Jam Free 2009-10 A Dance Development Initiative for Schools

Enfield - Focus on... the Jam Free Dance Club
Partner: Dance Art Foundation in partnership with Enfield Council and Joint Services for Disabled Children
Young people from Enfield mainstream and special schools, now collectively known as integrated youth dance group Flavour, came together on Saturdays during January and February to create a contemporary dance piece called Stand Your Ground, with dance artists from Dance Art Foundation.

Greenwich - Focus on... the Jam Free Dance Club
Partner: Greenwich Dance Agency 
Young girls from a secondary school in Greenwich learnt Hip Hop dance skills including Breaking, Popping and Locking as an after-school activity with professional Hip Hop dancers Sunanda Biswas and Yami Lofvenberg from Greenwich Dance Agency.

Haringey - Focus on... the Jam Free Dance Performance
Partner:  Jackson's Lane
Young girls from secondary schools in Haringey, North London attended an after-school club in the studio at Jackson's Lane.  They performed their piece Journey, a fusion of acrobalance and contemporary dance taught by So & So Circus and Natasha Khamjani at the venue alongside other London-based youth dance groups.

Hounslow - Focus on... the Jam Free Inside Out Day Workshop
Partner:  Rambert Dance Company
Blueprint Bursary winner James Wilton delivered a two hour creative contemporary dance workshop for boys in Years 7 to Sixth Form at Isleworth and Syon School in Hounslow.  Most of the boys had never experienced contemporary dance before but threw themselves into James' physical style of movement with energy and enthusiasm!

Richmond - Focus on... the Jam Free Performance
Partner: Richmond Theatre
Girls from secondary schools in Richmond were offered the chance to learn two contrasting dance styles, street dance and salsa.  They created a piece that fused the two together, working with local dance artist Anne-Marie Smalldon of Combination Dance Company and Richmond Theatre.