Ex-dancers allege ‘toxic’ culture at top ballet schools
Former students of Royal Ballet School and Elmhurst Ballet School claim they were bullied and encouraged to lose weight.
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How do you get into dance?
Zoie Golding and Ollie Webb are 20 years apart in age and experience. Coming from backgrounds where a career in dance would be unl…
Scientists collaborate with Royal Ballet to improve performance
The Royal Ballet School has announced plans to work with scientists to unlock advances in performance science that might help trai…
Acosta dance centre to open in Greenwich
Dancer, choreographer and director, Carlos Acosta, and the Acosta Dance Foundation (ADF) have announced the launch of a new dance…
Dance doesn’t get the attention it deserves
Throughout the pandemic we heard the mantra 'build back better'. A new dance initiative aims to do just that – placi…
Royal Ballet School widens membership scheme
The Royal Ballet School has launched a digital membership programme to widen access for those wanting to support its operation. Th…
Dancing for wellbeing
When arts organisations embed participation into their core purpose, they can connect with exciting and radical ideas and ensure p…
New artist development programmes at Sadler’s Wells
A series of artist development initiatives focused on practice rather than performance-based outcomes have been launched by Sadler…
Chichester university gains accreditation for new dance science degree
The University of Chichester is to become the first institute in the UK to have its Dance Science degree course accredited by the…
Understanding the needs of disabled artists
In the last in our series on widening participation, Diana Niepce writes: Two burnouts a year is not sustainable for anyone, but&n…
Battersea Arts Centre makes redundancies in face of rising costs
Increasing costs, inflationary pressures and changes to funding have led to the National Portfolio Organisation taking 'tough…
Educators warn of decline in dance education
A survey of educators working in higher education institutions finds the number of higher education dance courses and the number o…
Sadler’s Wells announces dance project for young people
Sadler’s Wells has shared details of a choreographic project for schools and youth groups that will offer a chance to perfor…
Research highlights gender disparities in dance sector
Study finds dance companies in receipt of most funding – and exerting greater influence on the sector – are more likel…
Free safeguarding training for UK dance sector
The national support organisation for dance is offering free safeguading training for the sector. One Dance UK has partnered with…
Gateshead’s Trinity Centre to undergo £1.4m redesign
A former church in Gateshead is set to become a community and arts hub after restoration plans secured funding from the National L…
Dance school to create new courses
Dance centre The Place has secured specialist education provider funding from the Office for Students (OfS). The OfS funding progr…
Drama school ‘faces closure in weeks’
A drama school in Reading has warned that it will be forced to close by the end of the year if it cannot raise sufficient funds wi…
Performing artists need policy support
How can cultural policy support freelance performing artists? It's a question Cecilia Dinardi has been asking in her latest re…
Tottenham Hotspur embarks on youth theatre drive
Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) and football team Tottenham Hotspur will work together to improve theatre engagement in young peopl…
‘It’s OK to be me’
Safeguarding young people has become a live issue in schools. Scottish Ballet’s Safe to Be Me® programme is tackling the…
Dance’s unique place in the arts touring ecology
Dance Consortium has just embarked on its 50th tour. Its Chief Executive Joe Bates shares how the universal language of dance…
Equity calls for contracts to be honoured during mourning
Employers that cancel productions during the mourning period should honour contracts with workers, performers' union Equity ha…
Creative Scotland reopens touring fund
Creative Scotland’s Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance has opened for a seventh round, inviting applications from companies,…
