18th May 2017

In May we had two brilliant days at our annual Primary Dance Festival, which took place at Belvoir Players Studio Theatre, with schools across Belfast.  Big thanks to the pupils and teachers from  Belmont, Donegall Road, Elmgrove, Glenwood, Holy Rosary and Holy Trinity Primary Schools. It was a brilliant celebration of many styles of dance and we are already looking forward to next year! Thank you to Debs, Elizabeth, Jane and Sheena for your support. Photography by Joe Fox, full album available on our Facebook.

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY – the Primary Dance Festival 2018 will be on 16th & 17th May, again at Belvoir Players Studio Theatre, Belfast. All Primary Schools in the Greater Belfast area are welcome, it’s free so come and join in the fun.

9th May 2017

In April/May Mags was in Gaza working alongside choreographer Royston Maldoom on a production for Ayam Al Masrah (Theatre Day Productions). The resulting performance, Identity, was truly beautiful and well received by audiences all over Gaza and the West Bank.

Mags would like to say

“A huge THANK YOU to Royston and all at TDP for an amazing experience. It was a total pleasure to work with you all”. 

TDP was establishment in 1995 to work towards increasing access to creative activities for children and youth in an attempt to create the foundations for peaceful development in Palestine.

25th April 2017

Big thanks to everyone who joined us for Unanimous 2017 at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, including; Alternative Energies (Ballymoney), Brona Jackson Dance Company (Derry/L’derry), Company B (Dublin), Connect Youth Dance (Fermanagh), Dublin Youth Dance Company, Inchicore College (Dublin), Moongate Dance Theatre (Galway), Sutemos Youth Dance (Dungannon) & Wicklow Youth Dance Company.  Thanks also to our MC Conor “Doke’ O’Kane and our photographer Joe Fox.  It was a brilliant night and the standard of work was fantastic.

Well done to Company B for their subsequent performance at the U.Dance festival in Birmingham.

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY …….Unanimous 2018 will be on Sunday 8th April, again at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. We hope to see you all again there!

18th April 2017

Are you aged between 14 – 24? Have you got a passion for dance or the performing arts? Not afraid to speak out?
We are looking for people to represent the Greater Belfast area on our existing Youth Steering Group. The current group of 14 members help to inform and develop DU Dance NI’s work and represent us at events locally and further afield.

Think that sounds like you? Get in contact with info@dudanceni.com or by messaging us on Facebook

11th April 2017

The countdown is on for Unanimous Dance Platform 2017. Only 12 days to go! Get your tickets at here!

10th March 2017

Very proud of our Youth Steering Group members that helped out with stage management at the Y.Dance Destinations Showcase in the Tramways in Glasgow this weekend. The group members worked excellently with the YDance team and represented DU Dance brilliantly, helping to manage rehearsal times and the during the live event. Well done everyone!

6th March 2017

We’ve had a fantastic 2 weeks teaming up with Beyond Skin to bring 18 ‘CARE’ intercultural workshops to schools and community groups across Lisburn, Castlereagh, East Belfast, Ballymena and Ballymoney. The workshops showcased introductions to a variety of cultures including Jamaican dancing, Ghanaian drumming, storytelling from South African and a mix of other cultures. We would like to say a massive thanks to all the groups involved and to our facilitators Ripton, Sheena, Thomas and Nandi!

3rd February 2017

YDance Routes Destinations is an annual performance event open to all youth dance groups across Scotland in March. It’s an exciting performance opportunity offering groups the chance to showcase their own creative piece of work to a live audience. DU Dance are delighted to be invited to attend, with two members of our Youth Steering Group giving a hand in project support.

24th January 2017

Delighted to announce that our 2017 Primary Dance Festival will happen on 17th & 18th May at Belvoir Players Theatre, Castlereagh. The festival is a fun, exciting and non competitive event where children from P1 – P7 can share the dance work going on in their schools. If you have a class or group that would like to take part or you would like to come along to see the performance just get in touch at info@dudanceni.com.

16th January 2017

Sutemos, Suteminis and Alternative Energies Youth Engagement Projects are starting back with their new terms this week. Alternative Energies will be kicking off weekly on Friday January 20th from 5-7pm at the Joey Dunlop Leisure Centre for ages 12-24. Sutemos and Suteminis will be back from Wednesday January 25th, 6-7pm for 8-11 year olds and 7-8.30pm for 12-24 year olds at the Dungannon Youth Resource Centre.  Get in contact if you know someone who wants to get involved, all newcomers welcome and only £1 per session! Contact info@dudanceni.com for more info.