yorkshire dance friday firsts summer 2016
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Yorkshire Dance presents a series of performances, workshops, professional development opportunities for dance artists, and other unusual happenings... May - July 2016 www.yorkshiredance.comTRANSCRIPT
FRIDAYFIRSTS
YORKSHIRE DANCE
www.yorkshiredance.com
professional developmentopportunities, Juncture 2016and much more...+
cover photo: Ella Mesma Company’s Ladylike at Friday Firsts #38: This Is Where It’s At © Sara Teresaphoto above: Skye Reynolds’ Pitch at Friday Firsts #36: Live Bites © Sara Teresa
Friday Firsts showcases newwork by independentchoreographers and dancecompanies working on thesmall scale.
Each evening has its owndistinct theme, and will oftenbe the first chance to seeperformances by the mostpromising dance makers fromYorkshire and beyond whoseek to experiment, push danceas a form or find a new voice.
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Friday Firsts #39
Burst
Friday 6 May, 7.30pm
Tickets £8.00, concessions £6.00
The next generation gets a chance toshow us what the future is made ofwith an evening of mixed performancefrom some of Yorkshire’s mostpromising dancers and choreographers.
Showcasing work from students andpost-graduates, the evening willdemonstrate the diverse talent beingnurtured in our higher educationinstitutions, highlighting the students’wit, charm, and intelligence.
Olivia Calder, A Piece of Friendship © Paul Guenot; Brink Dance Company [Cenobyte] © Johnny Bartley
Maria Popova, Vliyaniye
(Leeds Beckett University)
MicroMacro, Rambling’s gonna
be the death of me
(Verve)
Jem Clancy, My Name is Carly
(Leeds City College)
Flight Effect Dance Company,Moon Eaters
(York St John University)
That Ribeiro Company, The Untruthful Story
of the Timeless Man
Thomas McKeon, Beyond the Flesh
Olivia Calder, A Piece of Friendship
Brink Dance Company, [Cenobyte]
Kathryn Hewison, A Flicker of...
(all Northern Schoolof Contemporary Dance)
A night of subversively wonky danceworks questioning queerness inmovement.
The diverse programme looks towarp expectations, send stereotypesaskew and make space for vibrantambiguity.
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This is Yorkshire Dance’s third editionof Bend It, following hugelysuccessful events in 2014, curated byour Associate Artist Gary Clarke, andin 2015.
Bend It is our annual celebration ofdance and film work that exploresgender stereotyping, sexuality and thequeer aesthetic.
Friday Firsts #40
Bend It
Friday 15 July, 7.30pm
Tickets £8.00, concessions £6.00
Amy Bell’s Tombo(y)la at Friday Firsts #38: This Is Where It’s At © Sara Teresa
2016
curated by Gillie Kleimana festival of
contemporary dance
Jo Fong in Quarantine’s Wallflower © Simon Banham
We know thateverybody dances
The community dance movement,folk dance, YouTube dance classesand Strictly all tell us the samething: everybody dances.
Departing from here, this editionof Juncture collects togetherartworks where the role of theprofessional dancer is given tosomeone else, bringing artists,participants and their sharedwork into conversation aboutwhat happens when thedancing is handed over.
SAVE THE DATE
27 - 30 October 2016at Yorkshire Dance
and other venues around Leeds
5www.yorkshiredance.com/spirit-of-juncture
www.yorkshiredance.com/spirit-of-juncture
SPIRIT OF JUNCTURE israising funds to stageexceptional danceperformances featuring thetalents of people of all agesand abilities during ourJuncture festival this October.
Some amazing dance makers, includingSara Lindström, Lucy Suggate,Nicola Conibere and immigrantsand animals, will be working with 75members of the public – young people,older adults – in fact, anyone who’d liketo join in. Maybe even you...
Juncture’s all about what happens whenprofessional dance artists work withnon-professionals.
Please help us make this rareopportunity available to the peopleof Leeds today.
THANK YOU!
What could you give to the
SPIRIT OF JUNCTUREfundraising campaign?
Donate: Give online or in person
Advocate: Help us spread the word
Participate: Join our fundraisers
To donate online please visit:
www.localgiving.org/appeal/spiritofjuncture
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Spirit of Juncture Fundraiser
Open Mic NightFriday 27 May, 7.30pmThe Midnight Bell, Leeds
Box Office 0113 243 8765Or book securely onlinewww.yorkshiredance.comTickets £5.00Age guidance: all ages
Tickets may be sold on the door
subject to availablitiy
Yorkshire Dance is hosting its first ever Open Mic Night event as part of itsSpirit of Juncture fundraising campaign – an evening filled with fun, live musicand comedy.
The line-up of performers so far includes singer / songwriters Amy Cross,Adam Westley and Emma Hooker, but make sure you follow us on socialmedia to find out as more artists are confirmed!
The evening will be a great experience for everyone and raise funds to stageexceptional dance performances featuring the talents of people of all ages andabilities during our Juncture festival this October.
To donate online please visit:www.localgiving.org/appeal/spiritofjuncture
Want to perform at the Open Mic Night?
We’re looking for talented live music artists and comedians to performthroughout the evening in 15-20min sets that will give the public a flavour of therange of undiscovered creative talent in Leeds.
To audition, please book a half hour audition slot with Callum Holtby e-mailing [email protected] the subject heading Open Mic Night Audition.
Snakebox © Sara Teresa
Spirit of Juncture Fundraiser
24 HourDance Relayfeaturing Little Big Disco
Friday 1 July, 5.00pm- Saturday 2 July, 5.00pm
Events will be ticketed – details to be
announced on the website soon!
As part of Yorkshire Festival’s Big Disco, we’re inviting you to join us –and sponsor us – for 24 hours of non-stop dancing!
A team of three mighty Yorkshire Dance staff (Wieke Eringa, KirstyRedhead & Hannah Robertshaw) – alongside various dance artists, the youngpeople from our Saturday dance classes and (we hope) you – will keep the placejumping, even through the wee small hours...
Little Big Family Disco 5.30pm - 9.30pm
Join us as we kick off with a silent disco for Big Disco-ers looking for a chilled-out,family-friendly environment.
Little Big Late Night Disco 9.00pm - 1.00am
If you love dancing but you’re not sure city-centre clubbing is what you want, thisis a perfect alternative. Big Disco-ers, drop in on your way home for a final boogie!
Saturday Superstars 9.00am - 3.00pm
We hand the dance baton over to our young Saturday Superstars dancers to givea creative twist to their Saturday programmes.
Little Big Family Disco 3.00pm - 5.00pm
The family-friendly silent disco is back – from babies raving to grown-ups swaying,everyone’s welcome to join us for the final stretch!
1.00am - 9.00am events will be confirmed soon, so pleasecheck our website and social media for details, night-owls!
For details of sponsoring Wieke, Kirsty & Hannah, or giving to theSPIRIT OF JUNCTURE campaign, visit the webpage below...
www.yorkshiredance.com/spirit-of-juncture
Yorkshire Dance Silent Disco © David Lindsay
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Essentials
of Dance Marketinga workshop with Antony Dunn
Friday 29 April, 2.00pm – 5.00pmYorkshire Dance, Leeds
Box Office 0113 243 8765Or book securely onlinewww.yorkshiredance.comTickets £10.00Free to members of Yorkshire Dance’s
The Collective Plus
You’ve made a beautiful, breath-taking new dance work. Maybe you’re launchinga brand new dance company. You’re excited about getting in front of someaudiences. But how are you going to persuade them to come?
This workshop will equip you with marketing skills to help raise the profileof your work, your company and yourself.
Pick up tips on identifying audiences, writing good blurbs, using digital and socialmedia, handling the media, understanding your own ‘brand’ and much more.
This informal and occasionally hilarious workshop will feature a mix of practicalexercises and conversation, with examples of some truly great – and truly terrible– dance marketing…
This workshop is suitable for people working in any sector of the arts –
the principles are all the same.
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Antony Dunn has worked in dance, theatre and literature marketing since 1997.He led the communications department of York Theatre Royal to win the TMAAward for Achievement in Marketing 2008, and was appointed Marketing &Communications Manager of Yorkshire Dance later that year.
He is also a poet, creative writing tutor and Artistic Director of BridlingtonPoetry Festival.
© Sara Teresa
Box Office 0113 243 8765 - book securely online at www.yorkshiredance.com
Artists’ Takeover Day
Thu 26 May, 9.30am - 5.00pmYorkshire DanceAdmission free
Making a Song and Dance about...
... litter, nowhere to park, public transport,school places, the NHS, dog shit, thepatriarchy, my/your boss, not having a job,the media, representation of women (inaforementioned media) how to complain,who to complain to, who’s running thisanyway... the illusion of democracy as wedebate and rage on social media aboutthe change we want to see, but cannotseem to make.
What to do?
Perhaps, in the words of David Bowie... ‘let’s dance’... because you put your wholeself in – or your whole self is out... OK, maybe the Hokey Cokey isn’t ‘what it’s allabout’...
No harm in having a go though.
Yorkshire Dance, Irregular Arts and A Quiet Word invite you to a makea song and dance about what gets your goat.
Join us to explore the body in motion, the body in song and the body shaking withrage about what’s wrong with the world. This is an ‘artists takeover day’ where thebuilding is available to support experimentation. The event is free, but you need tobe able to take part in the whole day.
This is the start of an investigation into the ways in which making a song anddance about things can change the world.
For more details of the day’s programme, visit:www.yorkshiredance.com/artists-takeover-day
To register please send an email with the subject line: ‘Making a Song and Dance’including your phone contact details and confirmation that you are available forthe whole day to: [email protected]
The deadline for registration is 9 May 2016
US Royal Navy Band © chooyutshing
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Sketch 3 Workshop
with Peggy Olislaegers
Friday 17 June, 10.30am - 3.30pmYorkshire DanceAdmission £10.00Box Office 0113 243 8765or book securely onlinewww.yorkshiredance.com
Yorkshire Dance is delighted to announcethat our Sketch programme is back, onceagain with the astonishingly talentedPeggy Olislaegers.
As a part of this third instalment ofSketch, we are running this introductoryworkshop to give artists the opportunityto get a flavour of what dramaturgy, andPeggy’s unique approach to it, is all about.
This is a great opportunity for anyoneinterested in applying for the Sketch 3programme, giving you the chance to getto know Peggy and her way of working.
Sketch is a 6 month development opportunity for dance makerswith an interest in developing a new dance idea with a focus ondramaturgical practice. Sketch 3 will run from 5 September 2016to 3 February 2017.
Application forms for Sketch 3 will be available to downloadfrom our website from Friday 3 June.
The deadline for applications to Sketch 3 is Friday 1 July.
Peggy Olislaegers live-workshopping with Jamaal Burkmar,Sketch 2 © Sara Teresa
Them Two Dance © Brian Slater
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Catch Them Two Dance on tour
Them Two Dance has embarked upon a journey with Connor and Katherineastride their tandem bicycle to encourage the occurrence of Random Acts ofKindness in Yorkshire. They ask for your help in this series of interactive pop-upduets. They ask you to be kind, to be random, and to help them if they geta puncture. Come along and see performances at:
Sat 18 Jun Sat 25 Jun Sun 26 JunGrassington Holmfirth Leeds Waterfront Festival
Sun 3 Jul Sat 9 Jul Sat 30 JulHebden Bridge Barnsley Mayor’s Parade Harrogate Festival
This work has been co-commissioned by Yorkshire Dance Amplified, The Civic Barnsley
& Yorkshire Festival. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
#RandomTandem | @themtwodancethemtwodance.co.uk
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Grace Surman ResearchConversations: Join in!
Artist Grace Surman will bedeveloping a new dance film with herdaughter Hope following a residencyin two libraries in partnership withSpot On Rural Touring.
Conversations held during theseresidencies will inform thedevelopment of the film. Come andjoin Grace at Upholland Library andEuxton Library (Lancs) this spring toshare your experiences of parentingand memories of childhood. (ContactNatalie Duffield-Moore at YorkshireDance 0113 243 9867 to confirmdetails.)
Grace will be testing a scratchedversion of the piece at Battersea ArtsCentre supported by TransformFestival on Sat 21 May – ticketsavailable from www.bac.org.uk
Join us for National RuralTouring information session
Yorkshire Dance is hosting a NationalRural Touring information session onWed 1 Jun for artists and producersfrom across the North. The sessionwill be packed with informationabout the scheme and their mostrecent opportunities to apply foryour work to be presented in newcontexts outside of a black boxtheatre.
You will also have the opportunity tomeet programmers from HighlightsRural Touring and Spot On RuralTouring and engage in one to onesurgeries if appropriate.
This session is free of chargehowever booking is essential. [email protected] book your place today.
Lîla Dance - The DelugeGrace Surman © Gary Winters
Box Office 0113 243 8765 - book securely online at www.yorkshiredance.com
Contemporary Class
with Rita MarcaloSummer term 2016Tuesdays, 19 Apr - 19 Jul£6.50, concessions £5.50
6.30pm - 8.00pm, Advancedfor professionals, dance students andthose with advanced ability
8.00pm - 9.30pmBeginners / Intermediatefor people with a good basic levelability wanting to try a higher level
With a focus on risk taking,individuality and non-linearmovement, teacher Rita Marcalo willencourage you to embrace her wayof moving in this weekly class. Withan attempt to enable participants towork against their common learneddance movement patterns and findnew ways to develop, Rita creates asafe and fun environment to explorenew ways of thinking and moving.
It is taught on two levels to enablecomplete beginners to get acquaintedwith basic principles ofcontemporary dance, at the sametime as allowing people with someexperience to develop further.
Gracefool Collective present
ProDanceLeeds
ProDanceLeeds is an artist-ledprogramme of professional levelcontemporary classes for dancers.After a very successful Arts CouncilEngland-supported pilot of thescheme, we are pleased to announcethat we have further funding fromACE to run classes 5 days a week,bringing you the best of thecontemporary dance world.
Previous teachers have included GaryClarke, Amy Bell, Yael Flexer, JorgeCrecis, Azzurra Ardovini, Phil Sanger,Anthony Middleton, Eleesha Drennan,Jo Fong, Tim Casson, Joss Arnott andKristina and Sadé Alleyne.
Over the next year we will welcomesome excellent new teachers, as wellas some brilliant returning artists. Wewill also hold specialised workshopsfor dancers to delve into thetechniques and styles.
For more informationvisit www.prodanceleeds.comor [email protected]
Twitter: @ProDanceLeeds
Yorkshire Dance invites you to...
a conversation on quality in youth dance
performance & choreography
15photo: Dance United Yorkshire Performance Company at Fresh 2015 © Brian Slater
Fri 23 Sep 2016, 2pm – 4pm
Yorkshire Dance, Leeds3 St Peter’s Buildings, St Peter’s Square, LS9 8AH
RSVP
This interactive, free session will provide an opportunity to discussand explore what quality looks like in youth dance performanceand choreography.
As part of our ongoing development for the regional youth dance showcase,Fresh, we are opening up a conversation and we would like to invite artists,group leaders, teachers and decision-makers to join us.
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Finding Yorkshire Dance
Yorkshire Dance3 St Peter’s BuildingsSt Peter’s SquareLeeds, LS9 8AH
Yorkshire Dance is in the culturalquarter of Leeds city centre,opposite the BBC and Leeds Collegeof Music, next to Northern Ballet &Phoenix Dance Theatre, over theroad from the bus station and 15minutes’ walk from the train station.
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Join The Collective...two new, improved membershipsfor dance artists at Yorkshire Dance
Standard£50 / concessions £30 per year• Up to 50 hours’ free studio space per year • E-bulletins • Free equipmenthire • One-to-one advice session • Residency opportunities • Discountsand offers on training, events, conferences and performances
Plus£100 / concessions £60 per yearAll the benefits of Standard, plus...• Unlimited free Standby Space • Three one-to-one advice sessions •Opportunity to curate a performance, workshop or event with a £1000budget • Free professional contemporary class • 3hr training session onlighting & sound or marketing • One facilitated Critical Response Processfeedback session
For more detailed description of these benefits, visitwww.yorkshiredance.com/professional/the-collective