Yorkshire Dance
We are raising funds to support our work with young people and adults with learning disabilities.
Every penny you donate to this aspect of our work will be matched by Arts Council England through the Catalyst funding programme.
So please, please, please – if you believe this work is valuable – give what you can to help us keep doing it! To donate click on the Local Giving button to the right of this screen.
Yorkshire Dance celebrated its 30th birthday in 2012, and now we’re excited about what’s new and what’s coming up in 2013…
Friday Firsts
The latest in our series of dance performance evenings in The Loft at Yorkshire Dance.
Lustrum
Professional dancers and choreographers are invited to take part in a new project led by award-winning choreographer (and Yorkshire Dance Associate Artist) Gary Clarke; Mon 22 – Sat 27 July.
U.Dance 2013
Youth Dance England’s national youth dance festival will be taking place in Leeds this July! Over 4 days, the festival will give some of the best youth dance groups in the UK the opportunity to perform in high-profile venues across the city at the only event of its kind.
The Worlds
In May 2012 four hundred artists led by the Quay Brothers created OverWorlds & UnderWorlds, a three-day event in Leeds that was directly experienced by 20,000 people. The Worlds is a new companion piece to OverWorlds and UnderWorlds, designed in response to the live event as a creative digital experience for online audiences.
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Looking back: Juncture 2012
The first edition of Juncture, curated by Charlotte Vincent (Vincent Dance Theatre), was a month-long programme of residencies, performances, workshops, professional development and debate at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds, March 2012.
Splendid film © Andy Wood, Sound Alibi, www.soundalibi.co.uk
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Looking back: Big Dance Yorkshire 2012
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Yorkshire Dance champions the development of dance in Yorkshire. We do so by raising standards, increasing knowledge and understanding and fostering creativity and innovation.
We create opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to see, make and take part in high quality dance that is rooted in their creativity, in their lives and in their communities, with the power to transform and inspire.
We create opportunities for emerging and established artists and practitioners to research, create and present new contemporary work on the small scale, and in communities, developing their skills, expertise and networks.
We create opportunities for people to experience dance by working with partners local authorities and the arts, in health and in sport, building a region-wide infrastructure for dance development.
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Yorkshire Dance Centre Trust Company Ltd
Registered 2319572 England
Registered Charity No. 701624
VAT No. 418 0193 70
