Dance South West

OPEN WEEKEND!

Pavilion Dance, the new regional dance centre at Bournemouth Pavilion will open its doors on 4 – 5 Sept for a weekend of free classes and free performances from 10am – 5pm.

• Try free classes in a range of styles from Persian dance and Appalachian Clog to Krumping and Ballroom from 10am – 3pm - click here to see the timetable

• Take a look around the new dance centre

• See free performances at 3:30pm from local dancers and community groups including a special preview of an extract from Desert Crossings by South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma.

Click here to see opening season teaser

About Pavilion Dance

Pavilion Dance will offer dance classes for all ages and abilities, world class dance performances and space for professional dance artists to rehearse and create new work.

The new dance centre will have a welcoming foyer, an impressive auditorium and two light, airy studios.

Pavilion Dance is operated by Dance South West, in partnership with Bournemouth Borough Council and BH Live.

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Coming up…

13 Sept – 10 Dec
Daily dance classes
We’ll be fusing together different styles and offering new dance classes that don’t already exist in Bournemouth – from Belly Hop – a fusion of Bellydance and Hip Hop, to Butoh and Ballroom, and everything in between, with nearly sixty classes taking place each week, day and evening, for all ages and abilities. More details coming soon!

 

10 – 12 Sept
Inside Out
The Inside Out festival starts in Bournemouth with a weekend of outdoor dance – inspired events, presented in partnership with Pavilion Dance. Highlights include:World premiere of Congregation, a new interactive video installation in Bournemouth Square, created by KMA and curated by SCAN; Ex Nihilo performing Trajets de Ville and Trajets de Vie in England for the first time; Integrated dance company StopGAP performing Tracking and leading a workshop at Pavilion Dance on Sunday 12th at 10am. You can also meet the artists, choreographers and curators at Pavilion Dance to discuss their work.

See the full Inside Out programme and check times and locations at www.insideoutdorset.co.uk

 

11 Sept
New Art Club
This is Now

In 1983, Tom illegally taped the very first ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ LP onto a C60 cassette. 25years later he played it to Pete and they made a show about it. Britain’s funniest dancers deconstruct this classic album to inspire new moves that shed their own twisted light on then, the future and now.
9pm Ocean Room, Pavilion Dance
£8-£10
Now on sale – call 0844 576 3000 or click here to buy from BIC ticketshop

 

6 – 10 Oct
Up Close
A ground breaking festival of major international work. In–the-round, all-night, in the ballroom: Up Close allows you to get right into the action, viewing dance as you’ve never seen it before.

This jam-packed festival includes world premieres by Charles Linehan and Jonah Bokaer, UK premieres by German choreographer Silke Z, Ben Wright’s About Around and overnight production The Bed by Angela Praed, for which you will need to bring your sleeping bags! Plus: short works in our studios and foyer. Tickets will go on sale soon!

 

25 Oct
Family Day
Pavilion Dance focuses on babies and families for the Monday of October half- term.  Célestine Hennermann’s I spy with my little eye offers a magical production for 0-3 year olds: a game of discovery with shadow play, objects, movement and play-time with the dancers on set. Activities for older children will run simultaneously. Tickets will go on sale soon!

 

7 Nov
Pavilion Dance Gala
Join us for a star-studded Gala featuring principal dancers Marianela Nunez, Thiago Soares and Edward Watson from The Royal Ballet, Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company, award-winning Hip-Hop group Avant Garde Dance and many more.
3pm Pavilion Theatre
£10 - £12 Now on sale
Now on sale – call 0844 576 3000 or click here to buy from BIC ticketshop

 

19 – 21 Nov
Pavilion Dance Parties!
Each season we’ll bring you a whole weekend of social dance in different styles, with workshops live music.

Vintage Party
Our Vintage party weekend kicks off on Friday night with the nostalgia of 20s Swing including a Lindyhop workshop and live music from The Regular Joes so you can dance the night away.  We explore Rock ‘n Roll and Northern Soul on Saturday and Breakdance on Sunday, with workshops, talks and Vile Style 6 Breakdance jam and competition. Tickets will go on sale soon!

Opportunities

Inquiring Minds

A brand new project designed to empower young dancers/future choreographers and their teachers to approach choreography from a fresh perspective.
The 3 day retreat at Pavilion Dance will introduce participants to a range of new view points and experiences through practical activity and provocation from some of the country’s leading creative professionals. Sessions will include choreography, live art, music production, lighting design, leadership &, technology.

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Click here for Application form for young people - Bournemouth

Click here for Application form for dance teachers - Bournemouth

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Dance Experiment

A call out for young people age 11-19!
Pavilion Dance and Activate are on the hunt for young, talented, creative people who want to go on a dance adventure with us!For 2 weeks in August we are offering you the chance to take part in a dance experiment. There will be input from a choreographer (Adele Thompson) on day 1 and a theatre practitioner (Tracey McGarrigan) on day 1 and day 3 each week to start you off and give you a helping hand, but what you create, how you create it and in what dance style is up to you.
For more information click here.

 
Pavilion Dance - Looking for Dance Teachers for spring 2011

We’d like to hear from dance teachers who are interested in running a weekly class for the spring term of 2011. The ethos of Pavilion Dance is to “do dance differently”, so we want to offer something new rather than replicating classes that already exist elsewhere in and around Bournemouth.

For more information or an informal chat call Ian Abbott, Programme Manager, Pavilion Dance on 01202 554131 or ian.abbott@dancesouthwest.org.uk

Recent Projects

Krumping masterclass with Rapture
L.A. based Krumper Rapture came to Pavilion Dance in June to lead a Krumping masterclass, offering local dancers the rare opportunity to learn from a 'VET'.

Baby Loves Disco
Hundreds of babies bopped their way to the Pavilion Ballroom in May when Baby Loves Disco arrived in Bournemouth for the first time.

Urban Dance Weekend
Thousands of people packed into Bournemouth Square in April to watch spectacular performances by more than 60 local dancers, along with professional dancers from one of London’s best hip hop dance companies. 300 people watched and took part in an incredible breakdance jam and competition presented by renowned local crew Second to None.

Click here for performance photos
Click here for breakdance jam photos

Master class with Jonah Bokaer
Award-winning choreographer and media artist Jonah Bokaer's masterclass in contemporary dance in March was a sell-out.

Library resource launch
Bournemouth Library and Pavilion Dance worked together to offer a brand new study resource for dance, providing more than 150 new books, journals and DVDs covering a number of different dance styles.

Lights, camera... dance!
Twenty local dancers aged 19 – 25 enjoyed free training in ‘Dance for Camera’, a discipline that merges dance and film aesthetics for 3 days in February.
See footage by clicking here

Square Dance
Thousands enjoyed free dance performances in Bournemouth Square when Pavilion Dance presented an international programme to launch the building works last year.

Vile Style 3 - B-Boy/Breakdance Circle Jam
Ballroom met Breakdance when Pavilion Dance Second To None presented a three hour breakdance circle jam last year at Bournemouth Pavilion.