Teacher – CPD

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Another great opportunity in our region for training, albeit quite short notice now! Please see below.

Also just to give you some advance warning – our regional CPD project Dance Transports – to support dance artists, teachers and practitioners across Yorkshire will be launched next week. There will be four regional 2-day CPD events delivered by Candoco Dance Company, 2Faced Dance Company, Stopgap Dance Company and Dance United Yorkshire. The first of these workshops will take place in Hull at Hull College on 29th and 30th November and will be led by Candoco. Booking will be through the Yorkshire Dance website or via our box office. The cost of each 2 day event is £30.00. I will circulate an e-flyer as soon as possible.

Kind regards

Hannah

 

Hannah Robertshaw

Youth & Community Dance Director

 

Yorkshire Dance

3 St Peter’s Buildings

St Peter’s Square

Leeds

LS9 8AH

 

T: (0) +44 113 243 9867

W: yorkshiredance.com

NSCD NETWORK COORDINATOR – FREELANCE

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NORTHERN SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE NETWORK COORDINATOR (FREELANCE)

NORTHERN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLES (CYP) DANCE NETWORK Salary: £26,400 inclusive of VAT (18 month contract) (Year 1 – 2 days per week over 48 weeks / Year 2 – 1.5 days per week over 24 weeks)

The Northern School of Contemporary Dance, based in Leeds, is one of the UK’s leading centres for professional contemporary dance training and is seeking to fill the post of Network Coordinator (Freelance), for the Northern Children and Young Peoples (CYP) Dance Network. The Network Co-ordinator post is funded by Arts Council England and will follow through on key recommendations that were highlighted in the published report ‘A New Canvas for Dance’. The Post Holder will deliver the first 18 months of strategic development activity to develop a network for the Northern Area CYP dance ecology. Key purpose of Network Coordinator Role will be:

1. INFRASTRUCTURE: Set up the network’s infrastructure, including consolidating SAG working methods, governance role, reporting structures and evaluation plans.

2. COMMUNICATIONS: Develop a communication and marketing strategy, promote the network brand (including the value of a networked approach).

3. MEMBERSHIP: Build the network’s membership. Set up an administrative hub and membership database.

4. NETWORK MEETINGS: Hold regional (sub-regional and individual) meetings/events with membership and other CYP stakeholders, to explore, identify and define key priorities to strengthen the CYP sector (building on a New Canvas for Dance recommendations).

5. NEWS: Devising and managing effective CYP dance/Network ‘news’ and opportunity mechanisms. Integrating with consortium members’ current modes, and tools such as social media, twitter.

6. EVALUATE & FUNDRAISE: Completing evaluation of the Network’s development phase and research options for and apply for future funding to ensure sustainability of the Network. Flexible working hours, including some evenings and weekends may be required to complete the main duties and responsibilities of this role.

Candidates must be willing to travel across the North region with bases available in Durham, Leeds and Manchester. Closing date for applications: 5pm on Thursday 13th November 2014. Interviews to be held on Tuesday 25th November 2014 A job description, person specification and application form can be downloaded from www.nscd.ac.uk/jobs Completed applications may be returned electronically to [email protected] or in hard copy to Tracy Witney, Head of Learning and Participation, NSCD, 98 Chapeltown Road, Chapeltown, Leeds, LS7 4BH.

Applicants are welcome to submit a CV alongside the completed application form, but unaccompanied CVs will not be considered. The Northern School of Contemporary Dance is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community.

DAZL @ The Northern Ballet

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#DazlTakesOverDay

On Sunnbt 2day 26th October 2014 DAZL had the privileged spending the day working with the Northern Ballet’s – Center For Advance Training Programme.The talented ballet dancers had a dance of high energy cheerdance and hip-hop which was topped off with a perform to family and friends at the end of the day.

 

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The CAT programme is a Professional Dance Scheme for young people aged between 10 – 17 years old and provides intensive, non residential training to students who show

exceptional potential in classical ballet. The dancer were truly fantastic, it was wonderful to see how much classical ballet lends itself to cheerdance which was really exciting for us at DAZL to see how we could offer ballet part of the International Championship Winning Cheerdance Academy The DAZL Diamonds & DAZL Goldstars

Well done guys and we are really looking forward to northern ballet to come and deliver a take over day with our competitive cheerdance teams #NorthernBalletTakesOver 

Yorkshire Dance Youth Company – LS9, LS14, LS15

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Yorkshire Dance provides activities for young people aged 11-19 years from the areas of Leeds LS9, LS14 and LS15.  Our Yorkshire Dance Youth company provision has recently receive funding to develop and continue for a further 3 years and so we are really keen to connect with more young people and the local communities that we are working. We believe the your team and services may be key to this development.

We will be holding a launch event on Wednesday 15th October between 5.00pm – 7.00pm in Seacroft at East Leeds FM and we would love it if you or a representative from your team were able to attend.  I have attached a flyer with more information about this launch event.  Click Flyer Yorkshire Dance Youth flyer – Aug 2014

East Leeds FM launch invite - Sep 2014

 

DAZL gets Leeds Beckett University Dancing

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leeds beckettDAZL today has been delivering workshops with Leeds Beckett University and the Sports Development Department. DAZL Dance Facilitator Vicky Mawson has been inspiring the students with cheerdance

This has been a hit especially with the boys which

Bz6iLDNCEAAjhlMis amazing. for more information of the work DAZL and Leeds Beckett are doing visit http://www.dev.dazl.org/dance-health-research/

2014 Dance Visions

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http://www.yorkshiredance.com/commyouth/youth-dance-conference/2014-dance-visions 

2014 Dance Visions

Following the success of Dance Journeys (2012) and Dance Insights (2013), Yorkshire Dance is proud to present Dance Visions – a conference exploring the work we commission and create with young people.

Friday 7 November
10.00am – 4.30pm
YORK
De Grey Rooms / York Theatre Royal
St Leonard’s Place, YO1 7HD

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Call 0113 243 8765 to book your places,
or book securely online

  • £50 if you’re representing an organisation (if booking online, select ‘Full Price’ option)
  • £25 if you’re a freelancer (if booking online, select ‘Concession’ option)

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Dance Visions will focus on the themes of quality and content, presenting real examples of youth dance projects that will provoke, inspire and invigorate new approaches and creative ideas.

Dance Visions is designed for all dance professionals – teachers, leaders, commissioners, development officers, artists – working with children and young people.

This one-day conference will allow valuable time to debate, discuss and reflect on the work we make with children and young people.

Dance Visions will feature speakers and artists including:

  • Lucy Bennett (Stopgap Dance Company)
  • Zoie Golding (FuzzyLogic)
  • Vicky Igbokwe (Uchenna Dance)
  • Linda Jasper (Youth Dance England)
  • Helen Linsell (Dance United Yorkshire)
  • James Morgan (Choreographer, performer & writer)
  • Stuart Waters (Professional Dancer)
    Meet them here – more to be announced soon!

Sessions will include:

  • 12 Visions for Youth Dance – a young person led session
  • Thinking Outside The Box – Challenging youth dance project structures
  • Quality, Content and Performance – How do we define quality within youth dance choreography
  • Empowering Young People Through Dance – The relationship between form and content
  • Challenging Street Dance
  • Challenging myths around inclusive dance
  • Raising Standards in Challenging Contexts

 

Leeds Children’s Mayor Elections 2014

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Leeds Children’s Mayor elections 2014

Who will you vote for in this year’s Leeds Children’s Mayor elections?

Leeds Children’s Mayor is a unique local democracy project created to encourage children and young people to take part in a democratic election and to take active roles in improving their communities.
This year we have ten amazing finalists who have written manifesto’s on topics such as reducing bullying, the environment, making parks more fun, staying healthy and more social clubs for children.
Only people aged 19 years or younger can vote so please share this information with the children and young people you work with. We have attached a poster you may want to display in your group setting.

Voting is easy – just visit: www.breezeleeds.org/leedschildrensmayor

You can then read the manifestos from the ten finalists and vote for your top three. Votes must be cast by 5pm on Tuesday 4th November. The winner of the election will be announced on 12th November.

Further info from [email protected].uk
Follow us on Twitter @LSChildrenMayor

DAZL Staff Running Team

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We at Dance Action Zone Leeds (DAZL) would like to say a massive well don10406613_708842545858751_2664826871536051069_ne to the #TeamDAZL running team who took part in the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon part of the Northern Gas Corporate Relay 2014, DAZL and 79 teams run the 26 mile course around the city of York Sunday 12th October 2015.

 

The DA1002527_1557213861175237_7202389374373811964_nZL Team took 4 hours raising money for DAZL and also the cancer charities, we had a wonderful and would recommend organisations to get involved and get fitter in the process. Well Done to DAZL Dance Artists Kayley Davidson, Stephen Croft, Lizzie Ingham, DAZL Dance Facilitators Cherry Brown and Vicky Mawson and DAZL Director Ian Rodley.