positive change and will be able to clearly demonstrate the impact they’ve had.
Dancers’ Career Development (DCD) www.thedcd.org.uk
DCD offer a through-line of professional career development to dancers from vocational training to post-performance career transition. The charity support over 1,500 dancers every year through in-person and online personal and career coaching; mentoring programmes; professional development and psychological resilience workshops; retraining bursaries; career exploration grants; and pioneering schools/conservatoires programme. This year DCD celebrates 50-years of service to the dance sector, supporting dancers to develop healthy, sustainable and rewarding careers on and beyond the stage.
Ailey Project UK
www.danceconsortium.com/learning/ailey-project-uk This project was launched in 2021, following a consultation with Dance Consortium members and building on activity with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Young people have had a range of engagements, from an introduction to Horton technique, to learning repertoire from dancers in New York via satellite. It transformed the young people both as dancers and as people; they were able to see other Black dancers and saw the opportunities for progression in their career.
Zoie Golding
www.linkedin.com/in/zoie-golding Zoie strongly believes in the transformative power of dance and its ability to bring about positive change in people’s lives and enrich society. She has dedicated her career to providing access to dance for those who may not otherwise have the opportunity to get involved or believe it’s for them. She has helped many people discover their passion for dance, pursue it as a career and see dance in new ways. Zoie’s commitment to creating mass participation projects, leading male youth companies, and art for social change initiatives are instrumental in spreading the joy of dance to diverse communities. Her passion is infectious, and no matter how full the room is, she will see you and find a way to help you shine. - 16 -
THE BOB LOCKYER AWARD FOR DIGITAL INNOVATION This award recognises the use of digital and technology to innovate how we see, experience and understand dance. For example, this could be for work in film, photography, VR/AR/XR, live and digital performance, marketing, dance science, dancers’ healthcare, work in inclusion and diversity or education. This award pays homage to Bob Lockyer OBE and his incredible legacy. Bob was an incredible innovator, collaborator, director, patron, founding member of One Dance UK. He bought some much innovation to the sector, he was truly was an inspiration to all.
Dance.Film.Performance
www.instagram.com/dance.film.performance Dance.Film.Performance’s utilization of digital technology is nothing short of revolutionary. They employ a real-time interactive projection system powered by motion capture technology to seamlessly blend the digital and physical worlds, creating an immersive experience for the audience. This innovative integration allows for the live manipulation of visuals, transforming the performance space into a dynamic and ever-evolving canvas.
Motionhouse – for Starchitects www.motionhouse.co.uk
Motionhouse uses technology to transform how audiences see, experience and understand dance. Working at the cutting-edge of live performance and digital integration, they create immersive worlds on stage and magical experiences for audiences. Starchitects uses digital projections, which act as a dynamic backdrop for the action, to help create a thrilling world on stage that children can easily understand visually, transporting them in the blink of an eye. This mix of technology and distinctive dance-circus style draws audiences new to dance as well as dance fans.
Birmingham Royal Ballet www.brb.org.uk
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Virtual Stage programme is pioneering the use and application of immersive technology in classical ballet, unlocking new artistic frontiers for old and new audiences. Projects include bringing the Nutcracker to a global audience through AR and VR; creating a 12-day AR trail; building virtual environments; and a virtual experience unlocking the possibilities of immersive storytelling with ‘A Swans Story’. Their next step is to develop VR content specifically tailored to neuro-divergent audiences for whom live theatre environments presents many challenges.
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THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD This award recognises an individual or organisation who has made a significant contribution to the dance industry in the last year, and is selected based on a public vote. Whatever their area of work, be that as a dancer, choreographer, advocate, educator or beyond, this individual will have helped to raise the profile of dance amongst the general public.
Rebecca Namgauds
www.beckynamgauds.com Rebecca Namgauds is a multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, director and performer, creating for stage and screen. She creates powerful and intimate work with a highly physical dance language, often within surreal settings. With an original style which is raw and grounded, her independent works are often motivated by feminist or environmental themes. She has created work for theatre, the site-specific, galleries, music videos, fashion, and commercials, but whether working in the marco or micro she drives with authenticity and purpose.
Ballet4Life - Donna Schoenherr www.ballet4life.com
Ballet4Life have helped make ballet and dance accessible for adults and bought ballet back into many community members’ lives again, bringing health, wellbeing, and joy to the students’ lives. As well as running Ballet4Life school for 20 years, Donna founded charity Move into Wellbeing®, which offers a programme of movement and dance particularly aimed at people living with Parkinson’s Disease or any other physical disability.
Dr Swati Raut
www.swatidance.com Dr Swati Raut has made the classic Indian Dance of Bharatanatyam well-known and easily accessible to the people of Northwest England. An educator, Dr Swati Raut has inspired and motivated other dancers to experiment and bring modern concepts into classical dance. As part of the Samayoga celebration on International Dance Day, issues, including Dementia, the loss of a loved one, and change in seasons, were beautifully portrayed by participants.
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THE ARTISTIC INNOVATION IN DANCE AWARD This award is to recognise innovation in the artistic elements of dance, and how they can unlock new ways of storytelling, exploring themes, and challenging how we think. This can be for any artistic work regardless of genre, location, setting, resources or scale.
Luca Silvestrini - for Home from Home www.proteindance.co.uk
As Artistic Director of the radical ‘Home from Home’ project, collaborating with four companies of older dancers and five choreographers, Luca Silvestrini built an innovative creative team. The project aims to raise the visibility and aspirations of older dancers, to challenge assumptions about ageing and the aesthetics of dance, to champion excellence in community practice and to surprise and delight audiences.
Rhiannon Faith Company – for Lay Down Your Burdens www.rhiannonfaith.com/lay-down-your-burdens
With extraordinary physical performance, live music, brave testimonials and riotous pub games, this visceral dance theatre world draws together those who have been estranged or never even dreamed they were connected. Informed through community workshops, challenging the norms of who gets to have a creative input in the arts world, the show encourages a welcoming and safe environment, where audiences feel like they belong, feel seen, and can experience joy and togetherness; creating a catalyst for positive social change.
Sonia Sabri (Sonia Sabri Company) www.ssco.org.uk
Sonia has taken Kathak, a traditionally indoor artform, and reinvented it for the outdoors; creating a distinctive style that works across a range of locations, settings and terrains. Sonia is a socially engaged artist who creates work directly informed by local communities, particularly marginalised and underserved groups. Sonia challenges stereo-typical ideas around dance and has shown through her innovative approach that Kathak is a living and breathing artform that is valuable and relevant to audiences today.
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THE JANE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD The Jane Attenborough Award honours those working in dance who have made an outstanding contribution to the artform throughout their career. An award that is 20 years in the making this year and named in memory of the founding Director of Dance UK (later becoming One Dance UK), this award aims to highlight the important contributions made by exceptional individuals who make a real difference to how dance is created, supported, and seen.
Claire Nicholson & Eddie Copp www.capa.college
Claire and Eddie have together made a profound impact on dance and creative arts education in West Yorkshire. They have worked tirelessly to provide outstanding dance and arts education to thousands of young people, most recently through the development of CAPA College, a DfE funded free school providing unique arts education for 1619 year olds. Their passion, drive and tenacity - along with an unwavering belief that all young people can achieve exceptional things when nurtured in the right way - have transformed the lives of thousands of young people.
The Jane Attenborough Award is named in memory of the founding Director of Dance UK, Jane Attenborough (1955 – 2004). A dynamic and passionate advocate for the arts, and in particular dance, throughout a 25year career Jane made a huge impact on the arts sector working for the Royal Academy of Dance, Arts Council of Great Britain (now Arts Council England), Rambert Dance Company (now Rambert), Dance UK (one of the four organisations that merged to form One Dance UK) and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Throughout her career, and particularly as a founding executive director of Dance UK, Jane used her vast experience of arts management, lobbying, fundraising and administration to contribute to the promotion of the dance sector and improving conditions for dancers. Her forward-thinking work resulted in ground-breaking and long-lasting legacies for the dance community, including the creation and development of our Healthier Dancer Programme, which continues to undertake vital work in advocating and providing education to support dancers’ performance and physical, psychological, and social health to this day. Every year One Dance UK recognises the incredible lasting impact Jane had on the dance sector by dedicating an Award in her name. This Award is presented to individuals who, like Jane, have gone above and beyond the call of duty in order to move dance forward and enable the art form to thrive. - 20 -
SPECIAL RECOGNITION This year, we are giving special recognition to someone who was nominated across multiple categories, who is sadly no longer with us. Helen Parlor was the founder and artistic director of MÓTUS, as well as a choreographer, director, dancer, performer, mentor and teacher. She inspired and taught a whole generation of new dancers and was the driving force behind many dance performances, and the nominations she received echoed this. We felt that this outpouring of love, support and recognition must not go unnoticed, which is why we have commissioned a special plaque recognising Helen’s work and to serve as a reminder to all that whilst Helen may no longer be with us in person, her legacy will endure.
Amelia Bickley by One Dance UK, Dani Bower
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JUDGES This year we had an overwhelmingly high calibre of nominations, from which our exceptional judges have selected our shortlist. Each category had at least 3 fantastic judges making the selection in their field of expertise. With such a high standard of nominations this year it was a tough choice, so we would like to say a huge thank you to all who devoted their time to the selection process.
Abigail Reeve
CEO of Rambert Grades
Alexander Whitley
Andrew Ashton
Artistic Director of Alexander Whitley Dance Company
Environmental Sustainability Manager at Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures
Anita Clark
Antoine Marc
Aoife McGrath
Brendan Keaney OBE
Carolyn Lappin
Claire Nicholson
Director of The Work Room
Artistic Director and CEO DanceEast
Technology Producer and Choreographer
Professor of Dance at Queen’s University Belfast
Principal of CAPA College
Executive Director, YDance
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Professor Angela Pickard
Professor of Dance Education at Canterbury Christ Church University
Dr Bethany Whiteside Senior Lecturer and Doctoral Degrees Coordinator at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Corey Baker
Company Director, Corey Baker Dance
David Watson
Dawn Prentice
Eliot Smith
Hannah Kirkpatrick
Helen Laws
Iona Waite
Irini Papadimitriou
Jamie Jenkins
Karen Wood
Kate Stanforth
Luke Pollard MP
Maggie Morris
Mags Byrne
Matthew Robinson
Melly Still
Paul Webster
Executive Director of Audiences and Media at National Museums Liverpool
Researcher and Dance Manager
Assistant Professor at the Centre for Dance Research
Artistic Director, DU Dance (NI)
Producer and Fundraiser
Rehearsal Director at ACE dance and music
Director of Kate Stanforth Academy of Arts C.I.C
Artistic Director of National Dance Company Wales
Founder and Creative Director at Eliot Smith Dance
Creative Director of Future Everything
Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Director, Choreographer and Designer
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Head of National Youth Dance Company
Dance Producer for National Youth Arts Wales
Founder of Safe in Dance International, Performing Arts Consultant and Dance Educator
Pearson Performing Arts and Drama Subject Advisor
Phill Hargreaves
Pippa Fisher-Coldwell
Rachael O’Sullivan
Professor Roger Wolman MD FRCP FFSEM
Sarah Dowling
Tracey Brown
Creative and Executive Cultural Leader
Consultant in Rheumatology and Sport and Exercise Medicine
Head of dance at Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School and Principal at Pips Dance Academy
Director, Choreographer, Movement Director, Performer and Creative Associate at Punchdrunk
Kaân Huzarski by One Dance UK, Dani Bower
Environmental Manager at the Royal Opera House
Mentoring, Training and Development Leader at Rubicon Dance
Robert Hylton
Choreographer, Movement Director and Researcher
Zoe Rasbash
Climate Action Researcher at Watershed
PANEL DISCUSSION The panel will discuss how we can nurture a thriving dance ecology in Coventry and explore with local creatives the possibilities of collaboration, infrastructure and networks. Find out more about the panel members below.
Ashley Jordan Ashley is a Black British Dancer, Choreographer and Company Director of Ascension Dance Company. As a choreographer, he has produced work with the BBC (BBC Dance Passion 2022 and BBC Contains Strong Language 2021), Sky Arts and worked with the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 to create and tour a piece of work throughout the game’s activities. He was 1 of 15 people on the City of Culture Leadership programme, selected as a Vital Spark 2022/23 with Spark Arts, a Little Big Dance Artist Lab Participants and spent 2 months in South Africa as part of the British Council Funded “How to eat a Doughnut” artistic residency.
Karen Wood Karen is a Birmingham-born dancer, maker, researcher, educator and producer. She has an MSc in Dance Science from Trinity Laban, London and a PhD from the University of Manchester. Karen has taught at a number of universities, Centre for Advanced Training programmes and in community contexts. She is Associate Professor at the Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University and has previously worked as a freelance dance artist and teacher in Manchester, London and Birmingham. She is co-founder of Manchester Dance Consortium and Co-Director of Birmingham Dance Network. Her current research interests explore concepts of collaboration, ethics of care and responsibility, collective identities and leadership in relation to freelance communities and cultural policy.
Lakshmi Srinivasan Lakshmi has over a decade of global performance experience and a post graduate degree in dance from India. She engages with South Asian dance in Britain in various capacities, including directing Ankura Dance since 2012. With the support of ACE, Lakshmi innovatively choreographed projects like “Dance of the past to the present”, “Mayilattam – peacock dance”. She has been awarded the Developing your Creative Practise and Lisa Ullman Travel Scholarship for her project on a theatre production “MAHANATA – The Dancing Shiva of Badami”. She is actively discovering innovative approaches to integrate dance into both health and educational environments.
Oliver Scott Oliver is founder and artistic director of Mercurial Dance, and Mercurial Arts Charity. 2024 is their 20th anniversary! Constantly curious, versatile and equally confident creating in the studio as he is leading his business’, Oliver produces, directs, choreographs, educates, collaborates and advocates for dance. Creatively his focus is on creating XR immersive dance experiences. Oliver is a steering group member for the Dance Leaders Group.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ONE DANCE UK STAFF
HOST
John Bernard
A huge thank you to the entire team at One Dance UK under the leadership of Andrew Hurst.
PRESENTERS
A special thanks goes out to: Alisha Kadri Head of Buisness Development and Membership Rebecca Bertram Project Manager Amelia Bickley Business Development and Membership Officer Lara Coffey Head of Marketing and Communications Dani Bower Marketing Manager Chloe Sprackling Marketing and Design Officer Laura Nicholson Head of Children and Young People’s Dance Chiyere Ogbue Head of Workforce Development Paul Hibbert Head of Finance and operations Katie Stevens Office Manager
EVENT TEAM
Amanda Skoog Anthony Bowne Antoine Marc Ashley Jordan Harlequin Oliver Scott
PANEL MEMBERS Ashley Jordan Karen Wood Lakshmi Srinivasan Oliver Scott A special thanks to the judges who supported the selection process.
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