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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 2010 scheme are now closed.
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.
Three young people from the south east region were selected to take part in YDE Stride! this year. They are Elida Unsworth (15) from Kent, Chenube (16) from Surrey, and Michael Stevens (18) from Hampshire.
Elida, Chenube and Michael took part in an Easter residential delivered by East London Dance and Sadler's Wells. They learned from high profile dance professionals including Alistair Spalding, Artistic Director, Sadler’s Wells, and gained invaluable insights into entrepreneurialism, programming, technical and lighting, as well as group tasks. They will carry out work placements in dance and arts venues between May and September 2010.
Youth Dance England has selected only 41 young people to take part in this scheme nationally and so Hampshire Dance would like to congratulate Elida, Chenube and Michael on their success.
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 this 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 National Dance CATs 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.