In 2011, for the first time in the history of the Fund, we supported dance.
There were two grants available - one for community dance groups and the other for aspiring dance individuals. Through these schemes we funded some fantastic projects across the UK from bollywood, hip hop and street dance, to ballet and contemporary styles.
You can find out more about some of our dance winners here, plus get practical advice and insight about working in the dance industry over on the blog.
2nd May 2013, 1:16 PM
The Step Up group were recipients of a Community Dance grant in 2011. They put their grant towards developing a new piece of work 'Origin: London' which explored ideas about identity and heritage. The Step Up group's young members developed their performance from taking photos for the stimulus of the choreography right the way through to the costume design. Mimbre, the organisers of the project, tell us a bit more about the group's achievements:
17th January 2013, 3:51 PM
17th January 2013, 3:51 PM
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