Dance AmbassadorApplication Guidance

2018 - 2019

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One Dance UK and Dance Consortium are funded by Principal Sponsor of One Dance UK

About One Dance UK

One Dance UK works to ensure the dance sector is strong, vibrant and diverse. We combine specialist expertise in dance education, youth dance, dance of the African Diaspora, dancer’s health and wellbeing and the dance industry as a whole, to support those that love, teach, work in or perform dance.

With a membership of over 2000 artists, practitioners, teachers, schools and dance companies we advocate for dance as a cultural and artistic form, as a subject on the national curriculum in England and as a valued part of millions of people’s lives.

About Dance Consortium

Dance Consortium is a group of 19 theatres including Birmingham Hippodrome, Newcastle Theatre Royal, The Lowry, The Mayflower Southampton, Norwich Theatre Royal, Brighton Dome, Wales Millennium Centre, Belfast Grand Opera House, Bradford Alhambra, Plymouth Theatre Royal and Sadler’s Wells.

Dance Consortium brings the best international dance to audiences across the UK. Upcoming tours include The Trocks and Mark Morris Dance Group. Talks, workshops and participation projects run alongside the tours for audiences and aspiring dancers to grow their knowledge and experience of dance. The Future Leaders programme aims to fire curiosity about different careers in theatre by connecting aspiring dancers and arts leaders withtheatre staff.

One Dance UK, working in partnership with Dance Consortium is looking for proactive and confident young people from across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to help us champion dance and its place in education, health and the cultural life of the UK.

Dance Ambassadors will be given training and a wealth of opportunities to develop their skills and experience through venue visits, talks by senior managers and dance artists, providing hands-on support at events like the national U.Dance festival and advice from staff at One Dance UK and Dance Consortium.

Travel and accommodation costs will be covered for all parts of the project where attendance is essential.

To coincide with tours by Les Ballets Trockadero de Monto Carlo in October 2018 and the Mark Morris Dance Group tour of Pepperland in March 2019, Dance Ambassadors will visit two Dance Consortium member theatres to watch a show. Events include meeting staff, watching a show and learning about the jobs that people do in the most successful UK theatres. In particular Dance Ambassadors/ Future Leaders will:

- Meet with members of the theatre’s leadership team, including the Chief Executives, to hear about and to discuss their leadership ‘journeys’ and their current roles.- Meet artists from national and international dance companies with an opportunity to talk about their work and their current role.- See the work of an international dance company.- Network and make contact with people across departments within the host theatres- Meet former Future Leaders and hear about what they are doing now andthe impact that the Future Leaders programme had on their lives and careers- Share experiences on the Dance Consortium website (and One Dance UK)and across social media

Dance Ambassadors & Future Leaders

Look what you might be doing…

Dance Ambassadors at the House of Commons with Dame Darcey Bussell

Jessica meeting her MP to talk about dance

Ambassadors helping at one of our fundraising events Ed and Larissa introducing U.Dance 2015

What’s in it for

you?Networks/ Networking

Event Experience

Insight into leadership in

major UK theatres

Insight into presentation of

large scale contemporary

dance

Opportunities to input on

national agendas Learn about

the wider dance sector

Have fun!

Build your CV

Key dates

Conferences

Leeds

23 & 24 Nov

One Dance UK Conference

U.Dance Regional Platforms

Across England

Jan - April

Attend the U.Dance regional platform near you

Induction Days

24 & 25 October in NottinghamMeet other Ambassadors and get up to speed on the Dance Ambassador programme, whilst also seeing The Trocks at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall.

Future Leaders’

Days

Two Dates. One to coincide with the Induction Day and a second one in the Spring.Insights into major dance venues

Annual General

Meetings

London

November 2018

One Dance UK holds a public AGM as part of a social event for members

U.Dance 2019

London, Southbank Centre

20-21 July

National Youth Dance Festival

This is an ind icative tim etable and does not include all possib le opportunities and dates are subject to change

To apply you must:

1. Be aged 15 to 25 on 17 September 20182. Live in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland3. Be confident and proactive, ready to get involved with the opportunities made available through the project4. Be a member of One Dance UK, see www.onedanceuk.org for info on becoming a member. Students are just £20 a year!

We especially welcome applications by disabled people and individuals from minority ethnic backgrounds. We will make any reasonable adjustments to the project to ensure disabled young people can fully participate.

To apply, complete the online application form and supply a 2-3 min film telling us why you’d like to get involved.

Deadline for applications: 5pm 17 September 2018