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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.
This month, Dance UK and its NIDMS Partners celebrate the establishment of the third NHS specialist service for dancers, made possible by the Dance Again Foundation and based at the Royal United Hospital Bath. Dance UK has also been busy preparing its upcoming events that will take place later this Autumn. Launch, the professional development and networking day for dance students and recent graduates will go to Birmingham for the first time and the Agile Fundraising Training Programme will kick off its second session next month after a successful start earlier this year. Teacher Refresh will also return in November visiting Swindon Dance!
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This month’s e-news is sponsored by Dance Proms. An international celebration of dance, dancers and dance teachers taking place at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 2 November. To book visit www.royalalberthall.com
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De Montfort University dancers, Joseph Mottershead and Jordan Wildman. Photo: Andy Elston
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“The Elmhurst community is really pleased to be hosting Launch for the first time. It is a great opportunity for young dance artists to get ahead in their careers and hear some sound advice on a positive way forwards”
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Jessica Wheeler, Principal,
Elmhurst School for Dance
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Book now for Dance UK’s Launch Birmingham on 7 November
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Dance UK is partnering with Birmingham Royal Ballet, DanceXchange, Sonia Sabri Company, SAMPAD, Foundation for Community Dance, De Montfort University and Elmhurst School for Dance for Launch Birmingham, the professional development and networking day designed especially for dance students and recent graduates. We encourage students and recent graduates from all dance backgrounds to sign up, though I would hurry as Launch always sells out!
With tickets priced at just £25/£30, Launch is the ideal opportunity for young dance professionals to hear from both established and emerging speakers and find out about the diverse career options available within the dance industry.
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“Because we’re worth it simply doesn’t cut the mustard, especially in this time of squeezed public funds and competition for private support”
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Fern Potter,
Head of Development & Strategy,
Dance UK, ADAD and
Youth Dance England
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Asking for Money, the L’Oreal Syndrome
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Part of Dance UK’s Business of Dance training programme, Agile Fundraising is a new programme designed to unmask techniques to attract individual donors and help you become more confident in raising funds. The programme is supported by Arts Council England’s Catalyst scheme and Cause4’s Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy and includes six training sessions over 10 months plus an extra, final session to pitch for up to £1,000 (Dragon’s Den-style) to a panel of wealthy donors.
As we approach the second session, Asking for Money on 6 October, led by Bernard Ross, an internationally recognised management consultant and author and a director of =mc. Fern Potter argues that the arts sector needs to get smarter about making the case and escape what she calls the L’Oreal Syndrome.
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Physiotherapist Nick Cleverton treating the first dancer at the Bath clinic. Photo: Helen Laws
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“Dance Again’s fundraising gala is really important for raising funds to provide fast, affordable, specialist healthcare for dancers in the South West, building on the NIDMS dance injury clinics already open at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham"
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Helen Laws, Manager, NIDMS
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Dance UK and its NIDMS Partners celebrate the establishment of a third NHS specialist service for dancers
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The Royal United Hospital Bath Sports Injury Clinic is now extending its service to offer specialist dance injury appointments, thanks to funding from dance charity the Dance Again Foundation.
To raise funds for this work, whilst celebrating the huge breadth of dance talent in the UK the Dance Again Foundation is holding a Gala concert at Dance UK member Sadler’s Wells this Sunday 28 September. The Gala will feature performances from major dance stars including dancers from Dance UK members The Royal Ballet, Richard Alston Dance Company and Birmingham Royal Ballet. Tickets are available to purchase on the night!
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2014 mentee Belinda Chapman. Photo: Phil Conrad
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“As a freelancer, this is an incredible opportunity to grow my teaching skills, gaining valuable insight and advice from an expert mentor in the industry as I continue to develop, I can’t wait to get stuck in!”
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Dance Teachers selected for Dance UK's 2014 Dance Teaching Mentoring Programme
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Following a popular application process, 20 dance teachers nominated by their peers as future leaders have been selected to take part in Dance UK’s Dance Teaching Mentoring Programme. Organised by Dance UK in partnership with Dancers’ Career Development, Youth Dance England and the National Dance Teachers Association, the programme recognises the huge importance of teachers within the dance sector and aims to develop the next generation of teaching leaders within the industry.
Dance UK and partners worked to attract applicants from across the UK. Successful teachers have been drawn from areas including the South West, London, West Midlands, Norfolk, Cheshire, Shropshire and Ireland.
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Andrea Queens. Photo: Geoffrey G. Miller
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“There is space for the Dancehall Queen, space for the shy, space for the spectator. Everybody has a different role and they all make up the dancehall”
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Andrea Queens, dancer and teacher
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Dance UK explores… dancehall
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Every month in 2014, Dance UK is investigating a different dance style for our e-newsletter, finding out about its technique, style and history. For September, it’s dancehall, which Andrea Queens discusses with Dance UK’s Michael Adamson.
Andrea Queens is a dance artist working with dance, poetry and music. Born and raised in London by Jamaican parents, she graduated from Middlesex University and later studied at Broadway Dance Centre in the USA. Andrea has previously worked with NuCentury Arts on a theatre production which was choreographed by L'Antoinette Stines in which one of the roles she played was a Dancehall Queen.
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Deborah Galloway. Photo: Katie Thies
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“It was a burning desire to start producing and creating my own work with a team and so I began to develop my own voice”
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Deborah Galloway, choreographer, movement director and producer
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Featured choreographer for September: Deborah Galloway
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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 Deborah Galloway, Artistic Director of Needlefoot and currently Assistant Choreographer for Inala - A Zulu Ballet.
In an interview with Dance UK’s Alice Firth, Deborah discusses her inspirations, the desire to bring her own ideas to life and assisting Mark Baldwin on Inala - A Zulu Ballet.
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AUDITIONS, JOBS & CAREERS
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