Devon Dance Compass Project 2012

 £72,000 from Arts Council England, showing their support for our new dance project, which will find the highest quality dance reaching into the farthest corners of the county.

Targeting specific communities North, South, East & West with wrap-around dance excitement for a whole year, the Devon Dance Compass project will benefit many and also be enriched by a residency with Freddie Opoku-Addaie & company and to top it all, visiting stars from the Royal Ballet!

What this means for Devon >>>>

• Four new part time Area Dance Ambassador posts with Dance in Devon
• Community dance activities for all age groups and abilities
• Spreading dance to the more rural areas- getting everyone involved in dance.
• Chances for local professionals to work with visiting artists
• Leadership courses
• Professional performances

Our small core team is-

Gillian as Director (3 days p.w.)

Tamsin as Manager (2.5 days p.w.)

Dance Ambassors-

4 Freelance Area Dance Ambassadors are employed for 1.5 days a week from January 2012 for one year to facilitate an increase in participation amongst people of all ages in the locality, in a variety of educational, leisure and community settings.  Each Ambassador will have a hot desk in an organisation based in their area.

SOUTH

Claire Summers-

With First Class BA (Hons) Dance Theatre from Plymouth University, Claire has been a Student Ambassador and mentor for the Univeristy and has worked for Plymouth Dance. Interestingly, Claire was in the Royal Navy for five years before pursueing her passion for dance. 

 Location- Kingsbridge / Dartmouth learning community

EAST

Ruth Bell-

Ruth trained at the Scottish School of Contemporary Dance. She is now a freelance Dance teacher who has vast experience in community based dance projects. She has done projects all over the world including San Francisco, but also local workshops for rural areas. 

 Location- Honiton (Stockland) learning community

NORTH

Katy Lee-

With a BA (hons) Performance Arts, Katy is a site-specific choreographer. She specialises in performance, improvisation, body alignment and yoga and is founder of MT Gap Dance Company. Katy has worked with Dance in Devon before- World Dance Day 2010.

 Location- South Molton / Chulmleigh learning community