Dance Development Officer (Job Ref – CXO391) - £23,708 - £27,849 pro rata

Staffordshire Arts & Museum Service is seeking an experienced and knowledgeable individual to take up the role of Dance Development Officer.

You will be responsible for the development of dance to create a robust and sustainable infrastructure, to increase participation in dance across a variety of target audiences, and assist with the development of an innovative and high profile dance programme across Staffordshire.

You will have at least three years experience of working within dance or arts development, demonstrable experience of community dance and a successful experience in partnership working. You will have good interpersonal, negotiation and project management skills and be able to advocate for dance to different audiences.

This is a part time post fixed term for three years at 29 hours per week for the first year and then 22 hours per week for the following two years.

For an informal discussion contact Owen Hurcombe, County Arts Development Officer, Staffordshire Arts and Museum Service on 01785 278339 - or look us up on

www.staffordshire.gov.uk/sams or on the Staffordshire County Council website http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/jobs

and search using the Job Reference CXO391.

Regards

Helen Wilson

External Funding and Relations Officer

Staffordshire Arts & Museum Service 

Culture & Libraries Division

Communities Directorate

Wedgwood Building, 3rd Floor Tipping St

Stafford

ST16 2DH

01785 276116

07773791139 

helen.wilson@staffordshire.gov.uk

http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/museumandgalleries/grants

www.creative-remedies.org.uk

The Arts Grant Scheme is now open to applicants. Please see web for guidelines.

Please note I work Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Dear Friends and Colleagues

Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th July, Manchester UKnicole@xtrax.org.uk

We would like to invite you to register as a delegate for this years Urban Moves International Dance Festival in Manchester.

Once again the festival takes place around the city of Manchester over 3 days and features spectacular aerial dance pieces, 4 new commissions and international companies from Greece, France, Spain and Italy.

Programme highlights include:

XTRAX is working with Dance Initiative Greater Manchester to provide programmers, promoters and arts professionals with an opportunity to meet and network with others working in the outdoor dance performance sector from across the UK and internationally.

Promoters / professionals attending as delegates will be invited to:

International panel discussion

Artist pitches

Receptions and networking meetings

Opportunities to meet the artists, agents and organizers

In addition XTRAX shall be running a free ‘Introduction to developing dance outdoors’ session, which will provide advice and guidance to dance artists, companies and producers considering or beginning to develop work for the outdoors. The meeting shall include presentations from a leading outdoor dance practitioner and promoter.

The artistic programme is attached and further information is available on www.xtrax.org.uk

XTRAX events for 2010 also include:

For further information on this event please visit our website.

 If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us and we hope to see you in July.

Best wishes,

 Maggie Clarke & Nicole Bayes (XTRAX)

The XTRAX website hosts a free online directory of over 400 Street Artists and 250 Promoters:

 http://www.xtrax.org.uk/virtual_showcase.php

Beingfrank Youth are going for strength to strength….

We’ve been working with them for over 2 years now developing boys dance in Warwickshire. posted below is the result of a successful Youth Opportunities bid that enabled them to make a new peice of work to tour. The new work will be featured as part of the U:dance showcase and BDE at dance exchange - but here a sneak preview of the lads in action ……. enjoy the show…………….

Visit their YouTube site at - www.youtube.com/user/rubeingfrank

This video is of the Dance group “Beingfrank Youth- Deja vu”. The footage is of them auditioning for U:Dance which is a nationwide programme which aims to give every child and young person in England the opportunity to take part in a dance performance each year. U.Dance currently has approximately 39,767 children and young people from over 1,253 schools, taking part in over 198 dance performances across the country. The boys took their audition in Stoke and they were accepted and pleased the pannel of judges. Now the boys will represent U:Dance across the contry performing pieces of dance in all different locations in the UK.

Hello All
On Tuesday 03/11/09 I went to see a Dance production at the Warwick Arts Centre. The production was called “Insane in the Brain”, the company who created the production are called Bounce which is a world renowned company based in Sweden. The story was a dance version on Ken Kesley’s Novel “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. The production was very good with very vibrant and exciting parts and some more dull and dark parts to the show, which made it even more interesting as you didn’t know what was going to happen next. My personal favourite part was about 1 hour and 15 minuets in to the show, where 3 of the dancers were suspended on ropes but the way they portrayed it made it look as if they were running on a flat surface and at the end of the path they were pulled back to the start, but imagine this in a vertical view so it looked like they were flying forwards and backwards. Although there were some amazing parts there were some not so good bits. One parts was when they were talking as it didn’t seem to link to the story and dragged on for too long, and another part was when a video of someone was being projected and 2 other dancers were trying to dance in sync with the projected image but they were out of time from my view.

Despite some bad parts to the show, overall it was good and I enjoyed the experience, and would recommend people to go and see any other Bounce productions.

Joe Malin

Beingfrank Youth are going for strength to strength….

We’ve been working with them for over 2 years now developing boys dance in Warwickshire. posted below is the result of a successful Youth Opportunities bid that enabled them to make a new piece of work to tour. The new work will be featured as part of the U:dance showcase and BDE at dance exchange - but here a sneak preview of the lads in action ……. enjoy the show…………….

This video is of the Dance group “Beingfrank Youth- Deja vu”. The footage is of them auditioning for U:Dance which is a nationwide programme aiming to give every child and young person in England the opportunity to take part in a dance performance each year. U.Dance currently has approximately 39,767 children and young people from over 1,253 schools, taking part in over 198 dance performances across the country. The boys took their audition in Stoke and they were accepted and pleased the pannel of judges. Now the boys will represent U:Dance across the contry performing pieces of dance in all different locations in the UK.

Hello All

I am on my Work Experience with Clare Mitchell at the Warwickshire County Council Youth Service.

On the 19th January I went to visit Bedworth Youth Centre where two dance teachers Johnny and Louis were helping young people to get involved with a dance style they probably have never tried before. They were teaching a mix of street/contempory. Louis was mainly teaching the street dance and Johnny was teaching the contemproary side of the dance which seemed to go down well with all those taking part. Although the turn out was not huge the people that were involved seemed to really enjoy themselves and over the space of the night they had improved a considerable amount. I think that if more people had got involved then we would of had a brilliant dance routine that everyone could have followed no-matter what their ability, and for a added advantage we got to see Louis do his back-flips and front flips across the room which everyone enjoyed watching. Well done Louis and Johnny for a great night!

Joe Malin

Young people aged 11 plus can also work towards National Arts Award Accreditation run by Arts Council England and Trinity Guildhall. 

BRONZE: is a level one qualification.  Its one unit, Enjoying the Arts, involves taking part in the arts, going to arts events and researching an arts.

SILVER: has two units –Arts Practice and Arts Leadership.  The award involves completing an arts challenge, reviewing arts events, researching arts careers and pathways, and leading arts activities

 GOLD: has two units – Personal Arts Development and Arts Project Leadership. The award involves exploring a new art form, working with other artists, research and reviewing, developing critical skills, investigating the wider arts sector, and taking individual responsibility for an arts project

www.artsaward.org.uk

Deadline: 30^th November 2009

Following four fantastic years of National Youth Dance Festivals, Youth Dance England is coming back to the West Midlands to present its new national dance platform: U.Dance England 2010.

This exciting event will showcase exceptional dance performances by young people aged 11 to 19 from across England on Sunday 4th July 2010 at the Birmingham Hippodrome and will form the flagship performance for the U.Dance programme.
 
The application pack will be available to download from 1st September 2009. The deadline for applications is Monday 30th November 2009; those shortlisted will perform at regional dance performances in the hope of being selected for the national event.
 
For more information: contact Hayley Duffield, Youth Dance Contact on 0121 704 6309 or email hduffield@solihull.gov.uk.

Fever Media are currently working on an exciting new primetime dance series for the BBC and are looking for dancers to come forward and get involved. A homage to Michael Jackson, Move Like Michael (working title) will be a massive nationwide dance competition to find the person who best embodies the spirit of Michael Jackson on stage.

The competition will be open to everyone, and they are very eager to hear from solo, duo and groups acts who perform different styles of dance. From line dancers who can moonwalk, bhangra dancers who have mastered the MJ spin or salsa dancers who can also Beat It, if they can embrace his moves, his style, his magnetism on stage or his sheer power to entertain in their routine they want to hear from them. Anyone can enter, no matter what their technical ability, so long as they want to have some fun and want to try and move like Michael.

Fever Media will be holding nationwide auditions around the country over the next few months. If you are interested in attending an audition, email

Dance@fevermedia.co.uk or call 0207 428 4632. You can also visit the website for an application form: www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours

YDE Young Creatives is a Youth Dance England programme aimed at choreographers aged 15 to 19. The successful applicants are provided with mentoring, residential workshops and seminars, and phenomenal performance opportunities. Young choreographers from across England are invited to apply for YDE Young Creatives 2010 by downloading the Application pack below and submitting it to Youth Dance England by 30th November 2009, along with film footage of their piece.

Groups will be shortlisted before Christmas and those selected will be invited to bring their piece to an informal sharing at the Royal Opera House in January. A selection panel will then choose which pieces will go through to the residential and public performance in London in April 2010.

If you would like to discuss this project with a member of the Youth Dance England team, please call 020 7940 9800, or visit www.yde.org