WHAT'S ON
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dance classes
Mon 15 September
3.45pm, 4.45pm, 5.45pm
Ballet
children
5.00pm
Jazz
11-16 years
6.30pm, 7.30pm
Jazz
adults
6.00pm, 6.45pm
Street
11-16 years
7.45pm
Street
adults
4.15pm, 5.15pm
Tap dance
5+ years
NEWS
Applications now open .....
SIZZLE 2008
YOUTH DANCE SUMMER SCHOOL
28 Jul - 01 Aug 2008
Swindon Dance's Youth Dance Summer School — a colourful journey through truly unique styles of dance guaranteed to bring this Dance House down!
A flava of slick footwork ... a dose of funky beats ... heads nodding ... feet tapping. Open to everyone aged 11-16 years, with or without dance experience. To book, call the box office.
TIMETABLE
Download now ...
leaflet (300k pdf)
creating, performing, teaching, learning, seeing ...
PERFORMANCES
COMMUNITY DANCE
EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
ARTIST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NEWS
Applications now open .....
SUMMER DANCE SCHOOL 2008
Daily classes : for people 14 yrs +
18th-22nd Aug 2008
Swindon Dance's Summer School is eagerly anticipated each year. Sign up now for a range of classes led by world class teachers over five intensive days.
Summer School classes are suitable for amateur dancers, dance students and dance teachers — anyone with a passion for dance is welcome. Minimum age is 14 years.
NEWS
For professional artists .....
ALPHA ASSOCIATES 2008/9
scheme runs December - April
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
Applications are now open for the
Alpha Associates Award Scheme 2008/9 run in partnership with ICIA, University of Bath. Three awards will be made, and applications close 8th September. See
professional artists page for downloadable application form and
more 
NEWS
For professional artists .....
SUMMER RECESS 2008
26-29 Aug 2008 intensive
BOOKINGS NOW OPEN
Book now for Swindon Dance's 2008 Summer Recess intensive, entitled
The Articulate Performer, led by
Laurent Cavanna and
Sasha Roubicek, with
Barry Ganberg ...
See
professional artists page for downloadable application form and
more
MEET ...
MICHAEL KITCHEN
Michael Kitchen is artistic director of RPM Dance Theatre. He also performs with Bollywood Grooves and is a member of Paraíso School of Samba, taking part in the annual Notting Hill Carnival. In July, Michael, who trained at Swindon Dance, returned to us to lead workshops for national Big Dance week.
Born in London, Michael has deep roots in Swindon, where he has also lived. He has family in Brazil too, a connection that has given him a keen interest in Brazilian dance.
Michael began his training at Swindon Dance with Just for Kicks, then Swindon Youth Dance Company and the Foundation Dance Course. He received a scholarship to train at Laban, graduating in 2002. Later he travelled to Brazil to study Axé with Orlando Bayno of Timbaue Cia de Dança.
In 2005 Micahel founded RPM Dance Theatre. His first full length work Sardines was shown in London at Riverside Studios and The Place to rave reviews.
He says, "Swindon Dance is very special to me as my dancing roots are there ... In the difficult times of my professional training it was my Swindon Dance memories that made me keep on trying and not give up."
Not only does Michael really love dancing but he enjoys teaching too, and all of us at Swindon Dance hope that Michael's story inspired thosw who took part in his Bhangra & Bollywood workshops.
Photos: courtesy Michael Kitchen
FILM CLIP
Performance preview .....
Youth Dance Academy! Excellent!
Performance preview clip
Students from the Youth Dance Academy performed in mid July at Sadler's Wells in London as part of Excellent! — a showcase of work by talented young dancers and musicians from centres of advanced training across the country. Our YDA students appeared alongside young people from the Royal Ballet School and the Menuhin Music School.
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