Funky Feet are looking for dance teachers....

Dance Practioner, Funky Feet

Excellent Dance Teachers are urgently required to join the Funky Feet team and teach dance to children locally.

They are particularly looking for teachers in West Midlands, Central England (Oxford, Staffs), Glasgow and Sussex. Dance Teachers must have experience of teaching children and will be required to demonstrate their ability in street dance and in teaching.

Funky Feet are a fun, friendly and supportive company with a passion for making dance enjoyable, creative and accessible to all children in a variety of settings. They are looking for confident individuals who are wanting to teach during the week and / or at weekends and who can work well as part of a team.

Graduates welcome and teaching assistant opportunities may also be available.

They are looking for confident, friendly, adaptable, enthusiastic, organised and reliable individuals who have a mature and professional attitude. Applicants must be able to work weekends and have access to a car and stereo/PA.

Excellent rates of pay for successful applicants. Only individuals who are committed and hard working need apply.

A Funky Feet Enhanced CRB Disclosure will be required by successful applicants before teaching.

Essential:
Experience of teaching children;
Ability in street dance;
Access to a car and stereo / PA;
Confident, fun, friendly and hard working;
Mature and professional attitude;
Willing to attend training;
Celebrate diversity and challenge discrimination;
Safe dance technique.

Desirable:
Cheerleading experience;
Children’s entertainment experience;
Relevant qualifications such as BA in Dance, REPS / Exercise to Music or teacher training;
Child protection training.

Interested applicants should email teach@funkyfeetunlimited.co.uk with your CV and a short paragraph summarising your experience for more details.

Closes Saturday 30 July 2011 Paid (£15k-20k pro rata) Part time

Dancewarehouse recruiting for new Dance teams!

Dancewarehouse, Solihull are now recruiting for new 2011/12 Latin American Formation Teams. The teams are for boys and girls aged between 12 and 15 years. A knowledge of Latin American would be useful but not essential. More important is having enthusiasm and the desire to be the best, discipline and hard work.

Anyone who is interested should write to Charlotte at: info@dancewarehouse.biz as soon as possible. Teams will train for British Championships, and possibly the World Championships, along with numerous shows around the country.

Be part of the British Championship teams!

Visit the web site at www.dancewarehouse.biz for more information.

Martin Cutler
Owner and Principal Teacher Dancewarehouse
0121 705 9168 (Office)
0121 704 3103 (Studio)
07768 060486
info@dancewarehouse.biz
www.dancewarehouse.biz

Hip-hop Masterclass with SALAH

MASTERCLASS with SALAH
Dancing for the Games – Outdoor Dance Programme
Hip-hop dance - Breathe the Beat

DanceXchange (dx), in partnership with Regional Dance Agencies DanceFest, Dancescape and Dudley Performing Arts, is leading on a substantial new Outdoor Dance Programme created for public spaces around the West Midlands from Summer 2011 to the end of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Autumn 2012. The project forms a major strand of the Dancing for the Games programme, connecting people with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games through dance.

Following the success of Put Your Foot Down as part of International Dance Festival Birmingham 2010, acclaimed international hip-hop artist, Salah, is returning to the West Midlands to develop an exciting new digital project for the Outdoor Dance Programme called Breathe the Beat.

During his next visit to Birmingham Salah is offering a masterclass in the form of creative hip-hop to professional dancers.

Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity to learn from this unique, inspirational, talent.

Date: Tuesday 14 June 2011
Time: 1400-1600
Fee: £15
To book: Please contact Hannah Sharpe, T: 0121 689 1093 or E: hannah.sharpe@dancexchange.org.uk

The website http://www.breathethebeat.co.uk/ goes live on 23rd July 2011

About Salah...

SALAH is the definition of the word 'entertainer'. He is a hip hop dance icon who is adored by millions of fans across the world.SALAH has been a huge influence in the recent popularity of hip hop dance culture. He is one of the most watched dancers on the planet with massive YouTube popularity. He has proved to world that street artists can be genuine superstars.He has the kind of performance calibre that makes his audience remember him forever. It is no coincidence that, since his debut in 1998, he has a list of achievements so long they could fill a book and, still, many big name choreographers, producers and directors are standing in line to work with him.As a competitive dancer, SALAH has been victorious at many major events - UK B-Boy Championships & Juste Debout to name but a couple. He is also well versed in numerous street dance styles including popping, locking and breaking and freestyle.

MAke>Shift Dance Festival at Coventry University

MAke>Shift Dance Festival
Saturday 4th June
Coventry

MAke>Shift presents a remarkable collection of new work from emerging choreographers from the MA Dance Making and Performance course at Coventry University. The festival comprises of a wide range of performances including screen dance, installation, interdisciplinary and contemporary dance practices.

Species Performance Installation
By Gemma Collard Stokes
2.30-3.00pm ICE

Structure in... Installation
By Leah Hadley
3.15-3.45pm ICE

The Unconscious Knowing
Film Installation
By Tara Rutter
4.15–5.15pm Ellen Terry Building 230

Waiting... Live Performance
By Nicky Burt
7.15-7.45pm Ellen Terry Building 221

(re)visiting me Live Solo Performance
By Kerry Allsop
8.00-8.45pm in Ellen Terry Building 230

Butterfly Caught Projected Moving Image
By Lucinda Stone
9.00-10.00pm in Browns Cafe Bar

A festival pass for all 6 performances costs just £10 (£8 Concessions) or £2.50 per performance. To reserve your ticket or for more information please email: makeshiftdancefestival@live.com

Warwickshire Youth Arts Event

Are you an organisation who works with young people through the arts?

Do you deliver arts education programmes?

Do you have young people who want to show off their skills?

On Saturday 16th July 2011, Warwickshire Youth Arts Network in partnership with the Regional Youth Arts Champions ENYAN and Warwick District Council is hosting an event to raise the profile of arts organisations/practitioners who deliver of the arts for children and young people.

The aims of the event are to publicise and raise the profile of youth arts activity and enable youth/arts providers to network, provide information and guidance for young people and their families who are looking to be involved in the arts.

The event will take place at:

10-4pm Bath Place, Avenue Road (for Children, Young People and Families)
and
6pm – Midnight YOUTH ONLY Event at The Arches/Spencer’s Yard (13-19 years only )
(Funding pending)
The event will be officially opened by Chris White MP.

How to get involved?
Facilitate a workshop for young people
Facilitate/attend a workshop for practitioners
Showcase your work as part of the marketplace
Offer ‘open day’ access to your centre/building or if you can think of something more exciting please let the organisers know

To express your interest to take part in this event please contact HELEN KENWORTHY helen@rytc.co.uk by Wednesday 1st June 2011

Call for Dancers!

Dance Transformations seeks 9 committed and vibrant dancers for a fantastic opportunity to perform works by emerging disabled and non-disabled choreographers on the programme. Dance Transformations is a two year training programme supporting a group of emerging disabled and non-disabled dance artists based in the West Midlands.This is an artist led programme working together to explore original choreographic ideas and processes in an inclusive context with mentor guidance.

Dance Transformations invites Midlands based dancers aged 18+ with an interest in choreography, performance and inclusive dance. This FREE opportunity offers a unique experience to:

• Work with emerging regionally based choreographers.
• Gain insight into inclusive dance practice.
• Invaluable experience into working as a dancer within a company context.
• Participate in a unique symposium at Coventry University.
• Meet people working in the dance sector.
• Gain valuable insight into Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company.
• Opportunity to perform.
• Opportunity to work in beautiful studios at DanceXchange, Birmingham.

Bursaries are available towards travel £120 total.

PLEASE NOTE PLACES ARE LIMITED. Expressions of interest must be made by Wednesday 1st June.

For more information on Dance Transformations, and how to apply to be part of the project, visit: http://www.blueeyedsouldance.com/dance-transformations/call-for-dancers/

Dance Transformations is a Dancing for the Games project. Managed and delivered by Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company in partnership with Coventry University’s ICE Lab; and with the support of DanceXchange.

Foundation for Community Dance Summer School 2011

When: Monday 18 to Thursday 21 July
Where: De Montfort University, Leicester

The Foundation for Community Dance (FCD) would like to invite you to meet the authors of our handbooks, along with other high quality tutors at our Summer School. The perfect opportunity for dance practitioners to deepen their knowledge and practical skills, with courses that are now aligned with new industry approved National Occupational Standards in Dance Leadership. Choose one of four inspiring courses:

• Passport to practice: An induction to professional practice in community dance with Diane Amans. Passport to practice is ideal for dance artists starting out or professionals in education, sport, health or care settings who lead dance in community contexts


• Dance, health and wellbeing: with Miranda Tufnell


• Dance and age inclusive practice: with Ruth Pethybridge


• Dance and disabled people: with Isabel Jones

Benefits that reach across all courses:
- FCD certificate with 25 continuing professional development points
- Chance to connect with other professionals, peer to peer learning
- Focus on your practice with one-to-one life coaching
- Choreographic and creative practice for all groups led by Cecilia Macfarlane
- Fantastic workshops from leading industry professionals such as Caroline Bowditch, Bare Toed Dance Company, Ken Bartlett, Lisa Craddock, Kevin Hodgetts, Jayne Stevens, Chris Stenton, Gerry Turvey, Bisakha Sarker and more.

To book:
Visit www.communitydance.org.uk/summerschool and complete a booking form or to talk about choosing a course or payment options, call Lindsay on 0116 253 3453.

Emerge Networking

When: 5:30-6:30 Thursday 19 May 2011
What: A Void Spaces Micro Conference at the Bubble Chamber

Emerge is collaborating with Mercurial Dance at the Bubble Chamber to bring you an evening of Void Space - what to do now...

The evening will include information from Coventry City Council supported Void Space projects, plans and future opportunities; a review of the FarGo Unit 4 Projects by Talking Birds; news from Theatre Absolute; exciting news about Meter Room and the launch of Glow - Mercurial Dance's new interactive piece. Glow is a work of digital art created by Ashley Brown and Oliver Scott. Glow explores how people’s movement in the arcade can leave a trace over the course of a day. The interactive graphics will evolve over time.

A night not to be missed!

This event will be hosted at The Bubble Chamber - 8 City Arcade, Coventry City Centre. To book your place at this event, please contact Mercurial Dance

Dates for your diary: Emerge Networking is held on the third Thursday of each month, so make a note of the following dates: June 16, July 21 and August 18.

The next publication of the Emerge newsletter will be 13 June, so send any information to editor Jane Howard by 8 June; info@emergemag.co.uk

Emerge is the joint venture between ICE, Coventry University and Coventry City Council to support creative businesses and practitioners.

Visit the website: http://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/884/arts-development/270/emerge

Birmingham Arts Activities Commissioning 2011-12

Birmingham's Culture Commissioning Service are inviting proposals for Arts activities which contribute to the following priorities.
- Increasing participation in the arts by residents
- Improving perceptions of Birmingham as a place to visit
- Providing opportunities for young people to develop their creativity, skills, knowledge and understanding of the arts under our Creative Future framework

Please see the prospectus (on the website) which sets out the process for making an application to be commissioned under three themes.

1. Culture on Your Doorstep – for local activities in Priority Neighbourhoods (Deadlines: 5pm on Monday 23rd May and Monday 7th November 2011)
2. Great International City – for activities which support the development of international links (Deadline: 5pm on Monday 4th July 2011)
3. Next Generation – for activities for 0-19s in Birmingham (Deadline: 5pm on Monday 12th September 2011)

To be eligible for support you must demonstrate that you are an arts organisation with a not-for-profit constitution.

For further information and online copies of forms please visit: www.birmingham.gov.uk/artscommissioning
A list of Frequently Asked Questions is also available at: www.birmingham.gov.uk/artscommissioning.faqs
The Culture Commissioning Service manages this process and can be contacted Monday-Friday 10am to 4pm on 0121 303 2434.

ICE Dance Seminar Series 2011

When: Monday 16 May 14:30-16:30
Where: The Institute for Creative Enterprise (ICE) in Coventry

ICE invites you to join them for the concluding part of their exciting series of dance seminars.

A Seminar with Chrissie Harrington 'Practice as research through inter-disciplinary dialogues'
Harrington's work examines the body, space and technology, and the interface between dance and architecture; a seminar not to be missed by artists working across disciplines.

To book your place, or for more information, please contact ICE Reception. The Institute for Creative Enterprise (ICE) can be found at the Coventry Technology Park, Parkside, Coventry, CV1 2QR.

Visit the ICE Website at: http://wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet/ice/Pages/home.aspx

Assistant Dance Artist Opportunity - Shropshire

An exciting dance and digital media project is being developed as part of the plans for 2012 in Much Wenlock. As part of this project there is an opportunity for an assistant dance artist to work alongside experienced professional dance artists Toby Norman-Wright and Sonia Sabri, and digital media artists from The Hive and Igloovision. The project will involve working with young people from Primary and Secondary Schools and community groups from across Shropshire.

There will be a research and development phase for this project during the week of 23rd May. Interested dance artists are invited to write an expression of interest to apply to be part of this research and development phase, and potentially the wider project if funding is successful. A fee of £175 per day for two days will be paid for the research and development phase. This fee is inclusive with no additional travel or other expenses paid. Activity will take place in Much Wenlock and Craven Arms. Applicants must have access to their own transport.

To apply for this opportunity please write a letter of interest including details of:

• Any experience working with young people of primary and secondary age


• Any experience of working with film or digital media


• Your availability during the week of 23rd May and the rest of May and June 2011


• Your CV

Please send this by 17th May 2011 to: Jenny Smith, Arts Development Service, Shropshire Council, 4th Floor, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND and email a copy to arts.service@shropshire.gov.uk. For further information about this opportunity please call Jenny Smith on 07582 003203

AUDITION NOTICE: Breathe the Beat

Dancing for the Games – Outdoor Dance Programme
Hip-hop dance tutors required

DanceXchange (dx), in partnership with Regional Dance Agencies DanceFest, Dancescape and Dudley Performing Arts, is leading on a substantial new Outdoor Dance Programme created for public spaces around the West Midlands from Summer 2011 to the end of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Autumn 2012. The project forms a major strand of the Dancing for the Games programme, connecting people with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games through dance.

Breathe the Beat, Digital Project
Breathe the Beat is a unique digital project that encompasses both online and offline elements led by international artist, Salah. This will take the form of a specially created website that will contain online content featuring video materials and tutorials teaching the user cutting-edge, evolutionary street dance and hip-hop moves – as well as physical Roadshow and trailblazer events.

DanceXchange are seeking up to 6 experienced hip-hop dance tutors from the West Midlands to deliver wrap-around participatory activities for Breathe the Beat, in each of the six sub-regions of the region (Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire, Worcester & Hereford, Dudley & the Black Country, Shropshire, Stoke & Staffordshire).

Ideally practitioners will be working as freelance artists, so this work can fit alongside their current activity. Dance tutors would need to have their own public liability insurance and be willing to undertake a CRB if they are not already checked.

To find out more, and see details of how to apply, please visit the DanceXchange website:
http://www.dancexchange.org.uk/default.asp?Id=359&sC=page54

Deadline to apply: Monday 6th June 2011