Hi All Attached is the DAZL #Active4Life Summer Program 2016 for 5-12years, this will be based at the South Leeds Youth Hub. Starting at10am – 2.30pm each day, £5 per day or £20 for the week with a Breeze Leeds Card. We only have 30 places so please book a.s.a.p Take part in Dance and Creative sessions which includ crafts, cooking and arts workshops. We also have MultiSports with Active Clubs Experience boys and girls aged 5-12years welcome Please keep and share via Facebook/ twitter for more information contact community will also Text you all and send flyer via whatsapp etc. Supported by Leeds City Council Inner South Community Committee Please click here for PDF Link DAZL Summer Active 4 Life Creative Camps August 16 You can follow us on the social media below Dance Action Zone Leeds Facebook   @DAZL_Leeds Twitter
DAZL work with Joss Arnott part of SURGE
DAZL Youth Dance Company work with Joss Arnott DAZL along with Momentun Youth Dance will be performing alongside other groups from across the Yorkshire region part of an evening of dance created by Joss Arnott, The event is titled Surge. SURGE is a mixed bill programme of high quality youth and pre-professional dance from across Kirklees and wider Yorkshire, celebrating versatile young talent in various dance genres. Curated by Joss Arnott Dance, the Lawrence Batley Theatre’s resident dance company, SURGE is an evening celebrating the talented youth from across West Yorkshire showcasing adrenaline fueled works by Joss Arnott and the young artists involved. Expect an evening of exciting and high quality performances from the next generation of talented dancers from across the region. Supported using public funding from Arts Council England and supported by the Lawrence Batley Theatre and Kirklees Council. Joss Arnott Dance is committed to delivering bespoke, high quality educational activity to primary-undergraduate level students of all ages and abilities. These
 are all tailor-made to meet each and every individual need, involving all participants to engage with dance and work closely with a professional company. Thursday, 14 July 2016 – 7:30pm Main stage, 7.30pm Tickets: £7 / £5 concessions Joss Arnott Dance – CLICK HERE
#BAFwk – Bring a friend to DAZL week 9th-14th May
#BAFwk – Bring a friend to DAZL week 9th-14th May Today we launch a new initiative to reward all those young people who bring friends along to DAZL with a FREE class. This is Bring a Friend to DAZL Week, If you bring a friend between Monday 9th and Saturday 14th May 2016 you both get your dance class FREE. YOU CAN BRING MORE THAN ONE FRIEND TO MORE THEN ONE CLASS TOO -which means you could get a few FREE classes this week! why not take advantage of this.
DAZL performed at Leeds Dance Partnership Launch
Leeds Dance Partnership has a vision for Leeds to be an international centre of excellence for dance – a dancing city providing leadership in the North for the development of the art form locally, nationally and internationally. Watch the film and look through the photo gallery from Tuesday 12 April’s Leeds Dance Partnership event at Northern Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre’s home in Leeds. Leeds Dance Partnership Press release by Northern Ballet date Wed 13 Apr 2016 Earlier this week in Leeds, dance partners from across the city and the wider North region unveiled plans for the Leeds Dance Partnership at an event held at the Quarry Hill home of Northern Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre. Key stakeholders from across the region and industry were gathered together as exciting new plans were outlined that look set to put Leeds on the map as an international centre of excellence for dance. Mark Skipper DL, Chief Executive of Northern Ballet and Chair of the Partnership Steering Group explained: ‘The idea of a Leeds Dance Partnership first originated in a coming together of a number of organisations – Northern Ballet, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Yorkshire Dance, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, RJC, Balbir Singh Dance Company, DAZL and Leeds Beckett University, around a shared wish to raise the profile of the exceptional dance on offer in the city. In 2014 we became a City of Dance and we are now building on that collaboration to achieve an even greater step change in dance in the city.’ The evening set out the Partnership’s vision for Leeds to be an international centre of excellence for dance – a dancing city providing leadership in the North for the development of the art form locally, nationally and internationally. The partnership will be open to all members of the dance community, from major dance companies through to emerging independent artists, as well as other cross sector agencies with an interest and engagement in dance. It will be structured so that partners have real ownership and the ability to take an active role in driving activity forward. It is the intention of the partnership to create new resources and assets for the art form, develop more talent, create more great dance and develop artistic practice, increase access points for both participants and audiences and create more opportunities to attract the best in world class dance to Leeds. Chief Executive of the Arts Council, Darren Henley OBE said: ‘When it comes to dance, Leeds is a hotbed of creative and artistic excellence. The Arts Council invests in a range of dance organisations across the city and I’m looking forward to seeing how the Leeds Dance Partnership will develop dance here, offering more chances for dancers and audiences to become involved in this brilliant artform.’ In addition, Judith Blake, Leader of Leeds City Council, gave her support for the initiative: ‘We are very fortunate to have several truly outstanding dance organisations in Leeds. This partnership will raise their profile and help the …
DAZL Gets Inner South Community Committee Funding Support
DAZL Gets Inner South Community Committee Funding Support 2016-17 DAZL receives funding from Inner South Community Committee to support 3 New Sessions DAZL Xplode at The South Leeds Youth Hub – Saturdays 10-12noon. DAZL Xplode at Cottingley Community Centre -Wednesdays at Cottingley Community Centre and also DAZL Xplode Beeston which will be in partnership with local providers such a Hamara Centre. The Groups will meet weekly but also have the opportunity to take part in a summer intensive project with Wayne Sables Dance and Film Company. The projects are aimed at young people aged 7-12 years across Inner South Leeds and will be performing in the many local galas this summer. For more details on these sessions you can visit the BREEZE Website http://www.breezeleeds.org/creativenetworks/Pages/Dance.aspx you can also find all info on DAZL Website www.dazl.org.uk or email [email protected] social media @DAZL_Leeds twitter & Like Dance Action Zone Leeds on Facebook
AESOP Marketplace Website Launches Featuring DAZL
AESOP Marketplace Website Launches DAZL presented the DAZL Model of using dance as a tool to reduce health inequalities and meet public health outcomes at the First National AESOP Arts & Health Conference at Royal Festival Hall in London. Please checkout this link to the Aesop Marketplace which has been setup to be like an online dating site. It matches health decision-makers with relevant arts in health programmes in an attractive and time-efficient way to enable the work/ conversations to happen. The 24 programmes selected can be filtered by NHS region and four health topics, this is the website http://www.aesopmarketplace.org/arts-programmes/dazlÂ
DAZL Youth Dance Company @ Fresh 2016
The DAZL Youth Dance Company’s application to be part of the regional youth dance platform Fresh 2016 was successful. They will be performing on the main stage at The Cast, Doncaster on Saturday 26th March. In the 5 years the Youth Dance Company has been going this will be their 4th regional platform they have been chosen to perform at, as well as a place in the national youth dance platform U.Dance in Plymouth last year. In preparation for Fresh 2016 the company will be touring the #NoFilter piece in several platforms across Yorkshire including East Riding Youth Dance Platform, NSCD Community Dance Platform and Yorkshire Youth Dance Platform at Northern Ballet. We are very excited for the company to experience performing at different venues across Yorkshire and seeing other companies work in the process. Massive well done guys!
Dance Action Zone Leeds – Why I like to dance!
Dance Action Zone Leeds – Why I Like To Dance! Young people from Gipton, Seacroft, Ebor Gardens and Richmond Hill, Leeds, UK talk about why they get involved in community dance activities and how this impacts on their health and wellbeing Project Filmed by Wayne Sables and Funded by Leeds Community Foundation Dance Action Zone Leeds – Why I like to dance! from DAZL on Vimeo.
15 years of DAZL Film – The people views
 Happy 15 Year Birthday DAZL – The peoples views DAZL is celebrating our 15 year Birthday with a two day show at the Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre. DAZL groups will be performing along with a special performance with DAZL & Phoenix Dance and Dance Films created with Wayne Sables. The project has been supported by Arts Council England, Leeds Community Foundation and Leeds Public Health. Below is a wonderful film to celebrate our 15year from the people who access DAZL weekly – enjoy. PLEASE CLICK ON THIS FACEBOOK LINK AND WATCH THIS VIDDEO  https://www.facebook.com/danceactionzoneleeds/videos/vb.1385697371660221/1715488918681063/?type=2&theaterÂ
DAZL & Wayne Sables Collaborate
DAZL & Wayne Sables Collaborate We at Dance Action Zone Leeds have done multiple projects with Wayne Sables over the past 5 years. Wayne Sables Project and DAZL have linked up most recently on the #DAZL15yrs projects supported by Art Council England, Leeds Public Health, and Leeds Community Foundation – Jimbos Fund– the projects have been designed to bring WSP’s Dance & Film work out into the community collaborating with DAZL Artists / Young People and other organisations. Wayne has created Dance and Health Films, A documentary, Promotional material for DAZL Work, Supported Showcases and have helped developed DAZL shows to be livestreamed building a wider audience. This has aged young people and Families from 3-25 and their parents engaging with over 200 people already. The families are from across Leeds most deprived areas and the reaction to Wayne Sables has been truly amazing. The work has been challenging and at times push the young people/ communities out of there comfort zones but overall the experience has been extremely fun! You can view the work of DAZL & Wayne Sables on our YouTube Channel – www.youtube.com/dazldiamonds . We aim to continue the develop this partnership with new projects in 2016 which will have the DAZL Youth Company and Doncaster Youth Dance working/ sharing work and a joint collaboration for children and families in East Leeds (Richmond Hill Area). The project not only engages the families/ community through high quality artistic work but is designed improving the whole family’s mental and physical health through dance as physical activity and Artistic opportunities/ activities. The project also encourages social interaction with parents and children bringing communities together which embeds the DAZL ethos and that of Wayne Sables Project. We are so happy to have these Multiple Arts experiences and look forward to future partnerships and collaborations across the city of Leeds and Yorkshire. For more information on Wayne Sables Project vist  http://www.waynesablesproject.co.uk/ or email Wayne Sables Artistic Director:[email protected] All other enquiries: [email protected]
