Celebrate talent at this year’s biggest youth dance festival

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Contents

Welcome 04

Festival programme overview 05

About U.Dance 09

U.Dance Ensemble 10

U.Dance Fringe 16

U.Dance Fresh Takes / The Lookout 19

U.Dance Workshops 20

Friday 13th July: Performance programme 22

Saturday 14th July: Performance programme 27

Sunday 15th July: Performance programme 34

‘Dance In The Making’ Conference programme 41

U.Dance 2012 Steering Group and partners 45

‘I am delighted to support this major youth dance festival that brings together young dancers from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in an amazing programme of performances, workshops and screenings at Southbank Centre. Youth Dance England with its partners has created

an incredible event – the largest of its kind yet! I hope that you will enjoy and celebrate the

achievements of all the young dancers taking part.’

Arlene Phillips OBE, Patron of Youth Dance England.

U.Dance 2012 will host the première performance of the first UK-wide youth dance company, the U.Dance Ensemble – bringing together 19 young dancers from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales under the direction of acclaimed choreographer Hofesh Shechter.

Youth Dance England’s National Young Dance Ambassadors present their own platform of carefully selected pieces in The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, performed by exceptional dance groups from across England.

In partnership with South East Dance, the film strand of the festival will showcase an array of short dance films programmed by young people.

This is everyone’s chance to join in the festivities with established professionals leading workshops in Lindy Hop, South Asian dance and Circus skills!

Festival highlights

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Over this three-day event we are celebrating some of the best youth choreography and dance performance. This is Youth Dance England’s (YDE) sixth national performance event. Over the years we have seen a wealth of talented and motivated young people take

part in intensive residential programmes of technique classes and choreographic workshops led by world-class artists, and performances in high profile venues. Many of these young people are now training, or already working, in dance.

For the first time U.Dance has been taken up by partners in Northern Ireland (DU Dance) Scotland (YDance) and in Wales (National Youth Dance Wales). With these partners and Southbank Centre we have created the U.Dance Ensemble, the first youth dance company to bring together talented young dancers from the four countries to work with our Artistic Director, Hofesh Shechter. The Ensemble will premiere its work at the first night’s performance.

One of the most inspiring aspects of U.Dance 2012 is the number of young people who have been involved in regional performances, leading up to this national event. 240 groups applied to participate in the national event – of those 102 presented work in nine regional events across England, and a further three events took place in Scotland and Wales. Together we have reached over 1,900 young people!

Young people dance in different ways and places. So this year we have invited other organisations to present their work with young people: the Council for Dance Education and Training and the English Folk Dance and Song Society. YDE’s National Young Dance Ambassadors have also programmed their own Fringe performance comprising pieces that they have enjoyed from regional performances.

Dance remains one of the most attractive art forms to young people; it offers them a direct way of communicating, physically, to express their ideas and experiences. We want to make their dance visible so that it is valued and its potency experienced by all. They are the future of dance.

I hope that you will enjoy the wonderful array of performances, events and workshops taking place over the three days. We thank all our partners and, most of all, the young people and their supporters, without whom this event could not have come to life.

We are delighted to include U.Dance 2012 as part of Festival of the World at Southbank Centre. This summer we have used our 21-acre site to celebrate arts projects across the globe that transform lives. We believe that dance has the power to unlock

potential and change young people’s lives, and we relish this opportunity to work with Youth Dance England, National Youth Dance Wales, YDance in Scotland and DU Dance in Northern Ireland to bring together over 1,000 young dancers from across the UK at Southbank Centre this weekend.

We extend a warm welcome to people finding dance for the first time, people dancing just for the joy of it and the young people here who will be the next generation of dance artists.

Welcome to U.Dance 2012

Linda Jasper MBEDirector, Youth Dance England

Jude Kelly OBEArtistic Director, Southbank Centre

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7.30pm: U.Dance 2012 Opening PerformanceQueen Elizabeth Hall

Tickets: £7

Kicking off the three-day festival of youth dance performances, the Queen Elizabeth Hall will host an exciting array of performances from some of the best youth dance groups in the UK, including the première performance of the U.Dance Ensemble’s first work, choreographed by Hofesh Shechter and performed by dancers between 16 and 21 years old.

Performing groups in running order:

• Kobika Youth Dance Company (South East of England)

• MYDC (Scotland)

• The Dance Society (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

• ‘Fire’ - Swati Youth Dance (North West of England)

• uNique (Wales)

• Shift (London)

• Impington Performance School (East of England)

• Fusion Youth Dance Company (Scotland)

• Cordão de Ouro London (Brazil / London)

• Anjali Youth Dance Company (South East of England)

• U.Dance Ensemble (dancers from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales)

For more detail on the Friday evening performance programme, please go to page 22.

Programme OverviewFriday 13th July 2012

‘It’s such an honour to be included in U.Dance 2012 – it’s amazingly organised, unique in the world.’Lia Prentaki, group leader: Shift

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10am – 12.30pm: U.Dance 2012 in Action The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall

Free admission

An opportunity to watch the U.Dance 2012 performers in a workshop being led by South Asian Dance artist Sonia Sabri. Participants will be young dancers from London.

1pm – 2.30pm: U.Dance 2012 Open Workshops The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall (2 sessions of 45 minutes each)

Free admission

Time for you to join in U.Dance 2012! Today’s Kathak and Lindy Hop workshops are suitable for all ages, just turn up and take to the floor....

For details of the workshops taking place, go to page 20.

4pm – 5pm: U.Dance Fringe The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall

Free admission

Youth Dance England’s National Young Dance Ambassadors have worked as a team to bring together an exciting array of dance groups to perform in The Clore Ballroom. The performers will come from various parts of England and will be introduced by the charismatic young ambassadors.

For details of the performing groups, go to page 16.

5pm – 6pm: U.Dance Fresh Takes PreviewThe Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall

Free admission

South East Dance and Youth Dance England have paired up to offer a group of young film curators the opportunity to select a range of innovative and often unusual dance films made by or including young people. Here is the chance to watch some of the short films they selected.

For more information about Fresh Takes, go to page 19.

Programme OverviewSaturday 14th July 2012

6pm – 6.30pm: U.Dance 2012 AppetizerThe Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall

Free admission

The Council for Dance Education & Training is presenting six dance pieces showcasing a broad range of dance including musical theatre, jazz, ballet and lots of energy!

For more information about the Council for Dance Education and Training and the Appetizer performances, go to page 27.

7pm: U.Dance 2012 Take TwoRoyal Festival Hall

Tickets: £7

Saturday brings us more talent with performances promising to be outstanding from some of the best youth dance companies in the country.

Performing groups in running order:

• Maijaluk Entertainment UK (Scotland)

• Bounceback (East Midlands)

• Cando2 and Guests (England)

• Academy Dance (Northern Ireland)

• FrogHouse Dance Company (London)

• A-D-1 Principal Dance Company (London)

• The Project Y Company (Scotland)

• Yorkshire Young Dancers, Centre for Advanced Training(Yorkshire)

• Rise Youth Dance (South West of England)

• National Youth Dance Wales (Wales)

• Step into Dance Youth Company (London)

For more detail on the Saturday evening performance programme, please go to page 29.

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10am – 1pm: U.Dance 2012 Masterclass with Hofesh ShechterThe Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall

Free admission

An opportunity to watch a dance workshop led by Hofesh Shechter, Artistic Director of the U.Dance Ensemble. Participants will be young dancers from London, and anyone is welcome to come along and watch the class.

1pm – 2.30pm: U.Dance 2012 Open WorkshopsThe Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall (2 sessions of 45 minutes each)

Free admission

This is your opportunity to dance as part of U.Dance 2012. Today’s Circus Skills and Lindy Hop workshops are suitable for all ages, so come along and join us!

For details of the workshops taking place, go to page 20.

2pm – 3.30pm: U.Dance Fresh Takes ScreeningBlue Room at Royal Festival Hall

Free admission

South East Dance and Youth Dance England have paired up to offer a group of young film curators the opportunity to select a range of innovative and often unusual dance films made by or including young people. Here is the chance to watch a presentation by the young curators and the short films they selected.

For more information about Fresh Takes, go to page 19.

12pm – 4.30pm: The LookoutThe performance starts at the Central Bar in Royal Festival Hall Level 2. Tours leave regularly until 4.30pm

Free admission

Southbank Centre has commissioned choreographer Kerry Nicholls to oversee a performance especially for the site, and to mentor four youth companies to take the audience on a tour of London within Royal Festival Hall. ‘The Lookout’ features views of London landmarks including the Thames, Big Ben, Waterloo Bridge, The Oxo Tower and The Shard. It is performed by London-based youth dance companies Generation 2 from Rambert Dance Company, Launch from Laban, Shuffle from The Place and Shoreditch Youth Dance.

Programme OverviewSunday 15th July 2012

The performance tours start regularly from 12 noon and again from 2.45pm at the Central Bar in Royal Festival Hall. The performance has a limited capacity and places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Arrive from 12 noon to be booked onto a tour.

5.30pm – 6.30pm: U.Dance 2012 AppetizerThe Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall

Free admission

The English Folk Dance & Song Society is bringing together a range of young peoples’ folk dance groups to perform at this special platform, showcasing a range of styles from Morris to Rapper Sword Dance!

For more information on the English Folk Dance & Song Society go to page 34.

7pm: U.Dance 2012 FinaleRoyal Festival Hall

Tickets: £7

U.Dance 2012’s big finale! Here is another opportunity to see the U.Dance Ensemble perform their piece choreographed by Hofesh Shechter, plus an inspiring range of dance by talented young people from across the UK.

Performing groups in running order:

• Rouge (London)

• Resonance Youth Dance Company (North West of England)

• Montage (London)

• Powys Youth Dance Company (Wales)

• Trinity Laban and The Place, Centre for Advanced Training (London)

• Momentum (Yorkshire)

• Vizavis Dance Company (North East of England)

• Flexus Dance Company (West Midlands)

• The Dance Company @ RHS (North West of England)

• Dimension (Scotland)

• U.Dance Ensemble (dancers from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales)

For more detail on the Sunday evening performance programme, please go to page 36.

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About

U.Dance is the 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 family of schools, to the national dance performance for hundreds of young people!

In the lead up to the national festival U.Dance 2012, Youth Dance England’s partners across the country ran U.Dance regional selection platforms to determine which groups would be selected to represent their region at Southbank Centre. 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

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The choreographer Hofesh Shechter was appointed as Artistic Director of the U.Dance Ensemble in 2011. Shechter, who won the Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Best Choreography (modern) in 2008, has produced work across the globe with his latest work Political Mother receiving world-wide acclaim in 2010. He has created work for the three major dance venues in London – Sadler’s Wells, Southbank Centre and The Place, as well as being commissioned by numerous dance organisations in the UK and internationally.

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The U.Dance Ensemble is the first youth dance company of its kind with young dancers from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland between the ages of 16 and 21 years. This new company has been directed by the internationally-acclaimed choreographer Hofesh Shechter, who selected the dancers during auditions held across the four nations.

The U.Dance Ensemble met during three residential rehearsal periods between January and July 2012 during which the dancers and Hofesh Shechter worked on TANK, a new dance piece which will be premièred in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday 13th July, and performed again on the Royal Festival Hall stage on Sunday 15th.

This project has been made possible through a partnership between Youth Dance England (YDE), DU Dance (Northern Ireland), National Youth Dance Wales and YDance (Scottish Youth Dance), with support from Southbank Centre. The partnership originally came together to enable dancers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to participate in U.Dance 2012 alongside dancers from England who have been accessing YDE’s national events since 2005. As plans developed it became clear that more could be done to bring individual dancers together, and the U.Dance Ensemble was born! Each partner has facilitated and developed ways of recruiting dancers for the Ensemble and delivered residential rehearsals in Scotland, Wales and England.

More information on TANK can be found in the performance programme on pages 25 and 40.

Photo: U.Dance Ensemble rehearsal. Brian Slater

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Meet the U.Dance Ensemble’s talented young dancers from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales:

Wales. I am very much looking forward to the future and I would like to work with many different choreographers and travel to experience dance from other cultures and hopefully create a fusion which I can call my own style. It has been such an inspiring experience working with Hofesh and Vicky, it has made me stronger. I look forward to applying what I have learnt back at school.

Cameron Finnemore

I am from Devon, I am 17 years old and have been dancing since I was 10 in my primary school club. Since I have been in secondary school I have mainly danced contemporary, and over the years I have widened

my practice to include ballet. My ambitions are to go to a dance school and from there to dance professionally in companies. Becoming part of the U.Dance Ensemble has been a great step forward for me and has given me a greater experience that I can use later on in life. I have really enjoyed the residentials and having Hofesh Shechter as Artistic Director. Meeting and working with new people has been a great experience and I have made friends I will never forget. I can’t wait for the final performance.

Luke Ganz

I’m 20 years old and currently studying a BA (Hons) in Dance Theatre at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Originally I am from Port Talbot in South Wales. I’ve been dancing for

some time now, originally starting with the County Youth Dance Company in Swansea. I’ve been involved with National Youth Dance Wales for the past three years and feel that throughout my time with the company I’ve learnt a lot about the professional and artistic skills every dancer needs. Many of my friends will say that I’m a huge Hofesh fan – I’ve always been inspired by the physical and highly articulate quality of his work and the huge amount of internal dialogue the

Charlotte Arnold

I am 17 years old and come from a village in Suffolk. I have been doing ballet, tap and modern since I was 6. I joined the DanceEast Academy in 2009 and now do contemporary and creative dance

every week. I am currently studying for my A levels after which I would love to do a Contemporary dance degree, and ultimately go into a dance career. The U.Dance Ensemble has been the most amazing experience in my dancing life. Working with Hofesh Shechter and other exceptional young dancers has been hugely inspirational and I really feel I have grown as a dancer.

Anna Britton

I am 17 years old, I come from Fife in Scotland and have been dancing for five years. I am currently studying Contemporary Dance Performance at the Scottish School of Contemporary Dance and I am

part of the Scottish Youth Dance Company. Being part of the U.Dance Ensemble has been a challenging but fantastic experience which has hugely developed me as a dancer and given me an important insight into the professional world. Working with Hofesh has been very inspiring, has fuelled my passion for contemporary dance and given me even more enthusiasm to work hard and try to achieve my ambition of becoming a professional dancer.

Eilidh Brown

I’m 19 years old and originally from Livingston, Scotland. I am currently at Middlesex University doing a BA Hons degree in Dance Performance and going to Laban next year. Back in Livingston I started dancing

from a young age in varying styles at the Janice Anne Wilson School of Dancing. I’ve also

been part of YDance’s Project Y Company for the past two years which I’ve loved. I’ve found the rehearsals for the U.Dance Ensemble very intense but extremely fulfilling and I’ve adapted to new styles and progressed so much. Working with all the other dancers involved from across the country and with Hofesh has been a fantastic experience. I can’t wait for the finished result to be showcased and have the chance to perform on the Southbank stage.

Jemima Brown

I am from Belfast in Nothern Ireland. I am 18 years old and am in my final year at school, studying for my A levels in Music, Physical Education and Performing Arts. I have studied ballet since the age

of 3 and have expanded since then onto other styles such as contemporary, jazz, tap and hip hop. I have trained in McMasters Stage School, Ajendance, Susan McMillan School of Ballet and Musical Theatre 4 Youth (MT4Uth). I recently performed with MT4Uth in London’s O2 arena at The World Skills event as well as in West Side Story for the Belfast festival. I am hoping to train as a dancer after leaving school, and being involved in the U.Dance Ensemble has been such a good experience and preparation before going to dance college. The work with Hofesh has been inspirational for my future dance career.

Ffion Campbell-Davies

I’m 21 years old from Cardiff and from a heritage of Grenadian, Maltese, Chinese and Welsh. I have been dancing since I was a child in many different styles – being involved in carnivals,

learning samba and African dances, taking ballet classes, jazz, contemporary and varied hip hop styles. I am currently studying at London Contemporary Dance School at The Place and am a member of Element Dance Company. I am also a member of National Youth Dance

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has been an amazing opportunity for me to work with a world-class choreographer and undertake vigorous technical training as well as network with other dancers.

Keith Low

Originally from Aberdeen, Scotland, I am currently studying in Edinburgh where I have been living for two years. I am 19 years old, I first started dancing at the age of 3 and I’ve never stopped since. I started

dancing in a church hall before moving to Danscentre where I practised many styles from ballet to hip hop. At college I study technique in various styles, as well as acting and singing. After my training, I hope to hit the West End or perform in music videos – I don’t mind what, as long as I’m performing! My life ambition has always been to perform in Cats, so I would also do anything for that chance. Being part of the Ensemble has been brilliant. All the dancers I have worked with are absolutely amazing and I have loved every moment of it.

Hannah Martin

I am 18 years old and from Nottingham. I’ve done ballet since I was 6 at Gelding Ballet School and practised a range of contemporary styles for the past 7 years. For the past 3 years I have been a member of Retina

Youth Dance Company and I am now part of the Dance4 Centre for Advanced Training which has made me realise I want to become a professional performer and do creative work. Being in the Ensemble has allowed me to learn a new style which contrasts greatly with my technique training. It’s also been a chance to work in a more professional environment and observe how Hofesh Shechter creates. I cannot wait for the performance for us to show everyone what we have achieved.

dancers have with the movement. Being able to be involved with the U.Dance Ensemble is a huge opportunity and I feel really privileged to have been given the chance to work with such an important figure of contemporary dance. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with the Ensemble, we really have formed into a professional company and have clicked really well. I will carry this experience with me now for the rest of my dancing life and hopefully it’ll be the start of many great things.

Phoebe Haymer

I am 20 years old and I am from the Highlands of Scotland. I’m currently in my second year of professional stage dance at Performing Arts Studio Scotland in Edinburgh. I am also part of the Scottish Youth

Dance Company, Project Y. Being part of the U.Dance Ensemble has allowed me to explore a new style of contemporary and build on my training. Working with Hofesh and the other dancers has been a very beneficial experience for me giving me an insight into the professional world. So far the piece looks fantastic and I can’t wait to complete it and perform at the Southbank Centre and show the result of all our hard work.

Sophie Holt

I’m from Basingstoke, I’m 19 years old and have been dancing Contemporary dance for 5 years with Hampshire Youth Dance Company. This year I was also made a National Young Dance

Ambassador for Youth Dance England. In the future I hope to further my training and have a career performing professionally.

It is an honour to have been selected for the U.Dance Ensemble and I have made the most of every moment! It has been amazing working with Hofesh and experiencing the residentials. There has been so much to learn and I have made some great friends! I am really looking

forward to performing at the Southbank and hope everyone enjoys our hard work too.

Bethany Howitt

I am 20 years old and from Glasgow. I’m currently in my second year at the Scottish School of Contemporary Dance. As well as the U.Dance Ensemble, I am also a dancer for the Youth Dance

Company of Scotland, Project Y. Being selected to be part of the U.Dance Ensemble is such a great experience for me, it has given me an insight into the professional industry. It has been amazing working with Hofesh Shechter and other young dancers from around the country. The performances are going to be very exciting and I am so looking forward to the experience.

Brona Jackson

I’m from Derry, Northern Ireland. I have always had a keen interest in dance and performing, however I did not start training in contemporary dance until quite late. My initial dance training

consisted of disco dancing, musical theatre, hip hop and street jazz. After attending Laban’s Intensive Summer School in 2009, I began a BA Hons in Contemporary Dance at Magee University in Ulster where I am currently undertaking my final year of training. I hope to begin a Master’s in Performance Dance in 2013 and I believe the U.Dance Ensemble has given me the essential performance skills necessary to this level of study. Being from Northern Ireland, this

‘Being in the U.Dance Ensemble has pushed me more, widened my experience, expanded my dance style and inspired my choreographic process.’

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Ben Wisken

I live in North Devon and am currently studying my A levels in music technology and dance at Petroc College. I am 18 years old and started contemporary dance around 12 years old. Before then

I did a lot of site-specific work with Sarah Shorted at Stacked Wonky Dance. I also work with Carol Turner on a large range of projects including circus, contemporary and physical theatre, which I have been doing since the age of 9. I now dance in Devon Youth Dance Company which I have been with for the past five years. It means a lot to me to be part of something so culturally spread as the U.Dance Ensemble and to be with people who share the same passion. Hofesh was one of my biggest inspirations when I was younger, so it’s pretty awe-inspiring to be a part of this project.

Currently I am doing my A levels at The Sixth Form College in Colchester, but I hope to attend full-time dance school when I’m 18. Whilst being a part of the U.Dance Ensemble, I have become a lot stronger and feel I have gained confidence after being around such inspiring people.

Natasha Smith

I am 18 and have been dancing since I was 3. I live in Wolverhampton where I trained in ballet, tap, modern, freestyle and street for 15 years. When I was 14 I joined ACE Youth Dance Company, with whom I have

been training in contemporary and African dance, as well as touring England and Europe. I am also looking forward to starting at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in September. Working with Hofesh Shechter in the U.Dance Ensemble has been an amazing experience so far, I have been pushed mentally and physically. I feel I’ve improved in his style a lot from the first audition in Manchester. I hope to improve more by the final performance and learn to push myself even more in the future.

Sally Smithson

I’m 20 years old, I live in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, and have graduated with a degree in Dance from the University of Chichester this year. I am now eager to move onwards and

upwards! Having specialised in choreography and performance during my time at university, I hope to progress into professional work in this sector. Alongside university I have been a member of National Youth Dance Wales which has given me invaluable experience as a contemporary dancer, leading to my selection for the Ensemble. I appreciate Shechter’s professional work a lot and admire his signature style and quality, so having the chance to embody this and be a part of this project has been fantastic, thank you all!

Kelly Maskell

I am 17 years old and am in my final year at Peter Symonds College in Winchester. For five years I have been a part of my county company Hampshire Youth Dance Company as well as taking part in regular

classes, workshops and projects. I am part of a new company Revelo Dance Theatre which focuses on contemporary with theatre. Being part of the U.Dance Ensemble is both incredible and challenging, and working in such an intense environment with amazing artists is very stimulating. As a dancer, this opportunity has given me the confidence and technical ability to hopefully take dance on to a professional level in the future.

Rhys Owen

I’m originally from Swansea in Wales, I’m 19 years of age. I started dancing when I was 15 and have been training in street dance, ballet, contemporary, jazz, and recently started tap and modern. I’m currently training at

CPA Studios in Romford, Essex. I’ve been part of National Youth Dance Wales for two years, and my ambition is to be on the West End. I performed in the Victoria Palace Theatre in the West End in 2010 as part of the Billy Youth Theatre. Working with Hofesh Shechter has been an amazing experience, I’ve learnt so much! I’ve met some amazing people as well who I will definitely keep in touch with.

Georgia Redgrave

I am 17 years old and was born in Ipswich in Suffolk. I started competing in gymnastics and trampolining at a national level before I started dancing at my local dance school. I successfully auditioned for the

DanceEast Academy in 2008 and regularly practise contemporary, creative and ballet styles.

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Candoco Dance Company

Candoco Dance Company is the company of disabled and non-disabled dancers. They create excellent and profound experiences for audiences and participants that excite, challenge and broaden perceptions of art and ability, and place people and collaboration at the heart. Candoco commission productions by world-class choreographers for national and international touring and deliver an extensive learning and development programme to provide broad access to the highest quality of dance. Find out more about them at www.candoco.co.uk

Candoco run Cando2 and have brought together some additional dancers to create a piece for U.Dance 2012. The Cando2 and Guests’ piece Moving Bodies will be performed on Saturday 14th July.

Cordão de Ouro London

Cordão De Ouro London was founded by Mestre Poncianinho in 2000. The group is one of the most well established and respected Capoeira Schools here in the UK, and has now extended into forming Guarini dance company, exploring movement through Capoeira and contemporary Afro-Brazilian folkloric dances. The Cordão De Ouro Youth Collective is a youth group led by Baris Yazar that works with young people in the community through Capoeira. Find out more at www.cdol.co.uk

Cordão de Ouro London were invited to perform in recognition of the Olympics being held in Brazil in 2016 and through their links with Big Dance. The company will perform their capoeira piece on Friday 13th July in the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Circus Space

London Youth Circus at Circus Space is the circus strand of The Place, London Contemporary Dance School Centre for Advanced Training (CAT). This year’s performance piece was choreographed by Jasmin Vardimon Company

Guest performance groups

member Tim Casson. Find out more about how it was created at www.circusspace.co.uk/lyc

Circus Space’s piece Got It will be performed on both Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th July in The Clore Ballroom during the interval for the evening performances.

National Centres for Advanced Training

The Centres for Advanced Training (CAT) identify young people with exceptional potential in dance and develop their talent through pioneering programmes; creating future generations of world-class dancers and choreographers. Through the national provision of highly specialised training for young people, the CATs support dancers at a critical stage in their development, in order to prepare them for entry into the world’s leading vocational dance schools and on to successful and rewarding careers in the arts. For more information go to www.nationaldancecats.co.uk

U.Dance 2012 features performances by the two London-based CATs (The Place and Trinity Laban) on Sunday 15th July, Yorkshire Young Dancers (the CAT programme at Northern School of Contemporary Dance) on Saturday 14th July, and Circus Space who are also part of the national CAT scheme on both those days.

Genedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru / National Youth Dance Wales

Genedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru / National Youth Dance Wales (DGIC/NYDW) provides some of Wales’ most talented young dancers with first-class training and performance opportunities. It draws on young peoples’ enthusiasm for dance and channels it into a creative, contemporary force that celebrates the very best youth dance in Wales today. NYDW has worked with some of the UK’s finest, award-winning choreographers including Wayne McGregor and Henry Oguike. Its current Artistic Director is Errol White. NYDW is part of National Youth Arts Wales which nurtures, promotes and celebrates Wales’

most talented young performers. Find out more at www.nyaw.co.uk

NYDW is performing on Saturday 14th July in the Royal Festival Hall.

The Project Y Company

The Project Y Company is the national youth dance company of Scotland. It is run by YDance (Scottish Youth Dance), a national organisation dedicated to encouraging children and young people across Scotland to get creative and active through dance. The company is made up of talented young dancers aged 16 to 21 who meet monthly with YDance Artistic Director Anna Kenrick to rehearse and develop new work. Learn more at www.ydance.org

The Project Y Company is performing on Saturday 14th July in the Royal Festival Hall.

Step into Dance Youth Company

The Step into Dance programme is a partnership between the Royal Academy of Dance and The Jack Petchey Foundation. Step into Dance is a fully inclusive community dance programme. Now in its fifth year, the programme currently runs in 187 secondary schools over 32 London Boroughs and Essex. The programme offers weekly extra-curricular dance lessons to students who would not otherwise have access to quality dance provision. Find out more about Step into Dance at www.stepintodance.org

Step into Dance Youth Company was invited to perform in the Saturday night performance which is dedicated to Joan White who worked at the Royal Academy of Dance for 12 years.

In addition to the groups that have been selected through regional selection platforms, a selection of guest groups have been invited to showcase their work.

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A new platform programmed by YDE’s National Young Dance Ambassadors.

We are delighted to welcome you to U.Dance 2012! It’s been an exhilarating year for England – we’ve celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, we’re about to host the Olympic Games for the third time in history, and on top of it all Youth Dance England’s flagship U.Dance 2012 festival is now bringing together some of the best youth dance groups from across the country and beyond!

For the first time ever, YDE has asked the Ambassadors to programme their own event as part of the U.Dance 2012 festival – we have called it the U.Dance Fringe and we are incredibly excited for you to see what we have done!

The U.Dance Fringe will be an hour-long event on Saturday 14th July at 4pm in The Clore Ballroom, and it will showcase some of the talented groups we spotted at regional U.Dance platforms and which we hand-picked to be part of our programme.

Curating this platform was not at all easy, especially since we were all so passionate about the groups we’d seen in our regions and wanted to ensure that the U.Dance Fringe would be a diverse performance living up to the fantastic reputation of the main stage festival performances.

After the hard work of bringing this platform to life, we are very proud to present the U.Dance Fringe to you and hope you will enjoy it alongside all the other fantastic events that are happening over this U.Dance 2012 weekend celebration.

We would like to thank our co-ordinator Joanna Arnold and the rest of the YDE Team for all of their support, and hope you will join us in wishing all of the U.Dance 2012 performers the best of luck!

We also hope you’ll remember it doesn’t stop here – Youth Dance England champions dance for and with all children and young people throughout the entire year so we hope to see you all again very soon!

Yours faithfully,

The National Young Dance Ambassadors

Sophie, Naomi, Jessica, Miriam, Ariarna, Aleksandra, André, Taha, Paul, Kimberley and Hannah

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1. Dexterity

Electronica RibbonsChoreographer: Estha Jones Dancers: Emily Cheevers, Candice Coetzee, Jenna Coetzee, Ethan Cooke, Eloise England, Maddie England, Elyse Giddens, Eve Jappy, Ellie Ross, Sophie Tanswell.Music: Trevor Pistol by Rennie Pilgrem

Dexterity provide a varied timetable of lessons in the Performing Arts, and blend gymnastics, circus and dance. They create elite multi-talented performers who have gone onto work in the professional world. Dexterity attract children and adults of all ages giving opportunities to further develop as individual performers.

Dexterity brings you a lively and colourful performance with ribbons to a dubstep sound. All performers are rhythmic gymnasts and contemporary dancers trained by Estha Jones and are thrilled to have bought their talents to entertain you at U.Dance 2012 today.

2. FuzzyLogic Dance Company

ConsumedChoreographer: Zoie BartlettDancers: Matt Bagley, David Coley, Jo Cook, Jake Ellis, Alex Evens, Oliver Gratton, Alli Mar, Paul Milford, Nathan Poulson, Christopher Sullivan, Zak Thomas.Music: Trogladites by Rout; J’y suis jamais allé by Yann Teirsen; Stranded by Amon Tobin

Nationally acclaimed FuzzyLogic was set up in 2000 by Zoie Bartlett, with the aim of promoting male dance across the country and is now one of the leading male youth companies in the UK. They engage their audiences through contemporary contact theatre and are always aiming to engage, educate and inspire.

Have you ever been taken over by an emotion so much that it blurs your reality and you have forgotten what was important to you?

3. Bridport Youth Tap Ensemble ‘Tapistory’

Sing with a SwingChoreographer: Nikki Northover & Matt Flint Dancers: Marina Renée Cemmick, Emily Meech, Harry Poole, Annie Pownall, Kiarnah Rait-McDonaldMusic: Canteloop-US3 Sing with a Swing DKS He’dKandi

Bridport Youth Dance runs after-school dance classes in contemporary and American workshops and residencies by leading choreographers and dancers, as well as a boys group, a summer school, a youth tap company and an annual show. Tapistory are a dynamic and exciting tap dance company part of Bridport Youth Dance.

From the Blue Note era to the New York subway, Tapistory is exploring tap which combines swing, a hint of jazz, a whole load of rhythm and a contemporary twist. They will make you want to jump out of your shoes and dance.

4. ACE Youth Dance

TrespassingChoreographer: Tiia Ourila

Saturday 14th July from 4pmThe Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall

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Dancers: Tyler Blair-Thompson, Ellen D’andrade-Brown, Rebecca Flitcroft, Honour Green, Bleue Jacombs-Cabasa, Gemma Pilgrim-Greaves, Natasha Smith, Cherelle Walters, Aaron Watkinson.Music: Resurgam and Diable Marin by Loscil Submers; Rable Rouser by Amon Tobin

ACE Youth is the youth dance company for ACE Dance and Music. Formed in 1998, ACE Youth is a group of talented young people from in and around Birmingham, between 11 and 21 years old. Trained under the artistic eye of Gail Parmel, ACE Youth promotes confidence and understanding in young artists and communities through the appreciation of African and Caribbean culture, dance and music. ACE Youth can demonstrate a growing reputation for exciting, physical and challenging work.

Trespassing is illegal, but often so tempting. This piece looks at how the initial decision to give in to temptation often comes through an inner struggle: wanting to follow the good path but being unable to resist pressure from peers. The atmosphere is tense, and the palpable excitement and adrenalin makes the blood rush through the dancers’ bodies as the tension builds and the audience can almost hear their hearts beating. Respite and joy come when the trespassers forget to worry about being caught and enjoy the open space around them.

5. Hampshire Youth Dance Company

TwitchChoreographer: Vanessa Cook Dancers: Ella Ballard, Grace Bright, Rachel Drayton, Bethany Eldridge, Anna Goodison, Clare Hackston, Ashleigh Hancock, Kelly Maskell, Eleanor Parry, Jo Payne, Joanna Phillips, Emma-Louise Stansall, Katie Weston, Hope Williams, Tiana Windeatt.Music: Glok by Norn; Third Wave by Dreadzone

Hampshire Youth Dance Company (HYDC) is run by Hampshire Dance and supported by The Point, Eastleigh. HYDC has been running for 16 years and has a long established reputation for producing dynamic contemporary work. The company is made up of gifted and talented dancers from across Hampshire that have been selected through local auditions.

HYDC spent three days working intensively with professional choreographer Vanessa Cook, to create Twitch. Vanessa says: “There is safety in being part of a pack. Some groups of people seem like one big creature, curious and full of shifts and twitches. This piece is an exploration of humans as creatures who need to be together but also need to break off in their own directions.”

6. St Mary’s Dance Academy

Back to BasicsChoreographer: Samantha Allen and dancers Dancers: Hayley Beaghan, Phoebe Douthwaite, Georgia Dunn, Jamie Hall, Jessica Hall, Lauren Hall, Hannah Rushton, Abbie Taylor.Music: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes by The Little ‘Uns; Plastic People by Four Tet; The Clock by Thom Yorke; Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy by Queens of the Stone Age.

St Mary’s College Dance Academy is based in Blackburn, Lancashire. Auditions are held each year for A Level Dance students from which 8-12 students are selected. The dancers work together as a company participating in technique and creative workshops in order to create dance pieces to perform at youth dance events and shows.

Happy Birthday!!! St Mary’s College Dance Academy have created a piece based around the idea of a children’s birthday party, using traditional party games, toys and songs as the stimulus for their piece. Back to Basics was inspired by the children’s nursery rhyme ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’. The dancers went ‘Back to Basics’ creating movement derived from these body parts, and from there they delved into the mind of a 7-year old creating a fun, quirky, light-hearted piece to take us all back to our childhood.

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U.Dance Fresh Takes is the film strand of U.Dance 2012. Youth Dance England and South East Dance have worked together on this project to programme an exciting array of dance films for the Fresh Takes Screening on 14th and 15th July at Southbank Centre. The films shown have been selected by young people turned curators for the occasion.

The films were selected after this programme went to print, so those attending the screening in the Blue Room on 15th July will be provided with a separate hand-out detailing the films they’ll be watching.

Where & when:

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, Saturday 14th July from 5pm (45min preview)

The Blue Room, Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, Sunday 15th July, 2pm (1hr 30min screening)

In partnership with:

The Lookout

Southbank Centre has commissioned choreographer Kerry Nicholls to oversee a performance especially for our site, and to mentor four youth companies who take the audience on a tour of London within Royal Festival Hall. ‘The Lookout’ features views of London landmarks including the Thames, Big Ben, Waterloo Bridge, The Oxo Tower and The Shard. It is performed by London-based youth dance companies Generation 2 from Rambert Dance Company, Launch from Laban, Shuffle from The Place and Shoreditch Youth Dance.

Where & when:

The performance tours start regularly from 12 noon and again from 2.45pm at the Central Bar in Royal Festival Hall. The performance has a limited capacity and places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Arrive from 12 noon to be booked onto a tour.

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Sunday1pm – 1.45pm: Circus skills with Circus SpaceFree Admission, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall

Join the Circus Space team for this introductory session to circus skills. Learn the basics, get to grips with new tricks and have fun. For more information on joining the Circus go to www.circusspace.co.uk

1.45pm – 2.30pm: Lindy Hop with Aaron FrancisFree Admission, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall

Lindy Hop is a fun partnering dance that was the social dance of the 1930s. It has an easy, relaxed style that can be enjoyed by all ages. You don’t need a partner to join in, all you need is a good sense of humour to learn a Shorty George and Boogie Forward.

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1pm – 1.45pm: Kathak with Sonia SabriFree Admission, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall

A fresh and funky workshop based on Kathak dance with award-winning dancer-choreographer Sonia Sabri, known for her contemporary approach to classical North Indian Kathak.

1.45pm – 2.30pm: Lindy Hop with Aaron FrancisFree Admission, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall

Lindy Hop is a fun partnering dance that was the social dance of the 1930s. It has an easy, relaxed style that can be enjoyed by all ages. You don’t need a partner to join in, all you need is a good sense of humour to learn a Shorty George and Boogie Forward.

This is your chance to join in U.Dance 2012! These workshops are open and suitable to all ages and abilities, so come along and take to the floor...

Note participation is on a first come, first served basis and places are limited.

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Performance programmeFriday 13th July 2012

U.Dance 2012 Opening PerformanceQueen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm

Tickets: £7

This performance will be introduced by Arlene Phillips OBE, Patron of Youth Dance England, and young performers presenting work this evening.

1. Kobika Youth Dance Company (South East of England)

Those Awkward Moments… Choreographer: Katie Cobie and the dancersDancers: Katie Binder, Rosie Butler, Tayla Cockerill, Jade Holloway, Framcoise Jennion, Jina Lawman, Georgia Neale, Loretta Vasco, Sophie WendesMusic: Various

Kobika Youth Dance Company, based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, runs for students who have an absolute passion for dance and performance.

Have you ever been so embarrassed you wished the ground would just swallow you up, killed a conversation, or found yourself with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of your foot? Sit back, have a giggle and enjoy relating to those horribly awkward but fabulously funny moments in life!

2. MYDC (Scotland)

Lucid Choreographer: Laura Smith and the dancers Dancers: Finlay Copland, Jodie Fraser, Gaby Fuentes, Lili Giblin-McGrady, Eleanor Livingstone, Alexis McNicol,

Christie Warren, Charlotte Watts, Megan WilsonMusic: LCD Sound System, Aphex Twin, Scuba, Lemonjelly

MYCD is a group of young dancers aged between 13 and 18 from Stirling and the surrounding area. The group mainly focuses on contemporary and creative movement, giving each individual the opportunity to explore their own movement quality. They have worked collaboratively with other youth dance companies and performed throughout Scotland, but this is their most exciting opportunity so far.

3. The Dance Society (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

Awakenings… Raising Titanic Choreographer: Marie Mannion Dancers: Sarah Iromaka, Shannon Kane, Caoimhe Mc Cabe, Cliodhna Mc Comb, Aideen Mc Ginley, Maria McGurk, Rochelle Mc Parland, Carla Murphy, Eimear O’Flaherty, Erin O’Hara, Shannon O’Hara, Catalina Rea, Jade Roodney, Eimar Smyth, Carina WrightMusic: The Promontary by James McNeely; Distant Memories and Southampton by James Horner; Media Track Into the Abyss.

The Dance Society formed in 1994 to offer contemporary dance training, performance opportunities and creative activities as an extracurricular practice. It has acted as a catalyst for dance development in the formal curriculum. St. Louise’s now offers one of the most highly developed dance programmes at Secondary level in Northern Ireland. Their most recent works include a celebration of choreography in a Gala at the Belfast Grand Opera House.

The piece you will see tonight is a small ensemble work – a sequel to a large ensemble which features 45 young dancers. Awakenings… Raising Titanic is a contemporary work inspired by the centenary of the Titanic tragedy. It ponders upon the plight of those who stayed with the ship. It honours the dreams of those

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who built this ship and who have been inspired by it. It is a dream where Belfast can renew its identity, feast upon a pride and a unity which forgoes a conflict so often remembered in its name. In making and performing this dance we have listened to the call and brought them, the Spirits, home. In verse and in the dance…

4. ‘Fire’ – Swati Youth Dance (North West of England)

KinkiniChoreographer: Swati Raut Dancers: Nikita Bhakta, Neha Jeyam, Tara Jeyam, Aishwarya Rana, Vaidehi Raut, Annie Simon, Netra TakwaleMusic: Praveen Rao

Swati dance company is based in the North West of England founded by Dr. Swati Raut, an established dance artist, choreographer, educator and teacher. Swati’s philosophy is creation and propagation of Indian classical Dance (Bharatanatyam), through excellence in practice. Following successful funding from ‘The Grants for the Arts’, Swati Dance Company set up ‘Fire’ – Swati Youth Dance, with aim to develop the next generation of dancers in the North West.

The Music for Kinkini was composed by Praveen Rao for Swati Dance Company after drawing inspiration from the gardens of Combermere. This piece has been revisited and re-choreographed for ‘Fire’ – Swati Youth Dance. Kinkini ‘The dancer’s Bells’ explores intricate rhythmic patterns using delightful movement from the vocabulary of Bharatanatyam.

5. uNique (Wales) AdrenalineChoreographer: Lynne Hugues and the dancers Performers: Liam Dascombe, Joshua Haran, Matthew James,

Theo Llewellyn, James Murphy, Callum Osbourne, Dex Trivett, Nathan WilliamsMusic: Adrenaline by The Choong Family; Show me a good time by Drake; I’m fly by Donae’o; Pirates of the Caribbean Remix by J-Squad

uNique is a boys-only performance group based at Rubicon Dance, Cardiff. The group was originally set up 13 years ago and has continued in its success due to the way in which each dancer brings their individual skill, flare and creativity to the studio. The boys have certainly cemented their reputation at Rubicon and across Cardiff due to the unique way in which they work. They have a strong bond which is brought together through hard work and dedication, and the group is proud to be an ambassador for boys-only dance.

Adrenaline is an energetic and exciting piece demonstrating physicality, skills and the intricate choreographic ability of the group both individually and collectively. Each member of the group has contributed to the piece so it reflects their personality, performance ability and technique, and manages to capture and reflect their humour, passion and energy.

6. Shift (London)

XOXOChoreographer: Luca Silvestrini Dancers: Jordan Ajadi, Sidney Barnes, Jasmine Breinburg, Olivia Calder, Anthony Daly Luna, Victor Doyle, Jane Eagles, Ruby Embley, Mariella Fortune-Ely, Agnes Galpin, Anya Hurcomb, Tilly Lee-Kronick, Tiffany McGetrick, Thomas McKeon, Rae O’Mara, Andrew Paddon, Jolyon Price, Jessie Roberts-Smith, Beatrice Roe, Dharmia Roe-Edema, Charlotte ViegasMusic: Andy Pink

The current company has been together since September 2011,

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with 14 returning members, some of whom have been in Shift for 2-3 years. The company has been operating since 1993 and is the resident senior youth dance company at The Place.

Based on Protein’s acclaimed show LOL (lots of love), Work Place artist Luca Silvestrini has especially created XOXO for Shift. Using text ideas recorded during rehearsals with the Shift dancers and fragments of LOL’s original music by Andy Pink, XOXO comments on the effects that social networking and electronic communication have on human connection and relationships. Interval

7. Impington Performance School (East of England) Together / Alone Choreographer: Amy Holly Dancers: Rhoni Cash, Jack Chandler, Katrina Cheng, Megan Fleet, Brima Fullah, Jonny Goode, Peter Hardingham, Evie Hart, Jannik Herrchen, Ryan Hutton, Jack Kempton, Karina Locke, Malachy Bell, Rebecca Tann, Jenna UnwinMusic: Glide by Fennesz

Impington Village College is well known as a centre for the arts. The college aims to replicate a professional environment for its training programme for its students to then follow careers in dance.

Together / Alone is performed by an ensemble of 15 dancers whose backgrounds range from classical, street, commercial and contemporary dance and reflects what can be achieved in a truly comprehensive school, with dedicated young people who could not all financially afford private training. The issues the piece explores are of immediate relevance to young people everywhere, and are ones which the group genuinely wishes to express. Painting a dramatic portrait of relationships and touching upon the

dancers’ own experiences of divorce, domestic abuse, mental illness and sibling separation, the piece acts as a catharsis for these performers and their peers, who feel the pain at the heart of the dance. Building up to a climax, the young dancers themselves must eventually face a future Together, or Alone.

8. Fusion Youth Dance Company (Scotland)

MercurialChoreographer: Lynn Brown Dancers: Zoe Andrews, Amy Beedie, Sara Burr, Brogan Carroll, Maria Humphries, Megan Joyce, Ellen Lynch, Ellie Mayo, Robyn Milton, Siobhan Pirie, Stacey Presly, Lois TroutMusic: Heaven by David Goodall featuring Emeli Sande

Established in 2008, Fusion Youth Dance Company is predominately a contemporary dance group who focus on developing their choreographic and performance skills. Fusion has worked in residency with Natasha Gilmore, Retina Dance Company, Janis Claxton and most recently Errol White, to create repertoire for performance in various venues around Scotland. The Company often tours their work and performs in yearly shows such as ‘Go Dance’ Glasgow and ‘The Great Big Dance Show’ Dundee, in collaboration with other Scottish youth groups.

Mercurial originated from a project called ‘Songs of the Granite City’ in Aberdeen 2011. The piece of music Heaven which reached #2 in the charts is by Emeli Sande who is a local artist form Alford in Aberdeenshire. The music was then extended and reworked by composer David Goodall for U.Dance 2012. Mercurial is an upbeat contemporary dance piece with a slightly commercial feel to it, weaving in and out of strong, punchy vocabulary. Citymoves Fusion Tartan was designed and sponsored by Brian Wilton of Scottish Tartans Authority, and weaved by Ingles Buchan, Glasgow. Skirts were designed by Scottesque, Rosemount Aberdeen.

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9. Cordão de Ouro London (Brazil / London) CapoeiraDancers: José Alberto Pereira, Mohan Biggaveri, Rainier Charles Ong, Nelson Holtz, Micheal Perez, Eric Pradhan, Jahan Zaib KahnMusic: Live performance by members of the group

Cordão De Ouro London was founded by Mestre Poncianinho in 2000. The group is one of the most well established and respected Capoeira Schools here in the UK, famous for the BBC indent that showed two Capoeiristas playing Capoeira across London’s skyline. Since then the group has extended into forming Guarini dance company exploring movement through Capoeira and contemporary Afro-Brazilian folkloric dances.

The Cordão De Ouro Youth Collective is a youth group led by Baris Yazar that works with young people in the community through Capoeira.

10. Anjali Youth Dance Company (South East of England) The Voice Of Strange Birds Choreographer: Aya Kobayashi Dancers: Hannah Auld, Charlie Carr, Robert Cooke, Amy Hanson.Music: Red-bellied Woodpecker by Ohio State University; Ask a Biologist by Arizona’s IDEAL e-learning platform; Saint-Saens: The Swan by Joshua Bell and Michael Stern; Uchu Tanjyo by Susumu Yokota.

Anjali is a pioneering professional contemporary dance company and a world leader in developing the creativity of people with learning disabilities. Over ten years of vital dance making, the company has performed at arts venues throughout the UK and abroad, from the Royal Festival Hall, The Place and the Royal Opera House to Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon.

The Anjali Youth Dance Company started in 2007 and provides professional standard training and performance opportunities to talented dancers aged 13 to 21 from throughout Oxfordshire and beyond.

The piece explores a place where an alternative evolution of life has occurred. A biologist cautions against hasty judgement of the unknown as strange faceless creatures move in a mysterious soundscape. Elemental emotions such as love are expressed, forging links between our world and theirs.

Anjali’s young dancers all have learning disabilities. Impressed by their remarkable flexibility, the choreographer has challenged the dancers with a unique piece that takes full advantage of their qualities, with visually powerful costumes that accentuate their distinctive movement. It’s a striking creation that can be taken as an allegory of life with a learning disability.

11. U.Dance Ensemble (dancers from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales)

TANK Choreographer: Hofesh ShechterAssistant Choreographer: Vicky Hoyland Dancers: Charlotte Arnold, Anna Britton, Eilidh Brown, Jemima Brown, Ffion Campbell-Davies, Cameron Finnemore, Luke Ganz, Phoebe Haymer, Sophie Holt, Bethany Howitt, Brona Jackson, Keith Low, Hannah Martin, Kelly Maskell, Rhys Owen, Georgia Redgrave, Natasha Smith, Sally Smithson, Benjamin Wisken.Music: Original score by Hofesh Shechter

The U.Dance Ensemble has been developed especially for the U.Dance 2012 festival and comprises dancers from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is managed by Youth Dance England in partnership with DU Dance (in Northern Ireland), National Youth Dance Wales and YDance (Scottish Youth Dance),

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with support from Southbank Centre. Hofesh Shechter is Artistic Director of the Ensemble and has choreographed TANK with the dancers during three residentials taking place in Glasgow, Cardiff and London since January 2012. The dancers come from a range of backgrounds and are all very excited to be part of the first UK-wide youth dance company.

Created specifically for the U.Dance Ensemble, TANK is a celebration of the resilience, complexity and intensity of collective power – trying again, trying harder, persisting, insisting and never giving up. Inspired by the 19 extremely talented young dancers Shechter chose from UK-wide auditions, and set to his original score, TANK drills the stage with a relentless explosion of energy; exploring the angst, humour and vitality of youth.

For more information on the U.Dance Ensemble, go to page 10.

12. Finale Directed by: Zoie Bartlett Featuring all the dancers from tonight’s showMusic: Victory by Bond

‘U.Dance gives the young people something to aim for. YDE is a fantastic organisation to help young people go into dance as a career.’Amy Swalwell, group leader: FrogHouse Dance Company

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1. Cambridge Performing Arts You and IFrom CambridgeDancers: John Aitken, Jessica Brading, Danielle Court, Adam Crossley, Romany Crotch, Chloe Flett, Lindsey Goodridge, Kate Gray, Alice Harvey, Kate Miranda Heaton, Jessica Holland, Lewis McKay, Heidi Morgan, Gavin Peters, Katherine Ostler, Chloé Polson-Davies, Josie Prina, Charlotte Reavey, Hannah Robinson, Joshua Simpson, Hollie Sweetman-Harrison, Laura Whiteway

Former Cambridge Performing Arts Student Natalie Pearce (Live at BDC & Into The Woods, Broadway and Ceasers Palace & Excalibur Hotel, Las Vegas) choreographed this dynamic lyrical jazz piece to the inspirational music of Lady Gaga featuring dancers from the 1st and 2nd year students at Cambridge Performing Arts.

2. Acton Ballet School Rince den Saol (Dance of Life)From LondonDancers: Melikah Chaba, Kayla Hughes, Connie Lynch, Roisin

Performance programmeSaturday 14th July 2012

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U.Dance 2012 Appetizerprogrammed by the Council for Education and Training The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, from 6pm

Lynch, Natalie McNamara, Jennifer Miller, Millie Potter, Ciara Trollip.

Irish dancers at Acton Ballet School are very proud to have been chosen to dance at U.Dance 2012. The school is based in Acton, London W3 and Irish dancers are trained from Beginners to Advanced Seniors.

3. The Company Performing Arts Children of AfricaFrom Clacton-on-sea, EssexChoreographer: Aaron Lissmore and Leandra SheltonDancers: Shaun Allen, Grace Barnard, Raelle Barnard, Lauren Barry, Ellie Blessington, Megan Buisson, Katy Charlton, Rebecca Gooding, Harleigh Halford, Lucy Heath, Meggie Hobdell, Jasmine Jackson, Saskia Jackson, Thaila Mulqueen, Jordan Outhwaite, Ella Reynolds, Seven Robert Curtis, Georgina Rogers, Bronte Stanton, Chay Stanton, Amy Stubbs, Sadie Stock, Eleanor Tate, Louisa Taylor, Jorgia Vaughan, Jade Vinter, Sophie Vinter, Lily Walker, Daisy Watts, Lucy Willis, Jack Wilmore. Music: African Footprint

This uplifting piece was originally created for the British Red Cross ‘Dance For Life’ competition. The piece was also selected as the

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closing number for the first ever Dance Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in November 2011.

4. SLP Academy Come to The RiverFrom LeedsDancers: Daisy Addison, Charlotte Booth, Charles Butcher, Eleanor Coulthard, Emily Coulthard, Laura Dickinson, Maddison Firth, Annabel Hargrave, Karis Holt, Chloe Hudson, Morgan Jackson, Anja Jensen, Sam Kitson, Harry Lydon, Faye Spooner, Jacob Steers, Jess Tibbs. Music: Dianne Reeves

SLP Academy is linked to SLP College whose mission is to preserve and nourish the individuality and creative spirit of each of their students, encouraging them to develop as performers, accelerate their individual progress and reach their full potential.

The piece they will perform tonight is a voyage of self or re-discovery of the human spirit.

5. Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts TekkenFrom LondonDancers: Kamen Cook, Tyler Kennington, Emma WardMusic: Tekken

The piece is based on the computer game ‘Tekken Street Fighters’. The dance follows the journey of the fighters as they prepare for battle and fight one another. It contains martial art influences and combines the aggression of a fight with the elegance of dance.

6. English National Ballet School From London1st Year Dancers: Lorena Agramonte, Connor Barlow, Isabelle Brouwers, Madeline Ciokajlo Squire, Isabelle Clough, Syanne Day, Luke Francis, John Rhys Halliwell, Amy Hihata, Emmeline Jansen, Harriet Jarvis, Tanja Jud, Timothee Mochamps, Marco Palamone, Samuel Percy, Gonzalo Preciado Azanza, Adam Russell-Jones, Ashley Scott, Allegra Vianello, Sean Williams. 2nd Year Dancers: Alice Bayston, Anna Casasola-Fontseca, Jessy Chraibi, Filippo Di Vilio, Alain Divoux, Helene Douesnard, Alazne Lopez Etxebarria, Paloma Gavalda-Ruz, Matthew Koon, Mlindi Kulashe, François-Eloi Lavignac, Alexandra Livermore, Giulia Neri, Ellena Nou, Daniela Oddi, Frederico Oliveira, Gretel Palfrey, Aeden Pittendreigh, Harry Price, Kurumi Sakamoto, Lily Spencer, Marcos Uso Salas, Lucien Vecchierelli, Rosanna Whittle, Airi Yonemochi. Music: By Scanner and Joel Cadbury used by kind permission of Chester Music Ltd and Campbell Connelly Ltd.

This work was created as part of Wayne McGregor’s Big Dance Trafalgar Square 2012.

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U.Dance 2012 Take TwoRoyal Festival Hall, 7pm, tickets £7

This evening’s performance is dedicated to the memory of Joan White CBE, leading dance educationalist and great supporter of young people’s dance.

The performance will be introduced by Richard Alston, CBE, Chair of Youth Dance England and a friend and colleague of Joan’s.

1. Maijaluk Entertainment UK (Scotland)

Come-Unity Choreographer: Ron Bedeau Dancers: Dean Anderson, Amy Burns, Chloe Bruynseels, Elliot Doak, Natalie Faulds, Daniel Hardie, Levon Nyembo, Aimee Stack, Lebe Sinanduku, Emma Stevenson, Gillian WatsonMusic: Remix of various tracks

Maikaluk Entertainment UK is a group of dancers in training in the Glasgow area. The founder and CEO of Maijaluk is Ron Bedeau, a Canadian professional dancer and choreographer who is very much engaged in the dance/performance industry. Maijaluk offers the tools needed to become a successful performer, training its dancers in ballet and jazz style technique as well as in hip hop/urban dance styles.

Come-Unity is about the rivalry between two of Glasgow’s biggest football teams, Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers. The piece exploits the troubles which the sectarianism brings between the football community and the public. The girls also play referees which symbolizes how these two teams cause violence between the players and the spectators on and off the field. At the end of the piece the message of “come-unity” (community) peace is revealed.

2. Bounceback (East Midlands) The RiteChoreographers: Chris Caffrey, Alice Vale, Tom Dale, Tia Ogilvie Dancers: Natasha Allen, Lydia Alty, Lucy Appleby, Georgia French, Eve Hopkinson, Joshua Horsely, Daniel Longhurst, Jack Moore, Rowan Prince, Jade Ruston, Laura Simpson, Evie May Trueman Music: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky

Bounceback is a contemporary dance company that meets weekly. It is the only auditioned Deda Academy youth performance group for those interested in following a career in dance, offering development and progression.

Bounceback have recreated their own version of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. This piece is an extract created from a full work prepared for a BBC Music Nation Concert in partnership with Sinfonia Viva. Nature, rituals and sacrifice were some of the main ideas addressed when creating this piece.

3. Cando2 and Guests (England)

Moving BodiesChoreographers: Victoria Fox in collaboration with Welly O’Brien, Bettina Carpi, Sarah Blanc and the dancers. Dancers: Esther Blair, Oriana Borges, Olivia Clark, Ellie Cruickshank, Kelly Hamilton, Francis Henry, Lauren Hilaire, Melanie Hilaire, Joseph Hughes, Georgia Jarvis, Fay Jones, Lucy Jones, Emily Kent, Bradley Lee Kinsley, Louise Lachance, John Livingstone, Kayleigh Mansfield, Annie Munetsi , Shammah Maravanyika, Victoria Newell, Bernadette Ngoyi, Lauren Purcell, Deanna Salah, Kayleigh Williams.Music: Robots, Models, Turning Wheels and Empty Space Dance by Balanescu Quartet.

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For U.Dance 2012, Candoco Dance Company has extended its regular youth dance company Cando2 to incorporate young dancers from across the UK. A team of Candoco artists led by Vicki Fox and Welly O’Brien have been working with these young people to create a special new work, which will challenge, excite and profile these talented young dancers.

The piece explores the definitions of ‘moved’ or ‘moving’ 1. to pass from one place or position to another 2. to go from one place of residence to another 3. to advance or progress 4. to start off or leave 5. to discharge or evacuate 6. to change from one place or position to another 7. to affect with tender or compassionate emotion; touch

The work will give audiences at the Royal Festival Hall an unprecedented opportunity to experience the work of this integrated youth dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers.

4. Academy Dance, Banbridge Academy School (Northern Ireland) Waves of the Atlantic Choreographer: Diane Morrow Dancers: Eva Adair, Sophie Baxter, Lauren Bennett, Rebekah Dougan, Olivia McAleenan, Emma McCreary, Clara McNeill, Jodie Murnin, Paula Murnin, Rachel Nichol, Megan Shannon, Rochelle Thompson, Olivia WatsonMusic: What the water gave me by Florence and The Machine

Academy Dance is a small core group of dance enthusiastic girls who love to perform. They have been together over the past four years, although members have changed through natural progression. The girls perform at a number of school functions as

well as forming part of the dance troop for dramatic performances such as Guys and Dolls.

This piece tells the story of the Titanic through the workers building the magnificent ship in the shipyard, through to the waves of handkerchiefs at the dock as loved ones left for a new life. The piece is choreographed to the crescendos of the music and tries to depict the celebrations on the ship through to the horrendous fate that descended upon the crew and the passengers. The Irish duo symbolizes the violinists who continued to play as the ship sank. The choice to choreograph a piece about Titanic is due to the centenary celebrations earlier this year.

5. FrogHouse Dance Company (London) Mystery Bond Choreographer: Amy Swalwell Dancers: Charlotte Dutton, David Waker Music: Musician, Jamie Rose

FrogHouse is a fresh emerging company that has just begun on a new and exciting journey. U.Dance 2012 is the company’s first national performance. The company creates innovative work that concentrates on movement vocabulary from a hybrid of styles.

Mystery Bond uses hip hop/breaking styles in a contemporary way to portray the undoubtedly constant delicacy and closeness in two twin’s relationship despite their distance through life.

6. A-D-1 Principal Dance Company (London) Theory of The MachinesChoreographers: Amy West, Shaun Dillon, Olivia Lockwood Dancers: Tajorn Brozn, Nicole Cannon, Max Dandy, Eleanor Eysselinck, Chloe Green, Charlotte Hannah, Meshach HenryMusic: Ben Frost

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Established in 2009, A-D-1 Dance Company opened to young dancers in the borough of Sutton who wanted more freedom and development in dance outside of school. The success of the company has grown so much that it has now been divided into 3 strands and it is A-D-1 Principal dancers that you will see tonight. The company meets once a week and trains in both contemporary technique and choreographic projects and performances.

Theory of the Machines is an abstract contemporary dance performance, with its movements simulated through the study and focus of machinery. From the mechanical to the repetitive motion of machines’ daily jobs, its simulation and productivity have all played a part in the creation and structure of the piece. The sounds and rhythms that machines generate, from the buzzing and hissing to the general humming noise, are all embodied through the dancers’ movements across the stage. The idea is for the audience to be presented with a blank page to explore their own meanings and images behind the dance.

Interval performance in The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival HallCircus Space Got ItChoreographer: Tim Casson, Jasmin Vardimon Company. Dancers: Carmela Birch, Matilde Casarin, Jordan Daley, Rafiq Ffinch-Saha, Georgia Kirby, Natalie Layton-McIntosh, Natalie Liu-Roach, Poppy Plowman, Adilson Santos, India Stuttard, Imani Vital, Joanna Vymeris, Alberta White, Ayla Windrich.Music: Amanda Blank; The Gothic Archies; Tommy Sparks; Basement Jaxx; The Chemical Brothers; Clark; Modeselektor.

London Youth Circus at Circus Space is the circus strand of The Place, London Contemporary Dance School Centre for Advanced Training (CAT), one of nine National Dance CATs. For more information on the CATs go to page 14.

You want something. You have less than 10 minutes to get it, and a lot of other people in your way want it too. What lengths – or heights – could you go to to get what you want? And once you’ve got it, what will you do?

7. The Project Y Company (Scotland)

A Million Eyes Are On YouChoreographer: Anna Kenrick Dancers: Anna Britton, Eilidh Brown, Phoebe Haymer, Emma Jardine, Keith Low, Laura MacLennan, Rachel Morgan, Kieran Shannon, Bethany Howitt, Natalie Wilmshurst, Janine WyseMusic: Quee Macarthur

The Project Y Company is the national youth dance company of Scotland. It is run by YDance (Scottish Youth Dance), a national

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organisation dedicated to encouraging children and young people across Scotland to get creative and active through dance. The company is made up of talented young dancers aged 16 to 21 who meet monthly with YDance Artistic Director Anna Kenrick to rehearse and develop new work.

Inspired by the notion of London becoming a stage in 2012 with the whole world watching, Project Y have been exploring what happens when the spotlight is turned on individuals, communities or countries. Does it bring out the best or the worst in people? Are we comfortable playing to the crowd or do we sit and watch? This tender and dynamic piece was created by all the dancers to show how what we portray on the outside can be very different to how we feel on the inside.

8. Rise Youth Dance (South West of England) CatatoniaChoreographer: Josiah John Dancers: Ban Alwari, Megan Barclay, Samantha Brookes, Nathalie Champion, Chanice Cooke-Kahn, Olive Hardy, Paula Jankowska, Jasmin Nowak, Camerin Pearon, Cydra Perryman, Ella Persson, Deanna Roberts, Gemma Trott, Hanniah WeekesMusic: Release the Pressure by Leftfield

Rise Youth Dance is a Bristol based company that provides young dancers with experience of the professional dance world through performance opportunities, teaching and a company perspective. It teaches a diverse range of styles whilst maintaining a foundation of contemporary technique.

Catatonia links to the real state of mind with the psychological disturbances that happen in different mental states. It looks at the struggle between thoughts and the lack of control that occurs with mental illness.

Withdrawn, trance-like, losing interest in work, friends and hobbies. Worst case sufferers become totally withdrawn, doctors call this catatonia.

9. Dawns Genedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru / National Youth Dance Wales (Wales) An adapted extract of ‘Traces’ Choreographer: Errol White, Davina Givan and the dancersDancers: Katie Braden, Ffion Campbell-Davies, Luke Ganz, Anton Hinchliffe, Matthew Holland, Hannah Lyn Hughes, Cerys James, Rhys Owen, Kayleigh Prescott, Sally Smithson, Emma Turtle.Music: Tiago Cerqueira

Dawns Genedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru / National Youth Dance Wales (DGIC/NYDW) provides some of Wales’ most talented young dancers with first-class training and performance opportunities. It draws on young peoples’ enthusiasm for dance and channels it into a creative, contemporary force that celebrates the very best youth dance in Wales today. NYDW has worked with some of the UK’s finest, award-winning choreographers including Wayne McGregor and Henry Oguike. Its current Artistic Director is Errol White. NYDW is part of National Youth Arts Wales which nurtures, promotes and celebrates Wales’ most talented young performers.

Traces is an exploration of physical memories or traces that remain in time, space and between people beyond actual moments of contact. Throughout the creative and choreographic processes, Errol has employed a variety of supporting disciplines including technique class, improvisation, contact and body awakened work, to assist the dancers’ development of unique and individual movement vocabularies. His aims were to lead the dancers towards a fluidity of movement that combines precision, power and strength, and to facilitate a neutral and controlled understanding of the body’s physicality and performance.

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Housed by Northern Ballet and Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, Yorkshire Young Dancers is one of the nine National Dance Centres for Advanced Training (CATs). For more information about the CATs see page 14.

Bach n Boys has been specially created by Northern Ballet Artistic Director David Nixon OBE for U.Dance 2012. It is a celebration of the young men on the CAT programme, a fine example of the fantastic talent in the North of England. Yorkshire Young Dancers are very proud to have a strong male cohort, with some of their male graduates now dancing in top companies around the world including Northern Ballet, Ballet Black and The Hamburg Ballet. The five young men performing tonight are aged between 13 and 16 and have been training intensively in the Ichino Methodology.

12. Finale Directed by: Zoie Bartlett Featuring all the dancers from tonight’s showMusic: Victory by Bond

10. Step into Dance Youth Company (London) In The ClubChoreographer: Jessica Williams and Oliver Fitzgerald Dancers: Daisy Chapman, Omari Edwards, Shannon Edwards, Calvin Etten-Forbes, Katherine Howard, Fern Jansz, Daniel Lawal, Joanna McGibbon, Ciara Murphy, Lisandro Pinto, Montanna Rae-Garvey, Nathaniel Samp, Lucas WetzelMusic: Snitch by Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano

The members of Step into Dance are from 12 different schools and 10 different boroughs of London. Brought together by their love of dance, the dancers meet every Sunday at the Royal Academy of Dance.

Step into Dance is a partnership project between the Royal Academy of Dance and the Jack Petchey Foundation, and has grown into the largest secondary school dance program in the UK, operating in mainstream secondary schools, Special Educational Needs schools and Pupil Referral units.

In The Club tracks the journey of a boy on an unexpected night out, drawn to the party the minute he hears the music from the club. The piece is a fusion of hip hop and contemporary dance styles based on the dancers’ love for social dancing and their need to move to the beat.

11. Yorkshire Young Dancers, Centre for Advanced Training (Yorkshire) Bach n BoysChoreographer: David Nixon OBEDancers: Tim Dutson, Alex Hallas, Marcus Romaneli, Rhys Thomas, Andrew Tomlinson. Music: Violin Concerto in A Minor (1st movement) by JS Bach

‘U.Dance is such a high status platform, it gives the dancers more opportunities and experiences.’Amy West, group leader: A-D-1 Principal Dance Company

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1. Fosbrook Folk Education Trust Clog Dance From Stockport, CheshireDancers: John Blackburn, Samantha Booth, Sarah Davenport, Becki Dyson, Amy Eckersley, Ellen Eckersley, Heather Ferrier, Sally Hough, Dorothy Howbrook, Lydia Howbrook, Lydia Poulson, Olivia Siciliano, Lydia Smith, Joseph Taylor, Emma Warburton, Rebecca Whitney, Kirsty Wilson, Callum Beesley, Bob Bannister, Gary Yu, Jackie Yu with Jamie Schofield and Phil Strange

Fosbrook Folk Education Trust is a large voluntary organisation based in a state school in Stockport. The students perform the music of the British Isles to accompany their unique percussive step dance routines. The set they will perform today has been selected, directed and rehearsed by the members of the Fosbrook Youth Artistic Direction Committee.

The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) is the national folk arts development organisation for England. Through programmes of performance, participation and education at its head quarters Cecil Sharp House in North London, and around England, it seeks to support artists and practitioners and engage people in folk arts activities. www.efdss.org

2. Ramsey Junior School Molly Dancers Bird’s a Building and Mississippi Mud Dance From Ramsey, CambridgeshireDancers: Jack Connolly, Emily Crisall, Emily Dover, Shona Drummond, Chloe Fisher, Ketan Gardner, Anna Gaunt, Ella Gillett, Aiden Godwin, Rhiannon Howlett, Kingsley Smith, Connor Thacker, Medya YukselMusic: Nicky Stockman on melodeon

The dancers will perform the traditional molly dance Bird’s a Building, followed by a more recent dance, the Mississippi Mud Dance, written by Gordon Phillips of the Ouse Washes Molly Dancers, that has become part of this East Anglian tradition.

3. Fun with Folk Dance Garland DanceFrom Camden, LondonDancers: Liana Ahmetaj, Sophia Birch, Nathan Box, Edith Felmingham, Primavera Jones, Stella Nodine, Ava Phin, Hazel Sydenham, Mayzee WoodingMusic: Jeremy Monson on accordion

U.Dance 2012 Appetizerpresented by the English Folk Dance and Song Society The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, from 5.30pm

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The children performing today have helped create their own Wild Rose Garland Dance. Garland Dances are thought to have been danced in England since the 19th Century and appear to have developed from sword dances; teams such as the Brittannia Coconut Dancers of Bacup still perform these traditional dances.

4. Black Brook Morris Swappsies From Plumpton, East SussexDancers: Lottie Bailey, Bridie Clift, Afra Hussain, Maia Hussain, Angelo Illsley, Sophia OxenburyLive music: John Bacon and Dave Johns

Swappsies is one of the dances choreographed by the children. Originally called A Bunch of Fives, as the children were taught it they changed it and twisted it into a story and rechristened it Swappsies. The tune is not the original instead we used a tune called Theme Vannataise.

5. Moulton Morris The Upton on SevernDancers: Robert Care, Stefan Care, Andrew Care, Josh Mould, Hayden Coates, Maris FisherLive music: James Campling, Ben Walas

Moulton Morris have fast become one of the UK’s most sought after young sides, performing dances from the Cotswold tradition in a very energetic style. The dance we are performing is The Upton on Severn stick dance, a traditional dance and tune.

6. Laban Youth Dance Company Folk-inspired Contemporary Dance From Lewisham, LondonDancers: Alex Tinney, Elizabeth Blatchford, Ella Mattalia, Franklin Dawson, Iona Yamaguchi, Joshua Gill, Nadjeschda Schaefer, Olivia Hill, Rosalie Bell, Sasha PhillipsLive music: A-Begging I Will Go by Bellowhead

As a contemporary dance group, Laban Youth Company have been inspired by a photographic exhibition of English folk rituals, and lessons in Morris Dance. Exploring, then fusing, the images, patterns, steps and ideas together – the group have worked collectively and choreographed a high energy and exuberant dance.

7. Maltby Phoenix Sword Dancers Lucy’s Dance From Maltby, South YorkshireDancers: Hannah Edgar, Megan Edgar, Elizabeth Mangham, Stevie Race, Megan Rigby, Jessica Williams, Lucy Williams.Live music: Paul Davenport, Victoria Siddle, Geoff Wright.

Maltby Phoenix Sword performs traditional sword dances from the North of England. Today they are presenting the ‘rapper’ sword dance that won them the Open Class at the Dancing England Rapper Tournament 2012. It is named after Lucy Williams who wrote it. The music is from traditional North-East English dance songs.

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U.Dance 2012 FinaleRoyal Festival Hall, 7pm, tickets £7

This performance will be introduced by Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications & the Creative Industries at the DCMS, and young performers presenting work this evening.

1. Rouge (London) It Was Plain To See You Were Meant For MeChoreographer: Jessica Wynn, Caroline Griffiths and the dancers Dancers: Darcy Charles, Giorgio Christou, Miles Keen, Lamar Lee, Jamie Mason, Abbeygail Crichlow Morrison, Lorraine Owusu, Travis Robinson, Tayla Thomas, Alisha ThompsonMusic: T. Rex

Founded in 2007 and based at City and Islington College in London, Rouge draws upon dancers from the BTEC Extended Diploma in Dance. The company endeavours to make work which incorporates a highly structured approach to choreography whilst drawing on the innate creativity of the dancers. Fusing contemporary and physical theatre techniques, Rouge has begun to develop a unique style which is quirky, imaginative, intricate and technically challenging. The work is always linked to a strong theme which is carefully researched and adhered to throughout the process emphasising the importance of intention.

It Was Plain To See You Were Meant For Me explores the trials and tribulations of flirting, dating and dashed expectations.

2. Resonance Youth Dance Company (North West of England) Green Belt Choreographer: Chris Keerie Dancers: Rachel Aldred, Jack Beresford, Olivia Berry, Rachel

Carney, Dominic Coffey, Fred Farrell, Nicole Ferris, Remon Finni, Alice Gorst, Kirsty Howarth, Joshua Hutchby, Sammantha Lord, Paola Nyembo, Kerry Robinson, Hannah TunnicliffeMusic: Divernire by Ludovico Einaudi

Resonance Youth Dance Company was devised by Craig Horton and Chris Keerie with the students from Salford City College, Pendleton campus. The purpose of the company is to give young people the opportunity to take part in high quality choreographed work, which is then performed in large theatres nationwide.

Green Belt conveys an abstract, investigative journey that explores the concepts of space and time. Examining the notion of protected land and human territory, the movement is a hybrid of intense gravitational risk and sensitive manipulation of human contact. Delicate gestures give way to weighted energy whilst lyrical pathways symbolise the invisible line between confinement and freedom in unsettling environments.

3. Montage Theatre Arts (London)

SpooksChoreographer: Leigh Coleman and the dancers Dancers: Donell Atkinson-Johnson, Bethany Baldick, Khari Bedwood, Tyrique Blackwood, Joshua Clarke, Joel Clement, Daniel Dada, Sapphire-Chyna Elliot, Bony Fonseca N’Ari, Nathan Gentle-Green, Kate Hadfield, Piere Hamilton-Forbes, Ella Ingham Roy, Isabelle Melton-Francis, Fhallen Miller, Leandro Osemeke, Sade Richards, Katie Trainer, Dylan Von Bergmann, Terry Wilton, India YoungMusic: Birthday by Jeremiah; Squance by Plaid; Boom Boom Clap by J-Squad.

Montage Theatre Arts’ Performance Street Crew was created by Artistic Director Judy Gordon as a means to develop and showcase the talents of our most dedicated and inventive

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street dancers. Montage Theatre Arts is a performing arts charity offering inclusive classes and performance opportunities to people of all backgrounds and levels of advantage aged 3 to 86! They have been established in South East London for over 12 years.

Spooks is a playful, contemporary urban-gothic fairytale of warring crews brought back from the dead. After their resurrection and rediscovery of themselves and each other they engage in a battle of skills and a dance to the death. The piece explores themes of youth, conflict and self-worth through grass roots street dance, hip hop and freestyle.

4. Powys Youth Dance Company (Wales) Exits Choreographers: Joanna Young with Iain Payne and the dancers Dancers: James Angharad, Emily Chambers, Demi Jones, Ellie Morgan, Carys Power, Rosie Pritchard, Rachel Smout, Ysabel ZammitMusic: Le Moulin by Yann Tiersen; Comptine d’un autre été by Yann Tiersen

Powys Youth Dance Company (PYDC) is based at The Dance Centre in Llandrindod Wells and is for pupils with an interest in dance who want to progress their technique, performance and creativity, specialising in contemporary dance. The aims of the youth company are to target students aged 11–18 to bridge the gap between community classes and national dance initiatives and opportunities.

Exits is a contemporary dance piece exploring different greetings to say goodbye, and the mixed feelings involved when leaving – simple gestures evolving into abstract movement.

5. Trinity Laban & The Place, Centre for Advanced Training (London) 1, 2 as a group Choreographers: Felix Bürkle and Pascal Merighi (Pina Bausch Company) Dancers: Elyas Addo, Oluwatosin Akingbolagun, Matthew Bagley, Xiomara Bovell, Aimee Buchler, Dylan Canton, Callum Connolly, Jack Cooper, Ella Gilling, Phoebe Head, Andrezj Kamienski, Bun Kobayashi, Callum Lawrence, Joe Martin, Thomas McKeon, Georgia Poole-Smith, John Kishore, Rose Sawney, Bradley Smail, , Eleanor Sothcott, Nia Towle, Aaron Villar-Hauser, Murielle Werthauer, Zoe White, Faith Whitter, Hannah WoodMusic: Hannah Peel, Donna McKevitt.

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and The Place, London Contemporary Dance School, house two of the nine National Dance Centres for Advanced Training (CATs). For more information on the CATs go to page 14.

1, 2 as a group is a re-staging of a collaboration between the CATs at both Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and The Place, London Contemporary Dance School. This is an adaptation of a section created for Compass, a work produced by Connect (Sadler’s Wells’ Creative Learning department) and performed on the Sadler’s Wells main stage in April 2012. In Compass the choreographers represented some of Sadler’s Wells’ finest associate and visiting companies, in this case, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. Pascal Merighi was a member of Tanztheater Wuppertal and since leaving he has been working as a guest of the Company. In collaboration with the independent choreographer Felix Bürkle, 1, 2 as a group is set to an original score of recorded sounds, vocal and instrumental music composed by Hannah Peel.

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6. Momentum Youth Dance (Yorkshire) IdentityChoreographers: Eddie Copp and Keith Luke Gillott Dancers: Amelia Akbhari, Millie-Jo Brook, Lorna Chadwick, Lewis Easter, Olivia England, Keith Luke Gillott, Jordan Hill, Abbi Hodgson Ellie Kennedy, Matthew Liptrot, Luke TaylorMusic: Praeludium & Allegro (in the style of Caetano Pugnani) by Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Sandra Rivers

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 the Streetdance Championships, Move It and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Momentum Youth Dance is delighted to be a part of U.Dance 2012!

Identity is an abstract, contemporary dance choreography that explores the notion of identity as both an individual and as part of a community. Identity explores our own individuality and idiosyncrasies – what makes us unique? Juxtaposed with this is the exploration of community identity – what relationships exist? How do we influence one another? Identity explores solidarity, friendship, love and unity.

The piece has been created to challenge and develop the dancers’ technical, creative and performance skills in the contemporary genre, achieving a fluid and physically demanding choreography that utilizes contact and partner work with moments of quirky, characterful and idiosyncratic detail.

Interval performance in The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival HallCircus Space Got ItChoreographer: Tim Casson, Jasmin Vardimon Company. Dancers: Carmela Birch, Matilde Casarin, Jordan Daley, Rafiq Ffinch-Saha, Georgia Kirby, Natalie Layton-McIntosh, Natalie Liu-Roach, Poppy Plowman, Adilson Santos, India Stuttard, Imani Vital, Joanna Vymeris, Alberta White, Ayla Windrich.Music: Amanda Blank; The Gothic Archies; Tommy Sparks; Basement Jaxx; The Chemical Brothers; Clark; Modeselektor

London Youth Circus at Circus Space is the circus strand of The Place, London Contemporary Dance School Centre for Advanced Training (CAT), one of nine National Dance CATs. For more information on the CATs go to page 14.

You want something. You have less than 10 minutes to get it, and a lot of other people in your way want it too. What lengths – or heights – could you go to to get what you want? And once you’ve got it, what will you do?

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7. Vizavis Dance Company (North East of England) Once BittenChoreographer: Jennie Wren (Slanjayvah Danza) Dancers: Hannah Collier, Nicholas Dolder, Rafaella Keavney, Katie Kilner, Angus Mackay, Alice McBride, Niamh McBride, Jonathan Moorby, Emma Palmer, Lauren Richardson, Jordan Robson, Ellis Saulm James Treanor, Alexander Waugh, Joshua WhiteMusic: The Outsider (instrumental version) by Stateless

Vizavis Youth Dance Company was founded in 2004 as part of a Gifted and Talented initiative. Based at Dame Allan’s School, Newcastle Upon Tyne. The company consists of male and female dancers aged 15-18 years. The group meets weekly on Friday evenings. Choreographic commissions take place as summer and weekend projects. Over the years ,Vizavis have worked with notable dance artists: Henri Oguike, Ben Wright (B.group), Neville Campbell, Ballet Boyz, Jennie Wren (Slanjayvah Danza). Vizavis also aim to develop choreographic talent from within the company and were delighted when Ellis Saul was selected for this year’s YDE Young Creatives programme. The dancers can’t wait to perform in London.

Once Bitten is based on the American TV series ‘The Vampire Diaries’. The war continues to wage between the vampires and the werewolves. One human is the catalyst whilst the others are innocent bystanders. The witch must protect the humans in order to redress the balance of nature.

8. Flexus Dance Company (West Midlands) Atomic NucleusChoreographer: Chris Vann and the dancers

Dancers: Dani Campbell, Chaytan Dhillon, Molly Holmes, Katie Lewis, Amber Lloyd, Harry Ondrak Wright, Stephan Osik, Stefan Palmer, Bethany RuffleMusic: Composition by Anthony Aston

Wolverhampton-based Flexus Youth Dance Company was formed in 2004 and is made up of dancers aged between 15 and 19. Directed by Katy Dowson, the company delivers training and performance opportunities and aims to educate its dancers as choreographers and workshop leaders so they are at the centre of developing dance for their generation.

Atomic Nucleus is an explosive piece of choreography that invites you on a scientific investigation of nuclear energy, through its transformations, chemical reactions and biological effects.

9. The Dance Company @ RHS (North West of England) HelixChoreographers: Lydia Jervis and Louise Aylward Dancers: Elle Binns, Emily Donlevy, Stephanie Daw, Thomas Harrison, Emma Heaton, Lydia Jervis, Ethan LeylandMusic: Earthquake by Labrinth

The Dance Company @ RHS is made up of students from Rainhill High School aged 14-16. The aim of The Dance Company is to give students the professional experience of a touring company as well as creating challenging and innovative dance pieces.

Helix is inspired by potential and kinetic energy. At the start of the dance is a central nucleus in which other neutrons and electrons orbit. As the dance and musical accompaniment progress, the physical energy of the dancers increases and develops into an unstoppable force. Like all energy systems it reaches a climax and then immediately disappears.

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10. Dimension (Scotland) The Old LieChoreographer: Natali McCleary Dancers: Nathan Bonner, Matthew Docherty, Christopher Kane, Conor Lee-Bourke, Aidan McQuade, Jordan Rae.Music: Hello Broke Luce by Tom Waits and The Wider Sun by Jon Hopkins

Dimension is an all-male contemporary youth dance company in West Dunbartonshire in Scotland, created to allow space for boys wishing to develop skills in dance performance. The current company have been working together for just over a year.

The Old Lie is a response to the structure and content of the poem Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen. Working closely with the composition, rhythm and imagery of the poem the work is an exploration in response to the written word.

11. U.Dance Ensemble (dancers from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales)

TANK Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter. Assistant Choreographer: Vicky Hoyland Dancers: Charlotte Arnold, Anna Britton, Eilidh Brown, Jemima Brown, Ffion Campbell-Davies, Cameron Finnemore, Luke Ganz, Phoebe Haymer, Sophie Holt, Bethany Howitt, Brona Jackson, Keith Low, Hannah Martin, Kelly Maskell, Rhys Owen, Georgia Redgrave, Natasha Smith, Sally Smithson, Benjamin Wisken.Music: Original score by Hofesh Shechter

The U.Dance Ensemble has been developed especially for the U.Dance 2012 festival and comprises dancers from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is managed by Youth Dance England in partnership with DU Dance (Northern Ireland),

National Youth Dance Wales and YDance (Scottish Youth Dance), with support from Southbank Centre. Hofesh Shechter is Artistic Director of the Ensemble and has choreographed TANK with the dancers during three residentials taking place in Glasgow, Cardiff and London since January 2012. The dancers come from a range of backgrounds and are all very excited to be part of the first UK-wide youth dance company.

Created specifically for the U.Dance Ensemble, TANK is a celebration of the resilience, complexity and intensity of collective power – trying again, trying harder, persisting, insisting and never giving up. Inspired by the 19 extremely talented young dancers Shechter chose from UK-wide auditions and set to his original score, TANK drills the stage with a relentless explosion of energy; exploring the angst, humour and vitality of youth.

For more information on the U.Dance Ensemble, go to page 10.

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Dance In The MakingSaturday 14th and Sunday 14th July

A conference on choreography by and with young peopleThe White Room, Spirit Level

Hosted by: Chris Thomson, Director of Creative Teaching and Learning at The Place, and Linda Jasper, Director of Youth Dance England.

Bringing learning and discussion to the heart of the U.Dance 2012 festival, this is a platform for professionals and young dance artists to discuss and share ideas on the theme of choreography by and with young people.

Chris Thomson and Linda Jasper will bring together experienced choreographers, teachers and group leaders who make work with young people from the UK and overseas and also young dance artists who make their own work and have experience of working with professional choreographers.

Contributors: Brigitte Hyon and Agnès Bretel (Centre Nationale de Danse), James Cousins , Katie Green, Kerry Nicholls, Peter Laycock, Caldy Walton and other guests.

Themes of discussion

What does the professional choreographer need in order to be an effective choreographer working with young people?

What does the young person progressing towards being a choreographer need to experience?

Morning theme:

What we do and why we do it: Examples of current philosophies, practices and contexts.

Afternoon themes:

1. How do we do it?: Choreographic and mentoring processes, including the young person’s experience of these processes

2. What can we learn from each other? What do we need to do next? (structures, training, partnerships, funding etc.)

* Repeat of programme on Saturday and Sunday.

Time Programme

10.00 Registration

10.30 Morning session:

The current picture of UK youth dance – Linda Jasper

A view from France – Brigitte Hyon and Agnès Bretel from the Centre National de la Danse

A choreographer’s journey – James Cousins

Panel discussion and Q&A

Do we need to model the methodologies? – Peter Laycock

12.45 Lunch and networking

13.45 Afternoon session:

Nurturing young choreographers – Kerry Nicholls (Saturday) / Katie Green (Sunday)

Conversation on nurturing young choreographers – chaired by Chris Thomson

Young choreographers’ experience: Group discussion (Saturday), Caldy Walton (Sunday)

Questions to panel: what are the key issues?

Breakout groups: responding to questions and presentations

Report back and discussion

16:00 Ends

Schedule:

In partnership with:

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Dance In The MakingContributor biographies

Agnès Bretel

Classical and contemporary dance artist Agnès Bretel teaches dance and has a degree in Laban’s Movement Analysis. She is currently Learning and Training Consultant for Early Years at the Centre

National de la Danse (national dance institution) and in other State training centres. Agnès has a particular interest in improvisation, in the relationship between the voice and the body, as well as in matters of non-professional dance practice for adults and young people. She is also certified by the French Department for Education as a qualified trainer and lead for dance in school.

www.cnd.fr

James Cousins

Since graduating from London Contemporary Dance School in 2010 with a first class honours degree, James has worked extensively as a freelance dancer and choreographer. His work has

been performed across London and abroad including a performance at Buckingham Palace for the Duke of York’s 50th Birthday. He has also been commissioned to create works for The Place’s CAT Scheme and Verve, the postgraduate performance company of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance.

In August 2011, James was announced as the winner of the inaugural New Adventures Choreographer Award and will be mentored by Matthew Bourne and have his first full evening of work presented at Sadler’s Wells on 7th

September 2012.

www.jamescousinsdance.co.uk

Katie Green

Katie Green graduated from London Contemporary Dance School in 2006 and formed her contemporary dance company Made By Katie Green in the same year. Made By Katie Green is now a

multi award-winning company and Katie was recognised as a UK Young Artist at UKYA01 in 2010. As well as directing her company, Katie is a freelance choreographer and teacher, and has performed with Cie. Willi Dorner (Austria) since 2011. Katie has been a YDE Young Creatives mentor since 2009 and recently piloted her new ‘Made By YOU’ project, a scheme that gives young choreographers an opportunity to create work with professional dancers.

www.madebykatiegreen.co.uk

Linda Jasper MBE, MA, Cert. Ed

Linda Jasper is founder Director of Youth Dance England. In this role she has set up the first national network for youth dance and national programmes for young people to access dance opportunities and progress as performers, choreographers and leaders. Linda trained originally as a dancer and then as a teacher of dance. Before starting Youth

Dance England in 2004 she was Director of South East Dance, a national dance agency with a brief for professional artist support, dance for the screen and regional dance development. She was Senior Professional Training Tutor for the University of Surrey’s Department of Dance Studies in the 1990s, training students for a range of dance careers. Working as the first Dance Development Officer for Berkshire during the 1980s she initiated and managed a county-wide dance programme.

Linda has served on many Arts Council panels and committees, was elected Chair of the Foundation for Community Dance (1992-1998) and appointed Vice Chair of Culture South East (2005- 2009).

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Chris Thomson

Chris is Director of Creative Teaching and Learning at The Place, he is responsible for leading on dance in education and for a variety of projects in schools and the community. Before joining The Place he ran the Community Dance Course at the Laban Centre for many years. He was a founding member of Ludus Dance Company and Co-Chair of the

Dance Education Programme Board. In 2007 he assisted Tony Hall on the review of dance for young people which became The Dance Review - A Report to Government on Dance Education and Youth Dance in England.

www.theplace.org.uk

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Brigitte Hyon

As a dancer and choreographer Brigitte Hyon performed as a member of the Ballets Modernes de Paris with Francoise and Dominique Dupuy, and created the company Libre Parcours in 1982 for which she

choreographed various works. A qualified contemporary dance teacher, she is also certified by the French Department for Education as a qualified trainer and lead for dance in school. She was Director of the Rencontres Internationales de Danse Contemporaine (international contemporary dance training centre) between 1986 and 2009 during which she prepared contemporary dance teachers for the State Diploma in Dance Teaching. In parallel she also developed creative dance work with and for children in partnership with the Palaiseau County Council. She has a been a trainer at the Centre National de la Danse (national dance institution) since its creation, she participates in the development of Dance in High School through the GTD Arts Committee, and is currently Director of the Training and Pedagogy / Cultural and Artistic Education Department at the Centre National de la Danse.

www.cnd.fr

Peter Laycock

Peter graduated from Middlesex University with a first class BA (Hons) in Performing Arts: Dance, specialising in choreography. Following working as a freelance dance artist, delivering projects

for young people from Foundation stage to Undergraduate level, he gained Qualified Teacher Status (Key Stages 3-5) in Dance and Drama. He took his MA in Choreography at the University of Leeds; his final research project focused on whether the adoption of others’ choreographic processes affects a student’s ability to identify with their own work. In his role at The Place as Project Officer, Creative Teaching and Learning, Peter currently manages The Place’s LearnPhysical and GCSE Dance programmes, and teaches on the undergraduate programme at LCDS.

www.theplace.org.uk

Kerry Nicholls

Kerry has taught, choreographed and mentored extensively for numerous institutions and organisations worldwide over the past twenty years. She has created original works for young people

through vocational training programmes, CAT schemes and specialised projects in Europe, China, Cuba and the USA. Kerry was appointed Co-Director of Creative Learning for Wayne McGregor | Random Dance in 2007 and has since independently directed many education projects commissioned by venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Sadler’s Wells and the Royal Opera House. Also an external assessor for both the English National Ballet School and The Royal Ballet School, Kerry is a regular choreographic mentor for the Royal Opera House and Youth Dance England.

www.kerrynicholls.com

Caldy Walton

Caldy first became involved with Youth Dance England through Young Creatives, YDE’s national development programme for young choreographers in which she took part in 2010. This gave her the

opportunity to rehearse at The Royal Ballet School and perform at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre whilst being mentored by a professional choreographer. She was proud to have her choreography recognised and was inspired to keep developing my work. She was then asked to be part of the Royal Opera House’s Dance Futures programme where she worked with Wayne McGregor and choreographed on dancers from The Royal Ballet which was an incredible experience. She is currently studying for a BA (Hons) in Theatre Dance at London Studio Centre.

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Come to Dance In The MakingAttendance costs £35 per day including lunch and refreshments, and a ticket to one of U.Dance 2012’s evening performances in the Royal Festival Hall.

To book your place:Please register at The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall at 10am on Saturday 14th or Sunday 15th.

More than 450 young dancers took to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall last year and Dance Proms 2012 promises to be even bigger and better!

Join us for a gala performance to remember.

‘‘Dance Proms has surely paved the way for an annual event bringing all dance styles together, at last!” Wayne Sleep OBE

IDTA, ISTD and RAD members get a 10% discount on tickets.

www.danceproms.co.uk

Call the Box Office on 0845 401 5045 or visit www.royalalberthall.com

Book your tickets now from just £12!*

Subscribe to our email list at info@danceproms.co.uk

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Dance Proms is a partnership project between the IDTA, ISTD, RAD and the Royal Albert Hall working together in celebration

of dance. Celebration of Dance Festival Limited, Incorporated in England & Wales No. 7407392. *Booking fees apply except to

personal visitors to the Box Office. Photo: Finale at Dance Proms 2011 by David Tett.

Dance Promsa national celebration of dance, dancers and dance teachersSunday 4 November | Royal Albert Hall

More than 450 young dancers took to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall last year and Dance Proms 2012 promises to be even bigger and better!

Join us for a gala performance to remember.

‘‘Dance Proms has surely paved the way for an annual event bringing all dance styles together, at last!” Wayne Sleep OBE

IDTA, ISTD and RAD members get a 10% discount on tickets.

www.danceproms.co.uk

Call the Box Office on 0845 401 5045 or visit www.royalalberthall.com

Book your tickets now from just £12!*

Subscribe to our email list at info@danceproms.co.uk

Find us on...

Dance Proms is a partnership project between the IDTA, ISTD, RAD and the Royal Albert Hall working together in celebration

of dance. Celebration of Dance Festival Limited, Incorporated in England & Wales No. 7407392. *Booking fees apply except to

personal visitors to the Box Office. Photo: Finale at Dance Proms 2011 by David Tett.

Dance Promsa national celebration of dance, dancers and dance teachersSunday 4 November | Royal Albert Hall

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National Youth Dance Wales was founded in 2000. It provides first-class training and performance opportunities for some of Wales’ most-talented and committed young dancers. It harnesses the energy and excitement of young peoples’ enthusiasm for dance and dancing, and channels it into a creative, contemporary force that celebrates the very best Youth Dance in Wales today.

www.nyaw.co.uk

Southbank Centre is the UK’s largest arts centre, occupying a 21-acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. The site has an extraordinary creative and architectural history stretching back to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Southbank Centre is home to the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and the Hayward Gallery as well as The Saison Poetry Library and the Arts Council Collection. The Royal Festival Hall reopened in June 2007 following the major refurbishment of the Hall and redevelopment of the surrounding area and facilities.

www.southbankcentre.co.uk

U.Dance 2012 steering group and partners

Youth Dance England (YDE) is the managing partner for U.Dance 2012 and the U.Dance Ensemble. 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 lifelong dance participants and audiences as well as the next generation of dance artists and leaders.

www.yde.org.uk

DU Dance (NI) is a professional dance development company founded in 2007. The company is based in Belfast and works across the island of Ireland, the UK and internationally. The company’s aim is to introduce young people to dance and the creative arts, and to advocate dance as a tool for facilitating personal and social development.

www.dudanceni.com

YDance (Scottish Youth Dance) is the national dance agency for children and young people in Scotland. The company offers young people aged from three to 21 a range of different experiences to get active and develop their creativity through dance.

www.ydance.org

Other event partners:

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Thank You

YDE Staff

Linda Jasper, Director

Claire Somerville, Dance Performance Manager

Joanna Arnold, Partnerships & Projects Officer

Lucy Zidour, Marketing & Communications Officer

Viv Tierney, Finance Manager

U.Dance 2012 Steering Group Partners

Mags Byrne, DU Dance (Northern Ireland)

Pauline Crossley and Suzie Firth, National Youth Dance Wales

Carolyn Lappin, YDance (Scottish Youth Dance)

Jessica Santer, Southbank Centre

Southbank Centre

Hannah Cox, Alison Fraser, Linzi Gibbs, Jessica Ihejetoh, Katie Toms, Konrad Watson and the Technical Crew.

Roehampton University

Toby Bennett, Renata Ciesielska, Sara Houston, Carla Simmons, Erica Stanton.

U.Dance Ensemble Artistic & Support Team

Hofesh Shechter, Artistic Director

Vicky Hoyland, Rehearsal Assistant

Helen Shute, Executive Director, Hofesh Shechter Company

Fiona McPhee, Executive Assistant, Hofesh Shechter Company

Jessica Greer, Administrator, Hofesh Shechter Company

The U.Dance Ensemble Welfare Team: Grace Goulding, Victoria John, Sarah Lloyd, Lee Mengo and Richard Shakley.

Dance In The Making contributors

Chris Thompson, Brigitte Hyon and Agnès Bretel (Centre Nationale de Danse), James Cousins, Katie Green, Kerry Nicholls, Peter Laycock, Caldy Walton.

Production Manager

Bill Deverson

Rehearsal Director

Zoie Bartlett

Residential Artistic Team

Richard Alston, Champloo, Lucy Crowe, Aaron Francis, Katie Green, Sylvanus Kwashie Kuwar, Bim Malcolmson, Jo Rhodes, Sonia Sabri, Emily Sadler, Bettina Strickler, Kenneth Tharp, Elaine Thomas, Adèle Thompson.

Festival volunteers

Hollie Abbott, Louisa Beaney, Rachel Blaney, Camille Bortz, Alice Denton, Shaun Dillon, Georgina Donohue, Victoria Drew, Elaine Garfitt, Georgina George, Amelia Gill, Madison-Lee Grant-Swan, Beth Harris, Amie Hawker, Sophie Harris, Roxanne Jaques, Felicity Kerr, Alexan McCormick, Rebecca McCormick, Vicki Mellard, Nicola Muir, Icy Mustafa, Anushka Parmar, Eva Pearce, Hannah Pickett, Kayleigh Prescott, Rowena Price, Natalie Randall, Ashleigh Richardson, Kimberley Sanders, Zoe Taylor, Emma Tilley, Katja Vaghi, Lauren Wallace, Judith Ward, Mia Webb, Sam White, Jennifer Whittaker.

National Partners (Delivered Regional U.Dance Selection events)

Dance4, Dance City, DanceEast, DanceXchange, Dance South West, Hampshire Dance, Sadler’s Wells, The Lowry, Yorkshire Dance.

Photography

Brian Slater

Filming

Becky Edmunds

Programme design

Marc Marazzi

We would also like to thank:

Vicky Bloor and Emily James-Farley from South East Dance; Ashlie Cherry and Liz Dale from the Council for Dance Education and Training; Rachel Elliott from the English Folk Dance and Song Society; Jennifer Albone and Eira Gibson from Circus Space; Martin Collins, Alison Gee, Veronica Jobbins and Hannah Kirkpatrick from the National Dance Centres for Advanced Training; Richard Parr from BIG Dance; as well as the National Young Dance Ambassadors.

And all the group leaders who have brought their fabulous groups to U.Dance 2012

Filming and Photography will be taking place at U.Dance 2012. Please contact u.dance@yde.org.uk or speak to a YDE member of staff if you do not wish your image to be used in future YDE marketing and publications.

We would like to thank the following people for their hard work and commitment to making U.Dance 2012 a successful event:

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19th – 21st JulyLeeds

The national U.Dance festival will take place in Leeds next year. We are planning a very wide programme of performances to take place in a number of venues across the city. Come and join us!

More information will be available on www.u-dance.org from September 2012.

Watch out for U.Dance 2013!

Photo: Brian Slater

A partnership between:

Supported by:

Whilst U.Dance 2012 organisers will endeavour to proceed with the published programme, we cannot be held responsible for any changes to the content of the festival and no refunds will be offered for any changes made.

Cover images: Brian Slater, Paul Watt

Charity registration: 1105635

Company registration: 5033279

‘Dance is important because it brings people together to spark ideas that are difficult to touch on.’Felicity, 17 years old, Somerset.