Dance - Working with others
Dance at York
St John is proud of its relationships with dance professionals
throughout the region. We have a longstanding link with
Leeds-based Yorkshire Dance at
all levels. Our staff are involved in regular discussion forums and
critical evaluations of work at the venue and students can benefit
from workshops, classes and performances at Yorkshire Dance, which
is less than an hour away from the campus at York.
YSJ has also linked up with Dance United, a national
organisation working with young offenders to run workshops and
training sessions in Bradford.
In the third year students have a chance to work with
experienced choreographers at an intensive level, but we also
ensure a regular contact with outside professionals who contribute
their insights into technique, etc.
We maintain regular contact with a host of local
organisations, including the Castle
Museum, Clifford's Tower, libraries
and churches, all of which have played host to site specific
productions.
Flight Effect Dance Company
The third year of your course is a
professional year. You will work with an independent choreographer
in the making of a new piece of work that will tour with
Flight Effect Dance Company,
the third year graduate touring company. You will make your own
choreographic works and have an opportunity to present them at
CREATE, the Faculty of Arts annual public festival of creative
excellence and will tour to other regional, national and
occasionally international venues. Past choreographers include,
Gary Clarke, Simon Birch, Francis Angol. A video of
Klub23, Flight Effect's touring piece from 2011,
choreographed by Gary Clarke can be viewed here.
CREATE
Create
is an annual showcase which gives York St John a unique opportunity
to exhibit the work and talents of its students to the wider
public. Work on show includes music, theatre and dance
performances, fine art and product design exhibitions, and film and
TV screenings.
Image provided courtesy of Roshana
Ruben-Mayhew.