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National Youth Dance Company, the country’s flagship organisation for young dancers which is run by Sadler’s Wells, will work with renowned choreographer Sharon Eyal as the next Guest Artistic Director of the company. NYDC continues its search for the next intake of 30 young dancers to join the company for 2017-18, and work with Eyal to create a new dance production, with Experience Workshops taking place across England throughout July. Continue reading New artistic director for National Youth Dance Company

The Place is soon to present Protein Dance’s Border Tales and R O S A L I N D by James Cousins Company at Summerhall (4-26 August), and Fagin’s Twist by Avant Garde Dance at Zoo Venues (21-27 August) in Edinburgh. Continue reading The Place presents its Autumn programme

If August sees you wandering along Southbank, London, watch out for Britain’s national dance company. From 18 – 20 August Rambert will take over the National Theatre’s River Stage festival for a free weekend of choreography and dance and music performances. Continue reading Rambert to take over National Theatre’s River Stage

Culture UK, a new partnership between the BBC, Arts Council England, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Wales and Creative Scotland will launch this year, seeing major cultural organisations from across the UK come together to inspire new audiences and enhance the UK’s position as a global creative force. Continue reading Culture UK: inspiring audiences

With choreography by Philippe Lafeuille, Chicos Mambo will return to Edinburgh Festival Fringe after 10 years, with the UK premiere of a spectacular new show, Tutu. Running from 2–28 August, Chicos Mambo will head back to the city after the company was a huge hit at Fringe a decade ago.  Continue reading Chicos Mambo presents Tutu

Ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov recently attended National Ballet of Canada’s MAD HOT BALLET: Northern Lights, this year’s annual fundraising gala for the company. Baryshnikov was a special guest of the company last month, celebrating Canada’s 150th anniversary. Baryshnikov has always been hugely supportive of the company, and of close friend Karen Kain’s work, as Artistic Director of National Ballet of Canada. Continue reading Mikhail Baryshnikov – special guest of National Ballet of Canada

Boys have taken centre stage in the Royal Academy of Dance’s drive to attract more male dancers, recently launching Project B to increase the proportion of boys taking part in dance activities by 2020. Project B will include a range of initiatives to widen access to dance for boys and encourage more to take up ballet, firing up boys’ imaginations with new dance partnerships inspired by sports and superheroes. Male role models have been recruited for the initiative, including Principal Dancers Iain Mackay (Scottish Ballet) and Alexander Campbell (The Royal Ballet). Continue reading Boys take centre stage for Royal Academy of Dance

National Youth Dance Company, the country’s flagship organisation for young dancers, has been performing Tarantiseismic around the country this summer, a new creation by the company’s Guest Artistic Director Damien Jalet. Tarantiseismic sees Jalet present a unique piece of theatre which addresses themes of melancholia, ritual, control and abandon, and the company’s 39 young dancers will tour to Plymouth, Newcastle, Leicester, Birmingham, Ipswich and Hull, as well as Latitude Festival.

Continue reading National Youth Dance Company summer activities