Dance City— Advanced Training Programme
Providing focused training in Contemporary Dance for young people
Durham Foundation Training Programme
What is the Dance City—Advanced Training Programme? The Dance City— Advanced Training Programme is an intensive dance training programme open to students age 13-17 from across the North of England that show an exceptional talent and potential in dance based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The Durham Foundation Training Programme is one of a number of outreach foundation programmes across the North East supporting local gifted and talented dancers aged between 7 and 13 years of age who have been identified as having a potential to excel in dance and who may wish to graduate on to the Advanced Training Programme once they reach the age of 13. Where is it based? The Durham Foundation Training Programme is based in Durham City and is delivered by local arts development company TIN Arts. Who are TIN Arts? TIN Arts is one of the leading arts development companies working in the North East. We have a vast amount of experience of working with young people through dance and we also work in partnership with arts agencies and organisations to create, plan and deliver creative dance and arts programmes to all regardless of age, gender and ability. Who leads the activity? All of the training on the Durham Foundation Training Programme is delivered by Tess Chaytor, creative director of TIN Arts. A graduate of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Tess performed and toured with Third Theatre and Sidewinder Dance Company before returning to her native North East in 1999 to set-up TIN Arts. Up until 2005, Tess delivered the Foundation Strand in Newcastle before starting the new Durham based programme in 2006.