Published: 11 Feb 2016
As tickets for the fifth annual Destinations performance showcase go on sale YDance (Scottish Youth Dance) is delighted to reveal the thirteen Scottish groups selected to perform alongside the National Youth Dance Company of Scotland. In total nearly two hundred young people will take to the stage at international art space, Tramway (Glasgow) on Saturday 5 March.
Destinations, funded by Creative Scotland’s National Youth Arts Strategy fund Time to Shine, will bring together local and national youth dance talent in an exciting evening of performances. Audiences can expect an entertaining programme of dance showcasing contemporary, jazz and baratatham dance styles from some of Scotland’s best dance groups ranging in age from 12 to 21.
The groups come from as far afield at the Highlands and were carefully selected by an application process which closed in early January 2016.
Anna Kenrick, YDance Artistic Director said: “The destinations performance is a highlight in the YDance calendar as it is an event that allows the youth dance community across Scotland to come together on one stage to show the diversity and talent we have in the youth dance sector. All these young people have worked hard all year and by performing and watching each other they learn and grow as dancers and people.”
The National Youth Dance Company of Scotland will also perform, premiering the new piece Maelstrom choreographed by Anna Kenrick (YDance Artistic Director). The Company has worked tirelessly to create the piece which examines the risks of information overload from the modern online world ahead of the 2016 tour which will include a performance at the Ten Thousand Miles Festival in Canberra (Australia).
Colin Bradie, TTS Programme Manager, Creative Scotland, said “Creative Scotland is delighted to be supporting YDance Routes and Destinations through Time to Shine, Scotland’s National Youth Arts Strategy. This inspiring national dance programme has created and developed mechanisms that nurture and celebrate the ambition, enthusiasm and talent of Scotland’s young dancers”
Destinations is part of the nationwide YDance Routes programme designed to inspire, develop and support Scotland’s thriving youth dance community. As part of this, YDance (Scottish Youth Dance), has been rolling out a range of activities that offer workshops, performances, training and networking events to broaden the horizons of Scotland’s young dancers.
Tickets for Destinations are on sale from Tramway – 0845 330 3501, info@tramway.org, www.tramway.org or in person from Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow, G41 2PE.
PERFORMING GROUPS
Dalriada Youth Company (Lochgilphead)
Edinburgh Dance Academy (Edinburgh)
Shhh Dance (Glasgow)
Lanarkshire Youth Dance (Hamilton)
Indepen-dance Young 1’s (Glasgow)
Macrobert Youth Dance Company (Stirling)
Scottish Ballet Youth Collective (Glasgow)
Fusion (Aberdeen)
Eden Court Young Dance Company (Inverness)
Glasgow Youth Dance Company (Glasgow)
right2dance Youth Company (Paisley)
Scottish Dance Theatre Youth Company (Dundee)
Ihayami Fusion (Edinburgh)
National Youth Dance Company of Scotland
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
YDance (Scottish Youth Dance) is the national dance organisation for children and young people in Scotland. The Company aims to offer every child and young person in Scotland, aged 3 to 21, the opportunity to realise their potential as individuals through dance. YDance works through key partnerships in education, culture, health and sport, to provide a range of high quality dance experiences across three main areas of work – Developing Talent, Education and Participation. Full details are available at www.ydance.org.
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YDance Routes is an ongoing programme of workshops, performances, training, networking events and support for youth dance groups in Scotland. The aspiration for the programme is to inspire, develop and broaden the horizons of Scotland's young dancers. Activities have been rolled out for both young dancers and youth dance leaders.
The YDance Routes national programme of work is funded by Cashback for Creativity. Destinations receives funding from Time to Shine, Scotland’s National Youth Arts Strategy.
Time to Shine, National Youth Arts Strategy
Published on 8 November 2013, Scotland's first National Youth Arts Strategy (Time to Shine) sets out a vision and key recommendations to enable Scotland’s children and young people to flourish and achieve, in and through the arts and creativity. For further information please visit: www.creativescotland.com/what-we-do/major-projects/national-projects/national-youth-arts-strategy
Creative Scotland is the public body that supports the arts, screen and creative industries across all parts of Scotland on behalf of everyone who lives, works or visits here. We enable people and organisations to work in and experience the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland by helping others to develop great ideas and bring them to life. We distribute funding provided by the Scottish Government and the National Lottery. For further information about Creative Scotland please visit www.creativescotland.com. Follow us @creativescots and www.facebook.com/CreativeScotland
