AUTUM N15 GET ON BEAT Courses, drop-in classes & workshops for eve ryone 5 September – 4 December Dance Base 14 –16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JU 0131 225 5525 dance @dancebase.co.uk dancebase.co.uk Dance Base is a registered charity that encourages and celebrates the potential for dance in everyone. Scottish Charity SC022 512 BOARD Patron: HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay KT KG Chair Edward A Crozier Artistic Patron: Mark Morris Members Paul Blair, Cllr Catherine Fullerton, Annie Griffin, Simon Guest, Christopher Hampson, Fiona Hendry, Donna Malone, Elizabeth Mitchell Dance Base gratefully acknowledges support from: If you or your company would like to support Dance Base please contact Matt Roe, Head of Operations & Business Development on 0131 225 5525 Front cover dancer: Sau Tham (Hip Hop Intermediate) Front cover photographer: Maria Falconer Photography: Maria Falconer, Francesca Dymond Design: Emma Quinn Print: Streamline WE LCOME Contents Summer may be over, but fear not! We have an action-packed line-up of classes and workshops for you Welcome 3 this autumn. There is something for everyone as we look ahead to the festive season. Community 4 / 5 In response to overwhelming demand we have added even Professional 6 more classes to our bumper ballet offering. There will be How we do it 7 an additional Ballet Vintage class while one of the current classes progresses to Ballet Vintage Improvers and on top How to book 8 / 9 of this, we are also introducing a second Ballet Absolute Beginners class. We hope these classes will allow more Pay It Forward 10 people to discover the beauty and grace of this timeless Hires 11 dance style. We are extremely excited to announce that this term we Workshops 11 / 12 / 13 have teamed up with Circus Alba to bring you Circus Skills Ballet 14 / 15 for children in P4 – 6. Learn acrobatics, juggling, hula hoop and much more. Celtic 16 / 17 This autumn will also be all about bringing together Contemporary 18 / 19 different cultures. Watch out for a workshop offering a taste of Scottish Step Dance as well as a series of special, Hip Hop 20 / 21 Scandinavian-influenced hip hop workshops as part of Jazz 22 / 23 our first ever NordDance festival. Just for Fun 24 / 25 In October, we will be working in partnership with Paragon Music to present M3 Rockit, a week-long community Partner Dances 26 / 27 residency giving disabled and non-disabled dancers the chance to collaborate and perform together. Finally, Scottish Tap 28 / 29 Ballet will be returning to Dance Base in November, Wellbeing offering the opportunity to explore their dazzling Christmas & Workout 30 / 31 production of Cinderella. World Dances 32 / 33 Whatever your style, we hope to see you here at Dance Base. You never know, we might also see you performing on the Young Dancers 34 / 35 / 36 Queen’s Hall stage in December for our Christmas Show! Day Planner 38 / 3 9 Allan Irvine Sarah Quinn Morag Deyes MBE Jenny Langlands Participation Programmes Artistic Director Chief Executive Manager Assistant I page 3 COMM UNITY At Dance Base, we believe that dance is for everyone, and that’s why we strive to provide high quality, positive dance experiences in both our wonderful building and in the community. Over the next term we’re delighted to be working in partnership with internationally renowned physical theatre company, Frantic Assembly. During the autumn term, we’ll be holding taster workshops and trials for young men, giving them the chance to be part of the Ignition programme, Frantic Assembly’s national training programme for young men aged 16 – 20 years. Dates for tasters and trials will be announced soon so please keep an eye on our website. We are also developing partnerships with Alzheimer’s Scotland and the Festival Theatre to work in the area of Early Onset Dementia and we are collaborating with Scottish Ballet to create tailor-made dance classes for people with Parkinson’s Disease. Be on the lookout for audition notices for our Youth Dance Company, an exciting new group for dedicated, talented and creative young people who love to dance and perform. We are always looking at creating new and exciting projects and partnerships. If you would like any more information or would like to get involved, please get in touch. Allan Irvine, Participation Manager allan @dancebase.co.uk I page 4 CURR ENT P ROJE CTS Seated Swing The Unusual Suspects Dance keeps older people active and Dance Base’s very own ‘boys only’ alert, both physically and mentally, dance crew! This group is free and and enhances their emotional and open to keen, young male dancers social wellbeing. For those older who want to take their dancing adults who can’t make it to us, experience to a new level and get out we can take dance to them. Our there and perform. The group meets 1920s-style Seated Swing classes at Dance Base on Wednesday are fun and energising and are afternoons to work on varying styles specially designed to get toes tapping of choreography from breakdance and hands clapping regardless of age Raising the aspirations of at-risk to contemporary. or ability. We are currently working young people through an intensive in three centres around Edinburgh programme of dance and education. but would love to get more people This includes weekly classes, Dementia involved. sessions with a variety of guest choreographers, performances, We are proud to be working with We are currently seeking continuing funding attending professional rehearsals, Alzheimer’s Scotland, Edinburgh to support this project. attending theatre performances Festival Theatre, University of the and learning about a healthy West of Scotland, Music in Hospitals, lifestyle. So in the next few months Art in Healthcare and Nordoff the group will be working with Robbins to create a series of Edinburgh Community Food. workshops for people with early- onset dementia and their families. Everybody Dance Now! We are excited to be continuing our work with special schools in Edinburgh, running a series of dance and movement classes for disabled children. Each term we work with four different school groups, delivering a bespoke programme of dance, movement and music tailored to the needs of the school and the participants. I page 5 PROFESSIONAL PROG RAMME This term is all about the intangible things that make a dancer more than a dancer – the bracing realities of intercontinental exchanges, and some warm welcomes to old friends. Legendary artist Rosemary Butcher will be in residence this term, and will lead the October showcase. It’s a testament to the profound nature of her work that decades on, it is still fresh, innovative and surprising. So we have post-modern royalty in the house! We are also delighted to welcome Carlos Martínez, originally from Cuba but now based in Scotland, who will share his ideas and wonderful energy. The run up to NordDance (our Nordic/Scottish urban dance showcase) at the Traverse Theatre in late November sees Emma Park, Ashley Jack, Tony Mills and others pair up with Nordic hip hop artists to teach workshops in Waacking and Vogue, House and Hip Hop to name but a few. See p13 for details. Morag Deyes MBE Artistic Director PRIME PRIME is proud to be Scotland’s first semi-professional dance company for people over 60. Our radical new company enjoys performing progressive and creative choreography and, in doing so, empowering others to explore new possibilities in dance and in life. In October 2015, Dance Base and Scottish Ballet will join in partnership to pioneer a unique Scottish tour with companies comprised of elder dancers, as part of the Luminate Festival. I page 6 HOW WE DO IT We’re flexible! Look out for: C Courses New for Autumn Know what you want? Book in advance for the full Scottish Step Dance p 12 term and save money Scottish Ballet p 12 NordDance p 13 D Drop-in classes Not sure what to try or need to be flexible? Drop-in Ballet Absolute Beginners p 14 is for you. Bookings open a day in advance Ballet Vintage Improvers p 15 CD Some classes are available as both course Young Dancers and drop-in M3 Rockit p 11 G Gentler classes Aerial p 36 Look out for this symbol if you’re returning to dance after Circus Skills P4 – P6 p 35 a long break or injury, or if you’d like a gentler session Older Dancers S Get Sweaty Ballet Vintage p 15 Look out for this symbol if you want to sweat, get fit and Platinum p 19 fired up through dance All That Jazz p 23 For more on levels and types of class, call us on Golden (FREE to new members) p 25 0131 225 5525 or visit dancebase.co.uk Tap for Mature Movers p 29 Mature Latin Movers p 33 It’s for everyone! Dance Base is for everyone and age is no barrier. We aim Get Sweaty for all classes to be as inclusive as possible and open to Jazz Classes p 22 – 23 everyone aged 1 4+ unless otherwise specified. And, whether Dance Workout p 30 you want a buddy for your first class, have specific access Werk It! p 30 needs, or would just like a helping hand to guide you, we can help. Ask your teacher if you’re unsure about anything. Classes for disabled Please tell your teacher about pregnancy, any health and non-disabled dancers issues or medical conditions you might have. Visit Inclusive Ceilidh p 17 dancebase.co.uk/access or ask at reception for more Inclusive Contemporary p 19 information.