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Youth Dance England's (YDE) annual performance and mentoring programme, YDE Young Creatives, has this year partnered with the Royal Opera House and Royal Ballet School to create an outstanding opportunity for aspiring young choreographers.
YDE Young Creatives supports 15-19 year olds who have a passion for choreography and are looking to develop their skills in this field. The programme offers one-to-one mentoring from dance artists and choreographers.
A substantial part of the YDE Young Creatives programme is a three day residential which will take place at The Royal Ballet School’s White Lodge, near Richmond. This former Royal hunting lodge is home to the Royal Ballet’s Lower School and has recently undergone an extensive restoration and redevelopment. The YDE Young Creatives will be honing their choreographic talent in the high specification dance studios and residential facilities that White Lodge has to offer.
Applications for YDE Young Creatives 2010 have now closed and Hampshire Dance is delighted to announce that five of the 13 young people selected nationally come from the south east of England.
These budding young choreographers will see their work performed at a one-off, public performance in Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House on 9 April 2010. Tickets are available through the Royal Opera House box office 020 7304 4000, www.roh.org.uk.
We would like to congratulate:
- Danny Baker - Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, Kent
- Dani Carre and Harry Davies - Spring Arts Centre and Chichester Festival Theatre, Hampshire/West Sussex
- Sam Harbour - Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, Kent
- David Morley - Wildern School, Hampshire
All the young choreographers were handpicked by a selection panel formed of professionals from the Royal Opera House and the Royal Ballet School.
Daisy Farris is 17 years old and has been studying for her BTEC National Diploma in Dance at West Kent College for the past two years.
Daisy’s dance work Mistakes was selected for YDE Young Creatives programme in 2009. Her piece focuses on how individuals make mistakes which change them either for the better or the worse. Mistakes is structured as a group piece with dancers breaking out and performing duets or solos to show their thirst for independence.
It was performed alongside the other 12 selected dance works from across England in the Clore Studio at the Royal Opera House on Sunday 5 July 2009.