U.Dance 2018 Programme

The nation’s annual youth dance festival

Inspiring dance futures Š Nicole Guarino

Open Day Saturday 27 October

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Welcome to U.Dance 2018!

Andrew Hurst Chief Executive, One Dance UK

The national youth dance festival, an inspiring symbol of the future of dance, is right here in Ipswich!

U.Dance celebrates the quality and vibrancy of young people’s dance across our nation. Over two days, you will witness a broad range of groups chosen by regional and national panels that showcase the best youth dance in the country; 11 selected groups, as well as a performance from the DanceEast Centre for Advanced Training.

We have brought together almost 200 talented young dancers from across England to present two exceptional performances.This year we received applications from 290 groups, with more applications from integrated dance groups than ever before showcasing the diversity and accessibility of the country’s youth dance scene.

Over the two-day festival the young people will work with nationally renowned artists who will inspire them to develop their dance skills and introduce them to new creative ideas, and take part in technique classes, choreography workshops, mentoring, discussion sessions and social events.

This extraordinary event is made possible through a partnership with DanceEast at their home - the Jerwood DanceHouse. We would like to thank the generosity of partner organisations; University of Bedfordshire and Ipswich Borough Council, as well as a host of other national and regional dance partners. I would also like to make a special mention of our generous funders; Arts Council England and Harlequin Floors and the dedicated volunteers who help us bring this wonderful event to life.

Brendan Keaney Artistic Director and Chief Executive, DanceEast

It is a great privilege that the national youth dance festival will be culminating here in the East of England. On behalf of all my colleagues on both the Board and staff teams of DanceEast, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to everyone attending and participating in U.Dance 2018.

Although Ipswich may not be one of the largest urban areas in the UK, it does have big ambitions, manifested not least through its support for dance. We are incredibly proud of our building, the Jerwood DanceHouse. It is one of the very few purpose-built dance facilities in the UK, consequently, we are absolutely delighted to be sharing it with young people from across the UK. It is called a DanceHouse, so please, please, feel “at home” while you are here.

Huge thanks to everybody organising and participating, not least our colleagues at One Dance UK for getting us this far! We are very excited about all the dance we will witness over the coming days and we wish everybody taking part a truly happy and memorable festival.

Join us in this celebration of the next generation of dance performers, creators and leaders.The future of dance is right here!

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Contents

Welcome

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What is U.Dance?

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U.Dance 2018 Groups

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U.Dance On Screen DanceEast

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U.Dance 2018 in the East of England

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U.Dance 2018 Group Leaders

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Friday Performace

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- National Youth Dance Company

About the National Youth Dance Company

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Saturday Performances

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- Twister - Boys United - Trinity Laban Youth Dance Company - Horizon Community College - Drishti Dance - Ludus Youth Dance Company

Sunday Performances

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- Advance Dance Company - Exeter Youth Dance Company - Chicane Dance Company - Northampton School for boys - DanceEast Centre for Advanced Training - High Storrs Dance Company

One Dance UK Membership

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Youth Dance Ambassadors

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Thank you

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Do you have the ambition, creativity and passion to fulfil your aspirations in dance?

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To find out more go to: www.u-dance.org To register your own dance event and receive free resources, email u.dance@onedanceuk.org

Local events Usually individual events and do not necessarily lead to another event; often organised by arts venues, schools and community groups.

Regional events Organised by regional dance organisations and lead directly to the national U.Dance festival. Groups can sometimes apply even if they do not wish to be considered for the national event.

County events Can stand alone but some do lead to regional performances; often organised by arts venues and county sports partnerships.

U.Dance National Festival Organised by One Dance UK and takes place annually (June/July) in a different region each year.

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U.Dance 2018 Groups

Each year the national youth dance festival showcases a selection of the best youth dance groups from all over the country.

North East Twister

Yorkshire Horizon Community College High Storrs Dance Company

East Midlands Northampton School for Boys

North West Ludus Youth Dance Company

East Advance Dance Company Boys United

West Midlands Chicane Dance Company (George Salter Academy)

South West Exeter Youth Dance Company

South East Drishti Dance

This year the groups were selected by two representatives from their region and the U.Dance National Selection Panel, which included Francis Angol, Katy Noakes, Vidya Patel, Elsa Urmston and Cath Wilkins.

This year One Dance UK is celebrating the U.Dance National Festival’s first visit to the East of England. One Dance UK, in partnership with DanceEast, is pleased to present two performances showcasing England’s talented young dancers.You will have the chance to see a range of dance styles performed as well as short dance films, all made by or with young people.

London Trinity Laban Youth Dance Company

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Avoidance

Bridge of Stories and Party

Innocence

Labyrinth

Director and Choreographer: Billie Williams Producer: Katherine Whetton Cinematographer: Sugini Nageswaran Organisations: University for the Creative Arts (Farnham) Dancer: Grace Colebrook

Director: Sima Gonsai Choreographer: Amayra Fuller Producer: Sima Gonsai in Association with Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall (THSH) Organisations: Ace Dance and Music and THSH Dancers: Yanique Chong, Kianne Ferguson, Brianne Hesson Taylor, Daisha Irving, Leila Rodriguez Harrison, Imani St Juste Walker

Director: Sima Gonsai Choreographer: Chitraleka Bolar Producer: Sima Gonsai Organisations: Mac Birmingham Dancers: Anaya Bolar and Ria Manjot

Directors, Choreographers and Dancers: Lauren Bingley, Hannah Davidson. Krystle Priestley, Luke Rainford, Ashley Taylor Producer: Sam Holgate-Davey on behalf of Inspire Youth Arts Organisations: Inspire Youth Arts, JME Dance Company, Urban Projections, Jimmy Power

Avoidance is an experimental contemporary dance video exploring phobias and representing the true fear behind them. The journey explores arachnophobia, claustrophobia and astraphobia.

The dancer embodies the frightening aspects of each of these phobias and the fearful reaction experienced by sufferers. The film aims to show vulnerability so that audiences understand what it is like to suffer from these phobias.

A coming of age dance film featuring BBC4 Young Dancer contestant, Anaya Bolar and two emerging artists.

Unlock your stories and join the party through a maze of discovery and dancing. These two 60 second films incorporate a five day screen dance lab led by Director Sima Gonsai in association with professional music, spoken word and dance artists during October half term, 2016.

U.Dance on screen films are available to watch online, simply search U.Dance on Screen.

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Labyrinth is an exploration of worlds, where analogue and digital elements interweave to create a beautifully futuristic journey. In a world where digital technology is woven into the everyday, and where the virtual is increasingly becoming reality, Labyrinth uncovers a future where the human body and technology exist in harmony.

Devised and performed by the Young Creatives this innovative performance film fuses together street dance, commissioned experimental music, and digital art and technology. The piece was developed organically during a one-week intensive and the Young Creatives led the project with Music Producer Jimmy Power, Projection Artist Bec Smith, & Choreographer Jasmine Eccles.

Following a callout, One Dance UK received applications from filmmakers, producers, and directors across the country. The selection panel chose eight diverse films which showcase young dancers and/or young filmmakers.

Maya

Nations Saviour

Director and Producer: Jordan Sheard Choreographer: Jordan Sheard and Pattarapong Chomchan Dancer: Pattarapong Chomchan

Director and Producer: Jack Lawrenson-Jones Dancer and Choreographer: Kadus Smith Organisations: Murmur Collective

In 1946, Maya Deren released her short film A Study in Choreography for Camera. She is considered now to be a pioneer in the emergence of dance film, by being the first to experiment with the two art forms.After looking into the work of other directors inspired by her film, we wanted to see how we could recreate their techniques of shooting and editing, to enhance our choreography. By bringing together the discontinuities between space and time through editing, along with exploration into new ways to move the camera with the dancer, we produced Maya.

This film is a short piece pushing the awareness of mental health issues through the mediums of dance and poetry. Kadus Smith is a talented dancer with a positive vision for the future, and Jack Lawrenson-Jones helped realise his ideas by directing the film.

New Faith: Look the Other Way

Unspoken Spoken (an excerpt)

Director: Rosie Baldwin Dancer and Choreographer: Andrew Self

Film Director: Ross MacGibbon Director and Choreographer: Fin Walker Executive Producer: Helen Spencer Producer: Janie Valentine Organisations: Candoco Dance Company and The Space Dancer: Jessica Dowdeswell

Andrew was invited to choreograph for Brighton band The New Faith.

His performance is featured in the music video for Look the Other Way.

Fin Walker’s Unspoken Spoken for Candoco Dance Company exposes the potential that exists when we dare to challenge the rules. In this excerpt we encounter Alice, danced by 14-year-old Jessica Dowdeswell.

Alice has her own rules to question, to surrender to, to fight against. She is subjected to hierarchical rules, which she feels inhibit her expression and her ability to follow her own voice.

Her fear holds her back from openly questioning these‘structures’.

The film asks us to look deeper, to explore our own boundaries. What changes if we face up to what is holding us back?

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DanceEast is the home of dance in the East of England. It provides extraordinary dance performances, life-affirming participatory opportunities for all and a world-class environment for artists at all stages of their careers.

The Centre for Advanced Training has seen 247 students go through the programme, many of whom have gone on to professional training or higher education in dance and later to extraordinary careers within the dance industry.

For over 30 years DanceEast has been working with children and young people in Ipswich, Suffolk and throughout the region. Our regular provision includes classes, repertoire workshops, youth dance companies including Suffolk Junior Dance Company and Boys United, career support and audition preparation. Alongside this, specialist provision is offered for young dancers with disabilities or life-limiting conditions with East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices.

Young people are at the core of our work and organisation. We were recently proud to announce our first Junior Associate Artist, Kaia Goodenough.

We have young members on our Board of Directors and will be delivering the Young Rural Retreat, a leadership programme for an international cohort of young people aged 16 to 21 in 2019.

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We believe that dance has the power to change lives and will continue to champion access for all children and young people.

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Photos: Performance: Rachel Cherry, Studio: Roswitha Chesher

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DanceEast is working in partnership with the University of Bedfordshire and One Dance UK to deliver a programme of activity to celebrate the arrival of U.Dance 2018 in the East of England.

Over the past 18 months, a group of organisations including The Garage, BEEE Creative, Kadam, Stopgap Dance Company and English Folk Dance and Song Society have been working together to generate new opportunities for young people to engage in U.Dance-inspired project work.

experimenting with dance photography and film. In addition, groups from around the region have had a mini U.Dance experience, coming together to meet each other and try new workshop styles.

Opportunities have included choreographic and skills development with youth leaders in South Asian, hip hop and inclusive practise. Performance work includes folk dance, African-fusion and contemporary, as well as outdoor performance and

A consultation with youth dance leaders and organisations is well underway so that we can work together as a partnership to continue this great work and expand on the skills, experiences and aspirations for young dancers from across the East of England.

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In 2019, we will deliver three regional youth platforms to allow more groups and dancers to join us on our U.Dance adventures, and hope to be seeing all the new friends we have made through our work across the year.

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Group Leaders

Meet three of the U.Dance 2018 Group Leaders

Alison Clinton

Heather Huggins

Jade Hunt

Group Leader Northampton School for Boys

Group Leader Twister (TIN Arts)

Group Leader Horizon Community College

“For each new group of dancers I bring to U.Dance, their experience is unique and different. I have brought novice dancers, raw in their talent and ability, and watched them learn new styles and gain so much insight into the world of dance.

“It will be an amazing experience for our young people, not only to perform, but also to meet lots of different dancers from across the country.

“I am very excited to bring my group to U.Dance for the first time this year. I think the group will absolutely love the weekend; they will continue to grow as dancers and as a team.

Last year I came with a group of GCSE dancers and their journey seemed to be about building confidence in their ability. The more they performed as part of the U.Dance process, the more accomplished they became at being raw and expressive performers on the stage.

Every day is different and the young people bring lots of fresh ideas, energy and fun, which makes the job all the more worthwhile.”

They will take inspiration from other groups and be able to appreciate the world of dance post-16 even more. Most importantly, I think they will grow as a company and as friends even more given this opportunity to share such an incredible experience together!”

U.Dance is always such a fabulous journey for young dancers to embark upon.”

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Friday, 6pm Used To Be Blonde Guest Artistic Director and Choreographer: Sharon Eyal Assistant Choreographers: Keren Lurie Pardes, Léo Lérus, Tom Weinberger DJ Set: Ori Lichtik Lighting Design: Alon Cohen Touring Rehearsal Director: Neil Fleming-Brown Documentary Filmmaker: Ben Williams Producer: Ellie Hartwell NYDC General Manager: Hannah Kirkpatrick Projects Producer, Learning & Engagement: Rosalind Hewett (Maternity Cover) Technical Production Manager: Adam Carrée

Dancers: Gemma Baker, Nya Bardouille, Jasmine Bayes, Daisy Betts, Holly Brennan, Jorden Brooks, Isaac Butler, Isis Clunie, Madee Cole, James Cooper, Daisy Dancer, Paul Davidson, Jeran Entwistle, Lola Evans, Kieron Faller, Elena Fazzino, Grace Ford, Robyn Gamston, Beth Gardiner, Martha Gardner, Seirian Griffiths, James Hall, Niamh Keady, Rufus Lacey, Samara Langham, Miriam Levy, Alexander Love, Blair Moore, Brandy Mubato, Robbie Ordoña, Sebastian Parker, Joshua Pinchon-Jones, Sundaresan Ramesh, Eleanor Roberts, Lucy Rutter, Emillie Storey, Alex Thirkle, Esme Tothill, Sua Tsubokura-Aguiriano, Euwan Wood, Maisie Woodford

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About

the National Youth Dance Company Now in its sixth year, National Youth Dance Company has established a reputation for producing high quality performances with a range of dancers who are expressive, brave and shaping the future of dance in this country.

NYDC returns to U.Dance to present a new work created by the 2017-2018 Guest Artistic Director, Sharon Eyal.

One of the most exciting female choreographers working today, this new commission contains Eyal’s signature style, conveying extreme emotions through movement. This unique choreographic approach combined with the young dancers’ energy and talent produces a mesmerising experience that pushes the dancers to their limits.

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the National Youth Dance Company NYDC is a diverse and inclusive company, working with young people age 16 to 19, or up to the age of 24 if deaf or disabled, from a range of backgrounds and with experience in any dance style.

The company comes together over four intensive residencies each year during school holidays, to create a new work which is then toured nationally to some of the country’s leading venues.

The first step to joining NYDC is to attend an Experience Workshop.

Workshops take place across the country from May to July each year. Dancers will take part in company class, learn repertoire from NYDC productions and take part in creative tasks.

Experience Workshops can also be used as an opportunity to be considered for a place in the company. A selection of dancers will be invited to attend a final workshop at Sadler’s Wells in London later in the year. After the final workshop, 30 dancers from across England are invited to join the company.

Experience Workshops are open to dancers from all backgrounds and abilities, with experience in any dance style. There is no cost to attend the workshops but places must be prebooked through the NYDC website.

Tour dates Sat 7 April

London Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Sun 24 June Leeds Riley Theatre

Sat 30 June Newcastle Dance City

Sun 8 July Leicester Curve

Thu 12 July

Ipswich Jerwood DanceHouse, DanceEast

Fri 13 July

Ipswich U.Dance 2018

Sat 14 July

Suffolk Latitude Festival

Wed 18 July

Falmouth AMATA, Falmouth University

Fri 20 July

Brighton Brighton Dome

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Saturday

Maypole Remixed and Improvising Generations are part of the #EastYouthDance programme of events English Folk Dance and Song Society Maypole Remixed Choreographers: Kerry Fletcher and Andrea Queens, Folk Dance Remixed Maypole Remixed is a vibrant, new outdoor dance work celebrating the old and new dance and music cultural heritages to be found in the region.The piece fuses traditional folk dance styles from the East of England - maypole, molly (a form of morris dance), step, broom and ceilidh dancing - with contemporary hip hop dance, accompanied by especially commissioned music.Young dancers from the East of England have formed a new group to perform this piece created with artists from Folk Dance Remixed, presented by the English Folk Dance and Song Society.

Catch the Maypole Remixed performances at 12.30pm and 1.30pm behind Jerwood DanceHouse.

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BEEE Creative CIC Improvising Generations Film Production: Think About It Films, Ian Port and Steve Martin Choreography: Laura Chiabolotti, Jane Eve and composer Matthew Smith Organisations: BEEE Creative CIC,Trestle Arts Base, Highfield Park Trust, Hertfordshire Music Service Dancers: Sagrika Arun, Millie Battersby, Meng Keow Bickerton, Emilia Bish, April Brown,Yukta Chegu, Kerrie Doyle, Candy Egan, Brenda Evans, Penelope Gower, Maddison Humphreys,Teya Kindred, Hannah Lamb, Katherine Lewis, Cathy Liang, Laura Liles,Audrey Naylor, Eva-Rose Washington, Alexandra White We are but a moment, here and now in this landscape, as we weave our way down the corridor of time. Yet we stopped and listened to the whispers in the trees and echoes of the past - to ask - what lies beneath our dancing feet and what are the stories of times gone by?

Improvising Generations is a cross-generational music and dance project based in Hertfordshire. This film project explored the landscape and history of Highfield Park in St Albans, supported by Trestle Arts Base and the Highfield Park Trust.

Improvising Generations will be screened at U.Dance 2018 on Saturday 14 July, during the 7.30pm performance.

Maypole photo: Peter Brock

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Saturday

performances, 7.30pm

Twister Remember When

Boys United Brotherhood

Choreographers: Heather Huggins, Stacey Stephenson Dancers: Matthew Atkinson, Prentice Belton, Amy Beuster, Emma Bowlzer, Rachel Graham, Alix Longstaff, Emma Quested Colvin, Alexandra Ramsay, Scott Simm, Jasmine Steele Music: Remember When, Alan Jackson

Choreographers: Shaun Dillon in collaboration with the dancers Dancers: Samuel Dreau, James Elias, Taliesin Fee, Kit Fell-Clark, Dominic Grist, Kynan Hammond, Dylan Irvine, Joss Oliver, Eden Powling, Finn Skinner, Joe Varela Music: RembihnĂştur, Sigur Ros

Twister is one of TIN Arts’ inclusive youth dance groups and caters for 14 to 25 year olds. The group meet weekly at the TIN Dance Space and perform regularly across the North East of England.

Based at DanceEast in Ipswich, Boys United are a performance company aged 10 to 17 years with varied dance experience. Group Leader and Choreographer Shaun Dillon works with the company every week to focus on contemporary technique as well as working creatively to develop performance skills. The group is encouraged to bring their creative and technical skills into each session, which informs the choreography and performance, creating an open environment to make exciting work.

Remember When an old park bench and a suitcase full of memories. A couple reminisce about their life together.

Brotherhood choreographed by Shaun Dillon and the company members, is inspired by the idea of support and unity. As the dancers fall and struggle through the space, they demonstrate moments of togetherness, and provide each other with a guiding arm. Driven by a physical movement palate and emotional core, the dancers connect with each other, sharing their burdens, pushing through their struggles, and accepting the things they cannot control.

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Trinity Laban Youth Dance Company All in One

Choreographer: Renaud Wiser Artistic Director: Chloe Stone Dancers: Angela Akanbi-Sadiq, Ava Bogdanovic, Peadar Byrne, Dorothea Grose Forrester, Lucy Foster, Poppy Halksworth, Faith Hanson, Ruby Harte,Amelia Long, Katy Marshall, Mabel McLeod, Grace Morgan, Charlotte Page, Annelise Persson, Nia Prehaye, Bryher Smith, Evie Smithers, Ciar Wild, Emily Wilson Music: Marionette, Charodey Jeddy Trinity Laban Youth Dance Company is an auditioned company for talented young dancers aged 13 to 18 years old. The company meets weekly during term time, for two hours. This particular company have been working together since September. The starting point of this work is the notion of self-image and how we construct the persona we want others to see.

Tonight’s programme will feature one of the 2018 U.Dance on Screen films.

Films were selected by an industry panel and have been created by or feature young people.

For full U.Dance on Screen film listings go to pages 8 & 9

Horizon Community College The Cult

Choreographers: Jade Hunt and Pierre Lafayette Marsh in collaboration with the dancers Dancers: Molly Abbott, Hannah Brindley, Eloise Clarkson, Lauren Giggal, Molly Green, Heidi Hinchcliffe, Chriselda Katsi, Sally Mitchell, Nigel Moyo, Div Mukendi, Pearl Nyamayaro, Lewis Smith, Megan Timms, Wil Trash Music: The Other, AGF and Iron, Woodkid This group from Horizon Community College in Barnsley is made up of members from the all-male urban dance company Streetkingz and the female company, Fusion. The dancers have collaborated to create this dynamic and thrilling piece.

The Cult is introduced by a mysterious figure moving alone; as others begin to drift towards him, they follow his every motion, the cult is formed. This piece takes inspiration from real life news stories about individuals who, have in the past, convinced followers so absolutely that they are willing to follow their every command.

It explores the concepts of control, manipulation and power over others.

Drishti Dance Rhythm Incessant

Ludus Youth Dance Company Mannequin

Choreographer: Anuradha Chaturvedi Dancers: Getriya Appari, Gargi Bhide, Shreya Das, Deeya Dasgupta, Riya Gore, Mruga Naniwadekar,Aabha Sharma, Neha Sukeerthi, Ananya Tyagi, Arya Verabatlu Music: Little Krishna/Rhythm Incessant, Bikram Ghosh

Drishti Dance was established in 2008 and took in its first youth students within Reading in 2012. From that time onwards, it has grown from strength to strength with additional dance centres now in Oxford and Didcot. The students take in their growing ability to translate the language of kathak and push its boundaries into more contemporary contexts.

Choreographer: Phil Sanger Dancers: Isaac Banks, Elly Bullen-Hyde,Abigail Corr, Lucy Harries, Sasha Johnson, Summer Katz, Harriet Leaf, Hazel Loftus, Jordan Sheard, Ashleigh Shorrock, Katie Stafford-Roberts, Adam Wilson, Jess Wilson Music: All Dessen Mud, Rufus Wainwright

Ludus Youth Dance Company (LYDC) offers high quality training in contemporary dance technique, physical theatre and performance skills for young people aged 14 to 21.

Rhythm Incessant reimagines and reconstructs the traditional form of kathak through the prism of contemporary experiences and interprets the vocabulary of the form through modern lenses.

Above all it is a reaffirmation of life, an expression of the joy of being and a deep euphoria, the sound of a beating heart and rhythm of pulse - constant, unstoppable, incessant. The music and movement are so compelling that audiences are no longer merely onlookers, but are drawn into and woven within this enthralling and unique experience.

The dancers collaborated with Artist Phil Sanger, to explore movement inspired by our daily interactions with images on mobile phone apps such as Instagram. We pose, we capture, we edit and post a curated interpretation of our daily lives.

Photos: Drishti: Savannah Photographic, Ludus: Brian Slater

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Sunday

Suite à l’impression and Finale Routine are part of the #EastYouthDance programme of events Kadam Suite à l’impression Choreography and Concept: A collaboration between Srimati Susanna and students, with Kali Chandrasegaram Dancers: Students of Srimathi Susanna Harrington of Natyaeast A Kadam initiative to create an ensemble youth dance choreography using Indian classical solo dance form of Bharatanatyam.

Suite à l’impression means “conveying the moods and emotions aroused through music”.

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A dance choreography inspired by the musical movements of Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy, a 20th-century Impressionist French composer, finding the connection between Indian classical dance and Western classical music.

Catch the Suite à l’impression performance at 12.40pm in the foyer.

SIN Cru Finale Routine Choreographer: Lucy Crowe, SIN Cru Dancers: U.Dance Participants SIN Cru stands for‘Strength in Numbers’ and double figures later, they are firmly hailed as originators, and one of the premier crews in the UK.The headquarters is in England’s hip hop central, Cambridge. SIN Cru is both an archive of living history with established b-boys and b-girls, DJs, MCs, beatboxers and graffiti writers, as well as being a hothouse for new talent and imaginative energies.

SIN Cru’s Artistic Director Lucy Crowe worked with 50+ of the U.Dance Participants as part of the U.Dance Festival weekend. Over two and a half hours. She taught new skills to the participants and created this fun bboyinspired finale.

Catch the Finale Routine performance at U.Dance 2018 on Sunday 15 July, during the 3.30pm performance.

SIN Cru photo: Simon Richardson

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Sunday

performances, 3.30pm

Advance Dance Company Super Oceanum

Exeter Youth Dance Company May I Be Many

Chicane Dance Company Confliction

Choreographers: Ruth Wheatley in collaboration with the dancers Dancers: Jemima Biodun-Bello, Jessica Brady, Grace Clinton, Olivia Coombs, Xanthe Gibson, Phoebe Goff, Daisy Herron, Alice Humphries, Amelia Moore, Jemima Nicholls, Amy Parsons, Katya Reese, Grace Reid, Hannah Rider, Iris Shakespeare, Annalia Sparks, Emma Wheatley, Evie Wilkinson, Genevieve Williams Music: Hovercraft, Joby Talbot

Choreographer: Kay Crook (Chhaya Collective) Dancers: Maya Adams, Joby Cosgrave, Ellen Crofton, Tammy Hesketh, Ruby Morel, Hattie Musgrove, Noah Ricketts, Ella Tagg, Ruan Welsman Music: Khaos, live recording by Cameron Murray Crook, Margarida Martins and Osian Lewis (and excerpt from YAMA, Winter Family), Chhaya Collective

Choreographers: Amy Ashmore Dancers: Amara Bishton, Charlotte Davies, Neya Dubro, Ellie-May Fletcher, Keira Gardner, Tyrese Haynes, Lydia Holder-Wood, Emily Hunt, Sian James, Megan Jones, Krishma Marya, Julia Mazankiewicz, Megan Plant, Di’Mya Reynolds, Marichi Shemar, Katie Simms, Lilly May Timms, Lorna-Marie Timms, Fallon Wilcox Music: Sunset on M, Dardush and Black Skinhead Instrumental, Kanye West

Advance Dance Company is the elite dance company of St Albans Girls’ School. The company consists of students from years 10 to 13 and works collaboratively throughout the year, performing in school and at invited events. The company was invited to perform at the Royal Albert Hall accompanied by the Herts Symphonia.

Hovercraft by Joby Talbot is a fascinating piece of music and has been an interesting challenge to choreograph to. The title of the piece is Latin for ‘on top of the waves’ and we have taken inspiration from the way that waves move and water works, as well as the idea of ‘travelling on top of’ as per a hovercraft.

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Exeter Youth Dance Company (EYDC) is run

by Dance Artist, Kay Crook (Chhaya Collective).

Now in its third year, EYDC is a fast growing contemporary youth dance company, based at the Exeter Phoenix and supported by Dance in Devon and Exeter City Council.

Reflecting on divisions, borders and binaries in our world today, May I Be Many explores collective empowerment; from isolation to solidarity, finding strength and freedom in togetherness. With imagery of the phoenix, we follow the journey from ash, to blooming into full splendour and colour. Inspired by Chhaya’s current work Khaos.

Chicane Dance Company is an established youth dance company at George Salter Academy in West Bromwich. The company were recently auditioned in 2017 and the selected dancers range from ages 11 to 15. Chicane Dance Company’s main aim is to create thought-provoking and physically demanding choreography which resonates with its audience.

Confliction is an exploration of friendships and the trust we have for the people in our lives.

The piece focuses on the unbalance of some relationships we encounter and how toxic friendships can create despair and chaos in the world around us.

Photos:Advance Dance Company: Ian Boichat at Origin Studios Photography, Exeter Youth Dance: Ruby Morel

Tonight’s programme will feature one of the 2018 U.Dance on Screen films.

Films were selected by an industry panel and have been created by or feature young people.

For full U.Dance on Screen film listings go to pages 8 & 9

Guest performance

Northampton School for Boys Lost Child Choreographers: Alison Clinton in collaboration with the dancers Dancers: Gio Bordone, Elise Clinton, Silvio Dzapasi, Damian Frakulli, Andreas Giglio, Charlie Goddard, Kit Ibbott,Will Thorneycroft Music: Lost Boy, Ruth B The dancers are Year 11 and 13 students from Northampton School for Boys. The group meets on a Saturday at school to create and share their love of dance.

Lost Child is inspired by Peter Pan and not wanting to grow up. This dance explores the way childhood is snatched away from us and, inevitably, we all must lose our youth and face the everlooming presence and seriousness of adulthood.

“Stars are beautiful, but they must not play an active part in anything, they must look on forever.

It is a punishment put on them from so long ago, that no star knows what it was.The older ones have become glossy-eyed and seldom speak (winking is the star language), but the little ones still wonder.”

DanceEast Centre for Advanced Training A New Breed Choreographers: Joss Arnott in collaboration with the dancers Dancers: Carla Broad, Harri Eiffert, Eleni Green, Lucy Halfpenny, Izzy Jay, Jade Jeffs, Alice Marsh, Charlotte Miller, Owen Spooner, Alessandra Way, Pippa Windard-Bate Music: Heartbeat, Joji Hirota and I. Entrance,The Cathedral in the Desert, Ezio Bosso We are one of nine National Centres for Advanced Training (CAT) in dance, funded by the Department for Education. Through cutting-edge dance programmes of educational and artistic excellence, the scheme aims to develop, create and inspire the next generation of dance artists, choreographers and dance leaders.The DanceEast CAT enables young people aged from 10 to 18 years, with exceptional potential in dance, to access prevocational training in East Anglia.

Exploring conflict, strength and power, A New Breed was choreographed in collaboration with the dancers - where both individuality and unity collide, resulting in a thrilling and athletic representation of pure dance.

Photos: Northampton: Nicky Callis, Dance East CAT: Rachel Cherry, High Storrs: Brian Slater

High Storrs Dance Company Those Unknown - Therefore Uneducated Choreographers: Sean Anthony Selby in collaboration with the dancers Dancers: Dan Alcock, Natasha Bishop-Wiltshire, Anya Blake, Havana Bowring, Amy Civil, Megan Garner, Heidi Goodhill, Lucia Lorente Carr, Charlotte Pailing, Archie Potesta, Olivia Robinson, Sam Robinson, Adam Ryan, Ed Sayers-Flood, Jack Skelton, Luke Speddings, Maya Tsoneva, Emma Woolley Music: Precious Lord Take my Hand, Ledesi, Thomas A. Dorsey, The Middle of the World and End Credit Suite, Nicholas Britell and Chiron’s Theme, Nicholas Britell.

High Storrs Dance Company is the dance performance company of High Storrs School, Sheffield, with dancers aged 16 to 18 from across South Yorkshire. “Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.’’ - Maya Angelou Those Unknown - Therefore Uneducated covers various aspects of prejudice including ethnicity, gender and cultural differences based within the 1960’s and how it has influenced today’s society. We also look at how domestic abuse was commonplace in that era, along with the troubles of being a“stay-at-home-wife”at that time. Those Unknown – Therefore Uneducated explores how people from all walks of life can experience hate, no matter what their ethnicity, gender or culture. www.u-dance.org

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Leading the way

a stronger future for dance

Take part in the conversion that influences and inspires change

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Conference 2018.

23 & 24 November Leeds

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Become a Dance Ambassador & Future Leader!

One Dance UK, working in partnership with Dance Consortium, is looking for proactive and confident young people from across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to help us champion dance and its place in education, health and the cultural life of the nation.

Dance Ambassadors will be given training and a wealth of opportunities to develop their skills and experience through venue visits, talks by senior managers and dance artists, providing hands-on support at events like the national youth dance festival and advice from staff.

“Being a dance ambassador for One Dance UK has been an invigorating, enriching and humbling experience. I have had the chance to help and attend events such as the annual conference,Trailblazers and the launch of the Cultural Learning Alliance’s ImagineNation at the House of Commons.”

Harry Fulleylove

2017-2018 Dance Ambassador

Want to know more? www.onedanceuk.org Deadline for applications: 10am, 17 September 2018 @OneDanceUK_Rep

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One Dance UK would like to thank everyone for their involvement in U.Dance 2018 Theatre Production Bill Deverson Production Manager Zoie Golding Rehearsal Director Anthony Osborne Stage Manager Jonny Coulson Technical Manager, DanceEast

Company Staff

Amy Ashmore Emily Baldwin Jenni Boardman Katie Cambridge Zoe Chambers Rebecca Denby Shaun Dillon Anuradha Chaturvedi Alison Clinton Kay Crook Kate Elias Heather Huggins Jade Hunt Pierre Lafayette Marsh Nicola Payton Sean Anthony Selby Heather Savage Darren Saxon Aparna Sharma David Snowden Yuvel Soria Stacey Stephenson Chloe Stone Ruth Wheatley Laura Wilcox Hannah Wood Laura Worden

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U.Dance 2018 Workshop Leaders Sheila Attah Catarina Carvalho Lucy Crowe Geoffroy Durochat Esteban Fourmi Joe Garbett Tia Hockey Archita Kumar Benjamin Moss Aoi Nakamura Patricia Okenwa Lisa Spackman Renaud Wiser

Dance Ambassadors Beth Ackroyd Sophie Hack Vicki Horan Jemma Stein Beth Veitch

DanceEast

Lucy Bayliss Jonny Coulson Carole Creasey Brendan Keaney

U.Dance 2018 Partners & Advisory Group Members

Careers Panel Members

Steve Allman, Ipswich Borough Council Roxie Curry, ROH Bridge Sanjeevini Dutta, Kadam Rachel Elliot, English Folk Dance and Song Society Rachel Farrer, University of Bedfordshire Carrie Mansfield, The Garage Nicky Norton, Stopgap Dance Company Carrie Washington, BEEE Creative, Stopgap Dance Company

U.Dance 2018 Selection National Panel Members

Photography & Film

Lucy Bayliss Hannah Bullent Jane Carr Jess Choi Helen Dawson Claire Farmer Andrew Hurst Erin Sanchez

Francis Angol Katy Noakes Vidya Patel Elsa Urmston Cath Wilkins

U.Dance on Screen Selection Panel Members Omari Carter Jemma Gould Rosie Gunn David McCormick

Brian Slater Joseph Edwards Films

Regional U.Dance Partners

Dance4, East Midlands Dance East, East Dance City, North East DanceXchange, West Midlands Pavilion Dance South West South East Dance The Lowry, North West
 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance and Greenwich Dance, London Yorkshire Dance,Yorkshire

Thank you

Thank you to all our Festival Volunteers One Dance UK Board Sue Wyatt, Chairperson Anthony Bowne Andrew Carrick Julian Flitter Anu Giri Vicki Igbokwe Piali Ray OBE Susannah Simons David Watson

Tim Cook Office and Membership Manager

One Dance UK Patrons

Tori Drew Dance in Education Manager

Carlos Acosta CBE, Children and Young People’s Dance Peter Badejo OBE Bob Lockyer Dame Gillian Lynne DBE Arlene Phillips CBE

Champion of U.Dance and Young Creatives: Richard Alston CBE

One Dance UK Andrew Hurst Chief Executive

Heather Benson Dance of the African Diaspora London Programmer – International Development

Jessica Choi Development Manager Stephanie De’Ath Manager, National Institute of Dance Medicine & Science

Claire Farmer Manager, National Institute of Dance Medicine & Science

Susi Pink Head of Marketing and Communications Christopher Rodriguez Deputy Chief Executive, Finance Director Erin Sanchez Healthier Dancer Programme Manager Amy Swalwell Events Manager Blair Tookey Marketing and Communications Assistant Alan Tuvey Finance Manager Susanna Viale Office and Membership Administrator

Rachel Gibson Organisational Change Manager Helen Laws Head of Industry and Artist Support / National Institute of Dance Medicine & Science Hanna Madalska-Gayer Advocacy Manager

Claire Somerville Head of Children and Young People’s Dance

Hollie McGill Marketing and Communications Officer

Claire Eve U.Dance Festival Manager

Joanne McIntosh Senior Fundraiser

Cameron Ball Special Projects Coordinator

Mercy Nabirye Head of Dance of the African Diaspora

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