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Artistic Director Katie Dale-Everett recognised as an Emerging Cultural Leader in Sussex

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We are delighted to share that our Artistic Director Katie Dale-Everett has been recognised as an Emerging Cultural Leader regionally and is one of 12 amazing leaders forming the ‘Regroup ‘n’ Renew’ cohort. Other leaders include Carolynn Bain, (Afrori Books), David Shepherd (Marlborough Productions), Gareth Evans (Carousel) and Jamie Wyld (videoclub).

The focus of R’n’R is on providing space for self-reflection, building entrepreneurial thinking and skills, and catalysing collaborative approaches to addressing shared challenges and ambitions.

Over the next few months, the recognised leaders will take part in Action Learning Sets, 1-2-1 mentoring and creative circles focusing on different aspects of the city’s cultural landscape.

Source_ Culture In Our City

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KDE Dance receives Arts Council England Emergency Response Funding

We are delighted to share that we have been chosen to receive Arts Council England Emergency Response funding during these unprecedented times. A huge thank you to Art Council England National and South East for their support, made possible thanks to National Lottery funding. We will be releasing more information shortly.

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Empa: What are Katie Dale-Everett Dance researching?

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EMPA Research Week. Photo by Katie Dale-Everet.
Katie Dale-Everett Dance is supported by Arts Council England National Lottery funding and by Studio Wayne McGregor through the Questlab Network Programme to begin early-stage research into a new project entitled Empa.
Born the year the internet became publicly available and living within an increasingly technological society, Artistic Director Katie was interested in the following question:
By utilising technology to exchange presence, senses and embodiment can we reach a similar, less or more empathetic relationship to that of face to face communication? 
Katie’s research is an acknowledgement of the fact that how we perceive people is not necessarily how they feel/see themselves. Working in collaboration with a series of creative technologists for the first time, Katie Dale-Everett Dance is enquiring into how technology can help bridge this gap for the better, increasing intimacy and understanding and enable us to see others and self more truthfully, differently and clearly.
Through research Katie hopes to explore in the moment choreographic decision, action and response, to question vulnerability and openness and explores internal and external in a literal and embodied senses (emotions, inside a mask…).
Empa is likely to be an intimate, promenade installation piece made in 2020.
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Job opportunity: Creative Technologist

We are looking for a Creative Technologist to join the team for our latest project.

  • Must be available to work in London on the following dates: 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th & 15th of November 2019, 10am to 6pm.
  • Must be able to provide their own VR ready desktop/laptop.
  • Must be strong at problem-solving, artistic and experienced at collaborating with other art forms.

Flat fee: £1000 plus accommodation provided on 11th, 12th, 13th & 14th, £12 daily food allowance when staying overnight and contribution to travel expenses.

Download the full job description here

About the project:

Katie Dale-Everett Dance is supported by Arts Council England National Lottery funding and by Studio Wayne McGregor through the Questlab Network Programme to begin early-stage research into their new work ‘Empa’.

‘Empa’ acknowledges the fact that how we perceive people is not necessarily how they feel/see themselves.

We are looking for a creative technologist to join our team for the second week of research, exploring how we may be able to bridge this gap of perception for the better by utilising technology to exchange presence, senses and embodiment. We hope to be able to increase intimacy and understanding and enable people to see others and self more truthfully, differently and clearly. The work focuses on the live exchange of vision through virtual reality in collaboration with movement.

About Katie Dale-Everett Dance:

Katie Dale-Everett Dance’s mission is to harness every opportunity choreography and the digital create for connecting people, spaces and experiences within a world where we believe connection should be nurtured more. Generating unique, modular and tourable amalgamations of choreography, the digital and human interaction, we celebrate, question and excavate the world around us with a desire to creatively realise projects and works that are accessible, informative, relevant, enjoyable and educational for those new to and those who have already found their love of the arts.

How to apply:

Please send the following to katie@katiedale-everettdance.co.uk by Thursday 31st October 2019:

  • CV
  • 2 x references
  • A short expression of interest
  • Evidence of work (video, testimonials, reviews, website link)

 

 

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Arts Council England National Lottery Funding Outcome

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KDE Dance are pleased to announce that we have been supported by Arts Council England National Lottery funding to carry out a research and development project this Autumn in collaboration with technologists, schools and our local community. Keep in touch to stay up to date on how the project develops!

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KDE Dance Receive Seed Funding From Studio Wayne McGregor

Artistic Director Katie is dancing whilst in VR. She has short brown hair and is wearing a black and white scarf and a burnt orange coat.

We are delighted to share that we are continuing to be supported by Studio Wayne McGregor who have granted the company seed funding towards a new project combining dance and technology. We will be using this funding to begin research on the following question in Autumn 2019: 

By utilising technology to exchange presence, senses & embodiment can we reach a similar, less or more empathetic relationship to that of face to face communication?

This funding is part of Studio Wayne McGregor’s QuestLab Network project which we were accepted onto during the first cohort in 2018/19. 

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Motus’s Fluid In Flight Commissioned Artists Announced

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We are pleased to announce that we have been selected by Mótus as 1 of 10 acclaimed UK choreographers to make two new works on schools in Milton Keynes in June/July 2019 culminating in a special evening  celebrating the creative voice of our young people.

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Studio Wayne McGregor’s QuestLab Network Artists Announced

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We are over the moon to have been selected as one of Studio Wayne McGregor’s QuestLab Network artists.

QuestLab Network is our three-year artist development initiative, funded by Arts Council England’s Ambition for Excellence to create a new network of dance artists, developers, technologists and commercial organisations, leading to the development and delivery of performance and engagement projects around the country.

Following an open call out, nine dance artists were selected to be part of the programme because they were all open to new ways of thinking, and passionate about technology’s potential to augment artistic creativity and engagement within the arts.

The first QuestLab Network artists for 2018-19: Tony Adigun, Katie Dale-Everett, Rebecca Evans, Nathan Geering, Tom Hobden, Laura Kriefman, James Middleton, Zach Walker and Kerryn Wise.

(words Studio Wayne McGregor website)

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Katie is appointed Brighton Dance Network’s Producer

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Artistic Director Katie Dale-Everett has been appointed Brighton Dance Network‘s Producer! She is currently developing an exciting project for 2019 which will help see the network expand it’s reach and deliver new activity.

Brighton Dance Network is an open network of dancers, choreographers, teachers and creative producers who create opportunities around Sussex; including weekly classes, workshops, sharing events, performance and teaching opportunities.

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Thank you Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants

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Katie Dale-Everett Dance have just received an Arts Council England Project Grant to research and develop three sections of a new work ‘Virtual You’ alongside the support of multiple partners. The work explores relevant and vital themes around online safety and is being made for 11-16 years, teachers, parents, schools, youth centres and theatres. The project additionally involves collaboration with local schools and young people supporting wellbeing through arts engagement and the creation of research articles. Blending shadow puppetry, projection mapping and audience interaction, this new work adds to the company’s developing exciting, relatable & colourful work.