Annual Review
2016–17 yorkshiredance.com
Introduction–––––––– ––––– ––––––3 Highlights––––––––––––– ––––––––5 Supporting artists ––––––––––– ––6 Artistic practice development –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7 Opportunities to develop new work ––––––—————– 8 Opportunities to curate —–––––––—––—–——————–– 10
Juncture 2016–––––––––––––––11 Youth & community––––––––12 Young people –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 13 Learning disabilities –––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 15 Older people ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––––– 16
Financial overview ––––––––– 20 Our funders & partners ––––23
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Regional dance –––––––––––––18 development
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Mission
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Yorkshire Dance champions the value of dance and its development in Yorkshire. We do so by raising standards, increasing knowledge and understanding and by fostering creativity and innovation.
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Wieke Eringa, CEO & Artistic Director This was a great year full of growth and learning. We extended our invitation to artists to develop their curatorial practice whilst increasing our connection within communities, particularly older adults. Highlights were the third Juncture festival, skilfully curated by Gillie Kleiman, and the Artists Curating Dance project, as well as the life-affirming work undertaken as part of the We Danced and Young At Arts projects among others. Whilst we continue to seek cross-fertilisation in the connectivity between arts-for-arts-sake and social impact work we are continually humbled, warmed and inspired by the impact on artists, participants and audiences and are excited to share some of that with you here.
Shirley Parks Chair of the Board of Directors Whilst we live in turbulent times of unprecedented change and a hardening political and economic climate, we need more than ever to connect with each other across cultural, socio-political and geographical divides. Dance has a huge power to connect people, to create empathy and share joy. This is why I believe the work of Yorkshire Dance is so important: providing an alternative way for people to encounter each other, to perceive themselves, others and their communities and to connect.
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[Disclaimer] For confidentiality the names in our youth and community case studies have been changed.
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2016 –17 14,511 attendances by 2,296 people at 909 classes 47 community performances 14 young people supported to achieve Arts Award Bronze 58 workshops for 395 dance artists 92 artists received one to one advice 47 artist residencies 86 artists benefited from 696 hours of subsidised studio space 13 artists commissioned to make new pieces of work 17 artists / companies received producer support to create a new work 7 events were presented for an audience of 1,013 people 18 events took place during the 5 days of the Juncture festival Annual Report
827 attended Juncture’s talks, performances and workshops 163,874 views of films about our events and performances
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Supporting artists
Patrick Ziza in Gavin Coward’s A Blighted Life © Sara Teresa
Artistic practice development One of our three strategic objectives is to support the development of dance artists, artistic practice and artistic leadership in Yorkshire. In 2016-17 we supported a broad range of artists to develop their practice.
“I learned some tools from both workshops – structures and exercises that I can take away and adapt and use with other people. Even stronger than that was the experience, the hours we spent doing important things that can be hard to describe. That experience was very affirming – that these various ways of dancing and interacting together are worth putting time, energy and money into.” – Sketch participant
Developing dramaturgy We invested in the artistic practice of Neil Callaghan, Simone Kenyon, Chris Owen and Phil Sanger and Azzurra Ardovini (of Sardoville) through the Sketch III project. The artists worked with international dramaturg Peggy Olislaegers and received studio space and a cash investment.
Developing skills in participatory practice The third year of the very popular Dance Transports regional development programme was attended by 51 artists. Workshops included: yy‘Relationship-Building through Dance’ by TC Howard yy‘On the Art of Paying Attention’ by David Harradine
“The Sketch workshops were extremely helpful to view the material we had created through fresh eyes and discover intended, and accidental, meanings that were created. Through focusing on the details of the work I felt it challenged me to think about bigger issues of how I work as an artist. How I articulate and frame the work I make. It has left me with a strong desire to practise writing and articulating more.”
“I came away from the two days feeling affirmed that I do have something to offer dance-wise.” – Dance Transports participant
yy‘Exploring Dance & Mental Health’ by Rachel Liggett
Artists’ feedback highlighted the value of these workshops which supported artists to reflect on and feel more confident planning and delivering community dance sessions. Throughout the year we programmed two one-off artist development days in response to identified need, ‘Quality in Youth Dance Day’ and ‘Person Centred Practice and Dementia Care Day: sharing excellence in participatory work’. The days were attended by 41 artists.
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Opportunities to develop new work Our Amplified programme, funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, invested in Grace Surman, Them Two Dance and Akeim Toussaint Buck with a combination of fundraising, production support, touring and commissioning. Akeim’s Windows of Displacement gained a great deal of interest from promoters, vastly over-achieving on its distribution target. Grace Surman created a beautiful new work, Performance with Hope, to be toured as a double bill with Things Stack Up. Five Friday Firsts evenings enabled 24 artists to present work to a regular dance audience, raise their profile and achieve exposure for their work. Themed nights, including Burst, Bish Bash Bosh and Live Bites, also offered an opportunity to meet like-minded artists and build connections. In collaboration with Northern Ballet, Phoenix Dance Theatre and Northern School of Contemporary Dance we co-produced Compound, a new commission choreographed by Gary Clarke assisted by Antonio Borriello, which was enjoyed by approximately 700 people as part of Leeds Light Night.
“I thought Performance with Hope was a gorgeous and intelligent piece of work. You should feel really proud of it.” – Amy Letman, Creative Director Transform Festival
– Pure Heart Centre, Huddersfield on Akeim Toussaint Buck
We presented some great artists during the year including Nora (Eleanor Sikorski & Flora Wellesley Wesley) and Invisible Flock’s Autobiographical Food, the latter in partnership with Compass festival. Yorkshire Dance
“Just to say I think it’s really good, well, rather excellent really, how Yorkshire Dance actually and actively guides and supports graduates!”
In collaboration with Leeds International Film Festival and artist/curator Andy Wood we supported the Leeds International Screendance Competition which continued to grow in quality, profile and audiences for this third edition.
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Them Two Dance’s Random Acts of Kindness at Leeds Waterfront Festival © Brian Slater
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– 11 year old audience member “This is the kind of thing that makes me really proud of my city.” – Audience member, Leeds
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“It’s a super cool thing to be doing. Thanks so so so so so so so so much for the awesome experience – I hope other people enjoy Them Two as much as I did!”
We were really pleased with the co-commissioning, with Barnsley Civic and Yorkshire Festival, of Them Two Dance’s Random Acts of Kindness. This outdoor duet set on a tandem bicycle is a highly engaging and subtly conceived work which toured six festivals including Grassington, Holmfirth, Hebden Bridge, Harrogate and Leeds Waterfront Festival and Mayor’s Parade Barnsley reaching an audience of over 800. Touring has been extended to 2017 when it will go to Underneath the Stars, Areadanza (Udine and Quileia in Italy), Greenbelt and Head to the Hills festivals.
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“It’s so important that work like this comes to Leeds. Thank you so much to Yorkshire Dance and to Amy Bell. Such important ART! We are privileged to be witness to what was happening tonight.” – Audience Member, Bend It
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“A high quality evening, in terms of the intelligent and engaging approach to subject matter, and the quality of performance. The work felt brave, challenging, celebratory and had an invigorating energy. Creators / performers seemed to be making discoveries, testing boundaries and pushing the limits of how to represent experience on stage. I enjoyed that the artists seemed to feel permission to explore techniques that suited their subject matter, rather than being limited to creating “dance work”. This led to highly creative styles of performance.” – ACE artistic and quality assessment
“Great evening, evocative, inspiring, touching, beautiful, true, well programmed and a great night out. Well done.” – Audience Member, Bend It
Opportunities to curate The Artists Curating Dance project, supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, enabled us to invest in the curatorial practice of six artists, deepen understanding of curation in the context of dance and diversify the dance offer for audiences in Leeds. As a result, the Juncture festival was curated by Gillie Kleiman (see page 8) and the other artists Adam Young, Grace Surman, Sophie Unwin, Lydia Cottrell and Amy Bell all prepared their events through ‘go see’ support and group dialogue.
We began work with Hull Dance, commissioned by Hull UK City of Culture 2017, to establish a curatorial group of artists to develop a concept for a small festival. In May 2017 the resulting Transgressions Festival weekend will feature work by Jo Fong, Colette Sadler and Rita Marcalo amongst others.
– Bend It curator, Amy Bell
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Amy Bell curated the second edition of Bend It, an evening of dance exploring gender, sexuality and queerness, which was hugely well received.
“For me it was a brand new kind of satisfaction and happiness to create space and opportunity for other artists that I admire to shine. To take some responsibility and creativity for framing all that… feels great!”
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Quarantine’s Wallflower Juncture © Simon Banham
“Juncture is an important platform for cutting edge, dance practice in the North. The festival enables Leeds audiences to see works that represent the various ways that contemporary dance meets and intertwines with other art forms. It provides vital opportunities to develop young artists and emerging talent, whilst presenting excellent works by national and international artists. Through Yorkshire Dance’s commitment to appointing female artists to guest curate the festivals, Juncture is also uniquely enabling the development of the dance curators of the future.” – Amy Letman, Creative Director Transform festival
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Juncture festival We proudly presented the third Juncture festival, 25 – 30 October. The programme of dance, film, talks and workshops was tightly curated by independent artist Gillie Kleiman around the ethical, political and aesthetic issues arising from professional work with non-professionals. It presented a collection of works in which the role of professional dancer was given to someone else; bringing artists, participants and their shared work into conversation about what happens when the dancing is handed over. 57 non-professionals performed in four works by Lucy Suggate (Swarm Sculptures), Nicola Conibere (Assembly); Sara Lindström (Dancing on my Own) and immigrants and animals (Laura Laura Double Penetration). Other performances included Wallflower by Quarantine and MINE by Fizgerald and Stapleton.
• 8 performances • 6 workshops • 4 talks • 1 newly commissioned film • 827 audiences
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Artists Hannah Buckley, Rachel Clarke and Sam Lawrence worked alongside headline artists as Juncture Fellows. A series of talks contextualised practice and enabled festival-goers to further the critical discourse of these cutting edge provocations.
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Youth & Communi
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One of our three key strategic objectives is to support the development of dance with young people, diverse communities and those least engaged. We do this by delivering community programmes.
Young people We continued to work with young people in Leeds through the popular Saturday Superstars programme offering weekly Ballet, Rhythm & Tap, Pop Fusion, Street Styles and Parents & Tots classes for 456 young people aged 0-14 from across the city. Our Yorkshire Dance Youth programme ran dance taster sessions to engage 153 young people aged 11-19 from deprived areas of East Leeds; 51 young people joined the weekly class. The youth company members grew hugely in ability and confidence during the year and, as a result, created and performed 11 live performances around the city. In 2016 our youth company was awarded a prestigious Arts Council Research grant which facilitated a detailed ethnographic study of impact by University of Leeds (results due in 2017).
In July 2016, we worked with DJ School UK and West Yorkshire Playhouse’s First Floor to run a Quarry Hill open arts day as part of the Breeze Arts Festival. 42 young people took part in eight workshops throughout the day covering dance, DJ skills and drama.
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We developed our regional youth performance platform, FRESH, to include three sub-regional platforms in Scunthorpe, Barnsley and Hull. This enabled FRESH to reach new youth groups and increase geographical spread as well as diversity with 20 finalists going on to perform at West Yorkshire Playhouse and Fresh Fringe at Yorkshire Dance. With performances from 311 young people Fresh 2017 blew the roof off and group leaders, dancers and audiences fed back that this year’s FRESH was higher in quality and diversity than in previous years.
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Yorkshire Dance Youth Steph was really involved with drama at school and so when Yorkshire Dance ran a taster session at her school she signed up because she thought dance would benefit her interest in performing. Initially Steph struggled a lot with low confidence and worried about keeping up in the youth company sessions. The dance artists leading the class explained that it has been really gratifying to watch her grow in confidence and that both her technique and movements have improved tremendously. Steph explained that she has a better understanding around dance and technique, including how to avoid injury. She can see an improvement in her stamina as she now doesn’t need to take as many breaks during a session. Since joining the youth company Steph has applied to college to study performing arts. She explains, “I enjoy the youth company because it’s like a break from everything else going on in life. You don’t have to focus on anything but dance.”
– Care support worker “John’s ability to take part in the sessions independently has improved. Instead of always looking to a support worker for help and reassurance, he is more likely to participate with a small amount of encouragement. His physical stamina and motivation have also improved.”
People with learning disabilities Our Leaps & Bounds and Mind the Step programmes provided 130 dance sessions for 75 adults with moderate to profound learning disabilities living in Leeds. The two groups enjoyed performing in the annual inclusive performance platform, Expressions, at Northern Ballet, for an audience of 209 people.
Yorkshire Dance Youth © Brian Slater
“I really enjoyed the session this morning. Lizzie prefers her own personal space but during the session she was happy to let you come into her space. Scott and Jasmin also appeared to enjoy themselves. It was nice seeing them both being so expressive and free with their emotions.”
– Zoe, dance artist
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Mike’s story “I like coming to Mind the Step because it is fun and exciting… I like to see the people here, they are my friends and I like to dance with them.” - Mike “I would say it is fantastic. He really likes the dance artists and likes the chance to meet new people and thinks it is a lot of fun.”
Three years ago Mike was signposted to join our weekly Mind the Step programme. His support worker, Leila, comments that Mike is happier since taking up dance and that, although he walks a lot, Mind the Step is the one space in the week where he moves the rest of his body. Leila believes that Mind the Step has helped them both to find new ways of managing Mike’s behaviour and disability. She has noticed that since attending the sessions, he has lost weight and is now more aware of how to lead a healthier lifestyle, something which is very important for his condition.
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– Leila, Support worker
Mike has a rare congenital disorder characterised by obsessive eating, learning difficulties, growth abnormalities, reduced muscle tone and problems managing his emotions.
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Older people We took great strides forward in learning about the impact of dance with older adults. Our work focused on combatting social isolation, falls prevention and bringing together different generations.
Social isolation The Young at Arts programme, delivered in collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre, Northern Ballet, Leeds Grand Theatre & City Varieties, Opera North and West Yorkshire Playhouse (The LEAF Partnership), tested different delivery models across a range of art forms with the aim of reducing social isolation for older adults living independently or in care homes in Leeds. Young at Arts engaged with residents of three care homes to provide opportunities to participate in regular artistic group workshops, for example dance sessions led by our professional dance artists together with musicians from Opera North, or in one-to-one room visits for those too frail to leave their room. A steering group of older adults co-curated elements of the project. For example, in addition to advising on project promotion and delivery, the steering group visited the Sharp Project in Manchester and led on planning, filming and editing Anne, a film about one participant’s experience of attending Young at Arts dance sessions. A highlight of the project was the Weekends of Wonder series of eight unique events celebrating a range of art forms through professional and community performances and participation. For example 30 older adults at the Silver Screen Dance event explored stories of older people through dance and film.
“You sometimes think ‘Should I be feeling this happy?’ Exercising isn’t supposed to be fun is it…? You feel better coming here, and if you’re feeling a bit shy it helps bring you out. I’m doing things now that 10 years ago I would never, ever, have done.” – Participant, Dancing in Time “Well it’s great here, been a lifeline. If I’d been at home I’d have been lonely, I think it’s part of mental health as well as physical it’s helping. We have a good laugh, we go home feeling good, don’t we? Yeah, and we’ve all gelled really well, haven’t we?” – Participant, Dancing in Time “I have been struggling to cope with caring for my mum and Young at Arts has really been a lifeline for me. Thank you to everyone who has made participating in the events such a wonderful experience. You are always so friendly, happy and positive and I have been so impressed by your professionalism, empathy and commitment to help improve the lives of people as they age.” – Participant, Young at Arts
Intergenerational The We Danced project in Sheffield expanded into new care homes and primary schools, bringing together children and care home residents through dance to create beautiful moments of exchange and connection.
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During the year a specially commissioned performance, Here and Now, was created by TC Howard. The resulting We Danced film was viewed online 157,460 times and was screened over several months on the Millennium Square big screen in Leeds. As a result Yorkshire Dance was contacted by, amongst others, Members of Parliament, the House of Lords, national dance agencies and care home providers eager to learn more about the project and how it could be replicated elsewhere.
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We presented the research findings of our falls prevention project, Dancing in Time, at a variety of platforms and events. This has led to new opportunities to extend our falls prevention practice including working with Aesop’s Dance to Health programme during 2017.
Dancing in Time © Sara Teresa
Falls prevention
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Maria’s story Maria is 88 and lives alone. She is divorced and has no immediate family nearby to support her. Over the last eight years, her ill health, glaucoma and arthritis, have led her to feel increasingly isolated.
Maria is brought to the dance workshops by taxi and taken home afterwards as well; she values the attention and resources being spent on her. Coming to the workshops has been a lifesaver; before this she was indeed depressed, never leaving the house, let alone speaking to other people.
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At the beginning of the year Maria went to see her GP and half-jokingly said she was afraid she would be found dead in her flat weeks after she had died. This alarmed the doctor who referred her to her neighbourhood network who suggested she attends the Young at Arts workshops where she has been attending regularly.
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Regional Dance Development Bringing people together One of our strategic objectives is to bring people together to strengthen the dance community and increase opportunities for people to experience high quality dance. Yorkshire Dance delivers a frame work for opportunities for shared working, strategy and project development, skills sharing and partnership building. In 2016-17 the Regional Dance Development Network (RDDN) continued to work collectively to develop the regional platform Fresh and the regional conference, Dance Risks. The RDDN remains a place of sharing and learning and seeds many new partnerships across the region.
Yorkshire Dance funds four sub-regional Hubs: yy The South Yorkshire Hub enhanced opportunities for young people to engage with dance. For example, Crossing Borders, a new youth dance showcase connected to Fresh, was developed. yy The Hull and East Riding Hub focused on two strands of work. The hub supported artists to develop work with older people, particularly those living with dementia. The second strand saw the development of a youth dance project in collaboration with the National Youth Dance Company as part of Hull 2017.
yy The North Yorkshire Hub focused on supporting the Yorkshire Schools Dance Festival and providing CPD opportunities for artists. The Hub also did significant work to broaden its membership through a consultation process.
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yy The South Bank Hub continued to deliver a comprehensive programme of youth dance as part of its Grants for the Arts funded Second Steps programme.
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“I just found it really exquisite, exploring community in a really clear way… it brought many interesting areas to the light.” – Dance Risks delegate feedback “It was such a great combination of people and backgrounds with lots to bring and share. I thought the vibe of the day was just right, relaxed and comfortable yet informative, exciting and interesting.”
The regional conference – dance risks
– Dance Risks delegate feedback “It’s the best conference I have ever been to. A brilliant mix and cross-over between discussion and the art itself. I actually learned things! And had my mind so opened.”
Dance Risks attracted 87 individuals from across the North of England and brought together a range of speakers and facilitators including Fevered Sleep, National Youth Dance Company, Everyday People, Luke Pell, Tim Casson, Robbie Synge and Lucy Boyes, Gillie Kleiman, Louise Brown, Akeim Toussaint Buck, Hannah Buckley, Phoenix Dance Theatre and Northern School of Contemporary Dance. This year the conference proposed and explored questions around professional and community practice, quality and risk.
– Dance Risks delegate feedback
Dance Risks provided a safe place for delegates to network and unite in discussion and debate. The sessions provided space for people to assess their ways of working and share practice.
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During the year we worked with local partners across the region to lever increased investment in dance and dancers. This included supporting the Bradford Dance Network to successfully raise £14,968 towards the Exchanges project. This new programme brought artists from different dance practices together to create, perform and deliver work in schools with choreographic input from Alesandra Seutin. Lin
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We supported 92 individual artists and companies during the year. This included fundraising support for artists such as Kim Oakley, Lucy Haighton, Rachel Clarke, Hayley Graham and Raised, Akeim Toussaint Buck, Grace Surman and Vanessa Grasse, resulting in over £95,000 raised within the region.
Yorkshire Dance continued to play a key role on the Strategic Action Group for the Children and Young People’s Dance Network North, contributing to ongoing development and fundraising.
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Advice and consultancy for artists and grant-funded projects was also provided including, for example, evaluating the South Bank Dance Hub’s two-year programme Second Steps.
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Financial overview 34%
Income
22% 1%
Core: Arts Council England
325,794
Core: Leeds City Council
49,400
Leeds City Council
58,709
Arts Council England
39,262
Other sources
4,480
Artistic & educational activities
54,966
Tenants & hires
211,457
Trading & other income
11,877
Grants & donations
207,280
Total income
963,225
5%
6% 22% 5.5% 0.5%
4%
12%
Expenditure 19%
Artist development & professional programme
105,901
Youth & community
166,014
Regional dance development
36,332
Marketing
25,414
Building & admin overheads
171,939
Salaries & staff costs
367,321
Total expenditure
872,921
4%
20% 42%
The information above is derived from the Detailed Statement of Financial Activities contained in the audited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2017. Full audited accounts and Trustees’ Report can be obtained from Yorkshire Dance.
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Sessional / contracted staff
Amelia Caswell
Lucy Haighton
Chloe Chazel
Gillie Kleiman
Charlie Armitage
Nardia Clarke-Rochester
Sara Lindstrom
Andrea Smart Administrative Director
Shabina Aslam
Steph Donohoe
Kim Oakley
Tara Baker
Niamh Bryson Youth & Community Intern
Lucy Fitch
Chris Owen
Jemma Broomhead
Kathryn French
Pro Dance
Lauren Clarke Facilities Manager
Charlie Buchanan
Negin Ghazani
Phil Sanger
Hannah Buckley
Georgie Harrison
Cassandra Butler
Chesney Henry-Watson
Sardoville – Azzurra Ardovini & Phil Sanger
Danielle Byars
Rosemary Holmes
Lucy Suggate
Rachel Clarke
Clare Humphries
Grace Surman
Lily Craig
Catherine Lewin
Them Two dance
Rachel Dean
Paige Lodge
Sophie Unwin
Tori Drew
Louise Lontton
Adam Young
Rachel Fullegar
Hannah Lowe
Sarah Lyon Youth & Community Dance Manager
Alison Grace-Clissold
Abbie Lumb
Tenants
Hayley Graham
Scott Lynch
Vanessa Grasse
Jackie Malcolm Fundraising & Development Manager
Becky Maguire
Balbir Singh Dance Company
Lucy Haighton
Charlotte Oldfield
T C Howard
Kim Parry
Charlotte Jones
Ayla Pearson
Nisha Lall
Courtney Ramsden
Laura Liddon
Luke Redhead
Janetta Maxwell
Gemma Shields
Louise McDowall
Francesca Smith
Red Ladder Theatre Company
Alex Mettam
Emily Snow
Split Design UK
Laura Murphy
Almaria Thomas
Talking Lens
Bryony Mylroie-Smith
Tammy Tsang
Therapy Heaven
Judy Rose Finance Administrator
Zoe Parker
Amy Turner
Tribe Arts
Daniel Phung
Autumn Wade
Yew Tree Therapies
April Skipp Marketing Officer
Stephanie Potter Mathew Jay Pratt
Richard Sobey Consultant Producer, Amplified
Artist advisory group
Katy Raven
Partners
Alison Andrews
Cape UK / IVE
Bobak Walker
Akeim Toussaint Buck
Laura Withers
Beth Cassani
Foundation for Community Dance
Adele Wragg
Rachel Fullegar
Grand Futures
TC Howard
Leeds Beckett University
Rachel Krische
Leeds City College
Shirley Parks, Chair
Charlie Morrissey
Leeds Dance Partnership
Margaret Coleman, outgoing Chair
Daniel Phung
Leeds Education Arts Forum (LEAF)
Alison Andrews
Associate artist
Leeds Older People’s Forum
Our staff Wieke Eringa CEO & Artistic Director
Natalie Duffield-Moore Junior Producer, Amplified Antony Dunn Marketing & Communications Manager Rosie Hay Arts Administration Apprentice
Lauren Mills Assistant Facilities Manager Anil Patel Building Maintenance Kirsty Redhead Creative Projects Producer Hannah Robertshaw Programmes Director
Tanya Steinhauser Artist Development Producer Gemma Whitham / Maria Popova Administrative Assistant
Front of house team Rachel Clarke Lawrence Gorringe Callum Holt Daisy Howell Aleksandar Ivanov Maria Jardardottir Jade Kemp Rachel O’Neill
Helen Bowdur Jules Caton Stuart Clarke June Goodson-Moore Rachel Krische Ruth Moran Andrew Walker David Wilmore Cllr Lucinda Yeadon
Maria Popova Chloe Richardson Lauren Savage Erikas Vaitulevicius
Artists supported
Elephant Marketing Kendell’s Bistro Little Mighty
National Youth Dance Company One Dance UK
Azzurra Ardovini
University of Leeds
Amy Bell
West Yorkshire Sport
Akeim Toussaint Buck Hannah Buckley Demon Barbers
Volunteers
Callaghan & Kenyon (Neil Callaghan & Simone Kenyon)
Melissa Blyth
Gary Clarke
Chloe Butcher
Lydia Cottrell
Jack Butler
Vanessa Grasse
Rebecca Phillips Daniel Phung
Gary Clarke
Direct Personal Management
with thanks to all the individuals and organisations who contribute to the work of the Regional Dance Development Network and our sub-regional hubs
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Our board
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Support our work Corporate relationships We carry out community projects throughout the region working with people of all ages and backgrounds. We are always interested in hearing from private companies with an interest in working in partnership. We have experience working with different sizes of business to develop mutually beneficial projects which chime with corporate social responsibility objectives. In the run up to the celebrations planned for 2023, Leeds has achieved national acknowledgement as a destination of culture. There has never been a better time to get involved and support our work.
“Thank you so much for making myself and Ali feel welcome today. We both really enjoyed ourselves. It was great to see the work that yourself and the team do.
Provident Financial visit to a Sheffield care home to observe a We Danced session
We are building expertise in delivering commissioned work in the areas of yy facilitating dance participation with learning disabled adults yycombatting social isolation with older adults yy health and Well-being work with older adults, in particular falls prevention yyyouth work in areas of deprivation We are keen to work with commissioners or consortiums who feel dance can play an important part in addressing these critical issues. Please get in touch if you would like to work in partnership with us during 2017-18 rachelkingdom@yorkshiredance.com
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To witness this first hand was excellent and to see how positively the programme is being received by the participants and the enjoyment they get from the session was fantastic.�
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Our Funders We rely on the investment and good will of a range of partners to ensure we have maximum impact and can continue to deliver our lifechanging programmes. We would like to give a special thank you to all the individuals, businesses, trusts and grant makers who have supported our work over the last year.
Yorkshire Dance gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of: Arts Council England Leeds City Council
Corporate supporters ARUP; Provident Good Neighbour Community Programme.
Trusts & grant funders
Jerwood Charitable Foundation; Esmée Fairbairn Foundation; Big Lottery Fund; Leeds Inspired; Aspire; Cape UK; Hull UK City of Culture 2017; Leeds Older People’s Forum; Leeds Public Health; Liz & Terry Bramall Foundation; Rix-ThompsonRothenberg Foundation and Baily Thomas Charitable Fund; Sport England; Unity Theatre Trust
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We’re very proud to be working in partnership with local and national trusts and foundations and other partners. Their grants have been essential during 2016-17 enabling us to deliver our work across Yorkshire.
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