Welcome to Dance UK's monthly e-news, auditions & jobs. This service is provided to keep you in touch with Dance UK's latest news, future events and artistic debate from members. It also includes a list of the latest dance auditions and jobs.
In this month’s newsletter, we invite you to get involved with Dance UK’s summer events and opportunities. Take a photo of yourself resting as part of our summer photo competition or join a Dance UK member summer school (see newsflashes below for more information). We also have fundraising training in Liverpool, conference videos to watch free online, and you can apply to be part of our dancers’ and dance teaching mentoring programmes.
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This month’s e-newsletter is sponsored by The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, an international leader for professional drama, theatre and performance-related training, offering a diverse range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses including the pioneering MA Movement Studies course for those who wish to teach and direct movement. For more information, visit www.cssd.ac.uk
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Stuart Waters, dancer and 2013-14 mentee. Photo: Thomas Andre Stromsnes
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“My mentor helped me pinpoint clear goals and suggested people to connect with”
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Rebecca Thomas, freelance dance artist and 2013-14 dance teaching mentee
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Last chance to apply for Dance UK’s 2014 mentoring programmes
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There isn’t long left to apply for Dance UK’s 2014 mentoring programmes. Open to 20 dancers and 20 dance teachers who have been identified by their peers as future leaders, the successful applicants will be matched with paid high-level mentors to identify skills and areas of interest and develop leadership potential.
The deadline for applications for the Dancers’ Mentoring Programme is 8 July, and for the Dance Teaching Mentoring Programme is 23 July.
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Sarah Shead, creative director and keynote speaker at Fundraising for Artistic Projects
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“This event is a great way to share experiences and meet like minded people, and I’m very much looking forward to being a part of the discussion”
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Genevieve Say,
independent dance artist and
speaker at Fundraising for Artistic Projects
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Dance UK business skills training in London and Liverpool
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Dance UK's Business of Dance training programme offers short, sharp professional development sessions on skills related to the business and management side of dance. On Monday 30 June, Natasha Reynolds will be leading a session on digital marketing at Sadler’s Wells in London and some tickets will be available to purchase on the door from 6pm.
On Wednesday 30 July, Dance UK is coming to Liverpool for a session on fundraising for artistic projects. Led by Sarah Shead, the session will explore the different types of funding available and how to write successful applications. Tickets are now on sale for just £8 for Dance UK members.
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Dan Edwardes, Founder and Director of Parkour UK, speaking at Dance UK’s Aesthetic Athletes and Dancers conference. Photo: Rick Senley
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“The Peter Sowerby Foundation was delighted to support Dance UK in bringing together the two worlds of elite sport and the arts. We hope that the videos will lead to further debate and discussion in both areas”
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Trustees of the Peter Sowerby Foundation
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Aesthetic Athletes and Dancers conference videos now online
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Thanks to funding from the Peter Sowerby Foundation, videos of presentations from Dance UK and the Royal Society of Medicine’s Aesthetic Athletes and Dancers conference are now available to view free online.
The conference explored optimal training methods for performers in both dance and aesthetic sports. Videos available to watch include Nick Allen on hypermobility, Mhari Keil on optimal nutrition and Dan Edwardes on pushing physical boundaries.
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Philippa MacLeod. Photo: Paul Watt
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“The festival is a huge celebration and an important event for YDance, the participants and youth dance in general”
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Anna Kenrick, Artistic Director, YDance
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Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival in Glasgow
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In July, Dance UK member YDance, Scotland’s national youth dance organisation, is hosting the biggest celebration in youth dance from across the Commonwealth. The first ever Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival will welcome 36 youth dance groups – made up of 400 talented individuals – to Glasgow to celebrate the city’s hosting of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
12 different groups perform each evening, offering audiences of all ages the chance to experience a wealth of young dance talent. Behind the scenes, all 400 participants will be taking part in a jam-packed workshop programme led by international artists and teachers.
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“I love tango’s sensuality, the creativity of the choreography, the music and the connection you get with a partner”
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Attilla Ting, Founder of Tango Cheshire
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Dance UK explores… Argentine tango
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Each month, Dance UK is investigating a different dance style for our members' e-newsletter, finding out about its technique, style and history. For June, it’s Argentine tango, which Attilla Ting, Founder of Tango Cheshire, discusses in an interview with Dance UK’s Laura Dodge.
Attilla describes why some tango is improvised and some choreographed, how the dance form originated in Buenos Aires, and why men took tango training so seriously in the early 1900s.
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"I think that as a choreographer you shouldn’t adore yourself – you need to be able to question and challenge yourself”
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Aysun Aslan, choreographer
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Featured choreographer for June: Aysun Aslan
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Dance UK runs the UK Choreographers Directory (UKCD), a free searchable directory of independent choreographers with experience in the arts and entertainment industries. This month, we are highlighting the work of choreographer and movement director Aysun Aslan.
In an interview with Dance UK’s Alice Firth, Aysun describes her early training in Turkey, working with disadvantaged women and why she never stops learning.
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AUDITIONS, JOBS & CAREERS
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