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Dance4 invited international artist Miguel Pereira (Portugal) to work with Flying High Youth Dance Company and two young choreographers from the East Midlands – Ben Eagles and Kieran Taylor to create an exciting piece of dance performance.

Ben and Kieran and the young people from Flying High Youth Dance Company have just returned from Berlin where they experienced an exciting exchange with TanzZeit Jugendcompany. The young people spent five fantastic days together showing work to each other, learning material and working creatively to produce movement for a sharing of work on the final day. The end of week performance was the climax of the exchange, sampling snippets of what had been produced throughout the week. Photos and videos from the week can be found on our Vimeo and Flickr pages.

Flying High will be performing on Saturday 17 July at The Vibe, Eastwood, definitely an event not to be missed! The project will culminate in a celebratory performance by both the UK-based and international young people in Nottingham in the Autumn.

Dance4 aims to increase young people’s understanding of other cultures while nurturing them as decision makers and empowering them artistically whilst raising confidence in devising and performing.  Dance4 is able to do this with support from Igniting Ambition, the East Midlands Legacy Trust UK programme.

Find out more by emailing Kirsten@dance4.co.uk 0115 9410773

GCSE Dance @ College Street

The GCSE Dance @ College Street course is specifically designed for Year 10 Gifted & Talented students. They work out of school hours to complete the AQA GCSE Performing Arts: Dance specification in one academic year.  It is led by a highly experienced dance professional, Rebecca Hart.

This would be a wonderful opportunity for any student interested in dance and give them the best opportunity to maximise their skills and talents to gain a GCSE qualification.

Acceptance on the course is by attendance at a 1-day workshop only. This will be held on Saturday 4^th September 2010 from 10am-4pm at the College Street Centre (please make sure you are on time and can stay until the end)

If you would like any further information or to confirm a place please contact Nicki Griffiths, School Dance Coordinator on 0115 9476202 ext. 227 or email nicki.griffiths@collegest.org.

YDE Stride!

16 young people from across the East Midlands came together in Leicester during the Easter Holidays for YDE Stride! an annual leadership and development programme aimed at young people wishing to explore career opportunities within the dance sector. Click here for more information.

Young people take the lead with Arts Award

Young people across the East Midlands who took part in Dance4’s YDE Stride! programme in April, are now aiming towards Gold and Silver Arts Awards. Over the summer these lucky few will be working in a range of fantastic arts organisations across the region, and excitingly Gold award students will also be managing and delivering their own events! Work placement hosts include 2Funky Arts, (Leicester), ABC Arts, County Youth Arts (both Mansfield), Dance4 (Nottingham), Dancescape (Solihull), Dèda (Derby), Lincolnshire Dance (Lincolnshire), Northants Dance (Northampton) and The Mighty Creatives (Leicester).

For more information on the Arts Award please contact Helen@dance4.co.uk