Pavilion Dance South West - review & the way forward

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Pavilion Dance South West (PDSW) is a national development organisation for dance.

This publication aims to illustrate what we develop and how.

Development is often invisible and usually a slow burn so we hope by looking back three years and forward three years we will be able to help make it visible to you.

Read more about us.

CONTENTS PDSW’s unwavering support for artistic development allowed me to explore the direction of my artistic practice.

Berkavitch, PDSW Discovery Artist

DEVELOPING PDSW

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GROW: DEVELOPING ARTISTS, PRACTITIONERS AND PERFORMANCES

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SHIFT & SHARE: DEVELOPING DISTRIBUTION AND AUDIENCES

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BOUNCE: DEVELOPING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

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BREATHE: DEVELOPING PARTICIPATION AND HEALTH

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DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS

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Photo: Bollywood & Bhangra class by Justin Smith

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Photos: Travelling Light’s BOING! by Farrows Creative; Turned on its Head’s SHINY by Teresa O’Neil

INTRODUCTION | PDSW – DEVELOPING DANCE

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DEVELOPING PDSW

Dance South West, the original organisation, was first incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in July 1996 and was registered as a charity in October 2005, when it was also awarded National Dance Agency status.

In September 2010, thanks to capital investment of £3.29m by Bournemouth Borough Council and the vision of founding director Kate Castle, Dance South West was able to launch Pavilion Dance – a new centre of excellence for dance with two dance studios and a well-equipped small-scale theatre.

It has excellent backstage and technical facilities and cinema-quality screening and projection facilities.

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Until September 2010, its principal role was as the key strategic dance agency for the South West of England, networking with a larger group of dance development initiatives in the region, enabling a joined-up approach to delivery through working with venues, artists and other partners.

PDSW – DEVELOPING DANCE | DEVELOPING PDSW

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Where does the money come from?

Arts Council England (2013)

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Arts Council England

350k 300k

Bournemouth Borough Council

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200k 150k

Earned Income

150k 100k

Other public grants

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13-14 12-13 Actual 13-14 12-13 Actual

11-12

14-15 14-15

15-16 16-17 Projected 15-16 16-17 Projected

500k

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400k 350k

Staff Expenditure

350k 300k

Where does the money go?

The organisation has emerged from a challenging transition period with confidence and credibility. This is a credit to the staff team and their commitment to open communication and meaningful, positive interventions.

300k 250k

Artistic programmes

250k 200k

200k 150k

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DEVELOPING PDSW | PDSW – DEVELOPING DANCE

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GROW

Challenging and supporting artists and makers to respond creatively to opportunities and markets.

Grow encompasses professional development and product development and is key to PDSW’s agenda to transform the relationship between the work and the audience. Grow is about intervening at the outset of creative processes to aid communication, relationships and the development of work that is fit for purpose and more sustainable.

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Photos: ATMA Dance’s Ex Nihilo by Chris Nash; Mark Bruce’s Dracula by Colin Hawkins

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W O This partnership supported us in reaching out to unusual markets beyond the dance world.

Mayuri Boonham/ATMA Dance, PDSW Playtime Artist

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Allowed me to discuss pressing ideas about my current practice and talk to producers and other artists.

Growing support for artists

20

Residencies

10

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11-12

Commissions

12-13

13-14

Seeta Patel, Choreographer & PDSW Playtime Artist

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SHIFT & SHARE

Supporting more people to see great dance performance and encouraging more dance to be made that is relevant to wider audiences.

Our artistic manifesto explains what drives and excites us.

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Photos: Willie Dorner’s Bodies in Urban Spaces by PDSW; Bolshoi Ballet’s Jewels by Marc Haegeman

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The South West is a rural region with challenges including isolation, underdeveloped venue infrastructure, limited transport links and a shortage of resident performance makers of high quality. However, it has some key opportunities, such as the rural touring network, the willingness of South West venues to engage in partnerships and learning, and some wonderful outdoor and site specific locations.

By exploiting PDSW’s knowledge and expertise we bring excellent dance to our venue, exposing audiences to work they would never normally see.

PDSW – DEVELOPING DANCE | SHIFT & SHARE – DEVELOPING DISTRIBUTION AND AUDIENCES

t f i h Well done for bringing such a cutting edge programme to Bournemouth.

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BOUNCE

Inspiring children and young people in and through dance.

We also work in partnerships across the South West to develop a better infrastructure for children and young people to experience high quality dance.

We work closely with schools because that way we can reach every child, regardless of their background, giving them the chance to realise their interest or talent in dance and to reap the health benefits of engaging in dance.

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PDSW works locally in and around Bournemouth to provide opportunities and experiences for a diverse range of children and young people (CYP) in formal and informal settings.

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Photos: tutti frutti’s Rapunzel by Peter Byrne; Darren Ellis Dance’s Meeting Mr Boom! by PDSW; Street Dance class (5-9 yrs) by PDSW

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BREATHE

a e r b Advocating for and demonstrating the value of dance as part of society’s health and wellbeing provision.

Breathe champions the right for everyone to have dance and movement available to them as one way to support their health and happiness. PDSW seeks to focus on particular areas of intervention to illustrate the difference that can be made, so that models of provision can be rolled out and sustained across the region.

Dance is a creative health and wellbeing tool and has particular relevance to an ageing society. Twenty percent of the population in the South West region were 65 or over in 2012 and this will increase in the years ahead.

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Photos of PDSW classes by Justin Smith

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We departed feeling there was not only hope and support for the future but also fellowship and fun to help manage the condition.

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DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS

PDSW works locally, regionally, nationally and internationally as a strategic dance development organisation, which requires building complex and trusting partnerships.

e v e d So much more value and legacy can be achieved by working in carefully nurtured partnerships. They are integral to everything we do.

Read more about the PDSW Dance Ecology

PDSW was born from a desire for better partnership working for dance across the South West of England and we champion this founding principle through our values and our strategy. The regional Engine Room and the regional network’s Action Groups are just one example of our leadership of partnership working.

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Photos: MOKO by Farrows Creative; Mayuri Boonham’s Erhebung by PDSW

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