Inside Out Dorset postponement FAQs
Given the challenging times we are currently facing, we have made the difficult decision to postpone Inside Out Dorset 2020.
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In everything we do, we have just two rules. Anything’s possible. And everyone’s invited. Below are updates on some of the things we’re making happen.
Lauren’s story
Previous Dorset Youth Dance Company dancer Lauren, shares how her DYD experience helped her step into University life. As we head further into the first term of 2020, which has seen DYD (Dorset Youth Dance) welcome 6 new dancers into the Company, we’d love to share some words from previous Dorset Youth Dance Copany dancer, […]
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Dorset Youth Dance Company 2020 Audition
Dorset Youth Dance Company returns for a new term in January 2020, kicking off with an audition on Sunday 12 January.
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Activate Youth Board is recruiting!
Activate Youth Board (AYB) is on the look out for new members!
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A Short Walk in the Chilterns
A Short Walk through the Chilterns April 2018 ‘Mist-walking makes you think more. Is there a landscape? Is it all imagination? Who defines it? Ten sentences, fifteen perspectives. Notes for the future, notes for the now?’ By Adam Stout, artist and participant One rather misty weekend in April saw the coming together of creative minds, […]
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A Review of Matthew Bourne’s ‘Cinderella’ by AYB member Freya Garner
Matthew Bourne’s ‘Cinderella’ 9th March 2018 Review by Freya Garner, member of Activate’s Youth Board I had looked forward to this production, set in London during the Blitz. From the opening with the sound of air raids and strobes lighting and clips from the newsreels of the war, the atmosphere was set. Cinderella’s family consisted […]
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Activate’s Youth Board – Who’s who?
Activate’s Youth Board, otherwise known as AYB (who doesn’t love an acronym!?) was launched in June 2016 and is a collective of young people, aged 16-25, who meet once a month to advise the organisation on its programme of work. AYB is currently formed of 7 young people, all of whom are passionate, driven and full of energy for the arts.
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AYB So far…
What is AYB?
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Explore: Outdoor Arts in the Landscape residency with AUB
Explore: Outdoor Arts in the Landscape- Activate, AUB & And Now: Residency
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Activate project receives Arts Council England: Ambition for Excellence investment
Life Cycles and Landscapes brings together Activate, And Now: and Landscapes for Life* to explore the ancient 400 mile Icknield Way as an inspiration for an ambitious new large-scale artistic work The Way; professional development focused on the landscape; and a strategic agree
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Staffing Changes
There’s much afoot here at the Activate office, including an exciting change in staff. As we bid a fond farewell to producer Anna Golding, we welcome on board Michaela Shaw who will take over from Anna, this month, as Part Time Producer, specializing in Youth Dance and Diversity.
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Cultural Hub project with Joli Vyann
Activate is now in the final stages of a successful project working with the wonderful dance, theatre and circus company Joli Vyann, supported by the Bournemouth and Poole Cultural Hub.
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