Northern School of Contemporary Dance will be arranging an exchange with dancers from London Contemporary Dance School, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and Swiss performance company Le MARCHEPIED, bringing the aspiring students to Leeds for a unique opportunity. The dancers, most of whom will go on to perform all over the world as professionals, are privy to an experience that will both enhance and develop their studies as they prepare to embark on their dance careers.
Postgraduate Connections, the name of the exchange programme at Northern School of Contemporary Dance, will see the dancers from London Contemporary Dance School, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and Le MARCHEPIED perform at the Riley Theatre, Leeds, in May, creating a semi-permanent cultural hub for the city. The exchange, now in its third year, builds relationships between the schools, artists and choreographers in order to widen the opportunities and experiences open to graduate dancers internationally. Students and dancers at the participating organisations benefit over the course of an academic year from a range of professional classes, creative opportunities and performances that promote international collaboration and knowledge sharing.
The Postgraduate Connections programme is extremely important for young, aspiring students, as it enables enhanced learning, networking and performance opportunities for the young dance artists who are already in the process of building their careers. Past participants have found work through the connections they made on the programme, proving schemes and exchanges such as Postgraduate Connections are essential to help prepare dancers for professional life. Creating opportunities such as this programme is paramount to the success of dancers studying all over the world, but particularly for those in the UK who recently came under fire from leading choreographers for their lack of advanced training.
Taking place on Saturday 9 May at 7.30pm, tickets are available from www.nscd.ac.uk/riley-theatre and through the Riley Theatre box office.