Dance in Devon is recruiting!
We want to hear from you if you love dance and feel strongly about the power of dance to enable social and cultural transformation.
We have recently welcomed Dr Chris Turner as our new Chair and we are now inviting expressions of interest from people who are ... Read More
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Nov2020
24
Sep2020
Image Credit: Eve Burton / IJAD DanceDance in Devon is delighted that as part of our Arts Council England supported project, Future Dances, we are supporting Devon-based dance artist, Daisy Harrison, with a bursary place to take part in the Open Online Theatre programme with IJAD Dance Company this Autumn.IJAD ... Read More
11
May2020
Plymouth Dance and Dance in Devon are pleased to announce that we have both received Arts Council Emergency Response funding.
Hall For Cornwall, Plymouth Dance and Dance in Devon have worked closely since 2010 to proactively support freelance dance artists who live and/or work in Cornwall, Plymouth & Devon. As Peninsula Dance Partnership we create a larger scale of ... Read More
07
Jan2020
Raise the Roof | Community Dance PlatformDartington SPACE Studios | 22 March 2020As a local dance group or artist this is your chance to take part in an exciting showcase to celebrate brilliant dance from Devon and Torbay.
If you are a school dance group, a private dance school, a community ... Read More
26
Nov2019
£500 Bursary, PLUS free Studio Space, PLUS Training, PLUS Online Performance Platform, during Spring/Summer 2020!
Open Online Theatre, hosted by IJAD Dance Company, is a virtual rehearsal, performance and collaboration space where artists can live-stream their work from anywhere, and co-create via live interaction with audiences, as well as monetise their ... Read More
26
Nov2019
Dance in Devon is offering a £500 Bursary for a local artist or company to develop a new or existing piece of choreographic work which is digitally inspired and tech-led. We are looking for artists or companies at any stage of their career and focusing on any genre of dance, including ... Read More
03
Oct2019
Following a call out for bursary applications, Dance in Devon supported Dance Artist Kane John Mills to attend Plymouth Dance’s International Inclusive Dance Summer Intensive with Adam Benjamin in September 2019.
Here, Kane reflects on his experience at the intensive and how it will affect his work in Devon...
In truth, prior ... Read More
29
Aug2019
Read our question & answer session with Roseanna and Josh from Impermanence. To watch the exciting new performance that they are creating with our community cast aged 9-90, come along to our event Come, Dance with Me... on 14th September as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival.
What attracted you ... Read More
08
Aug2019
A great opportunity to volunteer at a fun, family-friendly dance event, involving specially created performances, a live band and lots of dancing!
Event: Come, Dance with Me... as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival 2019
Location: Spanish Barn, Torre Abbey, Torquay, TQ2 5JE
Date: Saturday 14th September 2019 (Afternoon)
To find out more ... Read More
18
Jul2019
Open call for local people to work with a professional dance company on a new performance in Torbay. Dance in Devon is calling out for people of all ages to come together for a unique chance to work with Impermanence to create a brand new, inter-generational dance piece. The new ... Read More
14
May2019
We are delighted to introduce you to the newly-formed company of dance artists from the south west region who will be coming together to create and perform site-sensitive performance ‘Take a Seat’. ‘Take a Seat’ is curated by Mole Wetherell from Reckless Sleepers and is co-produced by Dance in Devon ... Read More
07
May2019
We are looking for volunteers to support the exciting, upcoming, outdoor performances from Richard Chappell Dance and Reckless Sleepers, as part of the Eyeview commissioned (extra)ordinary programme.
The performances will be around Torbay in June and we would like volunteers to help with stewarding, front of house activities and supporting artists ... Read More
19
Jan2019
On the 19th January 2019 we spent a joyful day of La Bayadere inspired dances with families at Paignton Library and Dartington Arts. Children and carers were invited to join in together, we introduced sensory stimuli to encourage independent movement, free expressive movement and guided choreography.
Thank you to Dance ... Read More
05
Jan2019
This year we are so excited to be commissioning Lucy Freeman + Kane John Mills, Isobel Ripley, Florence Blackmore + Haley Jane Gash and Still Point Dance Theatre to develop new dance work for performance at Watch This Space 2019.
Watch this Space 2019 will also include new and re-imagined ... Read More
16
Oct2018
Dance in Devon is excited to announce that we will be hosting the U.Dance 2019 Regional Platform for the South West at Dartington on Sunday 14th April 2019.Youth dance groups from across the SW are invited to apply to perform at the U.Dance Regional Platform on 14th April 2019 at ... Read More
25
Sep2018
We are delighted to announce that we have confirmed the date for our Watch this Space performance platform for 2019 as Sunday 17th March.
Details on a mini-commissioning opportunity will be coming soon!
11
Sep2018
Image: Photographer Matt Austin
Professional development opportunity for South West choreographers aged 18-25Over the past four years Pavilion Dance South West and Dance in Devon have been welcoming young choreographers from across the region to learn and train with some of the UK’s best choreographers. In a fun, supportive environment you ... Read More
31
Jul2018
At Dance in Devon, we believe that dance can be for everyone. Life is better when we move together and we are proud that we have been able to make this happen for all kinds of people in all kinds of ways.
But we now need your support to continue ... Read More
13
Mar2018
26th March and 24th April 2018 | 6.45-7.45pmStudio 74, Exeter Phoenix Dance in Devon invites you to join us before the spring dance performance at Exeter Phoenix for Dance Talks.
Dance Talks is a free opportunity to connect with Dance in Devon, meet other dance artists/practitioners/producers/students/audiences and like minds. ... Read More
11
Jan2018
New Arts Festival in Devon for 2018The Branchline partnership is supporting learning disabled young people create a first for Dartington: The ORDINARY ART FESTIVAL is a brand new festival offer for 2018 drawing together the work of ‘artists with labels’ from across the SW.
Branchline is a new ... Read More