Summer Scheme in July for ages 5-7, 8-12 & teenagers! Echo Echo Summer Schemes
Monday 6th- Friday 10th July 2009
5-7 years / 10am- 11am / £15 for full week
8-12 years / 11.30am- 1pm / £20 for full week
12+ years / 2pm- 5pm / £30 for full week
The summer sun has arrived and it's time to think about holidays and summer fun. With only a few weeks left before school ends, Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company have announced its July summer scheme for ages 5 and over.
Starting on Monday 6th July, the local dance company will be offering a week of dance and movement classes for 3 different age groups- 5 to 7 years, 8 to 12 years and 12s and over. The schemes are the perfect opportunity to ease your children and teens into their summer break.
Local professional dancers from Echo Echo will teach the classes in the company's dance studio in the Waterside Theatre, which has accessible and free parking on site.
The summer schemes are open to boys and girls of all abilities and there is no need for any previous dance experience. The creative classes are all about learning to move and making new friends.
The kids are sure to enjoy the fun and vibrant classes, which will encourage their imaginations and teach them some choreography to use in a performance on the last day for family and friends.
The 5-7 year group is from 10am to 11am each morning and costs £15 for the full week. This group will focus on movement games and using imagination to create their own dance sequences.
The 8-12 year group starts at 11.30am and runs until 1pm costing £20. This slightly longer class for older primary ages is an exciting opportunity to learn some choreography, technique and also play movement games.
Finally, the 12+ group begins at 2pm and is three hours long. This session is for teenagers interested in dance and performance when they will work on choreography, improvisation and technique. This week-long course costs £30.
All of the summer schemes are held in the Echo Echo Dance Studio and the company is offering a range of family discounts and bursaries to participants.
The Echo Echo summer courses are always popular so you are advised to book early. If you would like to book a place or get some more information, contact Echo Echo on 7134 2266 or email info[at]echoechodance.com
Echo Echo in Pick N Mix Festival!
Pick ‘n' Mix 3 in association with OMAC
Friday 19-Sunday 21 June 2009
Its back - and it's sweeter than ever...
Following the success of Pick ‘n' Mix 1 & 2, the Festival returns to OMAC in June with the very best Northern Irish theatre and dance on offer.
Accidental Theatre - Brassneck - Bruiser - Dcomposition - Echo Echo Dance - Mary Frances Doherty - Prime Cut - Ponydance - Ransom - Red Lemon - Replay - Skewiff - Theatre of Pluck - Tinderbox.
The entire OMAC building will be transformed into a complete Festival-under-one-roof for a weekend of guaranteed entertainment with something happening on every floor. In true Pick ‘n' Mix style, the Festival promises something for everyone.
Take your pick from a mix of sweet staged readings, soft centred sneak peaks, fizzy dance performances and mouth watering mini plays.
For more information visit www.oldmuseumartscentre.org or call the Box Office on 028 90 233332
Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company will perform:
Under Current
Saturday 20th June @ 12pm
Enter this colourful world of fantasy, fairy tales and tongue twisters where ever-enthusiastic dancers will entertain through playful movement, imagination and illusion. Comical and inventive, this energetic ensemble breaks the rules and reveals all their dancing secrets.
A lively and fun dance theatre piece for all the family- children and adults alike!
Double Bill
Sunday 21st June @ 3.30pm
A Poetic Phrase of Turns
The coolness of metered time. This solo work, by Steve Batts, is a poetically moving experience featuring complex rotations, curves and arches phrased in absolutely controlled sequences moving in persistent contradiction through the torso and head.
Free Flight
Inspired by the passionate and humorous stream of consciousness in June Jordan's poem, this performance is a rich exploration of movement and voice.
Ulster Bank Prize
The Pick'n'Mix Festival have teamed up with Ulster Bank to create an Ulster Bank Prize for "The Pick of the Pick N Mix Festival" as voted for by audience members and Ulster Bank staff and arts ambassadors.
Over the festival weekend audiences will be asked to vote for their favourite show. The winner will get a £1000 cash prize plus one weeks free rehearsal space in OMAC so remember to cast your vote!
Making Moves Launch Event
Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company and The University of Ulster
cordially invite you to join us for the launch of the
Making Moves: Choose a Direction summer course.
Friday 12th June at 1pm
In the Foyle Arts Building, Magee Campus
Making Moves is a pioneering project, the first of its kind in Northern Ireland, and a unique opportunity for young people to gain an insight into the professional process of performers, led by local and international artists.
It is a chance for 16- 18 year olds to experience contemporary dance with a professional company before possibly pursuing it in Higher Education. The course, held in August, will be accredited by the University of Ulster's School of Creative Arts.
If you would like to come along to find out more, contact Development Officer Sarah Young in the Echo Echo office on +44(0)28 7134 2266 or email sarah[at]echoechodance.com
We look forward to telling you more about this project!
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