Introduction
Photo: Stephen A'Court Photography
By Amanda Skoog Chair, One Dance UK
Re:imagination
Special Focus on Re:imagination
It’s spring, and with spring comes renewed energy and hope. It’s hard to believe a year has passed since the first lockdown but through resilience, determination and adaptability we are still standing. By necessity we have had to be creative - not a bad thing. We have discovered how to be nimble, more self-sufficient, to communicate in different ways using new technologies, to continue to share our stories. I am in awe of what has been achieved. We have had time to reflect on what our new priorities should be. Black Lives Matter shone a light on huge discrepancies within certain parts of the dance sector. We have had time to consider how things should and will be done in the future; thinking that was long overdue. We have adapted brilliantly, but for many the rebuilding is going to be hard. To begin again, we must rebuild our confidence, regain physical stamina, relearn skills, encourage audiences back to our spaces, and have the courage to be ambitious with what we create and programme, despite huge financial losses. And then there’s dealing with what Brexit will throw at us. We now need to get back in to dance spaces; to leap around a studio with colleagues, to create unencumbered by social distancing, and to perform to a live, responsive audience. We need to work together, at every level, and in every sense of the word. If we can reimagine the future with our new-found skills, purpose and resilience, together with what came before, then the future for dance is very bright indeed.
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Speaking, Listening, Resetting, Healing Inc Arts’ Amanda Parker in conversation with Andrew Hurst MBE
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Diversity or Skin Colour By Greta Mendez MBE
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Matters of Diversity By Akademi’s Subathra Subramaniam
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The Digital Light at the End of the Tunnel at Pavilion Dance South West – No Looking Back by Digital Producer Lizzy Maries – Taking a Live Show into the Digital Space by Ella Mesma
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Dance: On Demand? with English National Ballet By Cameron Ball with ENB’s Heather Clark Charrington and Daniel Alicandro
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Harnessing the Power of Streaming to Generate Income By Creative Industries Federation’s Terry Corby
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Mentoring By Kate Flatt OBE
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Investigating Professional Dancers with Russell Maliphant Dance Company By Dr Angela Pickard, Canterbury Christ Church University
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Tights, Camera, Action! By Elmhurst Ballet School’s Denise Whiteman
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Social Prescribing and Dance By Arts Council England’s John McMahon
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Keep Moving and Dance On By Yorkshire Dance’s Hannah Robertshaw
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Eating Disorders and Body Image Concerns in Dancers By Accredited Practicing Dieticians Fumi Somehara and Shane Jeffrey
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Preparing to Perform By Head of Children and Young People’s Dance Laura Nicholson
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Safeguarding and the Dance School Sector By Dance School Safeguarding Working Group’s Peter Flew
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