Rugby Youth Dance Company welcomes new members

Come and join Rugby’s newest and freshest dance company for young people!

Rugby Youth Dance Company is an opportunity for young people aged 14 years and above to develop their dance technique, choreography and performance skills. Led by professional dance artists, Rugby Youth Dance Company’s work is in a creative contemporary style, full of quirkiness and fun!

When? every Thursday during term time, 6-7.30pm
Where? Avon Valley SchoolNewbold Road, Rugby

In 2010, 2011 and 2012 Rugby Youth Dance Company will be taking part in

• Performances at showcases, events and festivals across the region
• Godiva Awakes – a large scale event as part of London2012
• Workshops, sharings and new dance experiences
• Visits to see other youth and professional dance companies

If you’re interested in joining Rugby Youth Dance Company contact Sarah Jassal at Dancescape
Tel: 0121 704 6747
Email: sjassal@solihull.gov.uk

or just come along to a session!!

New youth dance company in Stratford-upon-Avon

Nova Dance Company - a new youth dance company in Stratford-upon-Avon

Nova Dance Company is offering 6 weekly taster sessions open to anyone ages 14-19yrs!

Be part of something new and exciting!

The sessions will involve learning fun and dynamic contemporary dance routines, experimenting with improvisation and choreography and working with dance artist and choreographer Becky Foster. There will also be an audition on the final week for permanent company members.

Dates: Tuesdays, October 5th – Novemb...er 16th (excluding 26th October)

Time: 4.45pm – 6.15pm

Location: FF12 Dance Studio, Stratford-upon-Avon College

Cost: £5 per session (pay-as-you-go) or £26 for all 6 (pay first session)

Dress: comfortable clothing and bare feet

Level: Previous dance experience is helpful but not essential

You are required to bring a completed registration form to your first session. For a registration form or more info contact Becky directly on nova_dance@hotmail.co.uk or ring 07920 797 218.

Please arrive 10 minutes early to each session.

Cheques made out to ‘Rebecca Foster’ accepted for 2nd payment option only.

Contemporary classes with Laura Dredger

When? Every Thursday until 16 December 2010, 6.30-7.30pm
Where? Solihull 6th Form College, Widney Manor Road, Solihull, B91 3WR
More info
£5 per session open class, suitable for beginners or for the more experienced dancer who wants to focus on core technique.
Age 16+

For those new to contemporary dance, this is a perfect introduction for you, and will guarantee you won’t regret giving something new a try, for those who have experience it’s a chance to refresh your existing skills!

This release based class combines technique exercises that will develop and prepare the dancing body for movement sequences that challenge and inspire. There will be an emphasis on how the floor can support the moving body and build confidence as a dancer.

lddc have a fantastic offer, attend 9 classes and get the 10th class for free!

laura dredger dance company
www.lauradredger.co.uk
dredgerlaura@hotmail.com

Please contact if you require you any further info.

Coventry Youth Dance and Coventry Junior Youth Dance Auditions!

When? Tuesday, 5th October, 6-8pm
Where? King Henry VIII School, Warwick Road, Coventry

More info
Join in the groups for a fun and exciting dance experience! The audition will consist of a dance class and a choreography session.

Coventry Youth Dance (14-19yrs) is led by Alexis Haines and meets every Tuesday 6.00-8.00pm, at King Henry VIII School, Warwick Road, Coventry CV3 6AQ.

Coventry Youth Junior Dance (9-13yrs) is led by Gemma Bowen and meets every Wednesday 6.00-8.00pm at chace studio centre, 239a Robin Hood Road, Coventry CV3 3AN.

Termly fee of £20.00

Come along and take part in an exciting programme of Dance Classes, Choreography and Performance!

For more information please call 024 7678 8575.

refleX youth dance company auditions

Following last week’s successful round of auditions, refleX (DanceXchange’s resident youth dance company) are holding a 2nd audition, by invitation only this Saturday 2 October from 4pm-6:30pm. We are looking for strong dancers, aged 15-19yrs, who want a career in dance, and the opportunity to create and perform challenging contemporary works.

This year, refleX will be working with an outstanding team of British choreographers to create performance pieces which will be showcased at the end of the year in The Patrick Centre, as well as at other platforms over the course of the year. It will be a very demanding year for the group, so a high level of commitment, both to the group and your own development is essential.

We would like to invite you to come along this Saturday to work with choreographer David Massingham and rehearsal Director Elisabetta D’Aloia. Please confirm your attendance by emailing me on cat.boffy@dancexchange.org.uk.

For more information contact:
Cat Boffy
Class Coordinator
DanceXchange
cat.boffy@dancexchange.org.uk
T: 0121 689 3170

http://www.dancexchange.org.uk/

Mobius classes and performance group

Tuesday's: Oct 12th - Dec 7th 2010
8 week course (not the 26th Oct)
Venue...Ellen Terry Building ET221 Jordan Well, Coventry. CV1 5FB
Class & performance group: Led by Kate Mason

Class: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Learn juicy, athletic sequences, moving in and out of the ground, working to articulate and push the body physically, shifting the dynamic and flow across the space. Also focussing on a functional approach to how we move with and support the body.

Performance Group: 8:15pm - 9:30pm
The performance group was established in January 2009, and have since performed at IKEA, The Herbert Art Gallery, Rugby's Art in the Park & Tiffany's. Where next???!!!

Level for class & performance group : Open level (some dance experience required).

Costs for the term...
Class:£52.00 - Non student£24.00 – Student
Performance group:£48.00 - Non student £20.00 - Student
Or why not do BOTH and get a 10% DISCOUNT:£90.00 - Non student£40.00 - Student

To secure your place please email your interest to: kate@mobiusdance.com by the 8TH OCTOBER 2010! Not long now...

Dance at Warwick Arts Centre this Autumn

New dance performance series, Coventry

BBC Performing Arts Fund - Young People's Musical Theatre scheme

Young People’s Musical Theatre scheme

The BBC have now launched their new scheme that aims to encourage young people to take part in musical theatre. The new initiative, called the Young People's Musical Theatre scheme, is offering £200,000 in grants for training and development, and particularly for projects that encourage new members or audiences. The scheme is open to non-profit theatre groups which have a youth section, or are made up of members who are under the age of 25. Theatre groups applying should regularly put on musical theatre productions, but funding is also available for those wishing to produce a musical for the very first time! Groups may wish to work with other local groups or schools, run workshops with professionals, or apply for funding in order to hire a live band, director or choreographer.

Applications can be made via our website now and will close at 5pm on Tuesday 30th November 2010.

The winners will be announced in January 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/performingartsfund/ypmt/

Ballet teacher required in Warwick

Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellbeing Warwick are looking for an after school

Ballet Teacher
(ISTD/RAD qualified to enter children for exams)

Anyone interested in this opportunity should send their CV to:

Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing
Macbeth Approach
Warwick
CV34 6AD
01926 314142

Fao Yvette Tanner/Sarah Bell

warwick.memberservices@nuffieldhealth.com

Dance graduate apprentice placement with Sonia Sabri Company

9 week voluntary opportunity 6th December 2010 – 18th February 2011

Sonia Sabri Company are a UK based dance company with an international reputation for creating exciting work which explores new facets of Indian Kathak dance. Our upcoming production, Kathakbox, introduces Urban Kathak, a meeting of Kathak dance and hip-hop culture. Spoken word, rap, beatbox, global rhythms, street dance, breaking and Kathak combine in a performance that is literally ‘out of the box’.

Kathakbox’s final phase of development will be from December 2010 – February 2011, comprising devising and rehearsal. We are seeking a recent graduate in dance to join us for this exciting and crucial period, with the following opportunities for personal & professional development:

• Experience of the process of devising and rehearsal in a professional touring company with opportunities to shadow the choreographer, dancers and musical collaborators
• Support the devising process by acting as an understudy/proxy for choreographer and dancer Sonia Sabri
• Experience a fresh and different approach to dance and music, and the relationship of choreography and musical composition in the rehearsal room
• Working with four other dancers, a beatboxer, a table player and spoken word artist, as each artist ventures into daring zones.
• Gaining experience of all sides of creating a touring production: dance, music, costume, lighting, tech week, management/pr (according to interest)
• A day of mentoring/support for the graduate’s own work/areas of interest, with choreographer Sonia Sabri
• Attending company classes free
• free tickets to Kathakbox’s premiere

We would like to hear from dancers with the following qualities:

• Training to BA level in Contemporary Dance (experience/understanding of additional dance styles e.g. hip-hop/kathak/street also desirable)
• Female, maximum height 5 feet 2 inches
• An open mind and can-do, confident attitude. All artists in Kathakbox will be exploring new territory and working outside their accustomed comfort zones!
• Ability and enthusiasm to work as part of a team
• West-Midlands based, as no travel expenses can be provided
• Interest in additional aspects of creating and touring productions, eg tech, management, marketing, social media

Salary: Unpaid
Duration: 6th December 2010 – 18th February 2011 (9 weeks)
Location: devising and rehearsal will take place at mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, and any additional activities at Sonia Sabri Company’s nearby offices.
How to apply: Please email a CV with photo and covering letter (up to 1 side of A4) explaining your dance background and interest in the project to Sonia@ssco.org.uk

Shortlisted applicants will be auditioned by Sonia Sabri.
Closing date: Friday 15th October 2010

New exhibition featuring dance at Rugby Art Gallery & Museum

New exhibition premieres dance works featuring Guillem, Forsythe and De Keersmaeker

From the Inside: performance, screen and the gallery space at Rugby Art Gallery & Museum is open now and runs until 31 October 2010.

The exhibition includes works by Peter Welz & William Forsythe, Thierry De Mey and Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Jonathan Burrows, Sylvie Guillem and Adam Roberts and Ulrike Rosenbach. Additionally the film, Jackson Pollock, 1951 by Hans Namuth and Paul Falkenberg is available in an education space. The film has been made available courtesy of Concord Media. It includes the first exhibition of Peter Welz and William Forsythe’s work whenever on on on nohow on airdrawing, 2004, as an "in the round" installation. Installed on five huge screens, the life-size projections of Forsythe, fully immerse the viewer in the work, unsettling the space shared by both Forsythe’s body and the audience/viewer. It is also be the first time that the Guillem /Burrows/ Roberts film Blue/Yellow, 1995, has been exhibited as an installation. Installed in this way Guillem’s performance delivers powerful readings about ‘presence’.

Through a pairing device, this exhibition explores how time, screen space and installation space are examined and experienced in differing ways through installation works which use moving image with dance and performance emanating from different disciplines and languages. It foregrounds the dialogue created between the space and the viewer, and the physical relationship between movement, language, image, frame and space in works emanating from both the performing and the visual arts. The exhibition is curated by Portland Green.

Admission is free of charge. For further information, contact Rugby Art Gallery & Museum on (01788) 533 201 or ragm@rugby.gov.uk. Alternatively, visit www.ragm.org.uk/exhibitions or http://www.portlandgreen.com/fromtheinside.html

Sticky Toffee auditions for choreographers/teachers

Masterclass with Caramel from Blaze Street Dance, Sunday 3rd October

COME AND JOIN IN A 1 OFF MASTERCLASS WITH CARAMEL FROM THE BLAZE PRODUCTION ON SUNDAY 3RD OCTOBER @
STICKY DANCE STUDIO, ARCH 22 LIONEL STREET, SNOWHILL, B3 1AT

6PM - 7.30PM
ONLY £10

For more information contact:

Toffee, Dance Director

Sticky Dance Studio
Arch 22, Lionel Street,
Snowhill,
B3 1DL

+44 0121 010 8737
07779077902
http://www.trustreetdance.com/

Midlands Best Dance Crew auditions

Midlands Best Dance Crew Auditions
Saturday 2nd October 1- 4pm

Punch & 2Funky present MIDLANDS BEST DANCE CREW 2010, the urban dance championship comes to Birmingham Town Hall on Friday 12 November. The event will enable the hottest street dancers to compete in the hope of winning the cash prize, 12 of the Midland’s best crews will battle it out to win the trophy, £1k and claim the title of Midlands Best Dance Crew 2010.

If you would like to take part in the auditions this Saturday at the mac in Birmingham, then please complete the registration form via Punch's website or call Gurpreet on 0121 224 7441.

http://punch-records.co.uk/2010/08/03/midlands-best-dance-crew-2010/

Solihull Youth Dance Company audition

Audition for Solihull Youth Dance Company

Alderbrook School, Solihull

When: Thursday 30th September, 7.00 – 8.30pm
Where: At The Edge Studio, Alderbrook Leading Edge School & Arts College

Solihull Youth Dance Company (SYDC) is a regional contemporary youth dance company run by Alderbrook School in association with Dancescape

Company members participate in regular technical classes, rehearsals and performances. SYDC is a wonderful and valuable experience for any dancer considering a career in Dance and can support dancers training at G.C.S.E/Btec and A-level standard. The Company can offer recent University Graduates a regular technique class and opportunities to lead and choreograph.

AUDITION PROCESS:

Auditions will begin promptly at 7.00pm and are open to dancers male and female aged 15-25, younger dancers are considered providing technical ability is of a high standard.

Dancers will participate in a warm up and learn some choreography. There will also be time to create and perform and they may be asked to stay for an interview.

Dancers do not need to prepare any material for the audition.

For further information please contact Sita Manghnani Hans at Alderbrook School on 0121 704 2146 or email s201smanghnanihans@alderbrook.solihull.sch.uk