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Hampshire Dance is working in partnership with Hampshire County Council to deliver Springboard, the new dance bursary scheme.
The scheme is for outstanding young dancers who aspire to be the next leading dance professionals. Springboard will help dancers create a bespoke training programme to enhance and develop their skills. Successful candidates will receive up to £500 of dance training and development, with the guided support of a Bursary Co-ordinator.
If you want to apply for a dance bursary, you must be;
- Aged between 13 and 18
- Resident in Hampshire, within the County Council boundaries (This does not include the unitary authority areas of Portsmouth and Southampton.)
Applications for the 2009 scheme have now closed. Details of next year's scheme will be available in 2010.
For further information please visit the
.Hampshire County Council website.
YDE Stride! is Youth Dance England's national leadership and development programme for young people aged 14 and 19 years. (Access to the programme is extended to 24 years old for disabled people.)
Aimed at young people with an entrepreneurial spirit and creative problem-solving skills, YDE Stride! offers a rare opportunity to participate in an action-packed residential, devise projects with skilled and professional guidance, and develop experience and knowledge of the dance sector through a placement and support of a mentor, all of which aim to help participants get a head start in their career within dance.
Applications for this year's YDE Stride! have now closed. The names of the successful applicants from the south east region will be posted on this page soon.
Hampshire Dance took part in the third 
annual 11 Million Takeover Day on
6 November 2009.
We invited ten young people aged between 16 and 18 from the Hampshire area to take over our office as part of this Government initiative.
This was useful opportunity for young people with an interest in dance management to gain first hand experience of a busy dance organisation. It was also a chance for them to find out more about the YDE Stride! programme.
South East Dance also offered a take-over opportunity for over 30 young people from the Brighton and Hove area.
If you’d like to take part in next year's Takeover Day please contact the Hampshire Dance office
Centres for Advanced Training (CATs) provide children with local access to the best available teaching and facilities alongside strong links with the music and dance profession. They ensure that children who are talented and committed dancers and musicians have appropriate, tailor-made, specialist provision even if they do not choose to attend specialist boarding schools. Most CATs accept young people by audition only.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) offers grants through the Music and Dance Scheme in order to make it possible for any talented young dancer or musician to attend a CAT regardless of their financial circumstances. For further information please visit the DCMS website.
The CATs at The Place and Laban both have satellite centres in the south east to ensure that young people from the region can access their programmes.
Read more about the satellite centres in the south east.