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NEWS: RAS network request for support form now live
Following Dance North Scotland's consultation through one-to-one interviews with RAS members, we are delighted to share our findings on how RAS members want the network the develop. We have designed a form which RAS members can use …
NEWS: Arts in Moray (AIM) – Moray Way Residency Open Call
Moray Way Association (MWA) announces a 12-month residency based on the Moray Way, a 100-mile circular route that runs throughout Moray’s diverse landscape. The residency will ideally suit someone with an interest in walking art …
BLOG: ‘I’ve never seen a whale with my naked eye’ by Simone Kenyon
DNA Artist, Simone Kenyone, reflects on her experience of using binoculars to whale watch during lockdown, her anticipation of seeing Barney the humpback whale, and getting to know her home better. …
NEWS: Arts in Moray (AIM): Culture Collective Lead Vacancy
We're looking for an Arts in Moray: Culture Collective Lead who can co-ordinate a series of residencies in line with the objectives of the partnership group and the wider Creative Scotland Culture Collective initiative. …
NEWS: Dance North successful in Culture Collective bid
Dance North Scotland are delighted to be working with M:ADE, Wildbird and Moray Walking Assocation as part of Creative Scotland's Culture Collective programme, supporting creative practitioners and communities to work together. …
NEWS: Are you an experienced and qualified dance tutor?
Dance North Scotland is building up its pool of experienced and qualified teachers, for short and long term positions, to support our growing participatory programme. Held across the length and breadth of Moray, classes range from our …
BLOG: Athina Vahla’s Artistic Residency, August 2020
Athina Vahla visited Dance North at Findhorn Foundation for an artistic residency in August 2020, to take some time out to finish her PhD by Public Works. In this blog, she reflects on her experience. …
BLOG: Mycelium Network – Lab 1
The first digital lab from the Mycelium: Transnational Contemporary Dance Network took place on 18 & 19 September bringing creative individuals and organisations together from Scotland, Norway, Finland and Lithuania. …
VLOG: Charlotte Mclean – Can we dance tomorrow please?
Charlotte Mclean would have performed at RISE 2020 and will do next year at RISE 2021. Her blog follows the structure of her piece 'And' with its long lists of of personal, comical and poignant statements that …
NEWS: Development of a transnational contemporary dance network
Nordic Culture Point grants funding to develop a transnational contemporary dance support network. The organisation and our partners are delighted to have received short-term network funding to develop an international network …
NEWS: Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter and the wave of anti-racist protest in much of the world has challenged the team at Dance North to take stock and do some rigorous self-examination. Our statement clearly sets out our position and …
VLOG: Robbie Synge is silly and entirely serious
Local artist Robbie Synge is supported by our DNA and RAS progammes. His short film gives a sense of him as artist, his situation and what he's been up to in lock down... Overthinking, under-thinking, keeping a …