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Summer 2007
Focus on youth dance
 In this edition of Animated we focus on Youth Dance, distilling some of the work presented as part of the Youth Dance England Conference held in Liverpool in April, as well as some other issues it was not possible to cover there.
Youth Dance England, funded by the Department of Culture Media and Sport and Arts Council England is half way through its two-year programme of work. We now have, as a result of the organisation's existence and structure, much better picture of the scale and reach of youth dance practice taking place across England. (727 established youth dance groups, involving 1,616 organisations with 256, 284 young people regularly dancing).
The conference revealed the variety of ways dance professionals are reaching out to increase access to dance for young people and how they are widening the range of... Read moreIn this issue
| A trip to Italy helps Donald Hutera recycle his lost youth | | | Ken Bartlett, Creative Director, Foundation for Community Dance | |
The focus: youth dance | | Sue Pennycook, Community and Education Manager at Yorkshire Dance, outlines their developing relationship with the sports sector | | Sadie Walker and Adam Holloway of Cheshire Dance describe the strong relationship being developed between dance and school sport in the Vale Royal area of Cheshire
| | Jane Ralls explains how five project partners and five dance artists in residence have worked together to increase opportunities for young people to engage in dance
| | | Carolyn Lappin, Executive Director of YDance evaluates the impact of dance on children and young people's physical activity levels across Scotland | | | Ian Abbott, Youth Dance Co-ordinator for the South West, considers the needs of young disabled people dancing | | | Akosua Boakye-Nimo sets out some of the challenges faced in developing clear and positive progression routes in African People's dance for young people | | | Luke Pell, Education Manager for CandoCo, talked with young delegates at Youth Dance England's conference and here reflects on what they had to say | | | Luke Pell, Education Manager for CandoCo, talked with the young delegates at Youth Dance England's conference and here reflects on what they had to say | | | W. Richard Jones, national specialism co-ordinator for music and performing arts at the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust looks forward to a bright future for dance in schools | | | Steph Crawford, Youth Dance Co-ordinator for the East Midlands, describes working with homeless young people | | | Lucy Frazer from Hampshire Dance, Emma Redding and Edel Quin at Laban describe their research into the health benefits for young people participating in dance | | | Linda Jasper director of Youth Dance England reflects on the recent conference and sets out her key ambitions for the future | |
International | Beverley Glean and Rosie Lehan retell their journey to the USA, Jamaica, Cuba and Ghana to look at cultural diversity and African and Caribbean dance forms in dance education
| | Policy and politics | | John Holden, Head of Culture at Demos challenges us to ask how we know what we know and how we evaluate and communicate our impact | |
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