Yorkshire Dance annual review 2016 by Yorkshire Dance

Yorkshire Dance Annual Review 2015 - 2016

Dancing in Time participant “I sometimes think, should I be feeling as happy as this, you know, having fun? Exercising isn’t supposed to be having fun is it… you feel better coming here… I’m doing things now that 10 years ago I would never, ever, have done.”

Mission Yorkshire Dance champions the value of dance and its development in Yorkshire. We do so by raising standards, increasing knowledge and understanding and by fostering creativity and innovation.

Wieke Eringa

Introduction

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This year saw a significant additional investment in artistic practice and in research. We worked with many talented artists, both within community settings as well as presenting and commissioning new work. It was a year of steady growth in key areas such as supporting artists to realise project work across the region, academic research, impact measurement and work with older adults within communities.

Youth Company Senior member “Being with Yorkshire Dance really helped my confidence and being pushed from many respected choreographers from companies across the country brought out potential in me to guide me to where I am now. Without Yorkshire Dance I don’t think I would have continued with dance but it really reminded me why I love dance and made me passionate to make my mark in the dance world.”

Margaret Coleman

For a period of 6 months the artistic leadership was in the hands of Paul Burns. The organisation thrived and seeds were put down for new development, funding and artistic programming. Another rewarding year with new partnerships, and much optimism for the role of dance in connecting people around the bigger challenges we face in our communities today. Wieke Eringa CEO & Artistic Director

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Yorkshire Dance continues to grow in stature and influence each year in the world of dance and among partners in the region and beyond.

The creativity and flair of the team underpins such a wide range of activity with professionals, amateurs and those whose lives can be transformed through dance. My fellow directors and I are proud to be associated with an organisation that brings inspiration, enthusiasm and lifeenhancing experience to so many. Margaret Coleman Chair of the Board of Directors

Wieke Eringa photo © David Lindsay; Margaret Coleman photo © Yorkshire Dance Cover photo Wendy Houstoun’s Stupid Women, Friday Firsts, May 2015 © Sara Teresa

Snapshot: our achievements During 2015 / 2016 we: • Supported the development of artistic practice and critical discourse by investing in 3 new dance ideas with Sketch 2, an 8-month dance dramaturgy project with international dramaturg Peggy Olislaegers. • Supported 23 artists to further their projects and co-commissioned Gary Clarke’s COAL, Them Two Dance’s Random Acts of Kindness and Grace Surman’s Things Stack Up.

Gary Clarke Company, Coal © Joe Armitage We Danced © Charlotte Armitage

• Supported 12 dance makers in a week-long intensive Choreographers’ Residency led by Charlotte Vincent. • Presented a thriving Friday Firsts performance series that included work by nationally established artists such as Wendy Houstoun, Liz Aggiss and Igor & Moreno alongside local artists providing opportunities for enhanced critical debate. • Presented Dance Includes, the region’s dance conference, which brought together 160 delegates, young people and presenters in Barnsley to consider the Creative Case for Diversity.

Liz Aggiss, Slap and Tickle © Sara Teresa

• Delivered Fresh 2016: the regional youth dance showcase with 262 young people performing and taking part in workshops at Cast in Doncaster. • Delivered a high quality regional workforce development programme, Dance Transports, with 5 residencies led by Vicki Igbokwe / Uchenna Dance, Dr Richard Coaten, Tim Casson, Luca Silvestrini’s Protein and Primed for Life.

Dancing in Time © Sara Teresa

• Brought together primary school children and elderly people in a new 3-year intergenerational project, We Danced, in Sheffield. • Enabled Tim Casson to develop The Dance Leeds Made with three new artists and community groups in the Trinity Leeds shopping centre. • Completed Dancing in Time, a research collaboration with University of Leeds, supported by Leeds Public Health: a dance programme for older adults; demonstrating significant impact on health and wellbeing including fall-prevention.

Ella Mesma, Ladylike at Friday Firsts © Sara Teresa

• Delivered a Youth Company programme in East Leeds, supporting a group of young people and their families to engage with learning, making, performing and watching dance – gaining Arts Awards and moving on to Higher Education.

CityScapes © Charlotte Armitage

Leadership and regional development We worked in partnership with four sub-regional hubs to create new opportunities for people to participate in dance and for dance artists to develop their practice. We supported two of the four hubs in successful Arts Council funded projects, offering consultancy and evaluation and providing connectivity across the region. Alongside this, we provided consultancy and support to enable regional projects to flourish. Projects included Cityscapes for the Sheffield Dance Network and Risk Takers for Street Beat Dance, Doncaster. We also contributed to the Children and Young People’s Dance Network North to enable a Northern Exchange project focusing on youth-authored work. We undertook a review of the South Yorkshire Dance Hub resulting in a new strategic group forming to drive forward dance development across Rotherham, Sheffield, Barnsley and Doncaster. The Regional Dance Development Network (RDDN) continues to work collectively to develop the regional platform Fresh and the regional conference, Dance Includes. The RDDN remains a place of sharing and learning and has also seeded new partnerships across the region. Momentum Youth Dance at Fresh 2016 © Brian Slater

Fresh 2016 Fresh 2016 took place at Cast in Doncaster bringing together 262 young people from across Yorkshire. This exciting and inspirational youth dance platform featured as part of One Dance UK’s national festival, U.Dance.

“ Dance United Yorkshire Performance Company at Fresh 2016 © Brian Slater

Showcasing what talented dancers Yorkshire has to offer and allowing youngsters the opportunity to perform to such a large audience in a beautiful venue… it gives youngsters increased confidence and value as performers. Kerry Frood, parent

Sub regional Hubs North Yorkshire & York Hub North Yorkshire County Council & Hambleton District Council South Bank Hub North Lincolnshire District Council & Lincs Inspire Hull & East Riding Hub Hull City Council & Hull College South Yorkshire Hub This hub was under review in 2015/16 to explore new partnerships West Yorkshire is served by two local networks - Leeds Dance Strategy Network and Bradford Dance Network

Arts Council England’s Abid Hussain on the Creative Case for Diversity at Dance Includes © Brian Slater

Dance Includes – the regional dance conference The Dance Includes conference marked the fourth regional conference delivered by Yorkshire Dance in partnership with the Regional Dance Development Network (RDDN). The conference, underpinned by the Creative Case for Diversity, proposed the question: How diverse is our work? A total of 120 delegates attended alongside 23 guest speakers, workshop leaders and performers including Wendy Houstoun, Luca Silvestrini, Gary Clarke,Vicki Igbokwe, Clara Giraud and Dr Richard Coaten.

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Provided inspiration and ideas... planted the seed for change. It was a conference that was very much needed and I gained more than expected from it. Delegate feedback Street Kingz at Dance Includes © Brian Slater

Dance Whispers Dance Whispers was a regional youth dance project delivered by Yorkshire Dance in partnership with Wayne Sables Project and The National Youth Dance Company (NYDC) at Sadler’s Wells. The project enabled 10 young choreographers from Yorkshire to develop their choreographic skills in response to Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Frame[d] for NYDC. The project united youth groups from across the region in a series of exchanges supported by the artistic direction of Joss Arnott. Dance Whispers established a relationship between the Yorkshire region and the National Youth Dance Company and inspired a new generation of dance makers.

Dance Includes © Brian Slater

Wendy Houstoun at Dance Includes © Brian Slater Dance Whispers workshop © Wayne Sables Project

Developing Talent: creating inspiring dance opportunities with people with little or no access to quality dance Dancing in Time Dancing in Time © Sara Teresa

This Public Health commissioned work enabled us to engage with University of Leeds to measure the impact of 10-week dance interventions in two inner-city neighbourhood networks in Woodhouse and Richmond Hill. Research demonstrated a significant statistical impact on, amongst other things, several fall-prevention indicators and further development of the work is sought through partnership with the University and Public Health.

Dancing in Time © Sara Teresa

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I used to walk with a frame and I’m trying to keep my legs and body active, so that’s why I come… Participant

Dancing in Time © Sara Teresa Yorkshire Dance Youth schools tour © Yorkshire Dance

Youth Dance Company, East Leeds This 3-year project model is based on the formation of a touring youth company able to present dance works in the community where participants reside, reconnecting their achievements with teachers, family and the wider community. This year a Junior Company was established next to the Senior Company who conducted a successful schools tour.Young people were supported to achieve Arts Awards and went on to higher education. A major research grant was secured from Arts Council Strategic Funds which will facilitate the impact-measurement of this activity by University of Leeds.

“ Yorkshire Dance Youth © Sara Teresa

At her parents’ evening last night her dance teacher commented on how well she has progressed after starting at Yorkshire Dance. She reports that she has seen the students who attend blossoming in confidence. Parent of junior member

Young at Arts In partnership with the Leeds Education Arts Forum (LEAF), we gained funding for a 2-year project aiming to reduce social isolation and loneliness in older adults through a range of arts activities.Young at Arts launched in September 2015 with a celebration of music and dance attended by Australian guest company The Golds. By March 2016 we had worked with over 240 older adults and established an older people’s steering group to support the curation of a programme of ‘weekends of wonder’.

Young at Arts © David Lindsay Saturday Street Crew © Sara Teresa

Youth and Community programme in Leeds The weekly Saturday Superstars dance programme continues to be highly popular with a diverse group of families who enjoy access to affordable, pupil-centred dance provision which is creative as well as challenging and fun. The Saturday Street Crew’s engagement in Project Pulse, a partnership with DJ School UK and First Floor, saw them performing at many major events. The ongoing partnership with Leeds Adult Social Care resulted in a plethora of work with adults with learning disabilities as part of the Leaps and Bounds programme. Raised, an integrated performance collective, were successful with their first funding bid thereby developing their skills (working with artists David Toole and Rachel Liggett) and taking steps towards independence.

We Danced We established the 3-year project We Danced in Parson Cross, Sheffield, bringing together care homes and primary schools through movement and dance. Funded by Provident Financial Good Neighbour Community Programme, the project addresses social isolation and loneliness and supports intergenerational relationships to flourish. We Danced was awarded the Esmée Fairbairn ‘Eye Opening Films’ grant to create a short documentary film about the project.

We Danced © Charlotte Armitage Making Men © David Lindsay

Rotherham Boys project The Rotherham Boys Project, funded by Provident Financial Good Neighbour Community Programme, concluded in March 2016 with a final Making Men showcase and documentary film. The project raised aspirations of boys in Rotherham, connecting them to opportunities regionally and nationally. It established a legacy of boys dancing in Rotherham and provided the foundations for future work.

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The most important part of the project for me is how it has developed them as people…The boys have learnt to work with people outside of their normal circle of friends and have developed a very mature attitude. They have been given the opportunity to be good at something and for a couple of the boys this is vital in their development not only at school but as individuals. Claire Anyon, Wath Comprehensive School

Developing & retaining talent; independent artists Dance Transports

Vicki Igbokwe © Brian Slater Devika Rao at Dance Includes conference © Brian Slater

The second year of this regional workforce development programme was programmed in consultation with the four subregional dance-hubs and therefore hugely well attended and well received. 5 weekend intensive workshops were delivered by Vicki Igbokwe, Dr Richard Coaten, Tim Casson, Luca Silvestrini and Primed for Life and attended by 74 practitioners.

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The workshops consolidated my knowledge while also adding value to my practice. I was taught new approaches and learnt a lot through a sharing of knowledge with other practitioners in the group. It was professionally re-energising. Participant

Creative Case for diversity regional artists workshop In response to the Dance Includes Conference, we co-ordinated an artists workshop day, designed to bring together regional artists from a range of backgrounds to share and discuss artistic practice and to seed future collaboration. The day also explored how we best support artists in the region and created a tangible set of recommendations for future working.

“ Vincent Dance Theatre residency workshop, July 2015 © Sara Teresa Dance Transports workshop © Yorkshire Dance

It is not rare to find artists in a room complaining, it is rare to have other people in that room who want to listen and care and have the ability to do something about it. Artist feedback

Artist members: The Collective 35 artists chose to access support through The Collective, Yorkshire Dance’s artist membership scheme. 38 artists were supported through the provision of residency space for a total of 207 days and 26 members used 860 hours of (free) standby space. In addition 11 artists/companies received specific project support.

ProDanceLeeds Collective Member, Crystal Zillwood © Sara Teresa

Yorkshire Dance was delighted to support ProDanceLeeds’ hugely popular Professional Class for the second year running, with free studio space alongside Northern School of Contemporary Dance and Phoenix Dance Theatre. These classes are essential to support graduate retention and build a community of dancers in Leeds.

Peggy Olislaegers & Hannah Buckley, Sketch 2 © Sara Teresa

Developing & retaining talent: independent artists Sketch 2 – artist development project Sketch 2 invested in the artistic practice of 11 artists. Hannah Buckley, Ella Mesma and Lydia Cottrell were selected on the strength of their artistic ideas to work with international dramaturg Peggy Olislaegers in 3 workshop days over 8 months. The 8 artist-observers brought a rich dialogue to the workshop days and gained in-depth insight into dance dramaturgy.

Lydia Cottrell, Sketch 2 © Sara Teresa

Sketch included: • 2 x mini-commission of just under £1200 (one artist was invited without the fee on the basis of limited budget and accepted on those terms) • A one-day followed by 2-day dramaturgy workshop with Peggy Olislaegers • A minimum of 2 weeks of studio time • Support by Yorkshire Dance’s Kirsty Redhead and Paul Burns Sketch 2 culminated in a well-attended Friday Firsts performance, in which Peggy worked with Hannah Buckley and Jamaal Burkmar (Sketch 1) in front of a highly appreciative audience.

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As a non-dancey type [my husband] found it incredibly useful in teasing out how to read dance, and also reassuring that he thinks similar things to others – and of course that, even if you don’t, that’s totally ok. He really felt it’s exactly the kind of event that is ideal for helping less experienced audience members feel more included and knowledgeable. We kept mentioning things about it all weekend, it definitely struck a much stronger chord with him than previous performances I’ve taken him to. Audience member, Sketch Friday First

Jamaal Burkmar, Sketch 2 © Sara Teresa

What happened to the Sketch 1 (2014 – 2015) artists? • Carlos Pons and Grace Surman continued their dramaturgical relationship with Peggy Olislaegers which supported the development of new work. • Grace Surman received significant support through Yorkshire Dance’s Amplified programme (see page 11.) • Carlos Pons developed a new duet at Rambert Dance company with Peggy’s support as well as number of other touring and choreographic opportunities internationally, supported by, amongst others, Spin Arts. • Shortly after Sketch 1 Jamaal Burkmar became the winner of the 2015/2016 New Adventures Choreographer Award • Gavin Coward continued to perform and create new work in the North East of England • The Non-Applicables were supported through Yorkshire Dance’s Amplified programme to research and develop a new production

Performance presentations We worked with partners to bring some of the UK’s most exciting artists to Leeds. We were thrilled to co-present Wendy Houstoun’s Stupid Women in collaboration with Compass Festival and Igor and Moreno’s A Room for All Our Tomorrows in collaboration with Leeds Beckett University and The Riley Theatre at Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Wendy Houstoun’s Stupid Women © Sara Teresa

Eight Friday Firsts evenings provided a platform for independent dance artists working on the small scale whilst introducing audiences to contemporary dance. We were particularly proud to present Liz Aggiss’ Slap and Tickle and also to build on the success of Bend It, an evening celebrating queer work which this year also included an international presentation by Giorgia Nardin. The programme included; Bish Bash Bosh open scratch night; Live Bites the best of new independent work across the North and This is Where It’s At, a new scratch night for work in progress.

Liz Aggiss, Slap and Tickle © Sara Teresa

Screen Dance The second year of collaboration with the Leeds International Screen Dance Competition, as part of LIFF, resulted in a very strong, well attended programme of dance films presented at the Everyman Cinema in Leeds.

Northern Platforms Lizzie J Klotz, To Suit, Northern Platforms © Sara Teresa

As part of this artist-exchange initiative across the North with partners Dance Base, Dance City, Merseyside Dance Initiative and Dance Manchester we supported Gracefool Collective to perform in Manchester and Crystal Zillwood in Newcastle. In return we presented new work by Skye Reynolds (Scotland), Lizzy J Klotz (North East) and Lauren Tucker (North West). Post-show discussion and facilitated dinners & breakfasts provided artists with a critical chance to enter into dialogue with different audiences and promoters.

The Dance Leeds Made © Yorkshire Dance

The Dance We Made This lovely public engagement project draws on conversations with members of the passing public and its translation into dance. For the first time, dance artist Tim Casson developed the project with three professional artists and three community groups who all came together for a culmination at Trinity Leeds shopping centre.

The Dance Leeds Made © Yorkshire Dance

This year saw the launch of the Amplified programme, a new initiative supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. This two-year initiative aims to increase capacity for Yorkshire Dance to work with artists to engage directly with venues, festivals and promoters. It aims to enrich artistic practice, create step-change in individual artists’ careers and by doing so retain talent in Yorkshire. Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s support has allowed us to address a critical issue around ‘distribution’ which took us into a new realm in a strategic way.

Random Acts of Kindness © Them Two Dance

We employed Junior Producer Natalie Duffield-Moore, supported by producer-consultant Richard Sobey, to engage promoters and dance makers in a number of discussions around dance with the view to start answering some of the following questions: • What are the barriers to presenting dance? • Where are the opportunities for developing stronger relationships between promoters and dance artists? • What does it mean to support artists to produce work in partnership with promoters and audiences?

Akeim Toussaint Buck © Sara Teresa

Alongside a successful well attended artist-project launch, some of the key outputs of Year One of this project included: • The establishment of a programmers’ advisory group • The creation and testing of an approach to creating new work with programmers and audiences • Artist Grace Surman’s production of Things Stack Up through an active engagement of audiences and programmers in the process of creation with Arts Council England support • In addition, Grace Surman successfully gained further Arts Council England support for the development of two new works, Performance with Hope and Film with Hope. • Artists The Non-Applicables and Carlos Pons Guerra gaining support for new work, the latter in partnership with Spin Arts • Over 100 hours of face to face engagement with 41 promoters and venues to explore possibilities, barriers and strategic solutions • A new co-commissioning relationship with Barnsley Civic and Yorkshire Festivals for an outdoor work by Them Two Dance • Support for Hannah Buckley with the Powwow project trial • Support for artist Akeim Toussaint Buck for new project development The rich learning from our experience of Amplified Year One is already informing our planning of how YD is able to further support artists as well as identify strategic targeted resources such as within the Leeds Dance Partnership.

Grace Surman, Performance With Hope © Gary Winters

In the spotlight Grace Surman, independent artist Grace Surman is a Yorkshire based artist who dallies around the terms performance (art), live art, theatre and choreography. She is interested in how we live and experience the world through constraints and conditions around us. Grace was initially selected as one of 5 artists to work on the first Sketch programme (see page 9).

Grace Surman, Things Stack Up © Sara Teresa

Through Sketch, Grace was able to progress her initial project idea for a new solo work Things Stack Up, exploring the subject of education and ideas around creativity, capitalism and physicality with Dutch dramaturg Peggy Olislaegers. The project was then further developed as part of Amplified, a two-year programme supporting artists. Amplified supported Grace in her application for a grant from Arts Council England to create Things Stack Up. The work was presented at four showcase events for audiences and programmers of festivals (including Edinburgh Fringe Festival), pop-up spaces, community settings (including rural touring) and traditional studio theatres in order to test and position the work for future touring.

Grace Surman, Film With Hope © Grace Surman

Plans are in place for Grace to develop a duet with her 9 year old daughter, Performance with Hope, to sit alongside the solo as a double bill to be premiered at Transform Festival 2017 in Leeds. In addition to a new performance work, Grace is planning to create a film to complete her body of work investigating and reflecting upon relationships between parent and child in all stages of life.

Grace Surman, Performance With Hope © Gary Winters

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Amplified has given me the opportunity to make my work as part of a team. Having support for your work as an independent artist over an extended period of time has been incredibly valuable to me, and has enabled me to focus on the work I make and the contexts it is shown. The practical administration & producing support around writing funding bids, discussions around all the choices being made outside the rehearsal room, which can be all-consuming, and support with working relationships (expectations / possibilities / negotiations) has shifted my work into another gear. Grace Surman

Joshua Hughes with Yorkshire Dance Youth Fresh 2016 © Brian Slater

In the spotlight Joshua Hughes Joshua joined Yorkshire Dance Youth in 2013 when a peer told him about the opportunity. Whilst in the company he gained a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma In Dance from Leeds City College and joined DAZL in a couple of their programmes.

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I have had a lot of experiences in YDY. Joining was a little scary at first as I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t even know about contemporary dance. This was before I really got into dancing and studying it full time at college. I’ve really enjoyed performing with the company at many platforms and events but, every year, Fresh has been my favourite. That day, with all the workshops and the amount of people and other companies, is a great way to see into the world of youth dance. Eventually I started studying dance at Leeds City College and became more passionate about dance. Knowing the styles I would have to do, I stayed with Yorkshire Dance Youth as the contemporary side helped me in the studio at college. What made me stay with the group was the people I’d met, the teachers, the fun we had in the studio, having a laugh and creating our own dances and the opportunities we were given. I’m about to embark on a journey and follow my dream at University of East London (UEL) studying on the Dance: Urban Practice course, which is a full time course that only does urban dance, and is the only one in the country. [Yorkshire Dance Youth] has given me a wide range of skills and fitness, it’s helped me develop my tricks and creative ideas, it’s given me knowledge and experience of working in a company. It’s made me more confident performing and trying styles that I’d never thought of doing. I’ve enjoyed working with the younger ones, taking responsibility for them and leading by example.

Joshua Hughes © Yorkshire Dance Raised, Assieme © Sara Teresa

Raised Raised is Leeds’ only integrated dance collective, including adults with and without disabilities. It works collaboratively to create dance theatre that is relevant, political and personal.

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This was a game-changing year for us. We were inspired by guest artists Gary Clarke, David Toole and Rachel Liggitt, and skilfully guided by regular facilitators Zoe Parker and Rachel Fullegar, to create a new performance piece: You, Me and Us. Performance venues have included West Yorkshire Playhouse (Beyond Festival), the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre,Yorkshire Dance and Dance City in Newcastle. We’ve been delighted with the positive feedback from audiences, and thanks to continued and vital support from Yorkshire Dance and Arts Council England we look forward to creating more new work and sharing our vision even more widely. Ceri Brierley, Project Manager

Our Partners & how to support us As a registered charity,Yorkshire Dance needs to find £105,000 every year to support the life-changing programmes we offer to the people of the county. We work with a wide range of partners who support our work ensuring it has maximum impact in the delivery of these transformational projects.

Trusts and Foundations We’re proud to be working in partnership with some of the UK’s most well respected Trusts and Foundations to help develop our work. Both small and large grants are absolutely vital for the high quality artistic work we take into communities around the region. This year we have begun working on a project supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and next year we will commence a partnership with Jerwood Charitable Foundation. The full list of partners supporting our work can be found on the back page. We Danced, supported by Provident Financial Good Neighbour Community Programme © Charlotte Armitage

The Business Community We have developed a number of bespoke sponsorship opportunities with businesses in the region. For many organisations, our work responds well to their Corporate Social Responsibility objectives, such as Provident Financial, who have funded the vital projects we deliver in South Yorkshire. Other key relationships include the Leeds offices of Irwin Mitchell and Arup where we have been effective in delivering staff development programmes around creativity, team-building and presentation skills.

Commissioned work We are developing a reputation for excellence and expertise in delivering commissioned work in the areas of: • Providing dance participation with learning disabled adults • Combating social isolation amongst older adults • Health and Wellbeing work with older adults • Youth work in areas of deprivation We are keen to share our knowledge further and would be delighted to hear from potential commissioners or consortiums who feel dance can play an important role in addressing key issues.

Getting involved Are you interested in partnering with us? Whether through volunteering, attending our events, joining our mailing list or supporting the work we deliver either as an individual donor or through one of our corporate sponsorship packages, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us: admin@yorkshiredance.com or 0113 243 9867 www.yorkshiredance.com Yorkshire Dance team-building workshop for staff at Arup, 2015 © Yorkshire Dance

Financial Overview 2015-2016 Income £ Core income Core: Arts Council England Core: Leeds City Council Other public funding Leeds City Council Arts Council England Other sources Earned income Artistic and educational activities Tenants and hires Trading and other income Grants and Donations Total income

325,794 52,000 50,986 32,454 16,500 64,517 200,588 9,060 195,233 947,132

Expenditure £ Artist development & professional programme Youth and community Regional dance development Marketing Building and admin overheads Salaries and staff costs Total expenditure

83,046 138,059 24,782 13,121 191,190 342,889 793,087

The information above is derived from the Detailed Statement of Financial Activities contained in the audited annual accounts for the year ended 31st March 2016. Full audited accounts and Trustees’ report can be obtained from Yorkshire Dance.

Digital Reach Yorkshire Dance’s website attracted over 66,000 visits by 45,000 unique visitors during the year. Yorkshire Dance films on YouTube and Vimeo received over 7500 views, more than double the figure in the previous financial year, reflecting our aim to make more of our work available online. Yorkshire Dance continued to develop its social media activity; by the year-end, we had attracted 7400 followers on Twitter (up by 1300), 2600 Facebook ‘Likes’ (up by 800) and 456 followers on Instagram (account launched August 2014).

Board of Directors

Lauren Clarke Facilities Manager

Natalie Duffield-Moore Junior Producer, Amplified

Margaret Coleman (Chair) Alison Andrews Helen Bowdur June Goodson-Moore Rachel Krische Graham Mallinson Ruth Moran Andrew Walker David Wilmore Cllr Lucinda Yeadon

Lauren Mills Assistant Facilities Manager

Richard Sobey Consultant Producer, Amplified

Sarah Lyon Youth & Community Dance Manager

Anil Patel Building Maintenance

Kate Thomas Programmes Co-ordinator

Melanie Purdie BBC Performing Arts Fellow

Callum Holt Artistic Projects Assistant

Yorkshire Dance staff

Judy Rose Finance Administrator

Akeim Buck Rachel Clarke Alex Ivanov Maria Jardardottir Rachael O’Neill Daniel Phung Beth Powlesland Connor Quill Chloe Richardson Lauren Savage Front of House

Seetal Gahir/Gemma Whitham Administrative Assistant

Wieke Eringa CEO & Artistic Director

Lisa Clayton/Becky Ward Youth & Community Intern

Andrea Smart Administrative Director

Gemma Whitham Youth & Community Projects Assistant

Hannah Robertshaw Programmes Director Kirsty Redhead Creative Projects Producer

Sophie Inkster/April Skipp Marketing & Development Intern

Jackie Malcolm Fundraising & Development Manager Antony Dunn Marketing & Communications Manager Artist Advisory Group Alison Andrews Akeim Buck Beth Cassani Rachel Fullegar TC Howard Rachel Krische Charlie Morrissey Daniel Phung Associate Artist Gary Clarke Artist practitioners (regular) Charlotte Armitage Tara Baker Anthony Bayou Jemma Broomhead Charlie Buchanan Hannah Buckley Cassandra Butler Danielle Byars Alison Grace Clissold Rachel Dean Victoria Drew Rachel Fullegar Nathan Geering Hayley Graham Lucy Haighton Nisha Lall Laura Liddon Janetta Maxwell Louise McDowell Alex Mettam Laura Murphy Bryony Mylroie-Smith Zoe Parker Stephanie Potter Daniel Phung Matthew-Jay Pratt Craig Turner Bobak Walker Laura Withers Adele Wragg

Hollie Germaine Cultural Venues Operations Apprentice

Artists receiving project support Tara Baker Amy Bell Akeim Buck Hannah Buckley Tim Casson Gary Clarke Lydia Cottrell Gracefool Collective Carlos Pons Guerra Lucy Haighton Igor and Moreno Rita Marcalo Lola Maury Ella Mesma Non-Applicables Kim Oakley Rachael O’Neill Lucy Suggate Grace Surman Them Two Dance Crystal Zillwood Tenants Balbir Singh Dance Company DJ School UK Elephant Marketing Kendells Bistro Little Mighty Red Ladder Theatre Company Split Design UK Talking Lens Therapy Heaven Type Agency Yew Tree Therapies

Sarah Buckmaster, Elb Hall, Adam Steed, Huw Williams Theatre Technicians Mansys IT Support

With thanks to all our funders and partners for 2015 – 2016 Arts Council England Ann Maguire Arts Education Fund Aspire BBC Performing Arts Fund Big Lottery Fund CAPE UK Cast Creative Employment Programme David Solomons Trust Esmee Fairbairn Foundation Foundation for Community Dance Greenhall Foundation Igen Trust Irwin Mitchell Leeds Beckett University Leeds City College Leeds City Council Leeds Community Foundation Leeds Dance Partnership Leeds Education Arts Forum (LEAF) Leeds Public Health Leeds Older People Forum Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation The National Lottery National Youth Dance Company Northern Ballet Northern School of Contemporary Dance Phoenix Dance Theatre Provident Financial Rayne Foundation RTR Foundation Sport England University of Leeds Wath Comprehensive Wayne Sables Project West Yorkshire Playhouse West Yorkshire Sport Youth Dance England All our individual donors – many thanks!

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