6th June 2006
Press Release: Brighton and Hove Youth Dance Company to be the next generation of dancers…
South East Dance today announced that the Brighton and Hove Youth Dance Company has been selected for the National Youth Dance Festival which will take place at Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds from 17th– 21st July 2006. Youth Dance England (YDE) is the national agency to connect young people and dance, the festival celebrates the excellence and diversity of youth dance. Eleven of some of the most talented youth dance companies, selected from regional events across the country, have been invited to take part.
This exciting young festival will involve a workshop programme, a focus on choreographic investigation, and a public performance at the West Yorkshire Playhouse on 21st July. The dancers will present a high energy, high quality evening of dance.
The final selection has now been completed, and The Brighton and Hove Youth Dance Company has made it through to the finals.
The Brighton and Hove Youth Dance Company is run by Brighton & Hove Music and Performing Arts, a department of Brighton & Hove City Council, in partnership with South East Dance.
Kyla Lucking, Head of Community & Learning at South East Dance says; “South East Dance commissioned an international choreographer Yael Flexer to work with the group and create ‘15x16s’. We are thrilled with the final work and very proud of all the young dancers.”
Peter Chivers, Head of Music and Performing Arts at Brighton & Hove City Council says; "I am delighted that the Youth Dance Company has been selected to take part in this festival. It is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the students and Yael and Lucy Muggleton who have been working with them this year."
More information on Music and Performing Arts Service at Brighton and Hove Council:
Brighton & Hove Music and Performing Arts offers music and performing arts opportunities to children and young people in Brighton & Hove as well as supporting schools in delivering the music and dance curriculum. More information is available at www.bhmpa.org.uk
More information on Youth Dance England:
YDE works to raise the profile of youth dance and advocate its benefits.
YDE promotes strategic projects such as the National Youth Dance Festival to provide opportunities for young people and professional artists/practitioners throughout the country to participate in high quality programmes.
YDE seeks to create new partnerships between those providing and supporting dance activities for young people to increase the number and quality of opportunities available: working across the arts, community, education, sport, youth and youth justice sectors.
Contact information:
Tel: 020 7924 7167
Email: info@yde.org.uk
Website: www.yde.org.uk
MEDIA INFORMATION:
PHOTO CREDIT: Brighton & Hove Youth Dance Company. Photographer: Benedict Johnson
National Youth Dance Festival selected youth groups to attend the festival are:
ACE Youth Dance – West Midlands
Brighton and Hove Youth Dance Company – South East
Cornwall Youth Dance Company – South West
DAS Male Dance Group – North East
East London Dance – London
Elan Dance – Yorkshire
Fuzzy Logic Dance Company – South East
Ludus Youth Dance Company – North West
RJC Youth Dance – Yorkshire
Sole Youth Dance Company – London
Yorkshire Young Dancers - Yorkshire
More information on South East Dance:
South East Dance UK has emerged in the last six years as a National Dance Agency and the lead organisation in the UK for Screen Dance with an outstanding international profile. The agency was established in 1997 to support dance artists and practitioners within the South East region, and to focus on the needs and nature of dance artists and practitioners. In the year 2000, South East Dance was awarded National Dance Agency Status and a regularly funded organisation (RFO) of the Arts Council England. This enabled us to widen our remit and address the needs of gifted and talented young individuals and hard to reach people in the community and education sectors.
www.southeastdance.org.uk
For more information/images/interviews:
Lisa Gendall
Press Officer
lisa.gendall@southeastdance.org.uk
www.southeastdance.org.uk
M: 07717 805335
T: 01273 202032
