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by bbodance on June 28, 2023
Examination Success for Adult Dancers
by bbodance on June 28, 2023
“Thank you so much for the experience of being able to dance and take the ballet examination. The experience was truly wonderful. I have been a singer for nearly all my life but, after a foot accident, to get up onto a stage to sing (a stick was not ... Read full article
by Ian Morris on April 7, 2019
Dance instructor's last waltz after 23 years
by Ian Morris on April 7, 2019
It might be the last waltz for Shobdon’s (in Herefordshire, UK) dancing instructor Mike Evans, but the show will go on. The inspirational Mike, who founded the MiJen Dance Club 23 years ago with his late wife Jenny, has just celebrated his 80th... Read full article
by Robert Hale on April 5, 2019
Shake your stuff with the return of the Big Splash Dance
by Robert Hale on April 5, 2019
People of all ages and abilities are being invited to shake their stuff when The Big Splash Dance returns to Priory Park, Malvern, next month. The free event, previously known as the Flash Mob, will be held at noon on Bank Holiday Monday, May 6.... Read full article
Birmingham is a young, diverse city, a place where anything is possible, where the extraordinary happens in the most unexpected spaces. Birmingham International Dance Festival (BIDF), produced by Birmingham-based DanceXchange, with a rich network..... Read full article
by Judith Mackrell on March 26, 2018
Richard Alston Dance Company review – stillness, serenity and funk
by Judith Mackrell on March 26, 2018
Fifty years ago Richard Alston was a fierce, skinny boy with an arty fall of black hair who believed that dances should be choreographed with the same compositional rigour and purity as abstract art or music. ... Read full article
by BBC Arts on March 21, 2018
Dance classes and art lessons 'should be on prescription'
by BBC Arts on March 21, 2018
Dance classes and art lessons should be available on prescription and health boards should help fund them, according to the Arts Council of Wales. A study of the health benefits to people who are unwell has recommended health board formalise..... Read full article
by Judith Mackrell on March 11, 2018
Candoco Dance Company review – compelling document of human possibilities
by Judith Mackrell on March 11, 2018
It’s always great to witness the buzz that choreographers get from working with Candoco. Throughout the company’s 27-year history there’s rarely been a work in which its mix of disabled and non-disabled dancers has felt like a limitation.... Read full article
by Chris Middleton on March 9, 2018
£4.5m expansion for Dance Hub Birmingham
by Chris Middleton on March 9, 2018
The Dance Hub Birmingham development has received funding from Arts Council England and GBSLEP to expand its dance services within the region. Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership’s (GBSLEP) commitment of £1.48 million... Read full article
by Judith Mackrell on February 19, 2018
Bourne's Red Shoes and Khan's Giselle triumph at National Dance awards
by Judith Mackrell on February 19, 2018
We know that certain stories and certain archetypes have a strong hold on the dance imagination. We also know that when choreographers work with the narrative it’s often easiest for them to pin the beautifully ambiguous language of the body... Read full article
by Chris Young on January 22, 2018
Arts Council gives Dance United Yorkshire £17,500 funding boost
by Chris Young on January 22, 2018
A local dance group that was set up to help young people become more engaged in the arts has been awarded a grant of £17,500. Dance United Yorkshire was given the dance funding grant by Arts Council England, from its resilience and sustainability ... Read full article
by De Montfort University Leicester on November 3, 2017
Research shows how arts organisations have tackled funding challenges
by De Montfort University Leicester on November 3, 2017
Academics from the Creative and Cultural Research Group at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) tracked the fortunes of 20 regional arts companies over two years, following a 2010 Government funding review which led to nationwide cuts.... Read full article
on October 19, 2017
200 youngsters get their first taste of ballet
on October 19, 2017
The Royal Ballet School gave more than two hundred lucky Swindon children their first taste of ballet dancing in an innovative dance education project. Year three pupils, aged seven and eight, from five Swindon primary schools, gathered at Swindon... Read full article
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