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Brighton & Hove’s new home for dance
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Anusha Subramanyam at The Dance Space. Image: DFphotography.
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A place for dancers like you
Opening to the public on Saturday 16 July, The Dance Space is your new home for dance in the heart of the city. Brighton & Hove’s first ever building designed especially for dance, it’s a place where every body is welcome to create, experience and take part in dance. The Dance Space is an accessible working studio for everyone to dance in, whether you’re having a go at a class for the first time or you’re a professional artist rehearsing a new work. Join us for a programme of classes and workshops that celebrate the diversity of dance. From voguing and salsa to street - The Dance Space is here to move you. 2
t u o b a We are South East Dance, the Brighton & Hove based charity dedicated to challenging perceptions of what dance is, who it’s for and what it can achieve. We believe dance is for every body. We support dance artists with funding, tailored advice and networking opportunities throughout their careers. And as passionate believers in the health and wellbeing benefits of dance, we work hard to bring movement to as many people as possible. In 2022, we celebrate our 25th birthday, and the public opening of our new building and your new sustainable and accessible home for dance – The Dance Space. Find out more about us and our work in our short film: 3
Our City Dances Celebrating the Launch of The Dance Space Saturday 16 – Friday 22 July As we officially throw open the doors, join us for a free festival of dance classes and performances offering a taste of what to expect from our year-round programme. Book in advance on our website to secure your place, or drop in on the day. Explore what’s on over the following pages for more details.
Folk Dance Remixed A groundbreaking company creating unique fusions between folk and hiphop styles with live music. Saturday 16 July | Events Square All Ages | Drop In
Folk Dance Remixed: Step Hop House 12.30pm | 30 mins This performance is a fresh collision of traditional and hip-hop dance uniquely combining maypole, clogging, ceilidh, street, house and breakdance, with a hint of African & Bollywood. Folk Dance Remixed: Street Dance the Maypole Workshop 1.15pm | 30 mins After watching Folk Dance Remixed do their thing, this a chance for you to learn some of their moves! Street dance around a bespoke maypole to live music, with ‘remixed’ twists. Folk Dance Remixed: Ceilidh
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5pm | 1 hour Musicians create a foot-stomping, beatboxing big sound inviting all to dance. Expect a unique ceilidh experience combining traditional folk formations with street dance. 4
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Children’s Creative Class
Saturday 16 July 2pm, 4pm, 7pm | 45 mins Jamie Watton Creation Space Age 6+ Advance Booking + Drop In
Saturday 16 July | 11am | 30 mins Aldridge Community Space | Age 2-5 Advance Booking + Drop In
A kaleidoscopic dance and sound installation involving five dancers and sound design by musician Jamie Forth. The movements of the dancers evoke the patterns and continuous activity of a screensaver, referencing images from the natural world, metamorphosis and evolution.
Led by choreographer Machis Baboulene, this class for children and their grown-ups will focus on learning the basics of hip-hop dance while encouraging creativity, experimentation and fun. At the end of the session your child will have an opportunity to show off their moves in a freestyle circle.
Janine Harrington is supported by South East Dance as part of our Align programme.
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Children’s Street Dance Class Saturday 16 July | 11.30am | 45 mins Aldridge Community Space | Age 5-10 Advance Booking + Drop In Image: Roswitha Chesher
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A contemporary and street dance class with Project Female, focusing on building confidence in dance. Develop technique, rhythm, coordination and performance skills and become part of an empowered group of young people.
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Saturday 16 July | 2pm | 30 mins | Events Square | All Ages | Drop In Six striking dancers collide in an uplifting dance riot set to a brand new art rock soundtrack by Hannah Miller and Oli Austin of Moulettes. In this quirky new dance piece, watch playful observations of yesteryears explode into a punkish celebration of individuality and difference. Drishti Dance: Nitya
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Saturday 16 July | 2.30pm + 4.30pm 10 mins | Events Square | All Ages | Drop In Nitya, an ancient Sanskrit word meaning one who is eternal and constant, is a new work by Drishti Dance’s Youth Dance Company. Inspired by Shakti, the Indian female divinity who embodies all facets of life including creation, maintenance and destruction, this piece is an exploration of the nitya in our inner world, where this energy lies dormant until invoked. 6
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South Asian Dance Family Class Saturday 16 July | 2.45pm | 45 mins Aldridge Community Space All Ages | Advance Booking + Drop In
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Local dance artist Anusha Subramanyam will show you dance moves in a mixed style of Bollywood and folk to a soundtrack that has connection and celebration at its core. Fun, energetic and very accessible anyone can have a go!
Acting Our Age: Intergenerational Movement Class Saturday 16 July | 3.30pm | 45 mins Aldridge Community Space 55+ & any interested adults Advance Booking + Drop-In This session, from our partner company Flexer & Sandiland, is designed for movers 55+ and any interested adults, with or without dance experience. The class combines gentle movement improvisation and simple exercises that are accessible to all. This partner class will form part of our ongoing programme in The Dance Space.
Brighton Morris Saturday 16 July | 4.40pm | 20 mins | Events Square | All Ages
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Formed in 1967 as the University of Sussex Morris, Brighton Morris have grown into one of the largest teams in England. They practise an energetic, buoyant and athletic form of dancing, known as Cotswold morris, and are supported by live music from concertina, melodeon, violin, pipe and drums.
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Club Origami Dance Like Everyone is Watching Sunday 17 July | 10.30am | 45 mins Events Square | Age 5+ | Drop In Join dance activist Lya, aka BLKDiamond Dance, for a dance workshop where she will teach you a simple routine designed to help you feel safe, beautiful and expressive. Morning Pilates for Dancers Sunday 17 July | 11am | 1 hour Aldridge Community Space | Age 18+ Advance Booking + Drop In
Sunday 17 July | 11am | 40 mins Jamie Watton Creation Space Ages 6 & under Advance Booking + Drop In An immersive and interactive dance show inviting family audiences to create, imagine and explore whole new ways of thinking, playing and moving. Dance, fashion and live music meet the magic of origami on a spirited and inspiring adventure, in a land made purely of paper and play. A Little Big Dance Commission.
A flowing Pilates mat work class led by Sarah Kearney. Sarah's experience as a former contemporary dance teacher of over 10 years influences her approach to exploring movement and body connections. Bring your own mat if you have one. Strictly Salsa Class Sunday 17 July | 12pm | 30 mins Aldridge Community Space Age 12+ | Advance Booking + Drop In Join an uplifting and energising beginner’s salsa class with Latin dance teacher Federico Bedoya. Federico will teach you a few routines for nonpartner dance, suitable for all abilities.
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The Magic Chocolate Show: Snow Dog Drops Sunday 17 July | 12pm | 20 mins Events Square | All Ages | Drop In The Magic Chocolate Show is a collective of individuals from The Sharon Collins Resource Centre, a day service in Brighton for people with learning disabilities. Inspired by the Arctic world and the creatures that live there, Snow Dog Drops invites you to see the unique perspectives and qualities of this diverse and talented cast.
Lîla Dance: Seasoned Sunday 17 July | 12.30pm + 1.30pm 5 mins | Events Square | All Ages | Drop In A duet between English dancer Amy Morvell and Canadian dancer Madison Burgess, capturing a renewed love for dancing, and joy for moving, post-lockdown. Choreographed by Co-Artistic Director of Lîla Dance Abi Mortimer, the two dancers weave and dive to the music of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, as performed by cellist Luka Sulic.
O’Driscoll Collective: ONE% Sunday 17 July | 1pm | 15 mins Events Square | All Ages | Drop In
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A dance performance featuring the dynamic rawness of Breakin’. Two b-boys, Jamaal O’Driscoll and Marius Mates, come up against each other – not in combat, but in wary uncertainty. Exploring the battle between two sides of the same psyche, ONE% shines a light on male mental health, ego, and vulnerability.
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Creative Dance Workshop
Three Score Dance: A Moment in Time…
Sunday 17 July | 1pm | 45 mins Aldridge Community Space | Age 55+ Advance Booking + Drop In
Sunday 17 July | 2pm | 15 mins Events Square | All Ages | Drop In
Three Score Dance lead this creative and engaging dance workshop aimed at people of all abilities, aged 55yrs+. Work with a professional choreographer on part of the company’s piece A Moment in Time… before its performance at 2pm.
A Moment in Time… is an exploration of those fleeting moments of joy. Following the worry and isolation many experienced during the pandemic, this piece explores and reminds us of those brief moments in time where people are at their happiest.
Children’s Creative Movement Class Sunday 17 July | 1.30pm | 30 mins | Age 7-12 Jamie Watton Creation Space | Advance Booking + Drop In Imagination is all you need for this class for anyone aged 7-12 years. A fun, creative class exploring expression through movement. A lively and supportive session led by professional dance artists Nick Lawson and Clea Godsill. Marina Studios Presents…
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Sunday 17 July | 2.30pm | 10 mins | Events Square All Ages | Drop In A newly commissioned dance work which sees a collaboration between four diverse artists. Marina Studios, Sussex Dance Network and Clearcut have recently launched their community dance project DANCE IT The Moment is Everything… 10
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Carnival Collective Sunday 17 July | 2.50pm | 30 mins Events Square | All Ages | Drop In Carnival Collective is Brighton’s longest running, loudest and most infectious carnival band, bringing a glittery tidal wave of jungle, ska, Latin and live drum and bass that’s guaranteed to get any crowd moving.
Ceyda Tanc Youth Dance X Mana Dance: UZUN
New Way Vogue with Faye Revlon Sunday 17 July 5.30pm | 1 hour 30 mins Jamie Watton Creation Space Age 18+ Advance Booking + Drop In Voguing is a part of Ballroom Culture, a subculture created by Queer and Trans People of Colour that originated in Harlem around the 1960s. New Way Voguing is one of the three styles of Voguing that developed in the 1980s and combines elements of gymnastics, precision and elegance. The class will teach some basic techniques of the style learnt through sequences and improvisation tasks.
Sunday 17 July | 3.30pm | 10 mins Events Square | All Ages | Drop In Ceyda Tanc Youth Dance perform UZUN, a collaboration with Mana Dance. The piece explores themes of resilience and power, merging the two companies’ distinct styles. Professional Contemporary Dance Class
First Nation Australian dance artist and choreographer Emma Harrison will lead this contemporary dance class aimed at pre-professional and professional dancers aged 18+. 11
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Sunday 17 July | 4pm | 75 mins Jamie Watton Creation Space Age 18+ | Advance Booking + Drop In
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tasTer ClAsSes A week of free taster classes for all ages and abilities. For full details and to book your place, visit southeastdance.org.uk/whats_on Monday 18 July
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Creative Fusion Contemporary 10am | 120 mins | All Abilities | 50+
Children’s Creative Dance 9am | 45 mins | All Abilities | Age 0-5
Children’s Classical Indian Dance 4pm | 60 mins | All Abilities | Age 6-12
Boys’ Ballet 4pm | 60 mins | Primary (Age 4-6) 5pm | 60 mins | Junior (Age 7-9) 6pm | 60 mins Intermediate/Senior (Age 10+)
Adults' Classical Indian Dance 5.30pm | 60 mins | All Abilities | Age 18+ Rumba Latina 6.30pm | 60 mins | All Abilities | Age 18+ Contemporary Dance 7.30pm | 90 mins | Beginners | Age 18+ Tuesday 19 July Pilates for Dancers 8.30am | 60 mins Intermediate/Advanced | Age 18+ Contemporary Dance 10am | 90 mins | Advanced | Age 18+ Silver Swans Ballet 2pm | 60 mins | Beginners | Age 55+ Boys' Movement 4.15pm | 30 mins | All Abilities | Age 5-7 Boys' Movement 5pm | 45 mins | All Abilities | Age 8-11 Commercial Dance for Young Women 6pm | 60mins | Beginners/Intermediate | Age 13-18 Tango 7.30pm | 90 mins | All Abilities | Age 18+
Adults' Ballet 6pm | 90 mins Beginners/Intermediate | 18+ Thursday 21 July Dementia-Friendly Dance 2.15pm | 90 mins | All Abilities | Age 18+ Inclusive Youth Dance Class 5.15pm | 60 mins | All Abilities | Age 10-18 Inclusive Adults' Dance Class 6.30pm | 90 mins | All Abilities | Age 19+ Limon-Based Contemporary Dance 7.30pm | 90 mins | Intermediate | Age 18+ Friday 22 July Intergenerational Dance 10am | 90 mins All Abilities | Age 55+ (& other adults) Pop to the Barre Ballet 12.30pm | 45 mins | All Abilities | Age 18+ Easy Joints Pilates 1.30pm | 60 mins | All Abilities | Age 50+
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Thick & Tight Short & Sweet With Corali Dance Company, Oxana Panchenko, Azara Meghie and Connor Scott Friday 22 July | 7.30pm | 2 hours (incl. interval) | Jamie Watton Creation Space Age 14+ | Advance Booking + Drop In An amuse-bouche platter of short works designed to excite, provoke and satisfy, from Thick & Tight - an award-winning British dance theatre company co-directed by Eleanor Perry and Daniel Hay-Gordon.
Thick & Tight are supported by South East Dance as part of our Align programme
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This thoroughly modern variety show mixes dance, drag, lip-syncing and satire, bringing a host of famous and infamous characters to life: Sid Vicious, Grace Jones, Rasputin, Edith Sitwell and everyone’s favourite avant-garde duo, John Cage & Elaine Paige. The evening includes work inspired by Japanese Noh theatre, commissioned by the Noh Reimagined Festival.
Enjoy this selection of online films from the comfort of your own home, all for free. Available at southeastdance.org.uk from Sat 16 – Mon 25 July Screen Moves: A Selection
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Three films from our regional youth dance platform earlier this year as part of One Dance UK’s U.Dance: Brooks Dance Company’s What You’re Really Fighting For; Tailfeatherdance’s GREY and Ceyda Tanc Youth Dance’s GÖCE. Chad Taylor: When I Hear Music Travel through the school gates with this hip-hop infused take on the first day of High School, for ages 9–11. straybird: Hawkers Pick Over Fruit Here Filmed in the now-demolished Circus Street Market Hall (now The Dance Space), the artists pay tribute to this unique building, reflecting on its distinct architecture and the role it has played in the lives of generations of Brighton families. Nadira Amrani and Corali Dance: Dancing to Art Tate invited four artists from Corali – leaders in dance created by artists with learning disabilities – to design performances in response to four artworks at Tate Britain.
Brooks Dance Company. Image: Mike B Designs.
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The Welcome Project:
Creating dance with local people
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We want The Dance Space to belong to the local community. Since 2017, we’ve been working on The Welcome Project, our way of getting to know and creating dance with the people and community organisations that live and work on the doorstep of The Dance Space. With the help of a brilliant Steering Group made up of people connected to the local area, we’ve been creating dance for and with Brooke Mead Extra Care Facility, Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project, Tarner Children’s Project, Puffin Community Nursery and Brighton Youth Centre. Now The Dance Space is opening, we’re looking forward to playing host to the friends we’ve made through The Welcome Project. Residents of Brooke Mead will join other older people from around the city in free monthly 15
movement classes led by Dr Rosaria Gracia, a Dance for Health specialist. Under fives at Puffin Community Nursery will be making the short journey down the hill to take part in free weekly creative play sessions in our beautiful new Aldridge Community Space. This summer we will also be launching The Welcome Card for all residents of the Tarner ward. Welcome Card holders will be entitled to concession price tickets, where applicable, as well as other invites and special offers including complimentary tickets – for all classes and events programmed directly by South East Dance. To find out more about The Welcome Project, The Welcome Card and all of our classes at The Dance Space visit southeastdance.org.uk. The Welcome Project is supported by Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, D'Oyly Carte, Sussex Community Foundation, Postcode Community Trust, Brandwatch, St. James’s Place Charitable Foundation and Brighton & Hove City Council.
e c A p S a Hire The Dance Space houses two state-of-the-art studios, a performance space, meeting rooms and a boardroom – all available to hire. To find out more about hiring a space visit southeastdance.org.uk/the-dancespace/hire-a-space/ or contact Linzi Whitton, Studio and Programme Manager at South East Dance at studios@southeastdance.org.uk
Hiring a space here means supporting an accessible and sustainable community building, one of only 10% of new builds in the UK awarded a BREEAM rating of excellent for its environmentally sustainable features. What’s more, choosing The Dance Space to create, rehearse or perform your work; or to hold your class, meeting, or conference helps us meet our charitable aim of bringing dance to more people’s lives. Parable Dance at The Dance Space. Image: DFphotography.
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SupPort ArTists Through our Artist Support programme, we offer national and international artists advice sessions, mentoring, bursaries and development opportunities, at all stages of their career. New for the launch of The Dance Space, we’re offering artists residencies and the opportunity for artists to use the building’s meeting rooms, studios and pod spaces at low cost. This Autumn we’ll be hosting our first public Dance Dialogues events: informal conversations with our Align artists and guests of their choice, about any subject of their choice, related to their artistic practice.
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We also hope to be able to run two new programmes to support emerging producers entering the industry; as well as our Mind The Gap programme, which helps dance graduates transition from higher education into a career in dance. For more information about how we can support you, and to sign up to our enews to be the first to hear about new opportunities, visit southeastdance.org.uk
Autumn highlIghts bOoking soOn!
Brighton Screendance Festival Thursday 17 – Sunday 20 November Our first festival of screen dance films presented in partnership with University of Brighton as part of Cinecity 2022 - at The Dance Space and regional partner venues.
Second Hand Dance: We Touch, We Play, We Dance Monday 19 – Wednesday 21 December Age 0-3 Our Company in Residence, Second Hand Dance, presents new work We Touch, We Play, We Dance for children under three and their families. A mesmerising, engaging and fun performance, this is a show filled with surprises and joys where you and your child can listen and watch or let loose and join in.
We Touch, We Play, We Dance by South East Dance Company in Residence, Second Hand Dance. Image: Zoe Manders.
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Autumn classes Classes from September will be booking soon see southeastdance.org.uk from 16 July for full details and the latest programme. Mondays Creative Fusion: Contemporary Dance for Older Adults | 10am (Age 50+) Children’s Flamenco | 4pm (Age 4-7) & 4.45pm (Age 8-12) Adults’ Flamenco | 6pm (Age 18+) Rumba Latina | 6.30pm (Age 18+) Tuesdays Pilates for Dancers | 8.30am (Age 18+) Silver Swans Ballet for Older Adults 2pm (Beginners) (Age 50+) & 3pm (Intermediate) Boys’ Movement | 4.15pm (Age 5-7) & 5pm (Age 8-11) Tango | 7.30pm (Age 18+) Wednesdays Children's Creative Dance | 9am (Age 0-5) Creative Dance for Over 50s | 1pm Adults' Ballet | 6pm (Age 18+) Contemporary | 7.30pm (Age 18+) Thursdays Dementia-Friendly Dance | 2.15pm (Age 18+) Inclusive Youth Dance | 5.15pm (Age 10-18) Inclusive Adults’ Dance | 6.30pm (Age 19+) Limon Contemporary | 7.30pm (Age 18+) Fridays Intergenerational Dance | 10am (55+ and other interested adults) Pop to the Barre Ballet | 12.30pm (Age 18+) Easy Joints Pilates for Older Adults | 1.30pm (50+) Commercial Dance for Young Women | 5.15pm (Age 13-19) Children’s Classical Indian Dance | 5.30pm (Age 6-12) Saturdays Street and Contemporary Classes for Girls and Young Women | 12pm-6.30pm (Age 5-16) All class dates and times are subject to change.
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Your vIsit You can find us in the new Circus Street development in central Brighton at The Dance Space, 2 Market Square, Circus Street, Brighton, BN2 9AS. From Brighton Station we are a 10-15 minute walk. For more detailed information about how to get here visit southeastdance.org.uk or call us on 01273 696844. Booking Your Tickets Tickets for classes and performances programmed directly by South East Dance are bookable online.* Classes presented by our partners and other dance providers will have their own booking systems - check their What’s On event pages at southeastdance.org.uk for details. From Sat 16 July South East Dance programmed events and classes can be booked from Mon – Fri 9.30am – 4pm at The Dance Space reception or via 01273 696844 from 2pm – 4pm. We don’t charge any booking fees, but appreciate any donations at checkout to help us bring our work to more people. If you experience any problems purchasing tickets or have any ticketing queries, please email tickets@southeastdance.org.uk or call 01273 696844.
Access We are committed to ensuring The Dance Space is a safe and inclusive space that is accessible for everybody to use. If you would like to discuss access at The Dance Space generally please email hello@southeastdance.org.uk or call 01273 696844. If you would like to discuss your access needs for a specific event or class, please email tickets@southeastdance.org.uk or call 01273 696844. D/deaf and disabled customers are entitled to concession price tickets wherever applicable. We also offer one complimentary ticket to companions attending an event with a disabled person. If this applies to you, please email tickets@southeastdance.org.uk before making your booking to claim your free space. For more details about what to expect when visiting The Dance Space see southeastdance.org.uk/the_dance_ space *Please note: some Our City Dances classes and performances are bookable in advance and some are drop-in only.
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Did you know that we are a charity? That means that every penny we make is reinvested into making more dance happen for every body. But we know there’s so much more we could be doing.
have to change lives, or maybe you work for a company that shares our commitment to community-led initiatives, we would love to get to know you and show you the impact of our work.
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