Highlights from Activate’s Youth Performance Platform 2017
Celebrating Dorset’s Aspiring Young Performers
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Sense of Unity
Enjoy this selection of photos from Bournemouth Arts By The Sea Festival where Sense of Unity performed the festival finale.
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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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Museum of Memory, Kate McStraw
Museum of Memory Preserving the memories of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Join the Curator of Memories (Artist, Kate McStraw) and discover the stories connected with the Somerset & Dorset Railway, which used to run from Bath and Burnham to Bournemouth. Her curious travelling museum houses a collected local histories from the glory days of […]
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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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Artmusic’s Lachrymae at Oerol Festival 2016
We always like to chart the future successes of artists that Activate have supported, so we were delighted to hear about Artmusic’s latest achievement.
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Production Diary – Company Of Wolves; Samantha Gillingham
Read extracts from the Production & Marketing Assistant’s Diary; a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes on just how much work goes into staging a performance. Samantha Gillingham was awarded a coveted place as Activate’s Projects and Promotions Assistant through the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursary Scheme Burn The Curtain The Company of Wolves The week of […]
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Emma Williams – Work with Dorset Wildlife Trust
Artists in progress – an update on Activate supported artists and projects they are working on:
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Review: A howl at the moon – Company of Wolves, Durlston Country Park
This event was supported by Activate (Artsreach, Arts Development Company, Durlston Country Park, Arts Council England)
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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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Activate Performing Arts – 25 years
This year Activate celebrates 25 years working in Dorset. Starting life as Dorset Dance and managed by a group of enthusiastic volunteers passionate about dance. We are lucky to have many of the original team still here in Dorset, and still as passionate. Even now, they care deeply about the value of dance and remain very […]
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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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