Springboard 2012/13

Are you 13 -18 years old? Are you passionate about dance?

Springboard is a Dance Bursary Scheme from Hampshire County Council, delivered in partnership with Hampshire Dance.

We are searching for outstanding young dancers who aspire to be the next leading dance professionals. The Springboard scheme will help dancers create a bespoke training programme to enhance and develop their skills. Successful candidates will receive up to £500 of dance training and development, with the guided support of a Scheme Manager.

• We are now open to applications for the 2012/13 Scheme - the deadline for applications is: 5pm on Friday 1 June 2012

If you want to apply for a dance bursary, you must be

• Aged between 13 and 18
• Resident in Hampshire, within the County Council boundaries.
  This does not includes the unitary authority areas of Portsmouth and Southampton.

Download Springboard application pack 144kb pdf

Large Print and Easy Read version of this information are available on request.

If you need any assistance completing your application please contact the Arts Resources Officer, tel 01962 846024

The Springboard Dance Bursary Scheme is an open access scheme, supporting all dance genres, but all applicants must demonstrate that they meet the following criteria, for which supporting evidence will be required.

1. Applicants to the Springboard Dance Bursary Scheme must be resident in Hampshire. This means they must reside in a Household that is located in Hampshire County Council’s boundary. This does not include the Unitary Authority areas of Portsmouth or Southampton. You must be a Hampshire resident for the duration of the Scheme, September 2012 – July 2013.
2. If you are not sure if you meet this criteria, please contact the Arts Resources Officer, Hampshire County Council on 01962 846024.
3. Applicants must be aged between 13 and 18 years as at 1 September 2012.
4. Applicants must be able to commit to the full duration of the Scheme which runs from September 2012 – July 2013.
5. Applications must be received by 5pm Friday 1st June 2012 on the Springboard Dance Bursary Scheme application form. CVs will not be accepted. Electronic applications are acceptable. Late applications will not be accepted.
6. Applications must be made by the individual wishing to join the scheme. Applications cannot be made by organisations on behalf of several individuals.
7. Applicants must be able to attend an audition on Saturday 30th June 2012. There will be no other audition dates.
8. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a clear ambition and commitment to developing their dance skills towards a professional career in dance as only up to a maximum of 10 awards will be made.

2011/12 Bursary Dancers

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  Tanisha

  Tanisha is 15 years old and lives in Hythe, Hampshire. She has been dancing regularly since she was seven and studied Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Modern, Street and Body conditioning at Shine Studios in Blackfield. She regularly performs in dance festivals and shows. Tanisha is taking GCSE Dance at school and hopes to take dance in college. When Tanisha is eighteen she wants to study at a dance college and get the qualifications to become either a dance teacher or choreographer.

   

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  Ella

  Ella is 16 years old and has been dancing regularly since the age of four. She originally studied tap, ballet, modern and jazz, however for the past five years she has studied contemporary dance. She has recently been accepted into Hampshire Youth Dance Company and is now a tutor at Gosport Youth Dance Company. Ella is currently completing her dance AS Level and hopes toeither become a teacher, or part of a professional dance company after completing university.

   

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  Katie

  Katie is fifteen years old and has been dancing since she was three. Katie has studied various styles of dance and enjoys hip-hop the most.Katie has danced with NoCo, T21 and Accolade, and recently worked with Tshand Muir from Unity and Nicholas ‘Marvel’ Stephen from Peridot. Katie was delighted to have also performed with Peridot at their recent show in Eastleigh. In the future Katie hopes to become a professional dance teacher and choreographer.

   

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  Charlie

  Charlie is fifteen and lives in Bordon, he has been dancing since he was six. He enjoys, jazz, tap and contemporary dance, but ballet is his favourite, having achieved a Distinction at ISTD Grade 6 earlier this year. He trains and assists with teaching at Liphook Academy of Dance. He recently won a part-scholarship with the English Youth Ballet and a bursary for the Boys Kickstart Programme at Tring Park. Teaching and performing is ultimately what he hopes to do.

   

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  Emma

  Emma is sixteen and has been dancing for thirteen years. Her passion grew when she auditioned for the Urdang Academy aged nine. In 2011 she gained GCSE Dance, ISTD Pre-Intermediate Ballet, Intermediate Tap & Modern. Emma is studying A’levels at Barton Peveril. She is part of PYDC and Overground Fusion. She currently takes classes in Contemporary and Hip Hop, and teaches ballet, tap, modern and contemporary dance to younger students. Emma hopes to work in Dance Therapy with young offenders.

   

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  Jessica

  Jess is seventeen, and has been dancing since the age of six, studying freestyle dance. She loves Hip Hop dance and has been in dance crews called UNIT and Contrast competing across the South and is also self-taught. Now in her second year at Totton college studying contemporary dance at A-level and BTEC, this is her new focus. Jess aspires to go on to university to carry on her dance studies, with a view to teaching dance.

   

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  Francesca

  Francesca loves all styles of dance but has a particular passion for hip-hop dance.Over the past 2 years shehas worked with professional choreographers such as Tony Adigun (Avant Garde Dance) and Tashan Muir (Unity Dance Company) to create and perform hip-hop theatre pieces in theyouth company NoCo. She is currently involved ina Woking Dance Festival project,performing inT21 group 'Paragon', and teaching various classes, and hopes one day to work professionally within the dance industry.

   

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  Tabitha

  Tabitha is 15 years old and has been dancing since the age of 12. She currently studies ballet at the Mary Graham School of Dance and is also a member of the Point Youth Dance Company. She has taken part in many dance workshops and has performed in several exciting dance platforms.With this bursary she hopes to improve her technique and gain greater experience in integrated dance and choreography. She would like to go on to do A level dance and perhaps dance at university leading to a career in dance, either teaching, performing or both.

   

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  Rebecca J

  Rebecca’s passion is ballet and she aspires to becoming a professional ballet dancer. The bursary encouraged her to explore other dance styles but was particularly helpful in furthering her ballet training. Rebecca attended a Summer School at Elmhurst and the Yorkshire Ballet Seminars and benefitted from tuition by professional dancers and choreographers. Her bursary also enabled her to attend a Classical Ballet Academy at Tring Park and to see a number of ballet performances. This year Rebecca has been accepted onto the Senior Associate scheme at The Royal Ballet School and has been casted as Clara in English Youth Ballet’s production of the Nutcracker in Southsea. She is currently applying to a number of Sixth Form ballet and vocational schools. Rebecca is very grateful for the help and guidance she received from the bursary scheme, it helped her to develop her dance experience and gave her a taste of what the future may hold as a dancer. She wishes everyone success and happiness in their dance careers.

   

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  Elesha C

  The Springboard Dance Bursary Scheme has been an amazing opportunity for Elesha and has opened so many new doors that would not have been possible otherwise.
  Elesha has completely changed direction in her preferred style of dance since starting the bursary and has decided to specialise in commercial jazz. This is a style of dance that Elesha was unaware of until she was encouraged by the Scheme Manager to try classes at Pineapple Dance Studios in London. Elesha has never looked back and continues to train at Pineapple every Saturday and she throughly recommends all young dancers try a day at Pineapple, as she thinks the teachers are fantastic! During a trip to the annual 'Move It' exhibition at Kensington Olympia, which was arranged as part of the bursary scheme, Elesha discovered the Urdang Youth Academy. She has since joined the academy and taken part in their summer school. Elesha feels that being given the encouragement to step outside her comfort zone and try new dance styles and teachers has helped her find a new passion for dance. She looks forward to continuing to develop her skills as a commercial jazz dancer., and hopes one day to be a performer.