U dance 2013 programme by Youth Dance England

The Future of Dance is here

U.Dance 2013 Performance Programme www.u-dance.org

Youth Dance England

@youthdance #UDance2013

Contemporary Dance • Full-time training at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level • Pre-vocational training with Yorkshire Young Dancers Centre for Advanced Training • Evening and weekend classes and courses for children, young people and adults • Performances at The Riley Theatre Welcome to Leeds and good luck to all involved in U.Dance 2013!

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Contents Welcome

Overview

About U.Dance

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The Riley Theatre

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West Yorkshire Playhouse

Foyer Events

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Arlene Phillips CBE Patron of YDE

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U.Dance On Screen

Youth Dance Captured

U.Dance Fringe

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I am always so thrilled to watch the performances of young people at the U.Dance national events. The performances show excellence in choreography and performance and such rich ideas and potential. The young dancers always inspire me! I support fully the work of Youth Dance England to create the next generation of dancers and dance creators.

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Advisory Group

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Photographer: Chris Nash

U.Dance 2013 takes a new direction in the presentation of youth dance. It will challenge your expectations of the quality of young people’s dance and choreography. Programmed in seven distinctive performances in high profile venues across Leeds you will be able to view the range of dance companies chosen by regional and national panels that shows us where youth dance is now. We have brought together around 500 talented young dancers from across Britain to present exceptional performances. Choreography made by and with young people is featured in all performances and young choreographers will speak about their work and what inspires them. The range of prestigious venues across Leeds including West Yorkshire Playhouse, Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre (Northern Ballet/ Phoenix Dance Theatre) and The Riley Theatre (Northern School of Contemporary Dance) will host the public performances. For the first time, this year we will be staging the work of five groups in a new strand for the festival called ‘New Dimensions’, these groups are pushing the boundaries of choreography and performance and were selected through a national application process. Another first will be performances by all three National Youth Dance Companies from England, Scotland and Wales in one performance. The companies will perform alongside exceptional youth dance companies from England at West Yorkshire Playhouse on Saturday 20th July.

This extraordinary event is made possible through a partnership between Youth Dance England and Yorkshire Dance, with support from the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Northern Ballet, Leeds City Council, Kala Sangam, TIN Arts, The Lowry, Dance4, Ludus Dance, Dance United and Leeds Metropolitan University.

As part of U.Dance 2013 young people and their families from Leeds, Yorkshire and further afield will be participating in an open programme of public workshops and view the amazing performances. YDE has worked with Yorkshire Dance and other North of England organisations to ensure that there will be a legacy for young people in the area to continue dancing.

Youth Dance England’s National Young Dance Ambassadors have created their own programme – U.Dance 2013 Fringe – which will be presented in the majestic Leeds Town Hall to all the young people attending the festival. This evening will be kicked off by a commission by Bobak Walker who has made a piece that brings together contemporary choreography with traditional dance forms.

The standard of work created and performed this year will be testament to Britain’s reputation as the home of some of the best dance education and training opportunities in the world.

Rich ideas and talent will not only show themselves in the performances over the 3 days, but also in the high quality dance films that weaves throughout the programme. U.Dance On Screen is the strand of the festival which showcases selected dance films made by or featuring young people. New to this year’s programme is an exhibition of photography from well known dance photographer Brian Slater. Youth Dance Captured presents a body of Brian’s beautiful photography, where he has captured incredible moments from youth dance over his career of 22 years. The exhibition will take place on the 16th – 21st July at the prominent Leeds Gallery.

Enjoy a feast of dance by young people – there is nothing like it for its scale or ambitions. Celebrate with us the next generation of dancers and dance creators!

Linda Jasper MBE Director, Youth Dance England

It is our mission to champion the development of dance across Yorkshire and Youth Dance England has been a critical partner in helping us to do so. Performing is great fun, bonding and confidencebuilding, so supporting U.Dance, a national framework for performance, enables many young people and their dance leaders to raise aspirations and enjoy building new skills. I hope that taking part in the regional platforms (Fresh, in Yorkshire) and U. Dance 2013, the national youth dance festival, means a new world opens up with talented peers, inspirational artists and excellent choreography. I hope it gives young people a glimpse of what it would be like to make dance an important part of their lives, and even their career. This is why staging U. Dance 2013 in Leeds is such a great opportunity: tasting the sheer passion and talent that is developing, we hope, will inspire many more young people and their families, artists and audiences to take part and watch dance for many years to come.

Welcome to U•Dance 2013

Welcome to U.Dance 2013 the national youth dance festival – the future of dance is here!

Wieke Eringa Artistic Director, Yorkshire Dance

• Danielle Campbell (YDE Young Creative for 2013, from West Midlands) • Declan Whitaker (YDE Young Creative alumni)

Friday 19th July

• Youth Dance Tynedale (North East) • Open Air Somerset Youth Dance Company (South West) • RJC (Yorkshire) • Hull Youth Dance Group (Yorkshire)

Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre @ 4pm U.Dance 2013 Performance #1

Saturday 20th July

For the first time all three national youth dance companies in Britain perform alongside exceptional dancers and companies from across England.

Kicking off U.Dance 2013 in Leeds, with Northern companies performing alongside groups from across Britain! Introduced by Linda Jasper MBE, Director of YDE • Ludus Youth Dance (North West) • Focus Youth Dance (East Region) • Monument Dance (Scotland) • Modus Dance Company (West Midlands) • Ceyda Tanc (South East) • Yorkshire Young Dancers (Centre for Advanced Training based at Northern School of Contemporary Dance)

West Yorkshire Playhouse @ 7pm U.Dance 2013 Performance #2 Join us to celebrate the diversity and excellence of British youth dance introduced by Richard Alston CBE, Chair of YDE. • Welcome to Yorkshire Special Commission (an extract), a new piece being made especially for U.Dance 2013, uniting young dancers from across Yorkshire to welcome dancers from across Britain to the festival. • D.O.P.E (CD Crew) (North West) • Insync (Wales) • Stereo Step – Y’D Screen • Momentum (Yorkshire) • Daniel Hammond (YDE Young Creative for 2013, from East region) Interval

• Ihayami Fusion (Scotland) • RISE Youth Dance (South West)

Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre @ 4pm U.Dance 2013 Performance #3 A performance showcasing a collection of inspiring companies from across England, hosted by famous writer and critic Donald Hutera; a chance to view and discuss the works performed. • Dance United Yorkshire Performance Company (Yorkshire) • 2BU (South West) • Anjali Youth Dance Company (South East) • Animalz – Y’D Screen • Eleven (North West) • Dance 2 (East Region) • Perception (East Midlands) • The Mourners – Dance United (London) • Liquid (East Midlands) • Q&A with Donald immediately following

West Yorkshire Playhouse @ 7pm U.Dance 2013 Performance #5

• North Yorkshire Dance • National Youth Dance Company of Scotland • Battalions (North East) • James Rosental (YDE Young Creative for 2013, from North West) • Night Practice Y’D Screen • Cascade (South East)

Interval • National Youth Dance Company (England) • Let the Games Begin. Carousel. (South East) • National Youth Dance Wales • Flexus Dance Company (U.Dance New Dimensions piece from West Midlands)

Sunday 21st July

The Riley Theatre @ 4pm U.Dance 2013 Performance #4

Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre @ 4pm U.Dance 2013 Performance #6

World renowned choreographer Richard Alston CBE presents this performance of stimulating choreography made by and with the young performers; a chance to view and discuss the works performed.

A first triple bill of works selected through the U.Dance New Dimensions strand for groups pushing the boundaries of performance & choreography. Introduced by Sharon Watson, Artistic Director of Phoenix Dance Theatre with the choreographers/rehearsal directors for each piece.

• Somerset Youth Dance Company (U.Dance New Dimensions piece from South West) • Marylebone Dance Company (London) • Richard Chappell (YDE Young Creative for 2013, from South West) • B.D.1 (London)

• FuzzyLogic Dance (U.Dance New Dimensions Piece from South East)

• FABLE Shoreditch Youth Dance Company (London) • J&S (U.Dance New Dimensions Piece from North West) • Mobocracy Warwick Arts Centre & partners (West Midlands) • Shift (U.Dance New Dimensions Piece from London) •U .Dance 2013 Highlights

Overview

U.Dance 2013 Festival Performance Programme

The Riley Theatre @ 4pm U.Dance 2013 Performance #7 A programme of work by companies fusing breakin’, street or hip hop in their choreography. Hosted by Leeds based Hip Hop and Contemporary Choreographer Bobak Walker. • Battalions (North East) • Another Day Oliver Wildsmith (West Midlands) • 2faced (West Midlands) • YrAcademy (Wales) • BDC House Winter Jam Oisin Baber (South West) • Nuworx (Wales) • Daniel Hammond (YDE Young Creative for 2013, from East region) • U.Dance 2013 Highlights

Dance films that were made by or featuring young people, have been selected to be screened throughout the programme. See page 39 for more details.

A new performance strand for longer and more developed pieces: 5 New Dimensions pieces have been programmed across the festival

Registered U.Dance events across the country

Application process for U.Dance 2013

In the lead up to the national festival U.Dance 2013, Youth Dance England’s partners across the country ran regional selection platforms to determine which groups would be selected to represent their region in Leeds. We would like to congratulate all the dance groups who took part, and thank all the dance organisations who helped make these events so successful! Find out more about the U.Dance programme at www.u-dance.org

Pre-selection events & County performances

Regional U.Dance selection platforms

This autumn you can look forward to performances from Northern Ballet, Ballet Black, 2Faced Dance and Company Chameleon. Find out more about what’s on at www.theatreleeds.com

Kicking off U.Dance 2013 in Leeds, with Northern companies performing alongside groups from across Britain! Introduced by Linda Jasper MBE, Director of YDE

1. Ludus Youth Dance (North West) Reflections Choreographers: Samantha Carruthers, Hannah Robertshaw and Anthony Briggs Dancers: Ailsa MacCalman, April Martin, Chloe Davies, Chloe Harley, Elliot Bousfield, Emily Davies, Emma Berry, Gloria Ratsakatika, Kate Threlfall, Kathryn Spence, Louisa Robey, Talia Bentley, Tom Heyes

Ludus Dance is the leading Dance Development organisation in Lancashire. Inspiring and engaging people of all ages and backgrounds in dance, we offer an inclusive approach and place excellence in dance and learning. The Ludus Youth Dance Company are the flagship youth dance company for Lancashire. The company is auditioned annually from talented young dancers from the North West of England. The dancers undertake a year-long programme of training with Ludus Dance during which they devise three performance pieces and undertake a regional tour. The current company is aged between 14 and 19 years and represents Lancashire, Cumbria and Manchester. We have managed the group collectively over the past 10 years, however Samantha Carruthers, currently the lead, has been managing the group since August 2012. Reflections was created using an original score composed specifically for the piece and written for violin, cello and piano. The score has influenced the choreographic structure of the piece and also inspired the playful nature and qualities within the movement.

Photo credit: Brian Slater

Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre Friday 19th July 2013 @ 4pm

About U•Dance

U.Dance is Youth Dance England’s national programme that aims to give every child and young person in England the opportunity to take part in a dance performance each year. The programme links up a vast range of dance events from primary school dance performances that bring together children from across a cluster of schools, to the national dance performance for hundreds of young people!

The Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre is located in Leeds on Quarry Hill, next to BBC Yorkshire, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Leeds College of Music. The theatre is inside the stunning home of Northern Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre and shows regular performances from Northern Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre, alongside a host of other dance artists. As well as dance, the theatre offers live music, theatre and family performances.

2. Focus Youth Dance (East Region)

3. Monument Dance Centre (Scotland)

4. Modus Dance Company (West Midlands)

Manipul8

Happily

Arcade

Choreographer: Robert Gentle Dancers: Tobias Bilton, Tyler Blackwood, Saskia Goodger, Thomas Howard, Nikki Plenty, Chloe Savill, Bobbie Stone

Choreographically the piece plays on entrances and exits, quartets and duets. The space is often ‘reflected’ with choreography placed in two halves of the stage. One inspiration for the movement was water, ripples and flow; what happens when a stone is dropped into the water? Formations and choreographic patterns come from the idea of ‘cat and mouse’ – chasing which can be seen in the use of canon, cross over formations and much of the quartet work.

Focus Youth Dance Company are one of ‘Dance Digitals’ companies of young performers. Based in Essex, they train and collaborate with artists specialising in digital technologies and dance.

Choreographer: Lauren S F Ryznar Dancers: Ailsa Murray, Kiera Murray, Carys Pleace, Evie Waddell, Rachel Darby, Helen Burr, Leah Tytek, Sophie Tytek, Fiona Keith, Emily Boyd, Lynne Atkins, Sarah Smith, Catriona O’Connor, Tess Dewar, Erin Clark

Choreographers: Kevin Turner & Anthony Missen with additional direction by Stephen Mason & Suzanne Tromans Dancers: Kieron Covell, Eric Dube, Chris Davies, Josh Gannon, Reece Johnson-Smith, Travys Mills, James Nicolson, Jamaal O’Driscoll, Alex O’Reilly, Daniel Taylo, Dan Lukehurst, Kieron Walker

Manipul8 explores the articulation of bodies in digital environments using a projector as a source of light and graphics. Dancers manipulate their own bodies and each others creating a new world that distorts and fragments. Music: Retrace – Stuart Walker

Monument Dance Centre is a school in Stirling which offers classes in RAD Ballet, ISTD Modern and Tap from Pre-school to Vocational level. In addition Monument Dance Centre also runs Scottish Qualifications Authority approved courses in Dance, Musical Theatre and Acting and Theatre Performance, from National 4 Performance Award to Advanced Higher and National Certificate. It also offers outreach classes through its charity Monument Performing Arts School in outlying areas of the district. Happily was originally in the dance school’s show Myth’s and Legends. The group performing are from Monument’s SQA Dance classes. The idea for happily came from ‘happily ever after’, and the idea of bedtime stories, pillow fights, sleepovers and midnight feasts.

Based at Birmingham Ormiston Academy, Modus Dance Company is BOA; a male dance company. The company works in a contemporary and physical theatre style and now in its second year has performed at a range of venues in the West Midlands. Arcade was choreographed during a residency with Company Chameleon at DanceXchange. The piece explores relationships between groups of people. To what extent are people dependent on each other and how far you can push someone to their limits before they will not support you anymore? Music: Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2 – DJ Shadow

Music: Inni Mer Syngur Vitelsingur – Sigur Ros

Photo credit: Sam Kirby

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We intended the piece to be a reflection of the young people, capturing their youth, energy and humour. The piece was created collectively by 3 choreographers and als drawing on the choreographic input and influence of the young people.

Flock Choreographer: Ceyda Tanc Dancers: Rebecca Baldwin, Betty Maguire, Gabby Sanders, Georgia Marshall, Leonie Sinden David, Talia Lipmanowicz and Zula Donoghue.

Ceyda Tanc Youth Dance is a Brighton based company working alongside the professional company, Ceyda Tanc Dance. The dancers are from various schools and colleges in the Brighton area and were selected at audition. Flock is loosely based on the idea of birds during migration season. With movement inspired by flight and elevation, Flock sees the dancers grouping and regrouping. What happens when an individual exits and breaks the flock? Music: Rubber Head – Cliff Martinez

6. Yorkshire Young Dancers (Centre for Advanced Training based at Northern School of Contemporary Dance) (Yorkshire) Coequal Choreographer: Odette Hughes Dancers: Reece McMahon, Ellie Sutcliffe Veitch, Reay Clarke, Charlotte Burton, Charlotte Kitchen, Cole Johnson, Hannah Johnson, Alice Horsman, Bryony Leeson, Anna Holmes, Eve Doughty.

Yorkshire Young Dancers Centre for Advanced Training can offer young people who want to become dance artists the opportunity to access high-quality specialist dance education and training at Northern School of Contemporary Dance. A part-time pre-vocational course, the Centre for Advanced Training works with young people from across the Yorkshire region that have exceptional potential in dance. It helps them realise their creative and expressive potential as dancers and choreographers, enables them to make informed choices about their future and prepares them for professional dance training. In collaboration with the dancers, Odette explored tasks that were derived from simple every day action words to create a piece with the emphasis on being equal with another in rank, ability and extent. Music: I Need You, Tadas King And Dymukou

A performance showcasing a collection of inspiring companies from across England, hosted by famous writer and critic Donald Hutera; a chance to view and discuss the works performed.

1. Dance United Yorkshire Performance Company (Yorkshire)

even through all the negativity and frustrations, there is always hope in whatever we are waiting for. This choreography was devised in artistic collaboration with Yunkrung Song from the Jasmin Vardimon Company and has now been performed as part of Dance United intensive projects across the country. Original Score: Samuel Ferry N/A

Inbetween Choreographers: Carly Annable-Coop and Helen Linsell

2. 2BU (South West)

Dancers: Amy Lodge, Jennifer Molnar, Maddy Hatfield Allen, Jordan Garside, Joseph Grant, Paige Dunne, Melissa Ivory, Shar’ae R’Keya Barrett, Elliott Augustine, Lauren McNulty, Danielle Shepherd, Connor Coulson, Shakeel Brar

Super Selves

The Dance United Yorkshire Performance Company, based in Bradford, was established in 2006 and is formed predominantly of graduates from the Dance United Academy programmes alongside enthusiastic young dancers from the local community. The company has performed at regional and national events and has danced at high profile venues including The Place, The Riley Theatre, The Bonnie Bird Theatre, The Royal Festival Hall and Sadler’s Wells. It works with a range of influential contemporary choreographers to expand its repertoire.

Choreographers: Sioda Martin, Gemma Connell, Joanne Collingbourne Dancers: Devin Simpkins, Danny Foster, Louise Trent, Jordan Arnold, Hannah Tapping, Chloe Charlton, Bethany Carter, Diana Stephen, Lauren Panton

2BU is our youth dance company for dancers aged 14-19 who want to create new innovative work and break the mould. The moment when you realise that you can do something no one else can. Inspired by super heroes and comic books, Super Selves is a look at individuality and losing control. Music: Mix

What are you waiting for? ‘Inbetween’ explores the notion of waiting and all the emotions we may experience in both mundane, everyday activities to life-changing moments. The piece identifies that,

Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre Saturday 20th July 2013 @ 4pm

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5. Ceyda Tanc Youth Dance (South East)

U.Dance On Screen film:

5. Dance2 (Advanced company) (East Region)

6. Perception Dance Company (East Midlands)

My Little Grand Design

Animalz – Y’D Screen

Behind the Wall

Speak Out

Choreographer: Laura Gibson Dancers: Georgia Atkins, Megan Coles, Emma Dickinson, Kim Frary, Molly Greaves, Adam Mason, Hannah Mason, Karolina Maslanka, Niamh Milligan, Luigi Nardone, Tsarla Watson, Leanne Welland, Katie Winter

Choreographer: Alison Clinton Dancers: Ben Austin, Sophie Bird, Dan Boothby, Alex Brenan, Will Brenan, Hannah Dobb, James Hammond, Luke Heaver, Sophie Holland, Sam Huntley, Kit Ibbott, Jo Kearney, Aidan Marshall, Jed Marshall, Will Maylunn, Travis McDonagh, Grace Mullis, Elliot Munns, Tayla Percival Smith, Casey Roberts

Choreographer: Aya Kobayashi Dancers: Charlie Carr, Sarah Elliott, Amy Hanson, Jason Manito, Ben Thompson

The Anjali Youth Dance Company is for young dancers with learning disabilities from throughout Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties to take their interest and commitment in dance to the next level. It is at the core of the learning and outreach programme run by Anjali Dance Company. It provides professional standard dance training for young people with learning disabilities aged between approx 13-24 years, with a view to producing high quality dance works to be performed at youth dance festivals, platforms and alongside the main company. My Little Grand Design explores the creativity that can be seen through human activity in everyday life. One of the dancers shared his dream to be a builder. This led us to expand our movement research into the architectural creative process. Speech by Kevin McCloud, an architect, is used as a soundtrack, to which the dancers connect their idea of home and develop their own identities through the interaction with others. The piece will explore the dancers’ hopes and dreams towards their existing aspirations.

4. Eleven (North West) Silence is Betrayal Choreographer: Victoria Harrocks Dancers: Lauren Bellemey, Emma Burns, Danielle Formby, Georgia Gaudie, Louise Hastings, Gabrielle Hoare, Chloe Jackson, Ayeisha Keatley, Isabelle Meredith, Lucy Palmer, Lizzie Rimmer

Eleven is a dance company based at Formby High School in Merseyside. The company have been together for 18 months, they meet twice a week and focus on choreography, dance technique and performance skills. This performance is based on political and historical issues concerning racial equality and freedom. ‘If the body is restricted the mind is not free.’ Martin Luther King. The fabric represents restriction, isolation and the fight against injustice. The dancers created this piece while studying Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre during the 1960’s. Ailey sought to make a social and political statement that black dancers were as beautiful as white dancers. Ailey’s work during this era coincides with Martin Luther King whose philosophy inspired ‘Silence Is Betrayal’.

Dance2 are the youth strand of professional dance company Two Thirds Sky created by artistic director Lisa Spackman. The young people in this piece are of a diverse age range representing talented contemporary dancers from across Bedfordshire. The company audition and train with the professional artists once a week. Thematically the work draws upon historical images of the Berlin Wall and its collapse in 1989. Tasks have centred upon, dismantling and re-constructing physical shapes and the young dancers have discussed the remnant symbol of the ‘wall’ as a metaphor for control, instability and ultimately liberation. Music: Goodbye Lenin – Yann Tierson; Preparations for the Last TV fake – Yann Tierson

Music: Martin Luther King

Speak Out explores the way that society and the media can influence the way we think and speak. It looks at how we have opinions but are often too afraid to speak out. We worked with newspapers to create ideas based on blocking and escaping. We worked with movement patterns that look at reaching out to be listened to and juxtaposed this with blocking through partner work and individual movement. Through perseverance it shows that it only takes one person to speak out for others to listen. Music: Read All About It PIII – Emeli Sande N/A

Music: Utsu – Moondog; ElNinjo – William Orbit; The art of food styling: Ann Creber – Talk with Kevin McCloud on ABC Radio National; Hope that lines don’t cross – Mitchell Akiyama

Photo credit: Brian Slater

Perception Dance Company is open to any boy who attends Northampton School for boys and to any girl who joins the school for 6th Form. The ethos of the group is ‘anyone can dance’ and everyone is welcome to join without an audition. The dancer’s ages range from 12 to 18 years old. This is the first time that the group has ever made it to a National Festival and they are over the moon to be here!

Photo credit: Rachel Cherry

Photo Credit: Nicky Callis, Roundhouse Graphics

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3. Anjali Youth Dance Company (South East)

The Mourners – Dance United (London) 7. Liquid (East Midlands) (street/narrative) Contaminated Choreographer: Chris Caffrey Dancers: Jacob Anderson – Raymond, Luke Ball, Jamie Buchanan, Josh Lee, Daniel Longhurst, Louie Russell, Lucas Carter, James Horseman, Reed Hempsall

Liquid is the Déda|Academy’s all-male Youth Performance Company renowned for their energetic performances. Fusing break dance, Parkour and contemporary dance, Liquid strive to use innovative ways to create original dance that will excite and keep their audiences engaged. Contaminated takes you to a world threatened by a deadly disease and the struggle to overcome it – a metaphor that examines the vulnerability of the human race. Music: The Tribal – Omega Zero Projection

A Q&A session with Donald Hutera will take place straight afterwards

1. FuzzyLogic (South East) I Forgot Me Choreographer: Zoie Golding Dancers: Oliver Gratton, James Adams, Ali Mar, Jake Ellis, Sam Angeles, Harry White, Matt Bagley, Joe Cook, Luke Harden, Nathan Polson, Shaun Addison

FuzzyLogic is one of the leading male youth dance companies across the country. FuzzyLogic aims to push the boundaries of male dance through a unique style of high tempo and energetic contact work fused with exciting narrative contemporary dance. We hold onto our memories, but what happens when they let go of us? Music: Timless – Kentucky Thunder; Friendship – Danny Elfman; Meet the reapers – Amon Tobin

2. J&S (North West) The Apple Choreographer: Joseph Delaney Dancers: Joseph Delaney, Sophie Barsted

The company is made up of two dancers aged 18, we met through The Manchester College just over a year ago where we study dance. Sophie started to dance at the age of 13, she started with freestyle disco dancing for around 4 years, she competed in many competitions and in September will go onto Shockout Arts. Joseph has trained on the Lowry CAT scheme for 3 years and has worked and performed with many profeesional dancers, in September he will be starting at Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds. The piece shows the story of Adam and Eve and how they were banished from the garden of Eden after eating the apple. It shows the love between Adam and Eve and how if one of them falls the other will be right beside them. Mixed Music: Apologise piano – Requiem for a dream

U.Dance On Screen film FABLE – Shoreditch Youth Dance Company (London)

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Choreographer: Kerry Nicholls Dancers: Sidney Barnes, Jasmine Breinburg, Olivia Calder, Osman Enver, Agnes Galpin, Meshach Henry, Spike Job, Bun Kobayashi, Thomas McKeon, Claire Niesto-Bame, Ama Peters, Jessie Richardson, Jessie Roberts-Smith, Charlotte Viegas, Beatrice Roe

Shift is The Place’s celebrated senior youth dance company, for young people aged 14-19 years. Under the guidance of a highly experienced professional team, the company meets on Thursday evenings during term-time to create and rehearse a range of choreographic works. The emphasis of the Company’s work is to develop performance skills and improve the creative and technical skills of its company members.

This exciting new blood of young dancers present a rapid catalogue of confronting and surrendering relationships. Nicholls’s distinctive, fast and intricate movement language invigorates and physically pushes the dancers within a latticed structure; inspired by an original sound score from David Walters, which is both tender and driving simultaneously. Music: Plex – David Walters

Especially produced for dance practitioners working in the informal sector with children and young people, and of particular significance to DDTAL candidates.

Youth Dance England, the national organisation that champions and supports young people’s dance, has published this book as part of its work in developing the Diploma in Dance Teaching and Learning (Children and Young People), as a member of the Dance Training and Accreditation Partnership. Those studying other qualifications will also find it to be of benefit. Whether you are experienced or embarking on a career, this book offers information and guidance to help enrich your understanding and improve your practice.

The performance will conclude with a short film Although written for those who work in extra-curricular, community, recreational and youth with highlights from the U.Dance 2013 festival contexts in dance, this book will benefit a wide range of people, including: independent

dance artists/practitioners; employees in a variety of dance organisations and companies; and PGCE students, and those enrolled in training and education establishments within the UK, Europe and elsewhere offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in dance education and related fields. Contributions from twelve leading experts in the field provide: • Overviews of key education theories, concepts and frameworks, applied specifically to dance. • Information about child development, anatomy, physiology and safe and effective practice. • Case studies, reflective questions and bibliographies for further study. • Illustrations of the range of practice that takes place within various contexts in which practitioners work with young people. This publication has been produced with funding from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

Shaping Practice Second Edition

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Photographer: Brian Slater

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Written for people working in the informal sector, and structured into 4 units to follow the structure of DDTAL, this book will also benefit a wide range of people including independent dance artists / practitioners, employees in a variety of dance organisations and companies, PGCE students, and dance students. Contributions from twelve leading experts in the field provide:

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Throughout the year dancers will work on commissions by professional artists, their own choreography and collaborate with designers from Wimbledon College of Art.

Dance Teaching anD Learning: Shaping Practice

For more details see www.theplace.org.uk/engage

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3. Shift (London)

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This year’s commission has been choreographed by Kerry Nicholls. Regularly teaching for Wayne McGregor, Random Dance and DV8 to name a few, she is widely regarded as one of Britain’s leading contemporary technique teachers.

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Mobocracy – Warwick Arts Centre & partners (West Midlands)

Dance Teaching anD Learning: Shaping Practice

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U.Dance On Screen film:

Overviews of key theories, concepts and frameworks, applied specifically to dance.

Information about child development, anatomy, physiology and safe and effective practice.

Case studies, reflective questions and bibliographies for further study.

Illustrations of the range of practice that takes place within various contexts in which practitioners work with young people.

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The theatre hosts a year-round programme of contemporary dance performances. The programme offers audiences the opportunity to see performances by professional visiting companies as well as NSCD student showcases and community platforms. www.nscd.ac.uk/performances

The brightest young dance talent from across the country

NYDC dancers performing (in between) - choreographed by Jasmin Vardimon Photo: Tony Nandi

Work with 2013-2014 Guest Artistic Director: Akram Khan The National Youth Dance Company aims to create and perform innovative and influential dance, bringing together some of the brightest dance talent from across England to work with Sadler’s Wells’ renowned Associate Artists. NYDC meets in school holidays to participate in four intensive weeks per year at Sadler’s Wells and regional venues. We are seeking dancers aged 16-18* who are passionate about dance, love to perform and have the commitment to make the most of this unique opportunity. We welcome applications from talented young dancers of all backgrounds and abilities, providing additional support if required. The first step is to register for an Experience Workshop.

NYDC Experience Workshops Sat 20 July

Leeds

Sun 21 July

Salford

Mon 22 July

Hull

Wed 24 July

Newcastle

Thurs 25 July

Nottingham

Fri 26 July

Plymouth

Sat 27 July

Bristol

Sun 28 July

Birmingham

Sat 31 August

London

Sun 1 September

Final Selection

For applications and further information: www.sadlerswells.com/nydc| nydc@sadlerswells.com| 020 7863 8139

World renowned choreographer Richard Alston CBE presents this performance of stimulating choreography made by and with the young performers; a chance to view and discuss the works performed.

1. Somerset Youth Dance Company (South West) Stereotypes Choreographer: Raquel Meseguer Dancers: Charlotte Bradley, Charlie Thomson, Georgia Johns, Georgia Green, Harriet Pitman, Harriet Roberts, Drummond Ross, Darcy Berkley, Jodie Bray, Andreea Cat

Somerset Youth Dance Company is a group of young dancers who share the passion & enthusiasm to perform and dance together. SYDC is now in its third year and this year the standard and commitment is exceeding any previous year. Imagine, when chatting with a friend, they ask us a question: the kind of question that would floor philosophers, writers – even Bob Dylan! Our heads hurts, our insides squirm and we feel more than a bit irritated. Maybe we have paused too long. Maybe we are now sitting in uncomfortable silence. So we open our mouths, squint for good measure and hope we utter more than a train wreck of sound bites. I asked just such a question of this group. No doubt their heads hurt, their insides squirmed and they felt more than a bit irritated. I appreciate their patience. This is the fruit of our labours. Music: Best thing I never Had – Beyonce; Fix Up Look Sharp – Dizzee Rascal; Twelve Variations On ‘Ah Vous Dirai-je, Mamen’ – Mozart/Daniel Barenboim; Starlings – Elbow

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The Riley Theatre is located in the Northern School of Contemporary Dance building.

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‘Awake, arise, or be forever fall’n.’ Milton, Paradise Lost

5. Danielle Campbell (West Midlands)

6. Declan Whitaker (London)

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Unto the Ground is an exploration into the persona of angels and their image, taking inspiration from John Milton’s Paradise Lost and 16th-17th century paintings and sculptures. The piece depicts angels as demonic, human and divine beings. I’d like to thank my dancers for their creative input, Jack Thomson and Alice Shepherdson for costume design and creative and Anne Chappell for artistic research

Trans (A YDE Young Creatives 2013 piece)

Duet (Declan took part in YDE Young Creatives 2011 as a Choreographer and has been invited by YDE to present his new work)

Choreographers: Katie Cambridge and Claire Lambert Dancers: Millie Sumpter, Holly Heywood, Maddie Mathie, Romy Rowland, Aisha Amari, Lilly Tyler, Jessica Winthorp, Flora Capon, Caitlin Maskell, Marileze Canlas, Maya Shoul, Umi Myers

Marylebone Dance Company is a school based company from Central London. The company has performed at the Peacock Theatre, The Place, Laban, Lilian Baylis, and South Bank. The dancers have also taken part in several dance shows, and they do an annual local tour. The piece merges different dance styles including Contemporary and African, and has quite a dramatic and dark mood. Movement material is inspired by the concept of manipulation and control, with 1 dancer initially seeming to have power over all the other dancers, whilst later in the piece the power shift keeps changing. Music: Untitled – Bawren Tavaziva

3. Richard Chappell Dance (London) Unto The Ground (A YDE Young Creatives 2013 piece) A YDE Young Creatives 2013 piece Choreographer: Richard Chappell Dancers: Jack Thomson, Maddie Shimwell, Alice Shepherdson, Ed Myhill

Richard Chappell Dance is a project designed to encourage students in vocational ballet and contemporary institutions to collaborate with each other in a creative environment. It is based in both London, and Torbay, Devon. Photo credit: Beata Kosc Photography

Music: Paradise Lost Book 1, Lost – BBC Radio 4, edited by Richard Chappell, Zoe Keating; Paradise Lost Book 1 – BBC Radio 4 recording, edited by Richard Chappell; Lost – composed and recorded by Zoe Keating

4. B-D-1 Dance Company (London) End of Days Choreographer: Shaun Dillon Dancers: Max Dandy, Meshach Henry, Folu Odimayo, Scott Galloway, Scott Bouchez, Charlie Hogan

B-D-1 Dance Company was established from A-D-1 Dance Company this year as an all male group. Most of the boys have been in A-D-1 Dance Company for the past 2 years and are currently studying GCSE dance at Glenthorne. The company is run by Shaun Dillon a freelance dance artist under the direction of Amy West (Head of Dance at Glenthorne and the founder of A-D-1).

Choreographer: Danielle Campbell Dancers: Aaron Baugh and Harry Ondrak-Wright

Trans is an abstract exploration of organ transplants: an issue of controversy throughout history. Trans embodies the uncomfortable awe and concept of accepting but more importantly, living with, a foreign ‘miracle’. This all male duet probes into the possibilities of the organ rejecting the body as opposed to the body rejecting the organ.

Choreographer: Declan Whitaker Dancers: Emma Dyverfeldt, Riccardo Tarocco

My dance teacher inspired me to dance; once I caught that spark I think the possibilities then caught a flame. I dance at Coppice Performing Arts School studying A Levels and I am also a member of Flexus Dance Company based in Wolverhampton. My hopes with Young Creatives was to close my eyes and open my mind, to find further possibilities and dance with that fire I spoke of above. Young Creatives was a programme that gave me no limits or boxes to tick and endless freedom. It was something that I could do for me and hopefully enrich and begin to find and see myself more so as an artist than just a dancer. I have enjoyed every aspect of the course particularly seeing the way other aspiring young dancers work and create.

Music: The Invisibles – Ben Frost

Music: Virus – GruffMuzik; voice recordings

The company meet once a week and train in physical contemporary styles. This is their first piece as a company. Music: Lay me down, in the cold, cold ground, where before many men have gone – Joseph Kilna McKenzie, Sgt. Mackenzie

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I am currently in my second year at London Contemporary Dance School. Having completed a foundation course at NSCD, it is a pleasure to present this piece in the Riley Theatre.

The Riley Theatre Saturday 20th July 2013 @ 4pm

2. Marylebone Dance Company (London)

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1. Battalions (North East) Natural Selection Choreographer: Robby Graham Dancers: Arran Green, Ryan Taylor, Michael Price, Conor Gribben, Ben Jenkins, Spike Easthorpe

Battalions are a bboy cru brought together under the tutelage of Bad Taste Cru through ‘custom breaks’ project in South Shields customs house. The boys have battled at competition level and performed in theatre for the past two years. Natural Selection noun: The process in nature by which, according to Darwin’s theory of evolution, only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive while those less adapted tend to be eliminated. Commissioned by the Northumbria Police Force, Natural Selection is inspired by ASBO culture and looks at the discriminatory nature of our baser instincts. Music: Smash TV – Chase and Status; Brotsjor – Olafur Arnalds; Summer – Nujabes

U.Dance On Screen film Another Day Oliver Wildsmith (West Midlands) Film

2. 2Faced dance (West Midlands)

Teleri Hughes, Ka‚n Sari, Jenny Crane, Kazia Cannon

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The Calling

The Academy is a bilingual Performing Arts Saturday school in North Wales. Students range from the age of 4 – 18. Students are encouraged to ‘Be who you want to be..’

Devised by a group of local, imaginative individuals the piece incorporates a range of different Street and Hip Hop styles that shows off the variety of skills and ability in the group.

The Academy is inclusive and offers a training in Acting, Singing and Dancing. This year we were proud to win ‘Best Business of the Year’ in the county of Conwy, North Wales.

Labelled with urban fused energy, the group display their passion and dedication.

Choreographer: Johnny Autin Dancers: Ned Bevan, Ethan Cook, Reuben Money, Caleb Peters, Rachel Griffin, Lucy Moss, Georgia Rowan

2Faced Youth Company consists of young elite dancers aged between 11 to 18 years who live in the surrounding areas of Herefordshire. They are mentored by 2Faced Dance who are one of the UK’s leading all male, urban contemporary, dance companies on a weekly basis. The members train intensively to develop their ability to fuse contemporary and urban dance techniques, explore choreographic and performance skills to excel as versatile young dancers. This work has been devised with the Youth Company over a 4 days creation period and it explores themes like spirituality and community. The Calling looked into what it means for the human race to walk the earth; the gravity that affects us all and the different ways we deal with this powerful force, the rituals we create and the legacies left by our ancestors, the cyclic phenomenons that surround us and finally our relationship to the planet Earth and the relations we have with each other. Music: The groove you liked – Savanj Rooms; The groove you liked ( Mala Dub)/On The Nature Of the daylight – Savanj Rooms/Max richier

3. The Academy / Yr Academi (Wales) Buss pass Beauties Choreographers: Ffion Jones, Craig Ryder Dancers: Nathan Goodwin, Hannah Cash, Jasmine Cash, Cora Miri,

A fusion of age, music, style and energy, this piece proves that age is only a number. The idea evolved when we discussed how things have changed over the years and how our grandparents have gone through the biggest changes. Bus Pass Beauties is how we hope we will be when we are older. Music: Rattle – Bingo players; I need your love, Ellie Goulding – Lucky Strike – Maroon 5; SheWolf – David Guetta

Music: Hip Hop, Various Hip Hop artists, Nicki minaj – Massive Attack; Get it in – Omarion; Rack City – Tyga; Motivation – Kelly Rowland; Fancy Footwork – Chromeo; Working Day and Night – Michael Jackson; Snapback and Tattoos – Driicky Graham; Romans revenge – Nicki Minaj; Romans reloaded – Nicki Minaj ft Lil Wayne

5. Daniel Hammond (YDE Young Creatives 2013 piece) How to Build a Shelf Choreographer: Dan Hammond. Dancer: Dan Hammond

U.Dance On Screen film: BDC House Winter Jam – Oisin Baber (South West) 4. Nuworx (Wales) The Urban Way Choreographer: Kimberlee Steele Dancers: Theo Llewellyn, Richard Jones, Nyah Ford, Hannah May Williams, Connie Sishton, Rhiannon Hawkins, Tabitha Kearney, Claudia Rzepnicka

Rubicon Dance is situated in the heart of cardiff. It is a vibrant and dynamic hub for individuals who have a passion of dance. Since 1976 Rubicon Dance has provided diverse styles for all cardiff communities in order to provide enjoyment

See for yourself! I am a Bboy from Cambridge. I’m part of a group called SIN Cru which is a Hip Hop organisation. I’ve been dancing since I was 9 which a specific focus on Bboying. I choreograph to create an impact and show people something they might not have seen before. I applied to be part of Young Creatives to see dance from a different angle, to focus on the creation and not just the performance. I have gained new choreographic skills and the task of creating a piece from nothing is no longer daunting.

The Riley Theatre Sunday 21st July 2013 @ 4pm

A programme of work by companies fusing breakin’, street or hip hop in their choreography. Hosted by Leeds based Hip Hop and Contemporary Choreographer Bobak Walker.

The performance will conclude with a short film of highlights from the U.Dance 2013 festival Photo credit: BrIan Slater

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Join us to celebrate the diversity and excellence of British youth dance introduced by Richard Alston CBE, Chair of YDE.

The Playhouse is a producing theatre, building and rehearsing its own shows in its home – the city of Leeds. The theatre regularly collaborates with other major regional producing theatres and companies and a full list of shows from 1990 can be found in our online archive. The West Yorkshire Playhouse shows tour nationally and many shows have transferred to the West End.

1. U.Dance 2013 Commission (Yorkshire)

U.Dance 2013 is programmed as part of the theatre’s Open Season which is a month-long showcase of youth and community performance ranging from dance and drama, poetry, new plays and Youth Theatre productions. www.wyp.org.uk

Welcome to Dance in Yorkshire Choreographer: Bobak Walker and the Dancers Dancers: Yorkshire Dance Youth: Sammi Stewart, Charlie Buchanan, Emily Barber, Kangwa Musonda, Kapambwe Mulumba, Shania Sterling, Judy Lungu, Karina Ika, Jennifer Bonsu This piece has been created with the following groups: Yorkshire Dance Youth, Creature Culture, Phoenix Dance Theatre Youth Academy (Junior & Senior Groups), Sparkin’ Clogz

Welcome to Dance in Yorkshire is a piece celebrating the rich culture of English Dance in Yorkshire, using hip-hop, contemporary and traditional rapper and clog dance styles. The piece is a result of close collaboration with the dancers and their ideas about what it means to be a dancer in the Yorkshire region. Leave any preconceptions of traditional English dance behind and prepare to be amazed and amused... Music: Various Artists

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West Yorkshire Playhouse is located in the centre of Leeds and is one of the busiest theatres outside of London. The playhouse has two theatres, the Quarry with 750 seats and the smaller, Courtyard with 350 seats.

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3. Insync Inclusive Youth Dance Company (Wales)

4. Momentum (Yorkshire)

Underpass

Splice

More Than Flesh and Bone

Choreographer: Jack Robinson Dancers: Sam Davison, Zach Mccullough, Ben Worsley, Alexander Worsley

Choreographer: Rachael Robertson Dancers: Lucy Jones, Zeenab Clarke, Chloe Edwards, Faye Jones, Brandley Lee Kinsey, Kayleigh Williams, Olivia Oakley, Anthony Clement and Seneigh Davies.

Choreographer: Anthony Middleton Dancers: Lucy Aspinwall, Millie Jo Brook, Reay Clarke, Shannon Edwards, Jessica Finnie, Chloe Jukes, Matt Liptrot, Rebecca Maguire, Reece McMahon, Kirsty O’Sullivan, Gemma Shields, Jake Stewart, Ellie Sutcliffe-Veitch, Luke Taylor, Will Taylor, Emily Walker

Cheshire Dance inspires and encourages people to create, learn and experience dance. Jack Robinson and his D.O.P.E crew are one of the many groups supported to lead and champion creative practice in participatory settings. With their second street dance, site-influenced piece, we are very proud to present Underpass. A derelict part of Cheshire; shops are closed down, streets are abandoned. There’s nothing to do, nowhere to go. A family of boys all individual in personality have nothing else to do but use the surroundings they have and explore! Going back to what hip-hop is all about! Music: Down The Road – C2C

Insync is a youth dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers, aged 12 – 19 years old, from Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales. The group was created through a performance project Artis Community Cymuned provided in partnership with Candoco Dance Company in June’12. As a result of the project the group performed in U.Dance 2012 and have continued to grow and develop in skill and strength ever since. This year Insync entered U.Dance Cymru 2013 on their own merit; of the 20 groups that performed from around the country Insync were chosen to represent Wales, along side National Youth Dance Wales, at U.Dance 2013. Splice has been created through the group working as individuals as well as together to explore how the actions of slicing, twisting and arching cut through space. Music: The Robots – Balanescu Quartet

U.Dance On Screen film: Stereo Step – Y’D Screen

Momentum Youth Dance provides professional Contemporary, Urban and Ballet training, choreography and performance experience for dancers aged 14+ from across Yorkshire. Dancers work alongside Momentum’s resident team of teachers and choreographers as well as visiting guest artists from across the UK. Members of Momentum Youth Dance gain regular performance experience across Yorkshire and at national events such as Move It, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and recently as semi-finalists on Sky 1’s Got to Dance. Momentum Youth Dance are delighted to be a part of U.Dance 2013!

How to Build a Shelf Refer to page 25 for information on this performance Interval

An exploration of the concept of personal identity, More Than Flesh and Bone shows the search to discover and accept not what we are but who we are. When you look into a mirror, do you simply see our material body, or can you see through the flesh and bone, to see ‘who’ you are? The piece is choreographed by former Momentum Youth dancer, Anthony Middleton, who performed with Momentum at YDE’s National Youth Dance Festival in 2007. Anthony trained at NSCD and has danced professionally for the BalletBoyz and Motionhouse as well as establishing his own company theMiddletonCorpus. Music: Precipice – Bear McCreary; Gentle Execution – Michael Andrews; Franks Death – Soldiers (Requiem in D Minor) – John Murphy

5. Daniel Hammond (YDE Young Creatives 2013 piece)

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2. D.O.P.E (CD Crew) (North West)

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7. RISE Youth Dance (South West)

8. Youth Dance Tynedale (North East)

U.Dance On Screen film:

Summer Rain

Providence

La Bombilla de Luz

Open Air – Somerset Youth Dance Company (South West)

Choreographers: Priya Shrikumar and Jayan Kumar Dancers: Sulaimina Bharwani, Sorna Paramananthan, Neha Zamvar, Aparna Potluru, Lavannya Manohar, Bethany Burgess

Choreographer: Wilkie Branson Dancers: Camerin Fearon, Olive Hardy, Deanna Roberts, Gemma Trott, Ella Persson, Megan Barclay, Monika Silkenas, Finn Bower- Hammersley, Delihah Grocott-Cain, Raf Sattler, Jasmin Nowak Fearon, Chanice Cooke-Khan, Natalie Champion, Sydra Perryman, Ruby Portus, Ban Alwari

Choreographer: Anthony Lo-Giudice Dancers: Rebecca Campin, Phoebe Dodd, Kate Forster, Jacob Hornsey, Sian Keady, Nathan Larkin, Beth Veitch, Torie Wright

9. RJC (Yorkshire)

Ihayami Fusion is Dance Ihayami’s youth dance group. Dance Ihayami is Scotland’s Indian dance company, based in Edinburgh and dedicated to the contemporisation of Indian dance. Founded by Priya Shrikumar, the company challenges ideas about Indian classical dance and creates innovative contemporary work, regularly collaborating with different art forms and media. Ihayami Fusion is keen to explore and expand the boundaries of Indian classical dance, ‘fusing’ it with influences of other forms of dance and movement (both Indian and western) and music. They experiment with use of different music styles, and work with different choreographers to incorporate new and fresh ideas. Summer Rain: Engaging outside the strict and structured discipline of Indian classical dance the choreographer fuses together movements from martial arts, contemporary and classical Indian dance elements and techniques in this contemporary Indian dance piece. The focus flickers from solo to duet to group interactions in space, textured with the contemporary music of Indian and Celtic origins. Music: Bodhran – Young Dubliners

RISE aims to provide experience of the professional dance world through performance, teaching and company perspective, to help members onto higher education and develop skills for professional opportunities. RISE offers a unique programme in Bristol; through leadership and project co-ordination opportunities we provide the young dancers with experience in industry skills and teach a diverse range of styles whilst maintaining the foundation of contemporary technique. RISE builds and strengthens dance skills but also self-esteem, motivation, teamwork and communication skills. Members are not taken for dance skills alone and many show strengths in leadership, teaching and management. Providence is response to the music of GodSpeed You! Black Emperor that carries the same name. This response is realized though a mixture of live dance and film integrated on stage. Choreographically the work draws on the lyrical development of bboying-based movement, which characterizes Branson’s style, alongside compositional influences from William Forsythe’s Artifact. The work was created with material from both Branson and Rise Youth Dance.

Youth Dance Tynedale was formed in 2008 by Artistic Director Sarah Morgan. YDT gives young dancers aged 8-19 the chance to work as part of a dance company. The contemporary dance training programme is based at Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham where dancers attend weekly classes to develop technique, choreography and performance skills. Students further their creative skills by attending workshops with professional choreographers in intensive weeks during school holidays. La Bombilla de Luz (translated in Spanish as ‘The Light Bulb’) is a choreography that has explored ideas based around Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ and the symbolism he used to define the destructive forces of power and war. Utilising Picasso’s intention of the light bulb as a representation of a bomb, dancers charge in and out of darkness lit by only a bare light bulb as if in battle or a hostile environment, reflecting the iconography of Guernica and the chaos of battle. Music: Finisterre & Black Light – BJ Nilson

Music: Providence – Godspeed you black emperor (this is an edited extract from this)

Two Annoying Choreographers: De-Napoli Clarke, Pareesha Webster & Kemmar Reid Dancers: Pareesha Webster & Kemmar Reid

RJC Youth Dance Company (RJCYDC) is an award winning, culturally-diverse community dance group who has performed at the Fresh regional platform in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 & 2012. The group aged 16 – 19 years, meet twice weekly at their base at the Mandela Centre on Chapeltown Road, Leeds, every Monday and Tuesday. Alongside their dance work RJCYDC have access to social and personal development, residentials and accredited programmes of work, presenting dance pieces in a variety of dance styles; reggae, carnival/soca, contemporary, jazz and urban dance styles. RJC Youth Dance Company has been invited to perform at regional, national international & royal events. Two Annoying is a duet between a male and female. Learning to tolerate sharing space, experiencing that at times each requires to ‘be’ on their own both physically and mentally. However this is not always achieved and or appreciated as the other get in ones’ head and under ones’ skin. Harmony occasionally happens in small vignettes. The piece investigates what occurs in varying situations when one wishes to be left alone, when two come together, when one over talks invades the other and is reluctant to compromise, when one becomes

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6. Ihayami Fusion (Scotland)

10. Hull Youth Dance Company (Yorkshire)

Frustration becomes overwhelming and the impact on ones behaviour is unpredictable and exasperating.

Conversations in Rhythm

Music: Rollin and Scratchin – Daft Punk

The group is organised as part of a youth arts programme called Creative Voice. It is only in its second year and young people audition to work towards performances every year. It is supported by Hull City Council, Hull College and Wyke Sixth Form College. The piece is inspired by the Phoenix Dance Theatre piece Soundclash, which is based on the complex and beautiful patterns created by sound waves when made visible. The piece explores relationships with sound, pattern and space through duets, solos and unison work. The piece is contemporary based but draws on other popular styles such as whacking, vouging and breakdance. Overall the mood of the piece is generally upbeat, modern and vibrant so lighting and costumes will be bright. However the duets and solos (devised by the young people) explore different relationships; some positive others more serious.

1. North Yorkshire Dance DNA Choreographer: Julius Ebrero Dancers: Amelia Baldwin, Charlotte Coles, Rebecca Ferrin, Ellie Fullalove, Beth Hodgson, Sophie Mirczuk, Mary Helen Pattinson, Sophie Perry, Hannah Smith, Hollie-Ann Lowe

North Yorkshire Dance (NYD), a company for talented young dancers aged 12-19 years with opportunities to tour, choreograph, perform and gain technical dance skills. It all starts with a beat. Her journey in search of a series of beats to create her own system of movement. A discovery that triggers her to move, feel and live. A heart beat that gives her pulsesto respond. A drum beat that initiates an emotional response. Its a journey of a lifetime. Her own beats, her journey, her language. Her identity as a mover and maker. Her story. Music: Healing Hands – Djembe Love; Medley – Wadaiko Matsuniza; Drum Poem – Ling Zhenghui

2. National Youth Dance Company of Scotland Naturally Inspired Choreographer: Yvonne Young Dancers: Anna Britton, Phoebe Haymer, Lauren Main, Nikki McInnes, Bethany McNulty, Rachel Morgan, Shannen Riches, Eleanor Robertson, Kieran Shannon, Zoe Thomson

The National Youth Dance Company of Scotland is run by YDance (the National Youth Dance organisation for Scotland) and brings together some of the best young dancers from across the country for a year. All of the members are aged 16 to 21 and have completed a Project Y Performance Course. The current Company has been working with Yvonne Young (YDance Assistant Director) since September 2012 – rehearsing on the first Saturday of every month to develop their skills and create new work. NYDCoS are delighted to be performing as part of U.Dance 2013. Inspired by Creative Scotland’s Year of Natural Scotland this work reflects the ebbs and flows of the world around us and the never ending variety of life that lives in it. Everything Must Change Music: Olafur Arnaulds – The music has been edited by Richard Newby

3. Battalions (North East)

Music: Rollin and Scratchin – Daft Punk

Natural Selection Refer to page 24 for information on this performance

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Choreographer: Donald Edwards Dancers: Chelsea Baker, Hannah Cochrane, Megan Watson, Kathy Weaver, Sophie Jameson, Emline Bell, Laura Brentano, Michael Barrett, Josh Campbell, Rachel Nagy

For the first time all three national youth dance companies in Britain perform alongside exceptional dancers and companies from across England.

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incensed by torment.

5. Cascade Dance Academy (South East)

Corridors (A YDE Young Creatives 2013 piece)

Our Foundations

Choreographer: James Rosental Dancers: Olivia Sewell, Jessica Warden, Paige Langley

Choreographer: Samantha Blackden Dancers: Ryan Abbott, Adele Richards, Jess Collinson, Joanne Lock, Nick Sedgwick, Jordan Croucher, Danny Keeler Clark, Hannah Woodfine, Emma Grove, Zara Whitlock, Ashden Judd

The piece was choreographed by James rosental as part Youth Dance Englands Young Creatives 2013, the piece Corridors was performed earlier this year at the Royal Opera House as an accumulation of the full project, James and his three dancers are currently training on the Centre for Advanced Training scheme at the Lowry. James is going on to continue his training at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in September. The piece tackles society’s perception and our inquisitive attitude towards traumatic experiences. Following the journey of three women we see the struggles that they go through effects the decisions and paths that they take. Music: Beach – Michael price; Metamorphosis 2 – Phillip glass; Machete Standoff – The Raid Soundtrack

U.Dance On Screen film: Night Practice – Y’D Screen

Founded in 2009, The Cascade Dance Academy runs at the Canterbury Academy in Kent, involving gifted and talented young people aged 16 to 19. The dancers train with Cascade during the week as part of the unique Academy programme, whilst studying A-Level & BTEC subjects all delivered by the Canterbury Academy. The Academy consists of year 12, 13 and 14’s, all of whom are hardworking individuals, dedicated to dance & performance. They train up to 8 hours a week in Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz , Lyrical and Urban Dance Styles. Foundations explores the turbulent relationship of a young couple in love; the highs and lows of real situations with predictable arguments and emotional instability. The piece is centred on two main characters that represent the couple in question. The couple’s movements and characteristics are reflected in a group of dancers who are split into girl and boy characters. Foundations conveys certain sadness, masked with an ironic sense of comedy. This piece is a lyrical contemporary dance piece, which uses drama and physical theatre, created to the words of the music track Foundations by Kate Nash. It also blends street and jazz dance. The piece also uses a gym bench for set, along with various props to assist the choreography and character work. Music: Foundations – Kate Nash; Bird & Thunder sound effects

Interval 6. National Youth Dance Company (England) (in between) Choreographers: Jasmin Vardimon Dancers: Felicity Aaron, Edd Arnold, Evonnee Bentley-Holder, Michael Board, Jefferson Chanatasig, Lewis Cooke, Emma FarnellWatson, Mariella Fortune-Ely, Fern Grimbley, Rosie Hadfield, Evelyn Hart, Louis Herbu, Holly Hunter, Georgia Johns, Kit King, Shaquia Lee, Sharol Mackenzie, Zinah Mangera-Lakew, Francis Maskens, Kane Mills, James Olivo, Sasha Phillips, Georgia Redgrave, Aine Reynolds, Daniella Rodriguez, Ryan Thompson, Dixie Webb-Heller, Murielle Werthauer, Reuben Woodall

The National Youth Dance Company aims to create and perform innovative and influential dance, bringing together some of the brightest dance talent from across England to work with Sadler’s Wells’ renowned Associate Artists. NYDC meets during school holidays to participate in four intensive weeks per year at Sadler’s Wells and regional venues. The current company dancers are aged 16-20 and come from over 20 different cities, towns and villages across the country. In September 2013 NYDC will be selecting another 30 dancers to join the company welcoming applications from talented young dancers of all backgrounds. A generous scholarship scheme ensures that costs will not prevent any dancer from joining the company. NYDC is supported using public funding by the Department for Education and the Arts Council England. A new work specially created for this young company by Photo credit: Peter Teigen

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Artistic Director Jasmin Vardimon. The work combines Vardimon’s unique style of physical theatre with the youthful energy and exuberance of the dancers: Balanced between childhood and adulthood, trapped between the force of the group and the power of the individual. Music: We Love You Gira – Ben Frost; Schillar in China – Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson & Sigur Rós; All the Love – Tindersticks; Saltwater – Last Days

U.Dance On Screen film: Let the Games Begin – Carousel (South East)

7. National Youth Dance Wales / Dawns Genedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru Closer (adapted extract) Choreographers: Errol White and NYDW 2012 Dancers: Katie Braden, Danielle Evans, Elinor Follis, Luke Ganz, Daisy Howell, Kellie Jones, Jasmine Middleton

NYDW provides first-class training and performance opportunities for some of Wales’ most-talented young dancers. It captures the energy and excitement of young peoples’ enthusiasm for dance and dancing, and celebrates the very best creative, contemporary youth dance in Wales today. Founded in 2000, NYDW has worked with award-winning choreographers including Wayne McGregor, Henri Oguike and, its current Artistic Director, Errol White. This summer, NYDW 2013 members will work with Errol and Guest Choreographer, Theo Clinkard, for performances at Sherman Cymru, Cardiff (29 August) and Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold (31 August)

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Closer explores the fluidity and interplay between people when trust has become a bond connecting individuals beyond the point of touch – creating relationships that are drawn together, intertwined and repelled defining both shared and personal spaces. Original score and realisation: Tiago Cerqueira

8. Flexus Dance Company (West Midlands) Primitive Choreographer: Katy Dowson Dancers: Danielle Campbell, Harry Ondrak Wright, Chaytan Dhillon, Aaron Baugh, George Pearson, Callum Osbourne, Mersadies Morgan, Alice Jacquin, Nicole Down, Bethany Welsh, Jessica Fox, Katie Lewis, Molly Holmes

to be selected to represent the West Midlands at U.Dance 2012 in London and are over joyed to have been selected to perform as part of ‘New Dimensions’ in 2013. Primitive is a hard hitting contemporary dance work delving into a Youth’s interpretation of their generation and society. Heavily influenced by the riots, wars and general social conflict, Primitive reveals a society empty of morals and rules drawn back to Primeval instincts for self gain and a desperation to be heard, ignorant of consequence. Music: 20 Ghosts/32 Ghosts/Wish/Right where it belongs/The Frail/ 9 Ghosts – Nine Inch Nails. Arrangment: Anthony Aston

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West Yorkshire Playhouse 19th and 20th July 6:00 – 6:45pm The U.Dance 2013 foyer performances have been selected to reflect the quality and diversity of dance in Yorkshire and the north. With groups from Mesh Dance, SAA uk, North Yorkshire Dance, INK Dance Co, Youth Forward, LJ Dance, ReBuzz, Swati Dance Company, DAZL and the South Yorkshire Young Choreographers programme. Styles include contemporary, hip hop, South Asian dance, cheerleading and commercial. Groups have been chosen because of their enthusiasm, commitment and creativity – prepare to be amazed by the talent and energy of these groups!

Flexus is a Youth Dance Company formed in 2004 based in Wolverhampton made up of dancers aged between 15 and 19 years. Their edgy and dynamic works incorporate both Contemporary Dance and Physical Theatre. Flexus is an audition only company that aims to deliver training and performance opportunities and to raise standards of Youth Dance in the West midlands. On top of their intense technical training the dancers within the company are educated as choreographers, workshop leaders, and teachers so they are at the centre of developing dance for their generation. Annually the company tour their major works to theatres both regionally and nationally, offering community and education packages to support the performance. Flexus were privileged

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an international celebration of dance, dancers and dance teachers Sunday 3 November | 6:30pm |Royal Albert Hall

U.Dance 2013 is not just about dance performances! U.Dance On Screen is a strand of the festival showing dance films made by or featuring young people. The chosen films have been woven into this year’s programme and will be screened in different venues over the festival. The film screening schedule is as follows:

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More than 450 young dancers took to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall last year. Join us to make Dance Proms 2013 even bigger and better!

With guest acts and a huge range of dance styles, this is the perfect event for all dance-lovers with something for everyone at our gala performance!

2013 Patrons: Darcey Bussell CBE, Shabba Doo, Matt Flint, Len Goodman, Chris Hollins, Bonnie Langford, Wayne McGregor CBE, Arlene Phillips CBE, Lisa Riley, Angela Rippon OBE

Friday 19th July West Yorkshire Playhouse @7pm • Stereo Step – Y’D Screen • Open Air – Katey Leader, Kayleigh Crook and Somerset Youth Dance Company dancers

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• Animalz – Y’D Screen • The Mourners – Caswell Coggins & BalletBoyz

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• Night Practice – Y’D Screen • Let the Games Begin – Sarah Watson & Matthew Hellett

• Restive – Arthur Williams • Acquienscence – Mark Worth • Dark Water – Mark Anderson • Fort – Oliver Scott • Catharsis – Chris Bradley • Hangar – Adam Rutherford • Eclipse – Paul Milford • Up Close – Samantha Gillingham • Urban Ground – Claire Christou, Jess Lloyd & Lindsay Willis • Time To Play – Vicky Worthington

Sunday 21st July Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre @4pm • FABLE – Lee Smikle and Shoreditch Youth Dance Company dancers • Mobocracy – Dave McKenna

The Riley Theatre @4pm • Another Day – Oliver Wildsmith • BDC House Winter Jam – Oisin Baber

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Leeds Gallery, 16-21 July 2013 In his first exhibition of his 22 year career, much loved UK based photographer Brian Slater will display some of his best and most telling images of youth dance. A perfect setting for his exhibition, the Leeds Gallery is an independent commercial art gallery in Leeds specialising in Photography, Illustration and Fine Art which has both a local and national focus. Brian’s work not only documents the breadth and talent of youth dance taking place across the country, but displays vibrant and exciting stand alone images of young dancers starting out in the dance world. Youth Dance Captured will run from Tuesday 16th July all the way through to the last day of the festival and is a perfect way to complement and celebrate both the exciting dance taking place across the country, and the talent of a photographer who captures it in his first exhibition!

Drop in to the exhibition and you may spot someone you know! The Gallery is just around the corner from West Yorkshire Playhouse and the Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre: Leeds Gallery Munro House, York Street, LS9 8AG Exhibition hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 6pm, Sunday 10am – 5pm Admission: Free www.leedsgallery.com

Following the success of last year’s event, Youth Dance England’s National Young Dance Ambassadors (NYDAs) are delighted to present their second Fringe platform as part of U.Dance 2013. Much like last year, the Fringe event will showcase a rich variety of dance styles aiming to inspire and empower young dancers and choreographers. U.Dance 2013 will have a focus on all aspects of dance and the world beyond performance and the Fringe will be devoted to one of the most integral parts of dance – the dancers.

We’re particularly excited about the Fringe this year, as well as programming the performance we’ve also put a lot of thought into how we dress the room and seat the guests. It will be a new and unique opportunity for the U.Dance 2013 performers to meet one another, share experiences, make friends and be inspired. And if anyone wants to meet us or ask questions, we won’t be hard to spot in our funky handpicked outfits! We hope that the evening will be truly unforgettable.

That’s right, the U.Dance 2013 Fringe will be presented exclusively to the festival performers. Taking place on the Thursday 18th of July at Leeds Town Hall, it will act as a spectacular welcome event to all of the residential dance groups. The Fringe will sit within the welcome event which also includes a special commission made up of local performers and choreographed by Bobak Walker and a delicious sit down dinner. The Fringe will take place in the Victoria Hall. This breath-taking building is a fine example of 19th century Victorian Architecture. Our specially-invited paparazzi will make everyone feel like a celebrity.

This platform would not be possible without our amazing co-ordinators: Claire Somerville, Martha Wilkinson, Portia Simpson and the entire YDE and Yorkshire Dance teams. We’d like to say a MASSIVE cheers to them! We want you to realise how special and amazing you are in promoting youth dance, and the 2013 Fringe is our way of saying THANK YOU!

After visiting all of the regional U.Dance platforms, the NYDAs came together to fight the corner of their chosen pieces. After much debate, six incredible dance pieces from talented groups were selected. It was really helpful to have the new NYDAs joining the existing ones to keep the ideas and direction fresh and exciting.

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Always yours, The National Youth Dance Ambassadors Ailsa, Alex, Amber, André, Ariarna, Beth, Charlie, Hannah, Jenny, Kate, Larissa, Miriam, Naomi, Paul, Samira, Sophie and Tom Groups performing as part of Fringe ME.I – Female Take Over Motionhouse Youth Dance Company – Dark Awakening Yorkshire Dance Youth – Perception Dance Jam – The Jam YDT Boys – Identity Shockout – Through Whose Eyes…

Friday 19th July ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SHARON WATSON

GCSE Choreographic Workshop Led by: Retina Dance Company For: GCSE Dance Students in years 10 or 11 Venue: Yorkshire Dance This workshop is informed by Retina’s trademark style of fast, continuous flow and fun movement, giving participants the chance to develop technical, choreographic and improvisational skills.

Saturday 20th July Waacking Workshop For: 11-14 year olds. You don’t need to have any experience in this style, just lots of enthusiasm! Venue: Yorkshire Dance Taught by the cool Miss Eleanor who appeared on ‘Got to Dance’ and who is a world competitor in Waacking, this workshop introduces participants to all the moves they need to learn this awesome dance style which can be seen on music videos and dance competitions across the globe.

Booking for workshops is now closed.

Workshops & Local Activities

U.Dance 2013 is for everyone! Over the course of the festival we will hold a series of public workshops, led by experts in various styles.

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U.Dance 2013 Young Choreographers Workshop.

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Led by: Sharon Watson, Artistic Director of Phoenix Dance Theatre. For: 16-19 year olds with some dance experience & an interest in developing their choreographic skills Venue: Northern School of Contemporary Dance This workshop offers young people with an interest in choreography, a fantastic opportunity to develop their skills and gain inspiration for their own work. The workshop includes a Q&A with world renowned choreographer Richard Alston.

Saturday 20th July, Between 1.30pm and 4pm The Light/ Trinity Shopping Centre U.Dance 2013 will present Leeds’ group DAZL Boys at The Light and Trinity Shopping Centre on Saturday to showcase some of the exciting talent in the area! Come along and catch DAZL Boys for a taste of U.Dance 2013.

Saturday 20th July Vogue and Pose Dance Workshop

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Thursday 26th to Saturday 28th September, 7.30pm Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7PA Tickets £12.50 / £10 concessions Box Office 0113 220 8008 / www.theatreleeds.com

Photography: Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Melt by Brian Slater

For: 15-19 year olds. You don’t need to have any experience in this style, just lots of enthusiasm! Venue: Yorkshire Dance Taught by another ‘Got to Dance’ competitor; Darren Pritchard who is a member of the UK’s leading vogue house. This fun and fabulous workshop will introduce you to all the basic moves you need to strike a pose – be part of the dance craze that is storming the globe!

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We have worked with the following organisations:

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Our main partner is Yorkshire Dance

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To produce U.Dance 2013 we have worked with a number of partners in Leeds, Yorkshire, NE, NW and across England. Without their support and expert advice this festival would not have been possible. Our partners have also helped us make connections with venues, artists and audiences in the city and further afield. Leeds is a major dance and cultural centre in the UK – we are very excited about bringing the national festival here.

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Dance4 Dance United Kala Sangam Leeds City Council Ludus Dance Leeds Gallery Leeds Metropolitan University Northern Ballet Northern School of Contemporary Dance Phoenix Dance Theatre The Light, Leeds The Lowry Tin Arts Trinity Shopping Centre, Leeds West Yorkshire Playhouse

Laura Brannagan Marketing & Communications Manager Portia Simpson Project Manager, U.Dance 2013, Local Engagement Viv Tierney Finance Manager U.Dance 2013 Advisory Group Gail Ferrin Youth and Community Dance Director, Yorkshire Dance Helen Linsell Dance United, Yorkshire Vanessa McGuire Head of Dance Development, Dance4 Jonathan Poole Centre for Advanced Training Manager, The Lowry Sally Powell Youth Dance Coordinator Centre for Advanced Training/NorthWest Dance, The Lowry Hannah Robertshaw Artistic Producer, Ludus Dance

Matthew Sims Head of Arts & Venues, Leeds City Council Dr Geetha Upadhyaya Artistic Director/CEO, Kala Sangam Sharon Watson Artistic Director, Phoenix Dance Theatre Tracey Whitney Head of Education and Community Programmes, Northern School of Contemporary Dance Martin Wilson Executive Director, Tin Arts Ann Wishart Arts Development Manager, Leeds City Council Yorkshire Dance Wieke Eringa CEO and Artistic Director Gail Ferrin Youth and Community Dance Director Antony Dunn Marketing & Communications Manager Production Manager Bill Deverson Rehearsal Director Zoie Golding Residential Artistic Team George Adams Richard Alston Damien Barber De-Napoli Clarke Lucy Crowe Donald Hutera

Villmore James Rachel Krische Mary Mannion National Youth Dance Company Freddie Opoku-Addaie Phoenix Dance Theatre Darren Pritchard Retina Dance Company Kala Sangam Shrikant Subramaniam Adèle Thompson Bobak Walker Sharon Watson Tracy Witney Maureen Bennett Physiotherapist Festival volunteers Keziah Allen Katie Aynsley Niamh Bryson Hannah Burke Dawn Clark Nikki-Lee Clarke Simon Daniel Williams Georgina Donohue Linzhu Deng Rachel Denman Matthew Duckworth Lauren Frost Katy Garforth Keisha Hamilton Charlotte Hannah Biying Huang Chris Hughes Rachel Lunn Hannah Martin Luke McDonough-Stratford Amy McVey Rebecca Munns Stephanie Potter

Jenni Purser Cloe Richardson Robert Smith Katy Stockdale Ella Tighe Chloe Travers Jennifer Ward Lauren Williams Emilie Wilson National Partners (Delivered Regional U.Dance 2013 Selection Platforms) Dance4 Dance City DanceEast DanceXchange Dance South West Hampshire Dance Sadler’s Wells/TrinityLaban Conservatoire for Music and Dance The Lowry Yorkshire Dance

National Young Dance Ambassadors Ailsa MacCalman Alex Svalova Amber Watts André Francis Ariarna Thomas Beth Hartley Charlie Buchanan Hannah Silcox Jenny Moffat Kate Threlfall Larissa Pinkham Miriam Prever Naomi Hosier Paul Milford Samira Hales Sophie Holt Tom Heyes

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Advisory Group and Partners

Youth Dance England is the managing partner for U.Dance 2013. YDE is the national organisation that champions excellence in dance for and with children and young people. It delivers national programmes that inspire, raise aspirations and celebrate excellence. Its programmes provide essential platforms for engaging young people in dance from first steps to training for a professional career. YDE creates life-long dance participants and audiences as well as the next generation of dance artists and leaders.

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