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May 23, 2005

Tees Valley Dance Gain Academy

Tees Valley Dance have been awarded the princely sum of £76,740 by the Northern Rock Foundation to establish a Youth Dance Academy in Middlesbrough in the North of England

The press release tells us this;

"The Youth Dance Academy aims to provide a dance programme for a highly diverse range of children and young people which also offers a real progression route. The proposed project intends to create an infrastructure, which coordinates and links projects and support mechanisms within the youth dance sector."

Here in the bitter north there has been an veritable avalanche of dance academies being set up for young people (there is one other Academy, hardly an avalanche! Ed!)

Essentially an Academy is a big step forward from the usual set up of youth oriented projects. Dancers normally have to audition for a place and be very committed to the project in order to stay a member of the company/group.

Tees Valley Dance are a soon to be independent dance company based in Stockton and if you are a professional dancer interested in working for them, and taking part in the academy then check our audition pages for more information.

You may or may not know that Middlesbrough was the inspiration for the opening sequence in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner movie! Don't let that put you off though as a dancer you will be mostly working inside away from the flame towers and flying cars!