The following readers are looking for dance classes. If you know of a class in your area that matches any of these readers’ requirements, please email them and let them know:

Agnes “recently moved to Cardiff and want to attend some dance classes: modern ballet, jazz dance or hip-hop. My e-mail addresses are: airhazy@gmail.com and airhazy@yahoo.com.”

Mana Leasi
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
mana_leasi27@hotmail.com
I was asking whether there are any teachers near my area or anywhere that teach Urban Hip hop sort of dance, anything to do with hip hop fast dancing of any sort do you kind of get me on that one?

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If you want to find out about classes in your area, email me and let me know (very briefly):

- Your name
- Your location (including country)
- The kind of dance class you want
- Your email address

I’ll include you next time! BUT, if you don’t give it to me in this format, it may not get in.

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An advertisement from a DTOL dance teacher member:

Moving Bodies School of Dance

Presents

CONTROVERSY IN MOTION

End of Term Dance Production

15th June 2007 @ 7.30pm

Queen’s Hall, Cranbrook, Kent, England

Ticket Hotline 07951196151

Prices £7.50(adults), £5(kids) £6.50(students)

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Creating A Musical Medley

Students will be taught extracts of the most popular West End Musicals

20th to 31st August 2007

10am to 4pm @ Hurst Green Village Hall

At the Affordable Price of £165.00

Principal Teacher & Choreographer: Janet Vella AISTD (Dance)

Guest Teachers

Krista Degaetano (Voice & Drama)

Chris Vann (Dance & Capoeira)

1st Prize - Tater Day @ London Studio Centre

2nd Prize - One Term Scholarship @ Moving Bodies School of Dance

BOOK NOW AS SPACES ARE LIMITED!!

To Apply Visit www.movingbodiesdanceschool.co.uk

Text or email contact details to vljan@aol.com 07951196151

10% Discount if booked before 31st June 07

Janet Vella
Freelance Dance Artist
07951196151
www.movingbodiesdanceschool.co.uk

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Ashish Kapur (kapur.goa@gmail.com) from Panjim, Goa, India is “looking for group of dancers ( 3) to work in Goa, this group will have shows every day, one show or may be 3 also in hotels, i need to have variety in the show any one interested pls contact me by email.”

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DTOL's Dance Pen Friend scheme: if you would like to correspond by email with someone who shares your dance interests but is in a different country - or a different part of your country - then just email me briefly with:

* your name
* your email address
* your town, state/province/county and country
* your dance interests
* the kind of person you would like as your dance pen friend

I will then publish your details in the newsletter and, hopefully, other newsletter subscribers will get in touch with you.

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SELECTED GROUPS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR THE UK’s NATIONAL YOUTH DANCE FESTIVAL 2007

Twelve youth dance groups from around the country have now been selected to take part in the National Youth Dance Festival 2007. The groups will work and dance together at a six-day residential event at Manchester Metropolitan University, (Alsager Campus), 6 – 11 July, with a special programme of workshops led by a professional artistic team. The week will culminate in a public performance at the Lowry, Salford, as the climax of a special Day of Dance on Wednesday 11 July at 7pm.

The National Youth Dance Festival, organised by Youth Dance England, takes place in a different region each year. From a record ninety eight applications for this year’s festival in the North West, sixty three youth dance groups were chosen to attend selection events held across the English regions.

The final twelve groups selected are:
Arc Crew UK, Stockton-on-Tees
Berkshire Youth Dance Company, Reading
Cheshire Youth Dance Company, Cheshire
FuzzyLogic Dance Company, Eastleigh
Kettering County Youth Dance Company, Kettering
Momentum Youth Dance Company, Wakefield
Parasite Entertainment, Basingstoke
QED, Kirkby Lonsdale
Reflex Youth Dance Company, Birmingham
RJC Youth Dance, Leeds
Salford Lads Dance Company, Salford
W'ire Youth Dance Company, Worcestershire

The groups bring an eclectic range of styles from contemporary, jazz and ballet to reggae, street dance, breakdance and hip hop. As well as providing the opportunity to learn new techniques with professional artists and perform in a high profile venue, the festival offers the groups a platform to share experience and good practice with each other.

“The Youth Dance England Festival is a fantastic event, where you can watch young people find drive, focus and raise their self esteem. To me this is what teaching is all about - offering opportunity in a fun and innovative environment" Zoie Golding, FuzzyLogic Dance Company

Alongside the national festival week, a regional activity programme will be led by Lancashire’s Ludus Dance, to extend the reach of the festival and to leave a lasting legacy for Youth Dance in the North West.

The regional programme will include:
Youth Dance Exchange, a project that will pair the twelve attending groups with local schools
Practitioner Training to develop the youth dance work force in the North West –
courses and events will introduce new areas of working practice and skills for leaders and teachers.
The Reach Network residential, an event for the shortlisted North West groups who aren’t included in the selected twelve.

The next generation of dancers takes the stage!

For more information contact:
Youth Dance England, 36 Battersea Square, London, SW11 3RA
020 7924 7167, info@yde.org.uk www.yde.org.uk

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The next newsletter will be on Wednesday, 23rd May. If you would like to comment on any of the issues raised in the newsletters, or ask a question which other readers may be able to answer, or say anything you like about your dance experiences, just email me!

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