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News: Frame Film Festival - programme announced
The full programme has been announced for the first FRAME London Dance Film Festival, taking place in Kingston-upon-Thames (9 - 12 June), organised by locally based BalletBoyz, in association with dancescreen... Continue Reading
News: Dance Umbrella 2016 programme announced
The programme for Dance Umbrella 2016 has just been unwrapped. This year’s edition of the annual festival which champions 21st century choreography takes place across London from 7 – 22 October... Continue Reading
News: Kimberly Wyatt announced as Patron of the Bloch Dance World Cup 2016
A launch event for annual competition organised by the world famous makers of ballet shoes for over three generations – took place at the company’s Covent Garden store yesterday, hosted by Kimberly Wyatt... Continue Reading
News: The Dance Line up for Latitude 2016
Sadler's Wells in residence on the Waterfront Stage, Richard Alston and Hofesh Shechter's companies, a preview of '!Vamos Cuba!' and the chance to dance with Swing Patrol or tango in The Littl… Continue Reading
News: Fit to Dance Space charter launched
One Dance UK’s Healthier Dancer Programme and Equity are launching a new Fit to Dance Space Charter to promote safe spaces for dance artists... Continue Reading
News: Could bio-banding cut risk of injury for ballet dancers?
Grouping young ballet dancers by their developmental rather than chronological age could help lower their risk of injury, a study has suggested. Dancers in vocational training are grouped by age and with full-ti… Continue Reading
News: Dance at Tate Britain
Pablo Bronstein's new 'Historical Dances in an Antique Setting' for the grand Duveen Galleries, features continuous performance by three dancers... Continue Reading
News: Applying for dance auditions
Fleur Mellor, dancer, choreographer and creative producer for theatre and commercial dance offers three essential steps when applying for dance auditions – brush up your CV, invest in good photographs and … Continue Reading
News: Backstage: How costumes and lights give dance life
From lighting and costume to the tactics of touring, dance offers a unique set of challenges. Costume design and production tends to be a more involved process in dance, needing to take into account not just th… Continue Reading
News: Christopher Marney joins Ballet Central as Artistic Director
The New Adventures principal and choreographer is returning to the school where he trained in September.. Continue Reading
News: Men & Girls Dance: new dance piece celebrating the rights of adults and children to be together
Fevered Sleep’s latest project, Men & Girls Dance, is a new dance piece celebrating the rights of adults and children to be together, to play together and to dance together. That relationship, though, has … Continue Reading
News: Pursuing a freelance dance career? Don’t sit still, keep moving
Freelance life is the norm for most dancers graduating from vocational dance schools. While freelancing can mean freedom and variety, it can also mean uncertainty, instability and a transient lifestyle. With an… Continue Reading
News: Young dancers step up for new ballet Little Lord Fauntleroy
Each year London Children’s Ballet gives four months of free ballet training to children from all backgrounds and brings new versions of classic stories to the stage to ‘open windows’ for the next … Continue Reading
News: Doing The Hustle
A Facebook group for dancers, singers, actors and models with over 34,000 members has launched its own community website... Continue Reading
News: Sadler’s Wells and West Ham United Foundation team up for Home Turf
Sadler’s Wells’ Creative Learning department is teaming up with West Ham United Foundation for a community dance production inspired by football, which will receive its world premiere on the main stage at Sa… Continue Reading