U.Dance England and U.Dance London

 

 

 

 

National Youth Dance Festival now... U.Dance England
U.Dance England is the new national youth dance performance event for groups of young people aged 11 to 19, which will take place every two years from 2010.  The 2010 performance will take place on Sunday 4^th July at the Birmingham Hippodrome. 

2010 will see the first U.Dance England event, previously known as the National Youth Dance Festival.  Between 2005 and 2008 there were four National Youth Dance Festivals, each hosted by a different region, where youth dance groups from across the country were selected at regional events to perform at a national dance house.  Find out more about the 2008 event which took place in London here.  The 2010 event is being hosted by the West Midlands and DanceXchange, based at the Birmingham Hippodrome.

How does it work?
Only one youth dance group from each of the 9 regions across the country will be selected to take part in the final event in Birmingham.  In the run up to July each region will host a selection event between January and March, where shortlisted applicants from their region will be invited to perform in front of a panel of judges and one group will be chosen go through to perform in Birmingham.

Who runs these events?
U.Dance is coordinated by Youth Dance England, the national organisation working to support and develop youth dance activities across the country.  London Youth Dance in partnership with Sadler's Wells is responsible for organising the London selection event.

Latest news For the 2010 event Youth Dance England received a grand total of 167 applications from groups across the country!  21 of these were London-based groups who were all invited to take part in an initial shortlisting event 'Freshen Up a Fairytale' at the Clore Ballroom, Southbank Centre on Saturday 19 December 2009.  The groups were: A-D-1, Montage Theatre Arts, Arts Ed Youth Company, Impact, Big Deal Dance Company, Brink Dance, Candoco Youth Dance, Holloway Boyz and Girls, Interlude Dance Troupe, Kinetic Dance Company, Magpie Dance Youth, Shift, Cardinal Pole School, Detonate, SMS Dance Company, Tiffin Junior Dance Company, CFS Arts Award Dance Company, Mount Carmel Technology College, Newington Youth Dance, CANDI Youth Dance Company, Srishti Yuva Culture Ten groups were chosen to perform at U.Dance London at the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells in January.  Find out who went through to the next stage...

 

 

 

U.Dance England
Birmingham Hippodrome, 1 to 4 July 2010
U.Dance England 2010 will take place in Birmingham from 1 to 4 July 2010. It will include a three night residential stay in student accommodation in Birmingham, a workshop/seminar programme and a high profile public dance performance on Sunday 4 July at the Birmingham Hippodrome. This event is supported by DanceXchange, which is based at the Birmingham Hippodrome and we will be using their studios for the majority of the classes and workshops.

One youth dance group from London will be invited to participate. Find out who was selected...