Specially created curtain raiser for Dorset Youth Dance
Activate’s Dorset Youth Dance were invited to perform a specially created curtain-raiser with professional company Ceyda Tanc Dance.
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Dance talent at Origins
The Remix (Activate’s inclusive performance group for young people) and Dorset Youth Dance (our contemporary dance company) performed as part of Origins, the youth dance platform at Pavilion Dance.
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CREATE! participants receive seed funding
£2,500 offered to six early career creatives.
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Jenna Hubbard joins Activate team
Activate’s new Producer (Outdoor Arts, Festivals, Touring) is Jenna Hubbard.
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Activate receive Bowland Award from National Landscapes Association
The award recognises outstanding contributions and achievements in caring for the UK’s National Landscapes and making them wonderful places to visit, live and work in.
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Inspiring experience at South East Dance
Activate’s Trainee Producer had the opportunity to shadow and support staff at South East Dance during Brighton Screendance Festival.
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Inside Out Dorset 2025 wonderful success
Tens of thousands of visits to 5 extraordinary locations.
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Local children feature in new artwork
The ideas and voices of children from a Bournemouth primary school are to feature in a new sound art installation at a major Dorset visitor attraction this summer.
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Inside Out Dorset 2025 programme announced
Inside Out Dorset, the biennial international outdoor arts festival, is set to return this autumn with a series of free-to-see installations and performances in five extraordinary locations.
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£10,000 Nationwide grant for The Remix
Andrea Gilling, a Nationwide employee and volunteer at Activate’s inclusive performance group The Remix, has secured a £10,000 grant for the group.
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Activate supports Dorset artist on residency with Complicité
Dorset artist Tilly Ingram will be attending the Mudlarks International residency at Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking in March 2025.
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Activate wins silver at Dorset Tourism Awards
Our Inside Out Dorset 2023 festival takes silver in the Tourism Event / Festival of the Year category.
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