Hippocampe: the creation of an LGBTQIA+ youth dance group

Renaiss-Vous dance是一家位于北泰恩赛德的当代舞蹈公司，专注于通过他们创作的作品和他们与人们互动的外展活动与LGBTQIA+社区及其盟友互动。在确定需要更多的知名度为代表性不足的社区在舞蹈行业内的舞台上和舞台下，Renaiss-Vous舞蹈将推出一个新的青年舞蹈团在北泰恩赛德：Hippocampe。在Hippocampe，舞蹈将教远离其传统的性别代码。运动将被用作改善身心健康的媒介，并与其他参与者产生联系感。在2023年夏季在北泰恩赛德举办的研讨会的初始开发阶段之后，Hippocampe将于9月推出。参与者将每两周在北希尔兹的交流剧院（位于重建的文化区中心）会面。在第一个学期的练习中，年轻人将准备一场开幕式表演，表演将于11月30日在赫克瑟姆的女王大厅举行，然后由专业的Renaissance-Vous舞蹈公司表演“The Monocle”。Hippocampe将围绕只有运动才能提供的赋权将年轻人联系起来。Hippocampe是一个雄心勃勃的项目，成为年轻人自由表达的渠道，一个包容性和凝聚力的项目，为未被考虑的专业路线创造新的途径。

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.