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A female dancer in a red top and blue skirt, stands with feet wide apart, 1 arm outstretched and palm facing upwards whilst the other arm rests by her side. 2 dancers stand back to back in the background, slightly out of focus. The lighting is dark and moody.

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Gloriana's Dorset Youth Dance Company Story

By SammyG on 11th January 2021

In this short series, we hear from previous Dorset Youth Dance Company dancers about their experience with the Company. Activate is the managing organisation of Dorset Youth Dance (DYD), an unincorporated organisation steered by a group of experts in the field.

Young woman with long auburn hair stands looking forwards and to the side of the camera. She is holding her hands to the lefts side of her forehead, palms facing away. She is wearing a white dress.

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Zoe's Dorset Youth Dance Company Story

By SammyG on 17th December 2020

Activate is the managing organisation of Dorset Youth Dance (DYD), an unincorporated organisation steered by a group of experts in the field. It was founded in 1998 to provide, improve and maintain education in the art of dance for young people in Dorset.

3 young women stand on a hilltop, wearing white vintage outfits, looking out to sea. Their hair is windswept.

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Dorset Youth Dance share new short dance film 'Tess'.

By SammyG on 16th December 2020

Introducing Dorset Youth Dance’s short dance film, Tess. Created in partnership with Movers & Shakers, a company of mature dancers, the contemporary dance film with an intergenerational cast is inspired by Hardy’s literature and filmed in local landscapes. Choreographed and directed by DYD Artistic Director Claire Benson and filmed by local photographer and film artist Dan Tucker, Tess is performed Dorset Youth Dance Company and Movers and Shakers and was created and filmed in and just after the first lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Activate Declares a Climate Emergency

By Verity on 15th December 2020

There is a climate and ecological emergency. Climate change is the biggest threat to humanity; one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and we know that nature recovery is an important part of the solution. We believe in protecting the environment and our planet’s precious natural resources.