Dance Enterprise Ideas Summit Programme

DANCE ENTERPRISE IDEAS SUMMIT FRIDAY 31 MARCH 2017 Stratford Circus Arts Centre

WELCOME WELCOME TO THE SECOND ANNUAL DANCE ENTERPRISE IDEAS SUMMIT An introduction by Polly Risbridger, Director, East London Dance I am delighted to welcome you to the second Dance Enterprise Ideas Summit, bringing together artists, producers, venues and organisations from East London and beyond to share and exchange enterprising ideas in dance. We have an action packed day lined up and hope you go away feeling upto-date with the latest developments, fuelled with ideas, laden with new contacts, and inspired to make things happen.

Over the next 5 years, the cultural landscape in East London will significantly expand with brand new world-class dance facilities and companies joining an already vibrant dance community. East London Dance is helping to build a powerful network of existing and incoming dance organisations and individuals to find new ways to share resource and expertise, nurture future talent, produce relevant and innovative new work, and grow dance audiences and participants. That is why we are all here today.

Collectively we look forward to securing East London’s place as a world leading hub for dance – a place where our local artists can thrive, a place where our local communities can experience the very best dance on their doorstep, and a place where dance reflects the true diversity of the city.

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HOSTS JEANEFER JEAN-CHARLES Jeanefer is a Choreographer, Mass Movement Director and Creative Consultant with over 20 years’ experience of devising, facilitating and directing dance and movement for performance. Jeanefer has a unique creative process and passion for nurturing and developing artistic talent and has led training for artists, producers and organisations nationally and internationally. Previous projects - London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, Greenwich & Docklands International Festival, Rugby League World Cup, Walt Disney, East London Dance, Walk the Plank, Derry UK City of Culture, Big Dance and Roald Dahl’s City of the Unexpected. jeanefer.com | @Jeanefer1

ANAMARIA WILLS Anamaria is an award-winning practitioner with over 30 years’ experience working in the creative sector including at the National Theatre, the Old Vic and the Arts Council. As an international producer, she brought Ariane Mnouchkine, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre and Nederlands Dans Theatre, among others, to the UK. She founded CidaCo, supporting the development of hundreds of highly successful creative and cultural global organisations. She coaches artists specialising in creative entrepreneurship and resilience, and recently completed a 10-month mentoring programme with eight dance artists in partnership with East London Dance. @Anamariacida

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SCHEDULE Jeanefer Jean-Charles and Anamaria Wills

10am

Registration and Refreshments

10:15am

Welcome and Keynote Speeches

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Hosts:

Jacqueline Rose, Head of Culture (acting), Greater London Authority Andrea Stark, Director, Foundation for FutureLondon Polly Risbridger, Director, East London Dance

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A joint presentation from new dance organisations arriving in East London:

11am

Rebecca Marshall, Executive Director, Studio Wayne McGregor Patrick Harrison, Executive Director, English National Ballet Alistair Spalding CBE, Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Sadler’s Wells

World Café Join our guest speakers in a series of 20 minute round table conversations covering a range of topics.

1:30pm

Lunch

2:15pm

Dance Enterprise Ideas Fund Pitches The Dance Enterprise Ideas Fund is designed to enable dance creatives to research, test or launch new artistic and entrepreneurial ideas. We received almost 70 applications and today you will hear from the shortlisted people who are pitching to our industry panel for up to £5,000.

4:45pm

Networking and Ideas Exchange

5:45pm

Dance Enterprise Ideas Fund Announcement

6pm

Drinks Reception

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WORLD CAFÉ ▼ ▼ ▼

Changing Dance Landscape of East London Fleur Derbyshire-Fox, Engagement Director, English National Ballet Joce Giles, Director of Learning & Engagement, Sadler’s Wells Rebecca Marshall, Executive Director, Studio Wayne McGregor

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Collective Leadership Theresa Beattie, Independent Producer Malgorzata Dzierzon, New Movement Collective

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Sustainable Business Models and Company Structures Sanaz Amidi, Chief Executive Officer, Rosetta Arts Sarah Thelwall, Creative Industries / Business Models Strategist

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International Collaboration Cindy Claes, Cindy Claes Productions and Independent Artist Nadine Patel, Senior Programme Manager, British Council

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The Sustainable Career Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy, Co-Artistic Director, Boy Blue Entertainment Rosie Whitney-Fish, Director DanceWest and Independent Artist

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All About the Money Sam Morley, Head of Development, Hofesh Shechter Company Mary-Alice Stack, Chief Executive, Creative United

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Building Your Brand and Profile Jenn Reynolds, Press & PR consultant Sophie Toumazis, Founder, tpr media consultants

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GUEST SPEAKERS SANAZ AMIDI Rosetta Arts Sanaz is a successful entrepreneur and leader in the cultural and creative industries. She has had a portfolio career in both the public and private sector, from large matrix organisations to micro start-ups. Sanaz has contributed to numerous articles and delivered a rich range of workshops, talks and lectures combining academia, arts and business experience to help bridge the gap between creative thinking and the wider commercial sector. rosettaarts.org | @Rosettaarts

THERESA BEATTIE Independent Producer Theresa is a curator, creative producer, organisational development consultant, evaluator and researcher. She specialises in dance, also working across the performing arts and in Higher Education. She is currently Associate Producer for the Jerwood Choreographic Research Project, Consultant for Leicester Dance Theatre Elevate award and adviser to Rosetta Life and Wac Arts on organisational development. Together with Kiki Gale she is consultant to Aesop for the Dance to Health initiative. Theresa is the evaluator for a number of UK and international choreographic development projects.

CINDY CLAES Cindy Claes Productions Cindy creates powerful artistic earthquakes with her Dancehall, Krump, and Hip Hop Theatre Productions. Choreographer, Performer and Dance Storyteller, she also builds unique international dance exchanges and leadership programmes for dance artists. Her international exchanges (1000 Pieces Puzzle) enable diverse voices to be heard, whilst nurturing leadership within varying street dance communities. cindyclaes.com | @dancebackpacker

FLEUR DERBYSHIRE-FOX English National Ballet Fleur leads English National Ballet’s engagement strategy, building partnerships and innovative projects and programmes across three key strands: Developing Talent, Creative Learning and Public Engagement in London, the regions and internationally; these programmes now reach 40,000 people per annum. With the Company’s move to a new purposebuilt home at London City Island in 2018, the focus is to develop new partnerships, artistic collaborations and artist support initiatives. Trained in dance at Arts Educational School, London, MA in Choreography and current Board Member at DanceEast. ballet.org.uk | @ENBallet #IdeasSummit

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MALGORZATA DZIERZON New Movement Collective Malgorzata is a London-based dancer, choreographer and producer. Born and trained in Poland she worked as a dancer with Rambert, Gothenburg Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, Peter Schaufuss Ballet and Royal Danish Ballet. As a member of New Movement Collective she produced and co-choreographed four full-length NMC productions: Casting Traces, Nest, Please Be Seated and Collapse, A Period Drama. NMC received nominations for the Best Independent Company in the 2013 and 2014 National Critics’ Circle Awards. Malgorzata is a 2014/2015 Clore Cultural Leadership Programme Fellow. newmovement.org.uk | @newmovement_

JOCE GILES Sadler’s Wells Joce recently joined Sadler’s Wells as Director of Learning and Engagement. Previously he was Director of Creative Projects at Rambert where he led on learning and participation and artist development. Before working in dance education, Joce danced for a number of companies including Peter Schaufuss Ballet and Scottish Ballet. sadlerswells.com | @JoceGiles

PATRICK HARRISON English National Ballet Patrick joined English National Ballet as Executive Director in 2016, having previously worked at organisations including Cambridge Arts Theatre and the National Theatre. Patrick is currently on Battersea Arts Centre’s Enterprises Board, and Bristol Old Vic Theatre’s Trading Board offering advice and support to the executive teams, with focus on commercial opportunities and current capital projects. ballet.org.uk | @ENBallet

REBECCA MARSHALL Studio Wayne McGregor Rebecca has been managing the strategic and producing side of Studio Wayne McGregor since 1999. Trained as a dancer, Rebecca obtained her BFA (Economics) in the USA and lived in Boston and San Francisco as a performer and an arts manager for several years before moving to London where she first joined Wayne’s company as Executive Producer. waynemcgregor.com | @WayneMcGregor

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SAM MORLEY Hofesh Shechter Company Sam is currently Head of Development at Hofesh Shechter Company, which she joined last summer after over 7 years at the Design Museum where she was Head of Philanthropy. Prior to this, Sam worked for television, including both Granada TV and Carlton TV. hofesh.co.uk | @HofeshCo

NADINE PATEL British Council Senior Programme Manager for sub Saharan Africa and EU Europe (Theatre & Dance) Nadine has worked in the Performing Arts sector for over 20 years. She joined the British Council in 2009. Her role there is to develop culturally sensitive performing art activities in the regions she has responsibility for by liaising with a network of innovative British & international arts practitioners. She also advises organisations on strategies for international development. theatreanddance.britishcouncil.org | @NPatelBC

JENN REYNOLDS Press & PR Consultant Jenn worked for ten years in arts and culture press and publicity in London, including senior roles at the Young Vic, Rambert and the National Theatre, as well as in agency. Now based in Paris, she established her own press consultancy in 2014. Current clients include: 59 Productions, Achates Philanthropy, Good Chance Calais, Hong Kong Arts Festival and East London Dance.

POLLY RISBRIDGER East London Dance Polly became Director at East London Dance in 2013, having joined the organisation in 2003. Polly is a skilled and ambitious producer, adept at building strategic partnerships, and passionate about nurturing talent. Previous roles include Guest Lecturer for University of East London; Education OfďŹ cer at Rambert Dance Company; and independent dance artist. Polly sits on the Board of Protein Dance. eastlondondance.org | @EastLondonDance

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JACQUELINE ROSE Greater London Authority Jacqueline is acting Head of Culture for the Mayor of London.

Since 2005, she has provided strategic leadership in culture policy, commissioned world-class artists, delivered large scale events and led international partnership programmes as Big Dance Director. In 2015, Jacqueline was seconded to the BBC to set up Get Creative - a brand new public engagement programme. london.gov.uk | @MayorofLondon

KENRICK ‘H2O’ SANDY Boy Blue Entertainment Kenrick is Co-Founder & Co-Artistic Director of Boy Blue Entertainment, Associate Artists of the Barbican, and one of the top choreographers and performers in the UK urban, commercial and theatrical scenes. Kenrick’s credits are extensive and include theatre, TV and film, both nationally and internationally. BBE’s most recent work, Blak Whyte Gray, is nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production. boyblueent.com | @boyblueent | @KenrickH2o

ALISTAIR SPALDING CBE Sadler’s Wells Alistair is Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Sadler’s Wells. Under Spalding, the world-leading dance house has commissioned and produced over 130 new shows, supports and develops artists, and presents the best British and international dance to annual audiences of over 640,000 in the UK and overseas. sadlerswells.com | @Sadlers_Wells

MARY-ALICE STACK Creative United Mary-Alice is Chief Executive of Creative United, a Community Interest Company that provides a range of finance products and services designed to support the growth and development of the UK’s cultural creative industries. She has a background in the visual arts and more than 15 years’ experience in developing initiatives that support public access to and engagement with the arts. creativeunited.org.uk | @Stack_says

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ANDREA STARK Foundation for Future London Andrea is the inaugural Director of Foundation for FutureLondon, the charity created to realise the potential of the new Cultural and Educational District on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London. A member of the National Executive Board of Arts Council England, Andrea first arrived in the East of England to take up the post of Chief Executive of Eastern Arts Board, where she devised a highly successful investment strategy that generated over £125 million for a series of world class arts centres. future.london | @FdnFutureLondon

SARAH THELWALL MyCake Sarah is a consultant and strategist with a particular specialism in business model change. She works with arts organisations both large and small to identify ways to leverage assets into new earned income streams. In the main this work is focused on reducing dependency on public grants. Occasionally she works to make the case for maintaining higher levels of grant dependency when organisations are focused on Deferred Value Creation. sarahthelwall.co.uk | mycake.org | @indianabramble

SOPHIE TOUMAZIS tpr media consultants tpr media is a boutique marketing and communications agency with over 20 years’ experience specialising in the creative industries and projects with a social impact. We have promoted hundreds of documentaries from Channel 4’s The Undateables to Nick Broomfield’s Tales of the Grim Sleeper as well as cutting-edge drama, such as Top Boy starring Ashley Walters. Our clients include TV production companies, international broadcasters and NGOs as well as behind-the-scenes companies such as Artem SFX. tpr-media.com | @tpr_media_PR

ROSIE WHITNEY-FISH DanceWest and Independent Artist Working internationally for fifteen years, Rosie is an experienced Choreographer and Movement Director and founder of non-profit community dance organisation DanceWest. Rosie’s work has been funded and supported by Barbican, Create London, Arts Council England, Cultural Olympiad, London 2012 and Big Dance. Rosie has worked with Rambert and East London Dance producing dance for the Southbank Centre, Lilian Baylis and Sadler’s Wells. Her commercial work has seen her touring to Australia, Asia and Europe. rosiewhitneyfish.com | @rwhitneyfish | rosiewhitneyfish (Instagram) #IdeasSummit

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DANCE ENTERPRISE IDEAS FUND FUNDING AND SUPPORT TO HELP CREATIVE IDEAS BECOME A REALITY

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The Dance Enterprise Ideas Fund is designed to enable dance creatives to research, test and / or launch new artistic and entrepreneurial ideas. We received almost 70 applications and today you will hear the shortlisted individuals pitching for up to £5000. The deciding panel will be chaired by Polly Risbridger and is made up of the contributing partners who will each get a vote: Ruby Baker, Creative Producer: Artists and Events, East London Dance Ellen Chambers, Dancer Support and Services Officer, Dancers’ Career Development Fleur Derbyshire-Fox, Engagement Director, English National Ballet Eva Martinez, Artistic Programmer and Artist Development, Sadler’s Wells Pooja Ghai, Associate Director, Theatre Royal Stratford East Petra Roberts, Cultural Programme Officer, Hackney Council Jonny Siddall, Artistic Director, Redbridge Drama Centre

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Successful individuals will also be offered in-kind support by our supporting partners who will have non-voting representatives on the panel: Oliver Carruthers, Head of Programming, Rich Mix Andrew Hurst, Chief Executive, One Dance UK Jasmine Wilson, Director of Creative Learning, Studio Wayne McGregor Carla Trim-Vamben, Programme Leader (BA Dance: Urban Practice), University of East London

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DANCE ENTERPRISE IDEAS FUND PITCHES CAROLINA ADEWALE Project: Where are the black dancers in classic ballet?

I am an independent artist, dancer and choreographer. I’m studying accreditation in Ballet teaching at the RAD and researching about black dancers in classic ballet.

TONY ADIGUN Avant Garde Dance Company Project: Untitled AGDC is an East London based company pushing the boundaries of hip-hop and contemporary dance. Led by Tony Adigun AGDC are committed to producing artistic work that is entertaining and challenging. avantgardedance.com | @AvantGardeDance

RASHMI BECKER Step Change Studios Project: Step Change Studios My vision is to establish Step Change Studios as a pioneering company committed to providing the highest quality of inclusive Latin and Ballroom dance. stepchangestudios.com

POPPY BURTON-MORGAN Metta Theatre Project: Red Shoes - A hip-hop fable Metta Theatre tell political stories with imagination. And also with dance, circus, music, text, puppetry and video. Often at the same time. mettatheatre.co.uk | @mettatheatre

TIM CASSON Casson & Friends Project: Choreocracy Casson & Friends are a Record Breaking Dance Theatre Company that create accessible interactive performance with a focus on collaboration, interaction and joy! cassonandfriends.com | @casson_friends

JORGE CRECIS SQx | Jorge Crecis Project: Peak Performance Presence (PPP) for Trainers As a performer, teacher, choreographer and coach, Jorge’s work focuses on identifying and replicating peak states of mind at will. jorgecrecis.com | @jorgecrecis

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CHARLENE DAVIES Hoop Hop Project: Hoop Hop Worldwide Charlene has taught thousands of people how to hoop, and has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to train unemployed women to become Hoop Hop instructors. hoophop.dance | @charlenehoola

SHARON DAVIS JazzMAD - Jazz Music And Dance Co. Project: Untitled Sharon Davis is a world champion swing dancer and historian specialising in Charleston, Lindy Hop and other authentic dances of the jazz age. jazzmad.co.uk | @jazzmadlondon

ELEESHA DRENNAN Eleesha Drennan Dance Project: InďŹ nite Glimpse Eleesha is an award-winning choreographer with a reputable authenticity. She received the Sky Academy Arts Scholarship to launch Eleesha Drennan Dance in 2015. eleeshadrennan.com | @EleeshaDrennan

MARS EL BROGY Salah El Brogy Company Project: Organic Entity Producer: broadcast, dance, digital and social. Previously at Maverick TV; DanceXchange (BDE, IDFB); BBC and BBC Worldwide. Currently ESI Media (Evening Standard, The Independent). facebook.com/OrganicEntity | @melbrogy

JOE GARBETT Joe Garbett Dance Project: doubles - Ping Pong vs Dance Based in Deptford, Joe creates inclusive work that highlights the importance of togetherness and the exhilaration of working with others to achieve a common goal. joegarbett.yolasite.com | @joegarbettdance

TRINE GARRETT & CAMILA FRANÇA [Foreign Affairs] Project: Meisner for Dance [Foreign Affairs] is an international theatre company which focuses on pushing artistic and creative boundaries through a combined performance-practice of physical theatre and Meisner Technique. foreignaffairs.org.uk | @4nAffairs

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CHARLIE LEE GEORGE Dark Island Dance Project: Of Sound Mind I am an independent dance artist and yoga teacher, who does creative writing and enjoys working in community settings. I’m interested in inner peace and motorbikes! charlieleegeorge.weebly.com | @Darkislanddance

MARIA DA LUZ GHOUMRASSI Da Luz Dance Company Project: A Tree Without Leaves Maria is a dancer, choreographer and movement director interested in intercultural performance and education as a way of developing cultural awareness through multidisciplinary arts.

HASEEB CHILLY HEARN Rain Crew Project: Breakin’ 4 Growth Hip Hop practitioner and teacher specialising in Breakin’ and Hip Hop freestyle. Love learning and sharing in dance, my tool to make an impact on the world. raincrewuk.com | raincrew (Instagram) | odbchilly (Instagram)

KENDRA HORSBURGH BirdGang Dance Company Project: NOX R&D Phase 1 Artistic Director of BirdGang Dance, a Young Vic Associate Dance Company. The Aviary commissioned by the British Council and NOX 360 VR are the fruit of her creative inspiration and a promise of what is yet to come. kendraj.com | birdgangdance.com | @kendrahorsburgh | @BirdGangdance

EMMA HOUSTON Emma Houston Dance Company Project: Breaking & Vogue: The Purple Jigsaw Emma is a versatile artist and mover with a passion to create work that has a social relevance and impact.

KWESI JOHNSON The Cultural Assembly Project: Global Dance Studio Kwesi Johnson is a Creative Director and Choreographer. He is interested in the intersection of the arts, digital innovation and real estate. agilestudios.net | @kwesi_johnson

EMILY LABHART Dancehall Origins Project: Dancehall Origins Dancehall Origins aims to increase cultural awareness and appreciation of Dancehall by providing opportunities for UK teachers and students to connect with renowned Jamaican artists. dancehallorigins.co.uk | @Labbers27

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MARIANA LUCIA MARQUEZ & EMMA ZANGS Marquez&Zangs | Metaspeech Project: Choreography at Work Marquez&Zangs are choreographers on a mission to bring body awareness to the workplace to create a more peaceful world. marquezandzangs.com | metaspeech.com | @MarquezAndZangs | @Metaspeech

JO RHODES Project: Challenge 59 Jo is an independent dance artist specialising in youth dance. She is passionate about creativity, dance, health, education and partnership working. @jo_rhodesdance

TOM ROWLANDS-REES Cinema Kpatakpata Project: Boiled Heads Tom Rowlands-Rees is a Hackney-based filmmaker who has worked predominantly in Nigeria. He has been battling on the London Bboy scene for several years. cinema-kpatakpata.com | @tomrrees

JESSICA WRIGHT & MORGANN RUNACRE-TEMPLE Jess and Morgs Films Project: Digital Dance Resource Pack Jess and Morgs have been making films since 2005. Commissions include English National Ballet, Manchester International Festival, Tate Liverpool, Channel 4 and The Kings Place. jessandmorgs.com | @jess_and_morgs

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