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The South West has a rich dance offer to make to people living and visiting its beautiful and varied lands and shoreline, from the tip of Cornwall in the west to Hampshire and Gloucestershire furthest east.

This magazine aims to tell you about There are options for you to do regular some of the different programmes on class or to perform. offer and to whet your appetite for what We hope you enjoy the variety shared else is available. here and if you're interested to know There are programmes for people of more, get in touch with your local all ages, sizes, genders and abilities. dance organisation listed within.

Dance gives you the chance to be Zannah Doan, Regional Producer at creative, get fit, have fun, make new Pavilion Dance South West, Bournemouth friends and enjoy working with others.

Be The Best You Can Be...

(Hall for Cornwall)

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Plymouth, City of Dance (Plymouth Dance)

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Who Says Dance Is Just For Girls?

(Take Art, Somerset)

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Hive – Pollinating Creativity (State of Emergency, Somerset)

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Da-Da-Dance in Dorset Libraries (Activate Performing Arts, Dorchester)

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“Fun Fridays” by the Sea (Pavilion Dance South West, Bournemouth)

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Let’s Talk Dance (Bath Dance)

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Moving On Up! (Make A Move, Bath)

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Dancing against STEREOTYPEs (Swindon Dance)

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New Dimensions in Dance (The Point, Eastleigh

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zannah@pdsw.org.uk

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Photo: State of Emergency’s Hive Project.

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BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE...

Since launching in September 2014, #HFC Youth Dance has already become one of Cornwall's leading dance companies. And what’s more, having been voted through to the Dance Your City 2015 finals at the Barbican in London, #HFC Youth Dance was awarded an incredible second place in this prestigious national competition!

Designed for young people aged 13 to 19, the company offers workshops with worldclass dancers and choreographers, as well as exciting performance opportunities. It’s a great springboard to challenge yourselves to become better dancers, choreographers and performers and it is also a chance to achieve Arts Award qualifications.

So far, #HFC Youth Dance has:

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danced with 75 young people from across Cornwall from Penzance to Tavistock,

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worked with 15 guest teachers in a variety of contemporary styles,

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choreographed seven new pieces,

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and made two dance films

Not a bad result for a year’s work! #HFC Youth Dance meets on Sundays every other week. The Artistic Director Helen Tiplady is from CScape Dance company, and Rob Mennear and Suzi West lead the weekly classes.

If you are interested in finding out more about the Company, please contact Isobel King on IsobelK@hallforcornwall.org.uk.

Michelle Doherty, Hall for Cornwall

CONTACT DETAILS: #HFC Youth Dance www.hallforcornwall.co.uk IsobelK@hallforcornwall.org.uk 01872 262 466

Photo: #HFC Youth Dance

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PLYMOUTH, CITY OF DANCE U.Dance is a programme run by Youth Dance England, a national organisation that champions dance for all children and young people and aims for every young person in England to be able to take part in at least one dance performance every year.

Since it began in 2008, U.Dance has involved over 170,000 young people. One of the highlights in the U.Dance calendar is an annual national youth dance festival. This year, the festival was held in Plymouth.

From 22-25 July U.Dance 2015 saw nearly 400 talented young people from across the country arrive in the City for a fourday celebration of dance showcasing the breadth and diversity of youth dance U.Dance 2015. Photo ©Kevin Clifford

created across Britain. Each month, in the lead up to the festival weekend, there was a free screening on the Big Screen in Plymouth City Centre of a short dance film made by and including young people from Plymouth (Outside-Inside-Plymouth).

U.Dance 2015 was produced by Youth Dance England in partnership with Plymouth Dance and celebrated the quality and vibrancy of young people’s dance and choreography. Over the festival weekend, the young people worked with nationally renowned artists to help inspire them to develop their dance skills and introduce them to new creative ideas. This was YDE’s ninth national youth dance festival and the first one to be run in the South West.

Young people involved in the U.Dance lead up activities said: “It’s so wonderful being able to mix with so many different people, companies and choreographers from all over the UK.” (Youth Dance Ambassador and performer with Company J)

“Dance performance is 70% of my enjoyment of life.” (Youth dancer, South Dance)

“It’s amazing to show people in wheelchairs The festival had a focus on inclusive dance they can dance, inspire people who are to profile exceptional work created and not in wheelchairs to dance with people in performed by disabled dancers and show wheelchairs.” (Youth dancer, Wheelfever) how accessible the national youth dance June Gamble, Plymouth Dance festival is without compromising excellence.

Workshops, social events and performances took place over eight different venues and locations in Plymouth with three vibrant and distinctive performances, showcasing work by some of the best youth dance groups from across the UK, taking place on the Lyric stage at the Theatre Royal Plymouth.

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In addition, Plymouth Dance presented public workshops and performances in the city during the month of July, including Dance PLYMOUTH Dance, a showcase of 240 young dancers on the Lyric stage at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on the evening of Saturday 25th July.

CONTACT DETAILS: Plymouth Dance www.plymouthdance.org.uk june.gamble@plymouthdance.org.uk 07818 518079

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WHO SAYS DANCE IS JUST FOR GIRLS? “Dance is just for girls?” Well, Jump Start! will prove differently! Jump Start! is a Boys’ Dance Project that Take Art and InspirED are running from October 2015 to March 2016.

It’s not ballet and those taking part don’t have to be the “best” dancers. What they do need is to be up for the challenge!

Designed specifically to get boys engaged in dance, this is an exciting,

high energy, physical adventure that incorporates breakdancing, parkour and contemporary dance.

In March 2016 as part of Spring Forward, Somerset’s county youth dance festival, we will be dedicating, for the first time, a whole evening performance to all-boys groups.

We are offering schools a host of ways to get involved in this.

male dancers who could go into schools and help groups create performance pieces to bring along to Spring Forward.

And finally, students will have the chance to join the new Jump Start! Boys’ Dance Company. Enthusiastic 10 to 19 year old male students can take their dance to the next level by joining and working with a professional dancer from Motionhouse.

Further details and latest information will be added to our website at www.takeart.org/inspired or email katey@takeart.org for more information.

Take Art is a partner in the InspirED Somerset network, which also includes Spaeda arts education, Somerset Film and Video and Somerset Art Works. The network aims to enrich creative arts and learning for all Somerset children and young people, bringing the skills and expertise of arts and media professionals direct to Somerset schools, colleges and education settings. Take Art lead on the Dance, Drama and Early Years elements of the project and through this offer CPD for teachers, workshops for young people, access to touring shows and links to venues.

Katey Leader, Take Art CONTACT DETAILS: Take Art www.takeart.org katey@takeart.org 01460 249450

Firstly, we will be offering training to male teachers on accessible ways of engaging boys in dance. This session has been specifically designed to support nonspecialist teachers who want to develop ways to get their male groups dancing, for example PE teachers who don’t normally teach dance but are up for the challenge of bringing a boys group to the platform.

The workshop will provide ideas and starting points to help create a dance piece. We also work with professional

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Photos: Jump Start! Boys’ Dance Project

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HIVE – POLLINATING CREATIVITY If there’s one thing that Bristol does well, it’s festivals. With the city celebrating its year as 2015 Green Capital, this year’s festivals have had a greener than average hue, with environmental issues being explored and celebrated in myriad ways.

For dancemakers, who want to reach wide audiences, festivals offer unrivalled opportunities to present dance in public spaces. So when State of Emergency contacted Bristol Food Connections to see if they would be interested in a dance performance project for this year’s Food Festival and they said yes, the game was on to find the best possible theme.

We knew that we wanted a subject related to food and the environment; a subject we could play with in ways that appealed to all ages and one that offered opportunities for education. We wanted to create a large scale production that could impact and grab attention outdoors, and one that could offer roles for different ages and abilities.

We also wanted to collaborate with other artists; a storyteller (playwright and poet Edson Burton) to help our participants create their own story and a costume

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artist (Ruth Ramsey) who could design great visuals that the participants could help make.

And so “Hive” was born. Bees directly connect food and the environment and offer so many ways to investigate not only dance movement and living biology, but also social models, co-operation, gender roles, what it means to be part of a team and even the idea of monarchy. By being involved with not just the dance elements, but also the story and the costume, our participant groups had genuine ownership of the work and reflecting the “Hive” ethos, an underlying sense of how all the roles serve a greater purpose.

We learned a lot along the way – that bees fly at 25km per hour, that they have five sets of eyes and that the imagination of Primary School children knows no

Photo: State of Emergency’s Hive Project

bounds. Our Primary School partners at Bannerman Road had worked with local beekeepers and drew on that knowledge to help create a story that could shine a light on environmental threats in a lively, entertaining way. They created the “Beebot”, a bee warped by human interference that places the Hive in jeopardy.

Our professional dancers, Murillo Leite and Victoria Hearne from Julia Thorneycroft Dance, took the lead roles as Queen Bee and Queen Bee Wannabe and students from the Dance Foundation Degree at City of Bristol College and members of Kinesis Youth Dance joined our Primary School cast to make the full Hive colony.

Since performing at Bristol Food Festival, Hive has been invited to perform at a Live Earth Event, a Big Green Picnic and has had

interest from a public garden. We want to take the project to more participant groups; pollinating creativity and a love of dance in more public spaces for local audiences and performers.

Let us know if you’d be interested in it.

Hive was produced by State of Emergency and funded

by Bristol City Council, Arts Council England and State of Emergency. You can watch a short film at: https://vimeo.com/131603317

Katy Noakes, Freelance Producer, State of Emergency

CONTACT DETAILS: State of Emergency www.stateofemergencyltd.com Deborah@stateofemergencyltd.com 01460 249450

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DA-DA-DANCE IN DORSET LIBRARIES This year, the Summer Reading Challenge theme was “Record Breakers”, and thanks to a partnership of several South West-based organisations and local authorities, young readers are also able to play “Fantastical Feats”, a fun digital game that brings together dance, stories, illustration, animation and film.

But the Fantastical Feats project also featured live dance events in several libraries in the South West. Activate’s youth dance company, Portrait, performed at Dorchester Library and Learning Centre at the start of the summer holidays, launching six weekly summer holiday dance workshops, encouraging young readers to dance and to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge.

Following on from Fantastical Feats, Activate are pleased to be developing the relationship with our local Library service even further. We are lucky to be based near the fantastic new Library in Dorchester that has good facilities and spaces suitable for dance. Activate believes in the power of dance to transform lives, and being able to offer dance workshops and performances in this publicly accessible, user-friendly space means we are able to work with

people who might not engage with dance in comprising artists, dancers, students, traditional ways. singers and writers.

This relationship with the Library service has “Nice to see libraries being used like this. supported different areas of Activate’s work, It was my first trip to the new library. I’ll including support for professional dance probably come back now.” artists and dance and health work.

Activate also delivered a dance and Impermanence Dance Theatre are a dementia workshop as part of the Library Bristol-based dance company that have Dementia Information Day. This has led us been working this year on creating Dato developing a plan for delivering regular Da-Darling, a dance performance based dance and dementia sessions in two on a surrealist collage novel by Max Dorset libraries, which will be backed up by Ernst, A Young Girl Dreams of Taking the research into the benefits of dance, sited in Veil. They were looking for opportunities the library, for dementia sufferers. to perform the work in progress to get Libraries are easily accessible and feedback. Dorchester Library programmed comfortable places for people to visit, and supported a performance of Da-Daso the opportunity to offer a healthy Darling in the centre of the library, free and community activity in such a focal venue open to audiences and passing public. It will increase ease of access and awareness. was in a way quite surreal itself: a dance The sessions will also be a point for offering performance in the library on a sunny other services such as the libraries “Books Saturday afternoon, surrounded by books, on Prescription” and information about windows and passing library users, instead support services. of the usual dark, theatrically lit stage space.

Rosalind Conlon, Activate Performing Arts The performance drew very positive feedback from audiences: “I knew nothing of this kind of dance but was instantly captivated. The dancers are extraordinary, boundless energy – I’m so glad I have had the opportunity to see this.”

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Photo: Library performance of Da-Da-Darling

by Impermanence Dance Theatre

In the morning before the performance Impermanence led an open workshop, again in the central library space, for an inter-generational group of participants

CONTACT DETAILS: Activate Performing Arts www.activateperformingarts.org.uk rosalind@activateperformingarts.org.uk 01305 260 954 Play Fantastical Feats at www.stepintoabook.org.uk

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“FUN FRIDAYS” BY THE SEA Nothing can beat that Friday feeling, but at Pavilion Dance South West (PDSW) in Bournemouth there is something quite special about the last day of the working week, with two ends of life’s spectrum arriving for their weekly dose of dance.

In the morning, PDSW teacher Aimee Smith leads “Mini Movers”, one of our Under 5s classes, which is a chance for parents and carers to move to music with their little ones. She swiftly follows this 45 minute class with an hour of “Older and Perfect (OAP)”, a dance class for the older person.

The dancers often arrive a little early to catch up with their fellow classmates in the foyer before heading up to PDSW’s beautiful art deco Garden Studio, which overlooks Bournemouth’s Lower Gardens.

The atmosphere in the class is infectious.

Everybody is here for the love of dance, to socialise, to move, to create, and this joy is palpable.

“Of all the performing arts, dance is the one that has emerged as the most therapeutic when it comes to staving off the mental and physical ravages of old age.” (Age UK)

This quest for enjoyment is a key factor not just in this class, but also for the Parkinson’s Dance class in the afternoon, for which Aimee is joined by Neuro-Physiotherapist Dr Sophia Hulbert. Together, they lead a class based on a variety of styles that is designed to promote rehabilitation of movement and control for people diagnosed with the condition.

Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological condition that affects approximately one in every 500 people in the UK. Some common symptoms include difficulties with balance, co-ordination, turning, posture and walking. Parkinson’s Dance addresses these symptoms in a fun, stimulating, motivating and challenging but safe environment.

Popular music is used to appeal to the dancers and requests from the floor are frequently taken!

The Parkinson’s Dance class sees an average of 22 participants each week, which comprises those with the condition and their carers, who attend at no cost. John Wood, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s 14 years ago, comments, “Parkinson’s is all about managing your condition. The more you use the muscles and limbs, the better it is to cope with the symptoms.”

As well as all the national & international research evidence that is available, here at PDSW we see the amazing progress made by our participants every week. We believe that the class facilitates physical progress in the participant that may not be possible without it.

wonder, then, that this day of the week has been labelled “Fun Friday” by our dancers?

If you are interested in attending a dance class and making new friends, book yourself into one of PDSW’s classes via 01202 203 630 or www.pdsw.org.uk.

Hannah Ley, Pavilion Dance South West

CONTACT DETAILS: Pavilion Dance South West www.pdsw.org.uk hannah@pdsw.org.uk 01202 203630

Both the Parkinson’s Dance and the OAP Dance class are devoid of pressure. There is no expectation for the attendees to perform or to meet a target. As with all our classes, their focus is on enjoyment and fun. Is it any

Photos: Mini Movers and Parkinson’s Dance with Aimee Smith

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Club Photo: Mendip Dance ter and Members Christine Fos mi Lynne Houghton-Naze

LET’S TALK DANCE After many email conversations and a meeting of minds at the local café, Bath Dance – with the support of several members from the Mendip Dance Club – hosted Let’s Talk Dance: A performance group for over 60s, an open afternoon for dancers aged over 60, interested in performing to come together to move, share ideas and help shape the beginning of a dance performance group.

In a bright studio, 18 of us began our journey by moving together in a Creative Contemporary class led by local practitioner Fleur Hoefkens. Our enjoyment of dance shone; age and experience irrelevant, we were bodies and breath gathering and sending energy to each other and the space around us. A short phrase saw us chopping, swirling and shaking our bodies together. We moved in invisible soft balls, thickly swiping and splatting paint into it first with our hands and then with different parts of our bodies. Deepening our exploration we paired up, taking turns to mirror one another without a word passing our lips, all eyes and sensation. In small groups, we gently decided and laughed lots about the moments in the session that made us feel good and pieced them together to

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share. It was moving to observe each body contributing in its own way and to see what one wonderful hour can do.

Afterwards, we sat in a circle with Rosalind Conlon, a South West based practitioner with specialist knowledge and a passion for working with older dancers. Rosalind provided an insight into similar projects, their shape and how they are sustained.

This also ignited a spirited debate about the terminology surrounding the word “old”.

“We need to reclaim the word old”, Rosalind explained, a pivotal point that fed into the rest of the afternoon.

A break-out session in smaller groups explored a series of questions to ignite responses to the logistics and expectations of such a performance group. Whilst

conversation was spirited and generous, we also highlighted the need to address the following challenges: •

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After a lot of thought (and more tea and cake), we re-gathered and ended the day with our aspirations for ourselves as dancers and for this new group. We talked about the view of “old” perhaps harping back to past generations and how society needs to “be a part of us and not apart from us”.

The word acceptance was very present and how we should “see our abilities today, not yesterday (not locked into ‘what I used to be able to do’)”. We talked about how, after retiring, this phase of life is an opportunity to

develop a “different way of being”, “meeting new people/social groups” and how we are a “sea of people, equal and understanding of one another – we need to educate the outside world”.

We recognised that whilst dance plays a hugely beneficial role in health and wellbeing for older people, we need to advocate for the artistic side, that “age is not a hindrance, but the experience of our bodies and life can only enrich our presence”.

If you are interested and would like to join us in our next steps, contact lisa@bathdance.net.

Lisa Lort, Bath Dance

CONTACT DETAILS: Bath Dance www.bathdance.net www.mendipdance.wordpress.com lisa@bathdance.net 0779328458

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MOVING ON UP! Make a Move is a newly formed charity, founded on the principle that music and movement hugely improve people’s sense of happiness and wellbeing.

Make a Move, in collaboration with Sirona Care & Health and the Active Lifestyles and Health Improvement Team in Bath, have been hugely privileged to devise and deliver a very successful programme called Moving On Up, supporting mothers with Post Natal Depression (PND).

The project, based in Bath and North East Somerset, uses music, dance, movement and therapeutic talk to help and support mothers to recover from depression and most importantly, it gives their babies an improved start in life.

participants to experience themselves as physical beings in relationship with others.

Music offers access to and motivation for movement. When mothers find themselves moving to music in a group, they experience a sense of belonging and of “being part of something” bigger than themselves, which helps break down communication barriers and leads to talking - a key feature of the sessions.

Moving On Up has been developed over two years and has had a very positive impact on the mums involved:

“Moving On Up was a lifeline for me, helping • me recognise, come to terms with, and start to manage my post-natal depression. It • gave me the gift of feeling real joy again.

I think every mum would benefit.”

• (Katie, mum of two).

Moving On Up is not just a matter of getting people dancing, but also of enabling

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91% of mums reported an improvement in mood 77% felt an improvement in their emotions 54% said their relationships within the family improved

that the hard work has paid off! In an area of mental health that’s so often kept quiet, we • 49% said their energy levels had want to shout it from the roof tops that we gone up are here to help, and are now able to offer • 28% of mums reported improvements support to any mum in the Bath & North in sleep East Somerset area that may be suffering from this debilitating illness. They simply The intervention has proved to be so need to talk to their health visitor or GP. successful that mums continue to meet and The Big Lottery Fund award will allow us to communicate some years later and now the help more mothers and families within the charity has volunteer support from some of local area, employ staff, whilst continuing them to support both the project and the to grow and develop our Moving On Up charity. programme.” (Michelle Rochester, Founder Recently Make a Move were awarded Make a Move) £205,000 from Big Lottery Fund to deliver For further information on the project and extend Moving On Up. This is going to contact: michelle@makeamove.org.uk enable the project to expand, be sustained over a longer period of time and will continue to support and improve the lives CONTACT DETAILS: of mothers and families suffering the effects of PND. Make a Move www.bathdance.net “We have worked tirelessly to get the word www.makeamove.org.uk out that we have created a therapeutic michelle@makeamove.org.uk model that can help mums suffering from post-natal depression. So we are overjoyed •

63% felt more confident

63% felt more motivated

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DANCING AGAINST STEREOTYPES

by the company director and STEREOTYPE members.

Swindon Dance Boys’ Dance Project aimed to encourage more boys to get involved in dance and to show that dance was “not just for girls”.

“The Swindon Dance Boys’ Project created a real buzz at our school. Boys from year 7 to 10 - with limited dance experience but a lot of enthusiasm and a thirst to learn a new skill and discipline - were so excited to get involved!” (Rebecca Woolven, subject leader for dance at Swindon Academy)

The project saw all-boys dance company STEREOTYPE (ages 11 to 16 years for boys of all abilities) taking part in a Swindon schools tour visiting Swindon Academy, Commonweal School, Churchfields Academy and Robert Le Kyng Primary.

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In each school STEREOTYPE presented a lecture performance consisting of a demonstration of company class and a performance of two contemporary dance pieces followed by the schools participating in a boys-only workshop led

STEREOTYPE. Photo by Rachel Cherry

Merville Jones and Donald Edwards, both founding members of the pioneering Phoenix Dance Company, then went back to the four schools throughout June to lead two-day intensive choreographic projects for boys. The resulting work was shown at an all-boys dance platform at the end of June at Swindon Dance.

company already being set up at Swindon Academy, new recruits to STEREOTYPE and all-boys’ dance days being programmed in schools in the next academic year.

The Boys’ Dance Project was made possible through a partnership with Pebley Beach, a Swindon-based car dealership and vehicle workshop. Pebley Beach, who have received government plaudits for their apprenticeship programme, are keen to support young people in fulfilling their potential.

“We’re pleased to support the work of an internationally-reputed organisation right here in Swindon,” said Dominic Threfall, managing director of Pebley Beach. Pebley gave Swindon Dance £3,000 in cash plus the same again in marketing support.

“Before taking part in the project some of The project’s marketing was a joint effort the boys had never danced before and it between Pebley Beach and Marlboroughhas given them a sense of achievement and based Secret Agent Marketing. a new confidence to try something ‘a bit different’.” (Claire Bowden, Head of Dance at CONTACT DETAILS: Commonweal School) Swindon Dance www.swindondance.org.uk The 2015 boys’ project has resulted in a number of successes, none more important than being able to celebrate the hard work and great achievements by the boys themselves. More boys’ projects are set to take place with an after-school boys’ dance

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NEW DIMENSIONS IN DANCE When someone mentions the word “agent”, we all conjure up the image of a certain British spy with a taste for Martini cocktails – shaken, not stirred. At Eastleigh’s foremost theatre and dance venue The Point, however, “agent” means something quite different.

Over the past eight months, the team at The Point has been busy creating a framework for the New Dimensions in Dance Programme funded by Hampshire County Council to develop and nurture dance throughout the county. Two new roles have been created to deliver the programme, an Agent for Dance Excellence and an Agent for Dance Inclusion.

The New Dimensions in Dance Programme has been set up to:

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work to strengthen progression routes both for young people seeking careers in dance and for those already working as dance leaders and makers.

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connect the work of The Point with the work of other dance organisations in Hampshire.

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lever additional funding for dance projects.

Within this, the main responsibility of the Agent for Dance Excellence is to ensure that dance talent is discovered and nurtured, and to help develop the next generation of dance practitioners, whether they be performers, makers, facilitators, managers or producers. The Agent for Dance Excellence will bridge sectors, working across dance, the wider arts, schools, sports and youth services.

The Agent for Dance Inclusion has started to ensure the best possible opportunities have been created for those who want to access dance by initiating dance activities,

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and by coordinating and supporting delivery The feedback has been overwhelmingly of new schemes across the county. positive: “The agents have been key to gaining a deeper understanding of the dance talent in Hampshire at every level, and developing appropriate opportunities to further their skills. The county’s dance offer is much richer as a result.” (Ruth Kapadia, Arts Council England Relationship Manager, Diversity) So far over 3350 individuals have taken part in or watched performances and workshops through the New Dimensions in Dance Programme, including: •

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“What a fantastic performance. A lot of talent being nurtured. Lovely to see such a diverse dance mix. Keep it up!”

“Feel really alive and that I’ve worked really hard. The session is great and very encouraging.”

The New Dimensions team and The Point will be delivering a number of events over the coming year that people in Hampshire and beyond can access.

Do get in touch if you’re interested.

Vicki Hargreaves, The Point

CONTACT DETAILS:

The Point, Eastleigh CPD days for young and mid-career artists www.thepointeastleigh.co.uk Facebook (Newdimensionsdance) Emerging artists choreographic platform Twitter (@NewdimsDance)

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