Pas de Quatre Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 This is why I find it weird. If there were a total embargo on revealing results that would be understandable (as discussed above). However many posts by the schools reveal who is dancing in so the BBC might as well publish a comprehensive list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taximom Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 The. Young lady from our local dance school, Harlequin who is in the Cntemporary section I think, has had a piece in the paper so it isn't a secret up until today's results! Heather Taximom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJo Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 There were 12 dancers in the ballet second round and 20 in the contemporary. The five who go through to each category final will be told next week ( according to the man from the Beeb who introduced both sessions). The programmes only listed the names of the dancers with no other details. There were plenty of candidates from vocational schools though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdance Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 How do you know they were from vocational schools if no other details were listed? (sorry if this is obvious) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJo Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Just through chatting to people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdance Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 I have just seen a FB post stating that there are only 5 finalists in the classical ballet section, one finalist from Kate Simmons (it was their facebook page so it's already 'out there'.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaffa Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Booking is now open for the category finals, at the Riverfront, Newport in South Wales. Dates are: Thursday 19 March - CONTEMPORARY FINAL Friday 20 March - HIP HOP FINAL Saturday 21 March - SOUTH ASIAN FINAL Sunday 22 March - BALLET FINAL Then there's the overall final at Sadler's Wells on 9th May (currently sold out). More on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p023t1xz Yaffa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwel Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Just to let anyone know who may be interested. The grand final on 9 May now has tickets available - very reasonable prices too I think. I thought I was too late, but I guess they have released some more tickets. I am now the happy owner of tickets!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Thanks for this Harwel...just booked a ticket too, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Any news yet on finalists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetanotherdancemum Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Apologies for my ignorance but what exactly is South Asian dance and why would it have been chosen as one of the genres for this competition as opposed to for example tap or modern or jazz or indeed any number of any genres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lildancer96 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 The CAT scheme in Birmingham has a South Asian strand and you can view the details on the dancexchange website. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Thanks too Harwel.....have also just booked a ticket!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 It does seem a bit niche doesn't it justanotherdancemum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Yes, why not Morris dancing, or pole dancing, even? That would have been brilliant... maybe next year! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 ha ha Taxi!! Well I'm hoping it may be some form of Indian Classical dance just hope it's not "Bollywood" .......fun in itself but maybe not for a competition of this ilk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwel Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Maybe it's about getting a wider viewing public? It will be interesting to see what it entails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly the Elephant Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 The British Indian community is approximately 1.4 million (Wikipedia). Our country is culturally diverse so why shouldn't this be represented in a competition celebrating dance? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Not saying our shouldn't Nelly, just making an observation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I think it might depend on where you live as to whether or not you think it's niche or not. I'm in an ethnically very diverse area, and South Asian dance doesn't seem particularly niche to me, certainly no more than hip hop, which might be one of the more common dance forms performed by youngsters. In fact, DD's first dance experience as a small child at nursery was being taken to a South Asian dance workshop! Even the Royal Opera House next month are showing the South Asian dance-trained choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh's version of Bayadere. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Maybe it just helps show the diversity of dance in the UK and perhaps they have chosen genres where they might expect less overlap of dancers taking part. I'm sure many of the contemporary if not all have also done ballet and I bet you would be targeting a similar pool of dancers if other categories were tap, modern or jazz as they tend to be studied alongside. Having hip hop and south Asian in the mix opens the competition up to a much wider range of people. Hip hop is a big dance scene but I think if you were to google south Asian dance companies in the uk you would find that there are loads of them and plenty of classes and workshops on offer. As Lildancer said the CAT scheme in Birmingham has a South Asian dance strand and ISTD also offers a syllabus in the style also. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FelixGirl Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 South Asian dance is fantastic in our area.........our local performing arts festival has separate and hugely popular South Asian sections for both dance and music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Akram Kahn - one of today's major contemporary dancers and choreographers also began his training in the classical South Asian dance form Kathak and incorporates elements of it in his work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I agree with 2dancersmum that having a South Asian dance category will probably bring in another group of dancers who would not be represented in the other categories (although there must be some who do other dance genres as well). It's a great idea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Ah well Kathak is a well known Indian dance form from Northern India and is a classical form. I studied a couple of classical Indian Dance styles while living in London and when I had given up ballet(for the second time) This was at Jackson's Lane in North London and the Kathak form was with Alpana Sengupta. It is supposed to be the origin of Flamenco. Lots of foot stamping.....but with bare feet. I also did some Odisi .....doesn't look right spelling!......from Southern India a much slower and more use of the face etc.....fascinating It's just I don't recognise "South Asian Dance" .....as a style I mean. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I'm pretty sure there are two boys from Rambert in this competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 All very good points. I have to remind myself sometimes that I live in a very "white" part of the country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancingPixie Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Also, from my experience of doing some Indian classical dance and of having many students who study it, there is a definite equivalency with the level of skill required and the hours of training as with ballet. It is a highly technical and artistic dance form. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pups_mum Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 My only experience of this type of dance is watching some performances when I was traveling in India and I was very impressed. I can imagine it takes a lot of training and dedication to perfect. I think it's good that a dance form that is a bit less well known is getting included alongside the genres that typically get more exposure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Here is some Kathak and even though some years ago lovely to see Alpana still dancing. She was amazing back in the late 80's when I was working with her. I believe she has now written a book about it. The Odissi style from the South was more based on temple dancing where all the hand movements and facial movements have great religious significance in reference to their stories etc. The other main style is Bharatanatyam more similar to Odissi. These styles were originally linked to the Hindu religion. Kathak from the North has its origins in Islam more. All these styles are great to do and great to watch and if this South Asian Dance is based on these styles it will be a very interesting evening indeed!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Here is a child dancing some Odissi style. You can see the amount of skill required for this!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Thank you very much for sharing these, Lin. It is really interesting to see. Also if anyone has seen Jeyasingh's (glorious) work, it is fascinating to see the cross-pollination of stylistic and technical elements. Slightly off dance, but DH has worked with a youth orchestra of South Asian instrumentalists for a number of years now and we know that the levels of skill and hard work in the young people, the worries about competition and being assessed out, the parental involvement and concern, are all things we would be very familiar with! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaffa Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Interested to hear from anyone who went to the ballet final - though maybe there are restrictions on what the audience is allowed to say? Yaffa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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