Special Focus on Evolution • Freddie Opoku-Addaie in conversation • BBC Dance Passion 2022 announced! • Equitable working resources and info
Industry • Casting Moulin Rouge! in a pandemic • Dance and parenthood – best practice • Kickstart Scheme for dance graduates
Education and Health • Higher education’s need for resilience • Considering neurodiversity and difference • Safeguarding and abuse prevention The One Dance UK Magazine Issue 11, Autumn 2021
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Welcome by Andrew Hurst MBE Reader Competition: WIN TICKETS to Motionhouse’s new production Nobody!
In the Spotlight 6 News 9 One Dance UK Awards 11 One Dance UK Membership: New Trainee Teacher Offer 12 Feature Interview: Dance Umbrella’s Artistic DIrector Freddie Opoku-Addaie with Andrew Hurst MBE Special Focus on Evolution 17 Introduction by Lara Coffey, Head of Marketing and Communications 18 Bold New Moves by Jazlyn Pinckney 20 Outside the Box by Melanie Precious 22 BBC Dance Passion 2022 – What is Dance Passion? – Interacting with Interactive by Thomas Hetherington – Presenting... Dance Passion 2022 Commissioned Artists – High Octane Entertainment: Corey Baker in conversation with Lara Coffey 28 Dancing Parents by Katie Stevens 30 Casting: Come What May by Cameron Ball 32 The Beat of Jazz: 25 Years of BOP Jazz Dance Theatre by Katie Willy 35 Considering Difference in Dance by Jess Lowe 36 Neurodiversity and Difference by Dr Deveril 38 Safeguarding and Abuse Prevention by Dr Jennifer Cumming, Erin Sanchez, Georgia Bird and Dr Victoria Burns 41 Leadership and Inspiration by Junior Cunningham 42 I Move: One Year On by Tamar Dixon 44 Kickstarting Moves into the Dance Sector by Lucy Bayliss 46 Higher Education: Degrees of Change by Laura Nicholson 51 Diversifying the Curriculum by Karina H Maynard 52 Shaking Up Dance in Schools by Linzi McLagan 54 Education: In Focus by Amy Williams – Advocate for Change 56 Poetry and Motion by Helen Calcutt Cut-Out Resources for Teachers 57 Key Stage 1&2: Journey Down the Amazon River by Movema, World in a Box Features 61 U.Dance 2021 in Review 62 Book Reviews – Dancing with Stalin: A True Story of Love and Survival in Soviet Russia by Christina Ezrahi – Ballet: The Essential Guide to Technique and Creative Practice by Jennifer Jackson
Front Cover: Blythe is a young dancer from Surrey and was a winner of U.Dance’s EveryOne Dance UK Challenge, supported by Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Photo: Dani Bower for One Dance UK 3 The One Dance UK Magazine | Spring 2021
Editorial and Advertising Lara Coffey Head of Marketing and Communications Cameron Ball Magazine Editor Katie Stevens Assistant Editor Advertising enquiries Contact Amelia Bickley amelia.bickley@onedanceuk.org Funders and Supporters With thanks to our funders
With thanks to our project partners, funders and supporters www.onedanceuk.org/ support-us/thank-you/ BBC Arts BBC Teach Cultural Learning Alliance Dance Consortium DanceHE Dance Hub Birmingham Dance Mama DUDance Equity Garfield Weston Gordon and Co. Insurance Brokers Harlequin Floors Inc Arts Marquee TV National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science (NIDMS) National Youth Arts Wales National Youth Dance Company Northern School of Contemporary Dance Parents and Carers in the Performing Arts (PiPA) Sadler's Wells Theatre Safe in Dance International Sport England Sunvit D-3 The Place/LCDS Theatre Royal Plymouth University of Birmingham University Of Chichester University of Stirling Warwick Arts Centre YDance Design tm-studio.co.uk The One Dance UK Magazine | Autumn 2021 3
Welcome
Photos:Top: Brian Slater; Left: Greta Mendez; Middle: Quentin Cooper; Right; Oliver Lamford
Andrew Hurst MBE Chief Executive, One Dance UK
Dear friends and colleagues, This edition of One takes the theme of ‘Evolution’ as its special focus. It’s been exciting to see our sector’s evolution over the past few months, with a flurry of creativity and a return to live dance content after such a difficult period. What will be interesting to see is where things settle after a period of intense adjustment. How do we return to the stage whilst still scooping up new audiences we have engaged online, and continue using new technologies whilst implementing more equitable approaches? The lineup of joint One Dance UK and BBC commissions for Dance Passion 2022 is announced here. With a special focus on digital creativity, supported by Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants programme, we are excited to be able to commission artists who are pushing the boundaries and exploring new ways of working. With a new academic year beginning, we are mindful of the impact of pending funding cuts and
offer our full support to our resilient dance educators. In this issue of One, you can learn more about the state of dance education and the ways that you can advocate for change. One Dance UK’s work continues apace, with regular engagement with Government, supported by you, our members, giving sector feedback. Dancers’ health and wellbeing, accessibility and inclusion also remain at the top of our agenda. See the results of our recent Safeguarding Survey and read considerations for neurodiverse dancers in this edition. Our work with and for young people has evolved but not slowed down, with Young Creatives and U.Dance National Festival 2021 being hosted online and engaging thousands of young dancers. I look forward to seeing you all, both digitally and in person, at our upcoming One Dance UK Awards, Annual General Meeting, and at other member events.
In This Issue
We would like to thank the expert contributors who have been involved in this issue of One
Melanie Precious Page 20 Melanie Precious became Chief Executive Officer of Greenwich Dance in September 2018. She has previously worked with a number of dance organisations including Luca Silvestrini's Protein, Sadler's Wells, Hofesh Shechter Company, ZooNation, DanceEast and The Place.
Junior Cunningham Page 41 Junior Cunningham has been Motionhouse’s Rehearsal Director since 2009. Originally from Birmingham, he was encouraged to study dance by his sister when he was 17. He graduated from Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 2002 with a BPA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance. In Autumn 2002 Junior joined Motionhouse as an apprentice and became a company dancer in January 2003.
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Linzi McLagan Page 52 Linzi McLagan is Head of Education at YDance, a dance educationalist and a GTCS registered lecturer with a passion for working within the dance education sector advocating dance and producing innovative projects across Scotland. Linzi has worked extensively throughout Scotland as a Community Dance Artist, Dance Development Officer (educational remit) and a Dance Educationalist in early years, primary, secondary and further education settings.
Reader Competition
WIN TICKETS to Motionhouse’s exciting new production of Nobody! Motionhouse returns to The Peacock, London for the world premiere of the long awaited dance-circus production Nobody, 22-25 September before embarking on an extensive UK tour in autumn 2021 and spring/summer 2022.
Nobody UK Tour Dates
Fast-moving and highly physical, Nobody explores the tension between our inner lives and how we make sense of the world around us. Motionhouse’s renowned dance-circus style combines with mesmerising choreography to tell this emotional and ultimately uplifting story, full of twists and turns. Packed with visual magic, the world on stage is transformed before our eyes. Digital projections and the shapeshifting set create a constantly changing environment where nothing is quite what it seems…
Wed 6 October 2021 CAST, Doncaster
Nobody is a spellbinding and strikingly visual adventure – a highly relevant and moving show that resonates with the times we live in. Two pairs of tickets to any venue on the Nobody tour are on offer to lucky winners. One Dance UK Members receive two entries per submission, doubling your chance to win! To enter To be in with a chance of winning two tickets to any date of your choice (from October onwards): EITHER email info@onedanceuk.org with your name and preferred venue OR comment on the pinned competition post on the One Dance UK Facebook page (@onedanceuk). Closing Date 30 September
Wed 22 - Sat 25 September 2021 The Peacock, London
Fri 22 - Mon 25 October 2021 Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham Tues 2 November 2021 Malvern Theatres Fri 26 - Sat 27 November 2021 Dance City, Newcastle Upon Tyne Tues 30 November Wed 1 December 2021 Lighthouse, Poole Nos Fawrth 7 Rhagfyr Tuesday 7th December 2021 Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth Arts Centre Tues 11 January 2022 Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch Thurs 20 - Fri 21 January 2022 Theatre Royal Winchester Tues 25 January 2022 Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield Fri 28 January 2022 King’s Theatre, Edinburgh Fri 4 February 2022 Birmingham Hippodrome Thurs 10 - Sat 12 February 2022 HOME, Manchester Wed 30 March 2022 Worthing Theatres and Museum Fri 8 - Sat 9 April 2022 Gulbenkian, Canterbury Wed 20 April 2022 Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford Wed 27 - Sat 30 April 2022 Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
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