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THE BIG MISSION
Three days of non-stop dancing!
8th-10th May 2008
Swindon Dance in partnership with
State of Emergency presents THE BIG MISSION, a three-day festival celebrating the 'new face of Black British Dance' ...
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Big Screen Swindon .....
LIVE ON THE BIG SCREEN
Wharf Green, Swindon
1st Jun 2008
To accompany the live broadcast of the Royal Ballet's production of Romeo and Juliet direct from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Swindon's new Big Screen, we have commisioned Banxy to work with local schools to create 3 minute urban dance pieces, which will be shown first.
The Big Screen Swindon is the result of a partnership between the BBC and the New Swindon Company. It's the ninth Big Screen in the UK and the first in the south of England. Coming soon ... Big Dance! Big Screen! ... part of national Big Dance Week — 5th-13th July.
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Performance news .....
Youth Dance Academy! Excellent!
Sadler's Wells, 15th July 2008
You can see our Youth Dance Academy students performing at Sadler's Wells in July as part of Excellent!, a showcase of dance and music for talented young performers from centres of excellence. They will appear alongside young people from the Royal Ballet School and the Menuhin Music School.
The Academy, which is a UK Centre of Advanced Training, has joined forces with the South West Music School in a piece choreographed by Henri Oguike, with music composed by Keith Tippett and performed by SWMS students.
The YDA is funded by the Department of Schools, Children & Families (DSCF).
Photo: Mark Pepperall
MEET ...
YOUTH DANCE ACADEMY STUDENTS
Meet four students from Swindon Dance's
Youth Dance Academy, all of whom have won places in further education.
Carys Staton
Carys, who is 18 years old (pictured above left) and from Swindon, has successfully auditioned for London Contemporary Dance School and The Rambert School. She took part in our Youth Talent Programme and then joined the Youth Dance Academy, where she is now in her third year. Carys is a member of Swindon Youth Dance Company.
Tom English
Tom, 16 (pictured above right) and from Oxford, has also successfully auditioned for The Rambert School. He is currently in third year at the Youth Dance Academy.
Lucy Gallagher
Lucy is from Swindon and is 15 years old. She is only in her first year at the Academy but she has already successfully auditioned for the Northern Ballet School.
Charlotte Evans
Former Academy student Charlotte, who is 18 and from Wiltshire, has successfully auditioned for London Contemporary Dance School. She spent two years at the Academy, and since September 2007, she has been doing the Northern School of Contemporary Dance Foundation Dance Course.
Photos: Mark Pepperall
