SWINDON DANCE
is an organisation dedicated to dance. We are one of the UK's National
Dance Agencies.
Since its inception almost 30 years ago, Swindon Dance has been renowned for passion and professional commitment to dance, dancers, dance makers and audiences alike.
Swindon Dance is an independent
charitable trust.
THE TEAM
Marie McCluskey ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Claire Gibbons GENERAL MANAGER
Jim Brown EDUCATION
Emma Langhorne EDUCATION
Sue Davies ARTIST PROF DEVELOPMENT
Viv Slayford YOUTH DANCE ACADEMY
Jane Fitches PA TO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Clare Fantini-Stephens MARKETING
Sandra Kelly FINANCE + ADMINISTRATION
Cathy Downes BUILDING OPERATIONS
Catarina Britto RECEPTION
Lynn Caney RECEPTION
Lorraine McKinley RECEPTION
THE BOARD
Lynn Vardy CHAIR
David Holder, Eric Burnett Godfree,
Lisa Hawkes, Joy Brunt,
Janice Banks
WE PROVIDE
Swindon Dance : creating, performing, teaching, learning, seeing dance ...
PERFORMANCES
COMMUNITY DANCE
EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
ARTIST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
VENUES
Swindon Dance operates a small scale theatre and two dance studios ...
As part of our commissioning and producing activities, we often co-present performances at other venues in the region, such as the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon and the Arts Theatre, ICIA, in Bath.
CORE FUNDERS
Our core funders are ...
Arts Council of England
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Swindon Borough Council
www.swindon.gov.uk
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Marie McCluskey MBE MA FRSA
Founder-director Marie McCluskey
trained in dance at Arts Educational Schools, London, before continuing her studies at the London School of Contemporary Dance, then only recently opened. Her experience at LSCD — particularly in terms of creative inspiration and sense of opportunity — informed her vision for Swindon Dance, which she initiated in 1979 with funding from the local authority and the Arts Council.
Her exploration of new directions for dance and other dance-related issues has continued throughout her career. In 1984 she was awarded a Winston Churchill Scholarship to study the training and development of black dancers in New York; 1993 saw her achieve a cash prize for Swindon Dance in the Digital Dance Awards. In the same year she was awarded an MBE for services to dance.
In addition to leading Swindon Dance,
Marie is an active advocate for the art form. She was founding-chair of the Foundation for Community Dance and the Association of Dance of the African Diaspora (ADAD).
She has served on numerous dance advocacy, education and policy-related committees, including as a member of the Arts Council's Advisory Committee from 1993-2003. Currently she is a director of the Siobhan Davies Dance Company.
