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CAT student Benjamin Drew performs in Chicago the Musical

May 18, 2012

Benjamin Drew, an ex-student from the Swindon Contemporary Programme on the Youth Dance Academy has spent the last year performing in Chicago the Musical aboard the Royal Caribbean’s largest ship The Allure of the Seas. For more...

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CAT Student Chris Thomas appears in Foot Locker TV Ad

May 18, 2012

Chris Thomas, an ex-student from the Swindon Urban Programme on the Youth Dance Academy is appearing in the new Foot Locker tv commercial ‘Sneaker Skills’. Click on the link below for a sneak preview before it goes live on air: ...

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CAT student receives prestigious scholarship

May 18, 2012

Swindon Dance – Youth Dance Academy graduate Fancis Johnson now in his second year of training at the London Contemporary School of Dance (LCSD) has been awarded the Peggy Hawkins Scholarship.  Francis will receive personal...

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David Nixon creates a new piece for CAT students at Northern Ballet

May 18, 2012

Over the next couple of months CAT students from Northern Ballet will be working with David Nixon OBE (Northern Ballet Artistic Director) as he creates a new dance piece to be perfromed at the UDance Festival in July. Rehearsals started...

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Youth Dance Academy urban dancers battle it out at International hip hop competition

May 18, 2012

Frankie J who graduated from the Swindon Dance – Youth Dance Academy in 2010 took some time out from his training at the London Contemporary Dance School to entre an International hip hop competition 'Juste Debout UK 2012'. He danced his...

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P.A.R.T.S

May 03, 2012

Kinga Jaczewska current NSCD students (The Place CAT Alumni, former member of Shift Youth Dance Company) has been awarded a place to study further dance at the internationally renowned P.A.R.T.S

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SIX MAJOR DANCE ORGANISATIONS, UNIVERSITIES AND A HOSPITAL UNITE TO LAUNCH THE FIRST NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DANCE MEDICINE AND SCIENCE

May 02, 2012

On Monday 30 April over 200 dance professionals join dance medicine and science leaders at the Royal Society of Medicine to celebrate the opening of the National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science. The National Institute of Dance...

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CAT students on the BBC Breakfast news

April 17, 2012

This morning Northern Ballet Academy CAT students were featured on BBC Breakfast news. This was following a comment from new Artistic Director of English National Ballet, Tamara Rojo, about dancers nutrition. The BBC came into...

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The Place CAT’s at Royal Ballet School

April 17, 2012

The Place CAT students visited the Royal Ballet (upper school) on Sunday 15 April for a ballet and creative class led by Assistant Director, Jay Jolley and also got the opportunity to observe Ballet Black in action in rehearsal....

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CAT students fro The Place work with London Youth Circus and Richard Alston Dance Company

April 11, 2012

Last week CAT students from The Place worked with London Youth Circus Students at Circus Space. Some great work was created including dancers on the ...

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Even after 4 years of teaching for CAT, I still find myself continually surprised by the talent and dedication of the students. It is great to watch their development and know that they are as motivated to learn as we are to teach.

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