U.Dance: True Motion 13

On Saturday 9^th March, our True Motion event was held at the LPAC in Lincoln. Eleven dance groups from around the area performed to a panel of judges, hoping to win a place in the MY Dance Festival.  

Throughout the day, rehearsals and workshops took place, giving the young people a chance to learn new skills, find out more about dance and interact with others. The commercial workshop, held by professional LA commercial dancer Gareth Woodward, and a workshop held by Chelsey Barnes from Lincolnshire One Venues, was met with a lot of enthusiasm from the participants.

Photo: Michaela Soltys

Photo: Michaela Soltys

In one of the commercial workshops.

Alongside the workshops, a number of dance professionals held a Q&A panel for the young people taking part. They answered questions about the dance industry and how they, themselves got to where they are now. This proved very insightful for the participants of True Motion and soon the panel were inundated with questions.

Photo: Michaela Soltys

With so many groups taking part, the audience were treated to a number of different performances ranging in genre and style. 

This meant the judges had a very tough decision picking the winner.

After a lengthy and thought out discussion, the judges picked NK School as the overall winners. Their war inspired, contemporary piece impressed the panel and they shall now go through to the MY (Midlands Youth) Dance Festival. This shall take place on 20^th April at Nottingham Playhouse. 

Winners NK School Photo: Michaela Soltys

Runners up kNacKer'd Photo: Michaela Soltys

Photo: Michaela Soltys

Alongside NK School, artsNK’s kNacKer’d have also been given the chance to perform in Nottingham. They too, impressed the judges with their rock inspired performance.

Although there was only one place available in the MY Dance Festival, all the groups should feel very proud of their achievements and performances.

 We here at artsNK Dance are planning more opportunities for young people to be involved, so keep a look out here on our blog, our Facebook page and Twitter.

You can also see more photos of the day by visiting our Facebook page! 

True Motion 2013!

True Motion 2013 is fast approaching! This Saturday (9th March) Lincoln's Performing Arts Centre, shall host the counties contribution to the U.Dance competition. Talented dance groups from around the area, shall battle it out to be selected for the MY Dance Festival. 

The Midlands Youth Dance festival takes place on the 20th April at Nottingham Playhouse. It replaces the U.Dance  East Midlands platforms and acts as a selection process for the U.Dance Festival 2013. This is taking place in Leeds across the 18-21 July.

If you enjoyed our Dance Factor 6 competition then you don't want to miss out on True Motion. The competition shall feature a range of groups, all with different styles and techniques. There is something for everyone to enjoy!

Groups taking part include...

*kNacKer’d Youth Dance Company from NK
*Misstery- Dance Factor 6 Winners from Lincoln
*RedXco from NK
*Stamford High School from SK
*Unorthodox from NK
*Junior Unorthodox from NK
*RAW from Lincoln*NKSchool from NK
*We Dance @ Lincoln College from Lincoln
*The Jokers from Lincoln
*Cherry Willingham Community School from West Lindsey
*University of Lincoln First Year Dance Students

Alongside these groups, a number of primary schools and special guests shall be attending. 

All the groups have been working extremely hard in the run up to Saturday so, come down to the 
LPAC and show your support for Lincolnshire's young dance talent!

Don't forget, the show is this Saturday! It all kicks off at 7:30pm. Tickets are still available to buy for £3. If you want to get your hands on some, call 01522 883311. 

If you are coming to the show, don't forget to tweet us your thoughts and use the hashtag #truemotion13