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DAZL is proud and excited to announce we received funding from The Leeds Community Foundation -Jumbos Fund to support our work across East Leeds.

The funding will provide dance opportunities which addresses health inequalities through the weekly DAZL Community dance programs across LS9,LS14, LS15.

The program will include a dance film project working in partnership with Wayne Sables Project which will happen throughout this years school Summer Holidays, Dance activity in Half & regular weekly classes. We will also be creating a New weekly accredited DAZL East Leeds Youth Dance Company which would have a focus on high quality contemporary dance all would feed into local community event for young people & wider community.

All provision for the young people/ community is designed to be inclusive, fun, accessible and have a real young people led / focus within them which is the ethos of DAZL, training up local people to inspire & work back in the community.This will be a mixture of new projects & building on supporting existing work/ enthusiasm.

Were so thankful to the Community Foundation and this funding will also help us celebrate our 15th Year Birthday. All work will lead up to a two day showcase event which is also Support by Arts Council England at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre titled #Connections with finale performance Leeds Based contemporary Dance Company – Phoenix Dance Theatre and Artistic Director Sharon Watson.