The Attendees From Leeds Give their Closing Thoughts
Here’s the list of everyone that was at the Leeds dinner: It was convened and organised by David Edmunds of DepArts, and Charlotte Vincent of Vincent Dance Theatre. Fergus Justice-Mills – Chief Executive Barnsley Civic Rachel Kirsche – Course leader in Dance/ Senior Lecturer Leeds Metropolitan University Janet Smith – Principle Northern School of Contemporary [...]
Asking Better Questions – Northern Area Dance Network 2012
It’s great to be back working with the Northern Area Dance Network again – back in 2010, we were involved in their first get together in Leeds, a large meeting bringing together stakeholders in the world of dance from across ‘The Greater North’ to talk about what exactly that meant – the idea of The [...]
Questions Questions – A Comprehensive List From The Northern Area Dance Meeting
As part of the morning’s breakout sessions, the attendees compiled lists of questions that they felt were pertinent to the dance sector in the north, and from those four key questions were pulled for the afternoon discussion: A – what are the mechanisms for bringing independent artists and small organisations together and keeping them together [...]
Listening in on a discussion between people who work in dance, as a musician, one part of the usual conversation that we have is refreshingly absent. Here at the Northern Area Dance Meeting in Leeds, people from every area of dance – independent dancers, teachers, venue managers, agencies, choreographers, festival directors – have come together [...] read more
Photos from the Northern Area Dance Meeting. Hosted on Flickr, click through to see photographers details. read more
Biographies of NADM10 speakers
Charlotte Vincent has been making and touring devised dance theatre work since leaving Sheffield University in 1989. She founded Vincent Dance Theatre (VDT) in 1994 and as Artistic Director / Choreographer of the company is regarded as ‘one of the most challengingly theatrical of the UK's choreographer-directors’ (The Observer). VDT makes work for middle scale theatres, accompanied by an extensive programme of participation and professional development work.
Northern Area Dance Meeting
The Northern Area Dance Meeting on November 25th in Leeds. This meeting will be a first for the Northern Area, bringing the sector together to discuss the future of the Northern area dance ecology.
Please see articles below for details of speakers and further info about the event.