Commissioned artists to compete for The Place Prize for dance announced
Filed under: Events and Other Interesting Stuff, Dancers, International
15 May 2012
• 16 new dance works commissioned from over 200 entries
• The Place Prize for dance, sponsored by Bloomberg, is the UK’s most prestigious dance award, returning for its 5th edition
• The commissions will premiere during The Place Prize Semi-finals in September 2012
• By the end of summer 2012, The Place Prize for dance will have enabled the creation of 92 pieces of new choreography, with an investment of over £1.2million in British dance
Pictured from left to right: Tony Adigun; Ben Ash; Robbie Synge; Joe Moran; Gemma Nixon; Rick Nodine; Seke Chimutengwende; Ben Wright; Nina Kov; Mamoru Iriguchi; Riccardo Buscarini; Neil Paris; Darren Ellis; Eva Recacha
Not pictured: Jonathan Goddard, Moreno Solinas, Hanna Gillfren & Heidi Rustgaard
Dance UK member Dora Frankel Dance, the northern-based contemporary dance company moved into Dance City, Newcastle in 2011 as part of its journey to bigger and bolder things. Artistic Director Dora Frankel has been working in the dance industry since the early 1970s and is really representative of the endurance many artists show; she does not intend to age quietly.
Marion North, principal and Chief Executive of Laban from 1973-2004, passed away on 3 May after a brief spell in hospital.
Report from Dance UK's Nutrition and Disordered Eating in Dance Conference
Filed under: DanceUK News
3 May 2012
Over 100 dance, education & health professionals took part in conference on nutrition at Royal Soceity of Medicine
How to access new NHS dancers' clinicInformation on accessing the new National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science services, including the NHS dance injury clinic and private speciliast dance healthcare service.
Launch today of National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science
Filed under: DanceUK News
30 April 2012
Dance UK and partners launch new specialist dancers' health support and research initiative
South East Dance is seeking applications from movement based artists for two of its artist development schemes: the Associate Artists Programme and the Made in Kent Commissions.
After 20 years Linda Yates is stepping down as Executive Director of Dancers' Career Development
London Mayoral candidates outline their dance policies
Filed under: Government & Policy
24 April 2012
The Pan-London Dance Venues and Agencies Group and Dance UK write to London Mayoral candidates to ask what plans they have for dance in the capital.
Tony Shepherd successfully runs marathon in aid of Dancer UK's Healthier Dancer Programme
Filed under: DanceUK News
23 April 2012
On 22 April dance PR Tony Shepherd ran the London Marathon in 4 hours 37 minutes to raise money for dancers' healthcare.
English National Ballet has annouced that Royal Ballet principal dancer Tamara Rojo, who is also a Dance UK Board member is to be the company's new Artistic Director.
Introducing Emily Dobson Dance ArtistEmily Dobson is a South West based dancer/performer and Dace Artist. Originally from the Midlands she began her training in Contemporary Dance graduating with a BA (Hons) from Bretton Hall University, Yorkshire in 2001. She has spent the past 10 years performing and working as a freelance education worker across the UK and Northern Ireland. Emily has toured nationally and internationally with dance and theatre companies including Cscape Dance, Attik Dance and Kneehigh Theatre. Now based in Cornwall Emily continues to work as a performer and dance artist, is an Associate artist of Cscape Dance, Associate Lecturer of Dance at University College Falmouth and co-leads Freefall Dance, a technical dance training house based in Falmouth.
Candoco Dance Company’s Turning 20 at the Brighton Dome – Corn Exchange on 29 March
Filed under: Events and Other Interesting Stuff
27 March 2012
Following successful performances at Sadler’s Wells and a 4 star Evening Standard review, see Candoco Dance Company’s Turning 20 at the Brighton Dome – Corn Exchange on 29 March.
Celebrate with us on Thursday 29 March at The Brighton Dome Corn – Exchange, (Brighton), where Candoco Dance Company, the company of disabled and non-disabled dancers, mark twenty years of bold and beautiful dance with their anniversary programme Turning 20. We have previously worked with Brighton-based choreographer Hofesh Shechter, and have a strong connection with Underground 7, so we are now thrilled to be back in Brighton after 10 years.
For booking: http://www.brightondome.org/events/Candoco-Dance-Company/4569
CPD - An Introduction to Treating The Performing Artist
Filed under: Events and Other Interesting Stuff
22 March 2012
Sunday April 15th 2012
10.00am - 5.00pm
at
THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHY - Berthon Room
275, Borough High Street. London. SE1 1JE
A one-day CPD course for musculo-skeletal practitioners covering approaches to the assessment, treatment & management of performing artists.
The day will include:
Common injuries in Dancers, Instrumental Musicians, Vocalists & Actors
Assessment, treatment & management approaches for performers
The postural, ergonomic & technique issues faced by performing artists
The environmental challenges for performing artists
7 Hours CPD
Course Fee £85 (Students £70)
Course Tutor:
Jennie Morton BSc (Hons) Osteopathy
UCL Honorary Lecturer & Module Leader for the MSc in Performing Arts Medicine, UCL Division of Surgery & Interventional Science
Osteopath & Lecturer for The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine
Speaker for Dance UK: Healthier Dancer Programme
For further info or to request a booking form, please email jennie@jenniemorton.co.uk
Peggy Hawkins Scholarship Fund. A new fund for excellence for LCDS studentsThe Place’s London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS) today announces the names of the first four recipients of the newly established Peggy Hawkins Scholarship Fund, which aims to support talented students in completing their course of studies, and taking advantage of new performance opportunities.
The Scholarship is funded by internationally renowned choreographer and Patron of The Place, Anthony Van Laast, and LCDS alumna Pernille Charrington, in memory Peggy Hawkins, whose life was dedicated to teaching dance and choreography. Peggy was Anthony’s mother, and Pernille’s devoted friend and colleague.
Foundation for Community Dance’s National College Summer School 2012 24-27 July 2012, De Montfort University, Leicester
Filed under: Events and Other Interesting Stuff
20 March 2012
Based in the excellent PACE Building at De Montfort University, these residential courses are perfect for the dance practitioner wanting to deepen and develop their knowledge and practical skills. FCD certified with 25 CPD credits aligned with industry approved National Occupational Standards in Dance Leadership, these courses support your leadership to generate work and develop your dance leading in participatory settings.
This year’s participants can choose one of the following courses:
• NEW! Dance, media and site-specific practice with Rosemary Lee
• Passport to practice: An induction to professional practice in community dance with Diane Amans
• Dance and disabled people with Isabel Jones
• Dance, health and wellbeing with Miranda Tufnell
• Dance and age inclusive practice with Cecilia Macfarlane
Visiting Artists - new immigration rules from 6th April
Filed under: Dancers, Government & Policy
20 March 2012
The Home Office has announced that non-EU artists temporarily visiting the UK for short visits will no longer have to go through the Points Based Immigration System. The announcement follows consultation with the arts sector and the GLA with concerns raised that the Points Based System was overly bureaucratic and inappropriate for artists coming for short periods of time to perform one off remunerated activity. A GLA survey of arts bodies in 2011, for example, showed that 7 out of 10 arts organisations in London believed the system was negatively impacting on the capital's position as a world city for culture.
Merseyside Dance Initiative are excited to announce two nights of exceptional new contemporary dance as part of their festival Topsy Turvy on Sat 24 and Sun 25 March at The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool.
Following last year’s successful festival which saw North West artists taking over CUC Liverpool for a weekend of radical performances, this year MDI will be further showcasing the talents in our region.
Second Dance Proms opens for business
19 March 2012
Dance teachers invited to enter their students for spectacular dance event at the Royal Albert Hall on November 4th 2012
London, March 13th 2012: Dance teachers all over the country are being encouraged to enter their students for Dance Proms 2012, the national celebration of dance which is launched today, March 13th. The second multi-genre dance spectacular will once again provide a platform to celebrate dance, dance students and dance teachers with the performance planned for November 4th 2012 at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Online registration is now open for those wishing to take part in the event.
PHYSICAL FEST 2012. Annual physical theatre festival Returns for 8th year
Filed under: Events and Other Interesting Stuff
19 March 2012
Liverpool based Physical Theatre Company Tmesis return this May with its eighth annual ‘Physical Fest’ festival of physical theatre to take place in Liverpool from Fri 25 May – Sat 2 June 2012.
The only festival of its kind in Europe, Physical Fest brings the world's best local, national and international movement and physical theatre artists to Liverpool in an exciting nine day programme of events, workshops, taster classes and performances. The aim of the festival is to make Liverpool a hub for Physical Theatre, bringing the best performers and companies to the city in addition to new work and premiere performances in order to inspire more local people to follow and take part in this exciting theatre genre. Physical Fest already one of the international key events in Liverpool’s cultural programme.
ARTAUD FORUM 2: Konnecting Gestures. International Conference-Workshop on Performance and Sound Technologies
19 March 2012
Friday March 30 - Sunday, April 1, 2012
A three-day conference and performance laboratory
held at the Antonin Artaud Performance Centre
Brunel University, Uxbridge, West London (UK)
D e t a i l e d P r o g r a m :
http://people.brunel.ac.uk/dap/artaudforum.html
This symposium and performance laboratory is the second installment of the series of annually held research events at Brunel University's Antonin Artaud Performance Centre, bringing together an invited group of international theatre, performance and sound artists, musicians, digital artists, art theorists and researchers engaged in creative practices that reflect on major innovative performance traditions of the past century and their impact on current performance knowledge and physical (or physical-digital) techniques.
![DV8 Can We Talk About This. Dancers: Ira Mandela, Siobhan Hannes Langolf. Photographer: Prudence Upton.]( "DV8 Can We Talk About This. Dancers: Ira Mandela, Siobhan Hannes Langolf. Photographer: Prudence Upton.")
DV8 explore freedom of speech, multiculturalism & Islam through dance at The Lowry
Filed under: Events and Other Interesting Stuff
19 March 2012
Following a critically acclaimed international tour, award-winning UK Dance Company DV8 is set to come to The Lowry with their brand new piece ‘Can We Talk About This?’ which examines freedom of speech, multiculturalism and Islam, on Fri 18 & Sat 19 May.
‘Can We Talk About This?’ represents DV8’s Director Lloyd Newson’s interest in social, psychological and political issues. Newson has rejected abstraction in preference for work driven by narrative. The production fuses text, dance and archive footage to engage the audience in the issues and arguments explored.
“Fasci/a/nation Dance – Mobile Connections” the 12th tamed Congress for Dance Medicine
16 March 2012
The Congress rocks! In 2012 the Congress for Dance Medicine meets in the federal capital.
With the theme of “Fasci/a/nation Dance – Mobile Connections” the 12th Congress for Dance Medicine will take place in Berlin at the HZT from June 1 to 3.
The extensive program will present you with lectures, workshops and case histories concerning the connective tissues of the body, the fascia, as well as the connective tissue of our work, the network of consultations, clarifications, and further training in Dance Medicine. During the past years, the congress has developed into a platform which brings together dancers, dance teachers, dance doctors, therapists and scientists on an equal footing. Those attending meet colleagues and members of associated disciplines and learn about the newest ideas from research and practice about movement patterns and training techniques.
Roehampton Dance announces its first Roehampton Dance Summer School featuring a range of short courses and CPD training for dancers, dance students and dance professionals. We have a range of industry partners working with us including Amici Dance Theatre and renowned contract improviser Nancy Stark-Smith.
SDT Dance Agent for Change post comes to an end.
Filed under: Events and Other Interesting Stuff
14 March 2012
Caroline Bowditch’s four year post as Scottish Dance Theatre’s (SDT) Dance Agent For Change comes to an end on 22nd March.
The project was initiated by former Artistic Director Janet Smith who was interested in breaking down barriers, extending borders in the dance world and exploring new possibilities, creatively, artistically and for the good of culture in Scotland.
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