March comes to an end

Well March has felt like a bit of a slow month after the initial excitement of the launch and meeting lots of the movers and shakers in February. Although as the month is drawing to a close it seems like things are beginning to fall into place and I have some pretty exciting events in the pipeline which will be brining lots of different dance and community groups together! I am still working on finalising all of the plans so more information to follow very soon! 


Key dates so far are:
I will be teaching the Big Dance routine to St Johns Primary School on 25th April and then to SpinDrift Youth on 27th April. I am hoping to organise two inset days for teacher in the Dartmouth and Kingsbridge area so keep posted for dates!


Big Dance is on 29th April and we will be dancing in Kingsbridge at a venue TBC, with a possibility of a group also dancing in Dartmouth at the same time.



Then we have the world record event on the 18th May, this is a chance to do the Big Dance at wherever you are and be part of a world record attempt!


And on Sunday 20th May the Olympic Torch will be traveling through South Devon and there will be a big dance event at Stoke Fleming, with smaller satellite events in other villages, more details to follow very soon!


It has been great being part of this project and meeting so many new people and finding out about all of the wonderful things happening in the area.

Spindrift are looking for dancers!

Calling all dancers...

 

SpinDrift are looking for new company members to join us on the company tour for 2013.

 

We are here to provide performance opps for dancers in all walks of life.. we know you are hiding in all sorts of places and in all sorts of jobs!

 

 

Whether professional, teacher, enthisiast, undergraduate or post graduate, there will be a performance peice that best suits your ability, interests and availability for rehearsals.

 

There are many dance performance opportunities

1.  New choreography for experienced/trained performers by Kerri Jackson based on Fear.

Rehearsals are 4 Sundays from April - May

 

2. Reshaping Held by Sally Robbins,

Rehearsals are 2 Thursday evenings a month and one Saturday intensive May - July

 

3. New multi media and cross arts choreography

By SpinDrift members to celebrate and document Callington Collective Perspectives

July - October some evenings, holidays and weekends. Max of 7 days in total.

 

 

4. Dance film projects

 24hrs is a multi generaltional ensemble peice curently performed live to acoustic guitar but will be filmed in June/July with more dancers.

 

 Slow Dances as an ongong  durational solo project open to all dancers with access to a video camera and an outdoor space. Film yourself dancing the same routine 2-3 times a week and then ket us edi the film to see the seasons change and magic happen!

 

 

 Apart from the dance film projects, you must be available and local to the South West from May 2012 to April 2013. We normally perform once a month around Devon and Cornwall but may travel further afield this year. Showcases are always evenings and weekends. Performance work is not paid but travelling to the performance venue is covered.

 

Please contact Suzie West to register your interest for particular projects and give a brief explanation of 

- your dancing journey so far

- reasons for wanting to dance with SpinDrift.

- address and contact no, 

 

The company will then be in touch if you are allocated a group. No auditions but there may be a trial rehearsal you need to attend.

 

 You can also follow the links to confirm availabiliy for rehearsals for projects 1 & 2.

 

1. Fear http://doodle.com/2qrt8b6visc6p9iy

 

2, Held http://doodle.com/eucvtnt4nutficxz

 

 

We look forward to dancing with you.

Dancers Wanted in Plymouth

 ‘THE WORLD AT YOUR FEET’ 

CITY WIDE PROJECT 

CALL FOR DANCERS...LAST CHANCE TO GET INVOLVED!!! 

The World at Your Feet is a project celebrating the richness and diversity of cultural migration in Plymouth. It will culminate in a significant outdoor site specific production involving young people, members of the community, graduates and professional artists. It will be performed to the public for two weeks in July as part of the Cultural Olympiad. 

We are looking for up to 10 more dancers aged 14-25 to join our highly motivated and creative young dance apprentices. The World at Your Feet operates an equal opportunities policy and to reflect the subject matter of the production we are encouraging young people from ethnic minorities to get involved. 

We will be holding an open workshop for those interested on Tuesday 24th April, 5-7pm at the Barbican Theatre. Please register your interest and reserve your place at the workshop by Friday 20th April. Places are limited so register early to avoid disappointment. 

To register please email: dance@barbicantheatre.co.uk 

You will need to be available for all of the following dates..... 

WAYF Rehearsal schedules 

16th April – 30th May 

Tuesday – 6-9pm 

4th June – 10th July 

Tuesday – 6-9pm 

Sunday – Company Call (Sunday 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th June &1st July) 

Production week 

Production rehearsal – Mon 2nd, Tues 3rd and Wed 4th evening rehearsal 

Technical Rehearsal – Friday 6th & Sun 8th July 

Dress Rehearsal – Tuesday 10th July 

Performance opens 11th July 

Run Week One – 11th, 12th 13th, 14th 15th July Call 5pm open 7.30pm 

Mid week rehearsal – Wed 18th July 

Week Two – Wed 25th Call 1pm rehearsal 

Run Week Two – 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th July call 5pm open 7.30pm 

Key delivery partners: 

SpinDrift Youth Dance

 SpinDrift Youth Dance 

Young dancers of 

Dartmouth & Kingsbridge. 

New term! New projects! New dancers welcome! 

£20 per term 

Every Fridays 5-7pm 

dance studio @ Kingsbridge Community College 

Contact Suzie for more info. dancinghoneyed@yahoo.co.uk 

07532361267 

Every Friday evening excluding May half term. 

With Claire Summers 27th April 

To learn the World Dance Day routine and perform on 29th April to celebrate the day with other dancers. 

Every Friday evening excluding May half term. 

With Claire Summers 27th April 

To learn the World Dance Day routine and perform on 29th April to celebrate the day with other dancers. 

With Suzie West & Sarah Farrow Jones 4th May onwards ‘Stories to be told’ project inspired by local peoples stories to be performed in Cornwall and Devon during June & July 

SpinDrift Choreographer

SpinDrift Dance Company are looking for a local choreographer to produce a new work for the company's 2012-2013 autumn tour. We are passionate about creating inspriring varied showcases for local communiities and are seeking a contemporary peice that celebrates locality or universal themes that the south west audience can enjoy. Do you have an idea but no dancers? Do you want to work with trained professionals? Do you want your work advertised and toured in the South West? This is a paid project with specific dates already set with the four company members: Sunday 8th April Sunday 29th April Sunday 13th May You will have access to a dance studio, music equipment and also have the opportuntiy to work with film/ installation as this is an area SpinDrift are very familiar with. The dancers are availabe for full days on the dates above and can rehearse evenings as a company nearer the touring period (beginning June) There is a one off payment of £300 on completion of the work. Please apply to suziespindrift@yahoo.co.uk with an expression of interest and your creative ideas so far.  The deadline for this is Friday 23rd March 6pm. We look forward to hearing from you, If you have any further questions please call Suzie West on 07532361267 or Sam Dukes 07769322465 SpinDrift Dance Company local artists, local creativity

A bit of a update and some news from SpinDrift

Hi everyone,

So I have been a little quiet this month due to illness and doing lots of traveling round the country meeting lots of wonderful dancey people and making some exciting connections!

Mental Health and Long Term Illness
I have just got back from Laban where I met two wonderful ladies from 'Hoot' based in Yorkshire who ran a workshop for dance practitioners who work with participants with mental health issues. The day was inspiring and this is something I would really like to establish in the South Devon area and I'm going to try and get the planning and research done for this by the end of the month, so I will keep you posted on my progress. If anyone has any useful connections especially with GP's or other organisations that you think might be interested in a project like this please do get in touch!

Big Dance
So I have been busy learning this years Big Dance routine choreographed by the wonderful Wayne McGregor and I already have 3 schools signed up for the big schools pledge in the dartmouth and Kingsbridge area and I'm working on the rest! So if you are a school in the South Devon area and you want to get involved in Big Dance please sign up for the big schools pledge and get in touch, I'm more than happy to help! I am also working with Stoke Flemming and lots of dance groups including SpinDrift Youth and Dartmouth School of Dance to put together an exciting dance event on the 20th May! More info to follow soon.

SpinDrift
For those of you who don't know about SpinDrift that are a local professional dance company who also do a lot of fantastic work in the community and in schools. They are currently looking for a choreographer to work with them to make a new work to add to their ever expanding rep! They also run a youth dance company at Kingsbridge school on a Friday night. Please see my other posts for more detailed information about both of these exciting opportunities!

Well thats all for now folks but please do forward me information about any dance activity or events in South Devon so i can get the information out. And lets make Big Dance a great one this year so please sign up to the Big Schools Pledge if you are a school!!

Claire 

Introduction :)

So I have just sent this message round to some key people but I also wanted to post it up on here just incase  :)

My name is Claire Summers and I am the South Devon Dance Ambassador for Dance in Devon's Compass project. I will be working to help raise the profile and provision of dance in South Devon over the next year. This could mean setting up new projects, supporting existing projects or just letting people know what is out there in their area!

There are a few key areas I am interested in:

• Working with Schools and teachers to help support their current dance program or indeed help start up dance if there is none.
• Work with the young people of Dartmouth to set up a youth dance group.
• Find out what dance is already available so I can make this information more accessible to the public.
• Taking dance to already established groups such as young carers, retirement and care homes and another community group that would like some dance!
• To mentor potential dance leaders/ teachers and help them to establish new groups in the area that are sustainable.
• to spread the word about Mini Movers and get the children's centres dancing.

This list is by no means exhausted, and if you have any ideas of potential projects please let me know! 

I would really like you help so please get in touch if;

• if you are a school, group or any other organisation and are interested in the project and you would like some more information, or if you would like me to come in and talk to you more about the project.
• If you run a group and you would like to tell me about it please do so making sure to include details of time and venue.
• If you have any ideas about other projects or know of a group that would love to do some dance. 

I do have a small budget to run taster session so agin if this would be of interest to you please let me know.

It would be really great if you could also pass this email on to anyone who you think it may be of interest to, so please spread the word!

I have also attached some information about Big Dance which could be a great starting point.

For more information about the compass project please visit http://www.danceindevon.org.uk/projects/

Best Wishes

Claire 

south@danceindevon.org.uk

World Dance Day

So world dance day os fast approaching!

If you would like to take part then please get in touch south@danceindevon.org.uk

http://www.danceindevon.org.uk/projects/world-dance-day-2012.html

                                                                               

WORLD DANCE DAY and CULTURAL OLYMPIAD CELEBRATIONS

   

Perform choreography by Wayne McGregor I Random Dance on WORLD DANCE DAY!

We invite all dance practitioners and groups to come and join in the celebrations with the rest of the world.

To take part; tell us how you will be performing with your group by e-mailing projectassistant@danceindevon.org.uk

The choreography is now available to download! To retrieve, simply:

1)    Download and install the Drop Box Application from www.dropbox.com

2)    Wait for us to share the file with you in your Drop Box

3)    Start learning the choreography!

Join us to learn the material and adapt it to make it relevant for your particular dance group. Workshops include an introduction to partner work and structuring tools.

Wayne McGregor|Random Dance workshops

with Antoine Vereecken

Monday 19 March

12.00 - 2.30pm OR 3.30pm - 6.00pm

Venue: The Mint Methodist Centre, EXETER Cost: £15 per session

To book or for more information visit our website:  www.danceindevon.org.uk

Join in and celebrate World Dance Day on Sunday 29 April and dance with us wherever you are in Devon!

The music will be broadcast live by BBC Radio Devon and we encourage you to perform your version of the material wherever and with whoever you wish!

                                                                        

Freddie's residency in Dartington 16th feb 2012

South Devon Dance Launch 15th Feb 2012

February

So February has been and gone and March is fully underway, and it has been quite an exciting month for South Devon Dance!

We officially launched on the 15th March with a day of dance kindly hosted at Townstall community hall. Many turned up to show their support and took part in the free dance classes going on throughout the day. We were really lucky to have Erik from Urbanation Dance School come to teach some street and Break Dance then Emma Mannings lead the group through some energetic African dance. Sarah Farrow-Jones who teaches a adult stretch class in Blackawton Village hall every friday morning came along to take the next session before Sarah Buckingham finished off the day with a dance fit class!

Then strait from the Launch day I headed over to Dartington to get a sneak peek at Freddie Opoku-Addaie's new work! Freddie will be creating and performing a Bespoke piece in South Devon later this year which is very exciting!! Then I was lucky enough to get to spend all of the next day along with the other dance ambassadors working in the studio with Freddie and his dancers :). It was great to get to know him better and his work and I'm very excited about the next few months leading up to his residency in South Devon.

Other than that I have been very busy meeting with lots of different people and making lots of connections in the community, really trying to map out what fantastic work is already happening out there and how I can help to support that.

A few key things that have happened this month and that I will be working on throughout March are getting ready for Big Dance and World Dance Day...so keep you eyes and ears peeled for more information coming very soon! I'm also hopping to work with Townstall youth group to set up a collaborative dance and music project (and hopefully get the TR14rs to come and visit them!).

Oh and I must not forget a huge well done to Suzie West and the dancers of Kingsbridge School for a great show last Friday night! It was fantastic to see so many wonderful dancers and I hope I get to work with more of you over the next 10 months.

ps I have attached a few pictures from the launch and freddie's residency at Dartmouth, hope yo like them :)