Hippocampe: the creation of an LGBTQIA+ youth dance group

Redez-vous Dance是一家总部位于北泰恩赛德的现代舞公司，专注于通过LGBTQIA+社区及其盟友的创作和他们参与的外展活动来参与其中。在认识到在舞台内外舞蹈行业中未被充分代表的社区需要更多的知名度后，Rendez-vous Dance将在北泰恩赛德成立一个新的青年舞蹈团体：HippoCampe。在HippoCampe，舞蹈将被教授远离传统的性别代码。运动将被用作改善身心健康以及与其他参与者建立联系的媒介。在2023年夏天在北泰恩赛德举办的研讨会的初步开发阶段之后，HippoCampe将于9月份推出。参与者将每两周在北希尔兹的交流剧院(重建的文化区的中心)会面。在第一个学期的练习中，年轻人将准备一场拉开帷幕的表演，将于11月30日在赫克瑟姆的女王礼堂表演，然后由专业的Rendez-vous舞蹈团表演《独行侠》。HippoCampe将把年轻人联系在一起，只有运动才能赋予他们力量。HippoCampe是一个有很多抱负的项目，成为年轻人自由表达的渠道，一个包容和凝聚的项目，创造了通往未被考虑的职业路线的新途径。

Rendez-Vous dance is a North Tyneside based contemporary dance company focussing on engaging with LGBTQIA+ communities and their allies through the productions they create and the outreach activities they engage people with. After identifying the need for more visibility for underrepresented communities within the dance industry on and off stage, Rendez-Vous dance will launch a new youth dance group in North Tyneside: Hippocampe.At Hippocampe, dance will be taught away from its traditional gendered codes. Movement will be used as a medium to improve physical and mental wellbeing as well as generating a sense of connection with the other participants.Following an initial development stage of workshops delivered throughout North Tyneside in Summer 2023, Hippocampe will launch in September. Participants will meet bi-weekly at The Exchange Theatre in North Shields (at the heart of the redeveloped Cultural Quarter). Throughout the first term of practice the young people will prepare a curtain raiser performance which will be performed on the 30th of November at the Queen's Hall in Hexham before the performance of "The Monocle" by the professional Rendez-Vous dance company.Hippocampe will be about connecting young people around the empowerment that only movement can provide. Hippocampe is a project that has many ambitions, becoming an outlet of freed expression for young people, an inclusive and cohesive project creating new pathways towards unconsidered professional routes.