Dance City, working in partnership with Newcastle City Library, has awarded a site specific commission for this year’s Late Shows in Newcastle and Gateshead.

Following the submission of a large number of high quality creative proposals from North East artists, Rose Payne was selected for the commission by Dance City to make this site responsive piece of work to be performed throughout the new City Centre Library on Sat 19 May.

The Late Shows is an after dark programme of events and exhibitions centering on the cultural venues in ...

Dance City is thrilled to announce Vivien Wood as its new Associate Artist for 2012, offering her an opportunity to develop her professional practice over the next year with support from the dance development agency.

Vivien has been performing for the last 40 years with international choreographers including Michael Clark, Mark Baldwin and Rui Horta, and joins Robby Graham as Dance City’s second Choreographic Associate Artist of 2012. The two will gain a package of support including 150 hours free studio and theatre time each to develop their practice ...

Dance City, the dance development organisation for the North East, is delighted to announce the support of two new dance pieces this year.

The organisations’ committment to developing new work and nurturing North East artists and companies has selected two new commissions awarded to Dora Frankel Dance and Tim Rubidge.

The first of the new commissions is a new production by producer Dora Frankel, Schengen and features the choreography of Jarek Cemerek, who last visited the North East with BalletBoyz. The soundscape will be developed in collaboration with composer ...

Tweleve youth dance groups from across the region have been selected to perform at the Pulse Final at ARC on Sat 14 April.

Pulse is the regional U.Dance event for the North East and gives youth groups from across the region the opportunity to perform in a professional performance space. Local platforms took place across the North East througout Jan-March to find the twelve groups to peform at the Pulse Final. 

Newcastle/Gateshead’s Pulse platform was held at Dance City on February 4 and involved six youth dance groups showcasing ...

Dance City’s Girlz Only class performed as part of Bobby Dazzlers 2012 at the main stage of Sadler’s Wells on Sat 17 March 2012. Girlz Only runs three times a week at Dance City for teenage girls to learn urban dance with a contemporary edge.

Claire Dixon, teacher of Girlz Only wanted to give her students as many performance opportunities as possible to build their profile and to develop their performance skills. Over the last eighteen months the girls have performed at Dance City, Sunderland Empire, Theatre Royal, The ...