DanSCe Dialogues 2 is a fantastic new international project, eight French and English partners (of which Take Art is one) will be working together on a two-year Cross-Channel programme, offering a unique range of opportunities, exchanges, training and performances for dance artists, choreographers and companies in Normandy and Brittany and in Southern England.
The partners are:
L’ODIA Normandie (Rouen and Caen, Normandy); The Point (Eastleigh); South East Dance (Brighton and Hextable); Take Art (Somerset); Spectacle Vivant en Bretagne (Rennes, Bretagne), Le Triangle (Rennes, Bretagne); Le Centre Choregraphique National De Caen (Basse-Normandie); and Le Centre Choregraphique National Du Havre (Haute-Normandie).
At the heart of DanSCe Dialogues 2 is the aim to stimulate artistic innovation and co-operation within the art form of contemporary dance, specifically between the UK and France.With more than £2.9 million (€3.5m) of investment from the Interreg IVA (Channel) France-England programme, DanSCe Dialogues 2 will promote contemporary dance to new audiences.
Over the two years it will feature a host of cross-border initiatives including:
- Research laboratories, providing artists and choreographers from Normandy, Brittany and the south and west of England the opportunity to explore and develop practice
- Cross-border Artists’ residencies, enabling artists and choreographers to share knowledge
- UK touring of work from Normandy and Brittany
- French touring of artists based in the South and West of England
- Conferences across the partnership
- Cross-Channel job shadowing opportunities
- The creation of a unique Early Years’ project specifically designed to work across the European partnership
Cath James, Co-Director of Dance at Take Art, said: “Take Art are very pleased to be a partner in what is a major two-year programme of dance sector development not only aimed at artists, promoters and producers, but to really accomplish mutual learning across borders. To learn about each other's different methods of creation, support, development and touring is an opportunity to increase our understanding and appreciation of the different ways the French and UK work within the arts. We look forward to bringing some exciting and innovative work into Somerset and the wider South East and West of the UK, and sending our extraordinary artists across the channel, as well as developing and celebrating contemporary dance in all its forms.”
You can download the full press release with quotes and information from all partner organisations below.
Look out for events and opportunities marked with the DanSCe Dialogue 2 logo throughout the next two years.