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Calling all dance teachers, practitioners and graduates! Sign up for Take Art's DanceNet and enjoy a FREE professional workshop with Rambert.

On Sunday 13 October take a trip to the rugged and dramatic setting of Dunster Castle, where the musical storytelling troupe Adverse Camber will be performing story-walks inspired by their latest show Hunting the Giant's Daughter.

Take Art Early Years are offering three bursaries of £100 each for South West practitioners wishing to attend the DanSCe Dialogues 2 CONNECT Conference.

As part of DanSCe Dialogues 2 we would like to invite Early Years practitioners in the South West to CONNECT in Canterbury on 15-16 November, an international conference focused on dance experiences for Early Years, children and young people.

Calling all drama teachers, practitioners and those interested in bringing drama into their education setting! Don't miss this Thursday's DramaNet in Taunton - not booked up yet? there is still time!

The Take Art inspired older people's dance group Tone Dance will be performing in Dartington Space, Devon on Tuesday 1 October, as part of the Dance in Time celebration.

We recognise that musicians and Early Years practitioners often have specific training needs and interests. The Soundwaves bursary could help you if you live or work in the South West and are keen to find out more about a project by visiting a setting, or if you need some funding to attend a course or conference.

Poets from Word/Play, The Thing Is... will be performing on Saturday 21 September at The Octagon Theatre in Yeovil, as part of The Hip Yak Poetry Shack and the Yeovil Literary Festival.

As part of Spring Forward’s 10 year Anniversary Take Art will be hosting this year's Regional Youth Dance Platform; U.Dance South West 2014.

Somerset Film and Video have put together four short documentary films taken from Word/Play: The Thing Is... Each documentary focuses on a different group of participants and their adventures in spoken word. You can watch the films here!

Take Art has released its new Sept-Dec 2013 programme, featuring over 40 performances, workshops and events across Somerset. Look inside here!

This September Take Art is working with the Merlin Theatre in Frome to launch the exciting new collaboration Merlin in Mendip, aimed at getting top quality theatre experiences out into local Mendip communities.