Summer Project 2014  At Holme Valley

We are looking for great talented children, young people and adults who would like to get involved in our Summer Project 2014. This year theme is based on TOUR DE FRANCE -Tour De Yorkshire.

We are looking for people who can ride bicycles - we will be creating short performance which will be performed on the day of Tour De France in July 2014. 

You must have own bicycle too. Experience in cycling. 

Audition day is Tuesday 12th February 2013 @7.00pm-8.00pm @ Holmfirth Civic Hall

If you would like to audition please contact Jodie on [email protected]

The reharshals will start on Tuesday 19th February 2013 with weekly 1hr classes till June 2013. (Easter Break no classes).

THE SUMMER PROJECT – performance July 2014 @Holmfirth Town Centre

Halloween Party - October 2013

We are planning Halloween Dance Party - at Holmfirth Town Centre

Halloween Thriller Dance Workshop Tuesday 22nd October 2013 at 5-6pm Holmfirth Civic Hall, Cost £4.00

Halloween Thriller Dance Workshop Saturday 26th October 2013 at 12-1.00pm The Old Bridge Hotel, £4.00

JMDA Red Nose Day and Sporst Relief Raised 2013 = £50.00

Red Nose Day Tuesday 12th March 2013 @ 4-7pm @ Holmfirth Civic Hall.

Sports Relief Tuesday 25th March 2013 @ 4-7pm @ Holmfirth Civic Hall.

For our third year running once again we are celebrating and supporting the Red Nose Day as well as Sports Relief. We are training to raise 200.00pounds for both charities. You can donate now by contacting us on [email protected] or come and join us on the day.

We are organizing the Red Nose Day Talent Show –

Do you love singing, dancing, reading poems, action or you think you have special talent?

Come and show us what you can do.

Anyone who would like to apply please contact Lucie On [email protected]

Sports Relief Dance Day – dance class full of dance competitions and games. 

Come and try out our DANCE CHALLENGE.

 

Summer Project at North Kirklees  DANCE TOGETHER Project 2013

 We are pleased to announced that we have received the AIN Grant from Kirklees Council and the Co-operative Community Foundation Grant to deliver DANCE TOGETHER project in North Kirklees.  Performance will be on Saturday 29th June 2013 12.00-1.00pm at Dewsbury Town Hall.

This is a project with Batley, Dewsbury and Heckmodwike communities. We will open new dance classes within those three areas and work with children and young people an creating a dance performance and showcase the talents on Saturday 29th June 2013.

This project’s aim is to bring multicultural communities together through the art of dance. We plan to draw upon the rich cultural diversity that inhabits areas such as Batley, Heckmondwike and Thornhill; offering children and young people the opportunity to explore their creativity and hidden talents.

We aim to engage and establish relationships between these closely linked communities. We also hope to educate and raise awareness of how a multicultural community provides an inspirational place to live, work and play.

We plan to look at different cultures and explore them through movement. By creating small stories and journeys through the process the participants will gain dance techniques and performance skills which they will then display through a final dance performance.

This project will also introduce physical activity to children and young people throughout these areas. We greatly desire to produce a dance performance which will bring friends and families together in a celebration of their community.

Aims of this project are:

·         To improve  community relationships and promote a sense of shared belonging

·         To create a participatory opportunity for audiences to be involved in the project

·         To educate and inspire the young generation, enabling them to aspire to something and gain a sense of achievement

 

                      Performance on 29th June 2013 at Dewsbury Town Hall.

The Cultural Dance Festival 2012

The theme of this years dance festival was inspired by the celebration of the Olympic Games coming to the UK. We have received a grant from Co-operative Foundation Grant. Also thank you to all of the volunteers who helped during the planning and on the day of the event.

We auditioned local children and young people, and found a wonderful principal cast of 12 very talented performers. The group were a mix of ages and sang, danced and acted their hearts out. These young people worked tirelessly to create a magical 40 minute performance based on the Olympic theme.

The event brought the story of the Olympic Games coming to the UK alive, and celebrated the cultural diversity in the Holme Valley and engaged children, youths and adults in an artistic and creative way. We also worked alongside Holmfirth Junior and Infant School who came along to perform.

The performance on the 18th June was very well received by a packed Holmfirth Civic Hall. And we also had the added interest by welcoming along our star guest, James O’shea from Paralympic TEAM GB. He finished 4th in his 100 breaststroke swimming competitions. Well done James. You were fantastic.

Our dancers also performed at the ParkFest Olympic Torch relay on the 24th June at the Greenhead Park and again at The Paralympic Torch relay on 24th August.

We can’t wait to organise the next one.

 

  James O'Shea - TEAM GB Paralympic Games 2012

                        JMDA Principal Cast 2012

GREEK DANCING WORKSHOPS in Holme Valley Schools

This year we have delivered Educational Greek Dancing lessons for ks1&ks2 children at Holmfirth Infant and Junior school (as part of our Cultural Dance Festival programme), Hepworth Infant and Junior School and the Scholes infant and Junior school.

Everyone learned a bit of history about the Greek dancing and try out the dances as well as they have created their own Greek moves in groups.

Everyone had fun and enjoyed themselves. Thank you to all of you.

WE also had a Greek dancing workshop for the first time at the HOLMFIRTH LIBRARY on the Saturday 2nd of June 2012. Sadly that was not well attended as the Diamond Jubilee Celebration weekend was on, however a few children who came said they had fun dancing and learning a bit more about the Greek Olympics.

Adopt an Artist - Kirklees Council 2010/2011 - Extended learning in the Arts

 JMDA is providing After School Dance Club classes as part of Adopt an Artist  Fartown Pyramid run by Kirklees Council.

Ashbrow I & J School - November to December 2010 Jmda was working with Yr 2 for 6 weeks. We have been working on short dance routine with theme 'Weather'. Each week children were challenged to learn new moves, their were introduces to basic dance syllabuses such as jump, turn, travel, balance and its variations. We also used props - a tinsel as a stimulus to create the dance routine.

 

Testimonial: Yr 2 Children's comments:

" I liked the music the most."

"I was really excited to learn new moves and a lot of jumps, really liked that."

"I am glad that my car-wheel was included in the dance routine."

"I love working with the tinsels. It was fun".

 

 

St Thomas Primary School, Bradley -

February to April 2011

JMDA was working with Yr 2 for 6 weeks. We explored the challenges and dance steps of Scottish Sword Dance. Childrens were learning challenging hops and steps, which had to be performed and dance around sword.This was performed as part of the Dance Aroud the World day in March.

 May-June2011

 JMDA  was working with Yr 3/4 for 5 weeks. The group of tallented yr 3/4 students, espacially girls, were introduced to Flamenco dance. We learned the basic steps and arms movements. The girls had an opportunity to dress up as a flamenco dancer and show off their strong flamenco dance technique.

Testimonial:Yr 2/3/4

"I like the sword dance. It's fun."

"The Sword dance is hard, but I like the section where we could choreographed our own jumps over the sword."

"I love dressing up like Flamenco Dancer."

"I like the Flamenco dance. The steps are easy but the arms movement are bit difficult."

Sport Unlimited Scheme - Street Dance After School Club - Spring Term 2011

As part of Sport Unlimited – local sports partnership scheme –  we have been successful of receiving Grant  £375.00 to run street dance classes yrs 8/9/10 for 10 weeks in Spring term 2011 at King’s James School.

Our ten weeks of Street Dance has sadly came to the end. We had so much fun, learned new moves, introduced challenging street dance and break dance moves, and created two fantastic dance routines.

The girls had chance to choreographed their own dance moves and put them together into the already choreographed dance routine.

Each week, Lucie -the dance teacher - had challenge the girls with new moves, new tasks and also showed them how to choreograph dance routines. 

Testimonial:

 'I really enjoyed the dance routines when we finished them and we showed them.'

'I enjoyed the most the dancing and making games out of dance moves.'

' I liked the street dance and the music.'

'I liked everything - street dance, bit of cultural dance (bollywood and contemporary) and enjoyed the warm ups.'

'I liked the second dance routine where we co-operate breakdancing moves.'

 

 

 

The Dance Festival  - BIG DANCE JULY 2011

The Dance Festival - as part of  Arts in Neighbourhood Scheme – developing and establishing partnership and networking links for the annual dance festival within Kirklees,

We are proud to annouced that we have received Grants:  AIN Kirklees Scheme, Holme Valley Parish Council Grantand Co-operative Community Grant.

Thank you.

The project is based on a Big Dance, dance celebration happening nationally across the United Kingdom. The Dance Festival will be part of this within Huddersfield area. 

This activity will draw on the traditions of the Big Dance Celebrations in United Kingdom and will celebrate the Children’s and Youth Dance as well as public engagement.

Dance Festival is a project concerned with the connections and establishing relationships between the Holme & Colne Valley and Huddersfield communities as well as other parts of Kirklees.

Dance Festival is a project, which will introduce a physical activity to wider audiences and brings children, young people, adults and elderly people living within Kirklees communities together.


  

The project aims to achieve are:

·         to improve Community relationships and promote a sense of shared belonging,

·         to create a participatory opportunity for audiences to be involved in the project,

·         bring people of different ages and cultural backgrounds together, around shared interests and support them to build good relationships.

Hidden Beauty - 2011

 

‘Hidden Beauty’ is a project concerned with the environment around us and its natural beauty. The reason why I decided to call this project Hidden Beauty is that sometimes our busy lifestyle does not allow us to absorb our surroundings. Therefore the ‘beauty’ is hidden from us till the moment when we stop and listen to the sound or to look for things, which we might not necessarily normally see or hear.

‘Hidden Beauty’ is a collaborative project, which brings different art forms together: dance, visual art, sculpture, photography and multimedia. This activity is an interactive live installation and performance in art gallery spaces. The objectives of this project are:

  • to develop a response to the universal theme of identity, a sense of self and place on different levels, eg: natural, social and cultural levels.
  • to work collaboratively with artists, galleries and audiences across a range of art forms and media
  • to create a participatory opportunity for audiences to be involved in the project
  • to enrich communities, build bridges between different neighbourhoods and cultural groups and enhance individual sensory experiences.

This unique interactive live performance will engage the audience with the space and environment around them, and it will connect the spectator with the place as well as offering a new experience.

 For  more info visit: www.hiddenbeauty2011.webs.com

 

This unique interactive live performance will engage the audience with the space and environment around them, and it will connect the spectator with the place as well as offering a new experience.

This is collaborative project between artists

·         Kathryn Oubridge : Visual Artist

·         Regina Verheyen:  Photographer

·         Lucie Lee Dance Company: Dance Artist and    Project Director

And Galleries:

  • The North Light Gallery, Huddersfield
  • Batley Art Gallery, Batley
  • Armley Mills, Leeds.

 

“Hidden Beauty – project  JMDA dance lesson”

 

As part of JMDA project Hidden Beauty, children had chance to experience our workshop concern with clouds, sky and nature.

They learned how to catch their cloud – Tai Chi technique with a Chinese story about a Dragon playing with clouds in the sky.

Also there was a creative dance movement exploration using feathers and games, which stimulated their imagination as well as challenging themselves such as balancing a feather on one part of body (other then hand/head). They had a fantastic time and some of the children came to see the live interactive performance at The North Light Gallery at the Half Term break.

   

Red Nose Day - Talent Show 2011

        

 JMDA Red Nose Day - Talent show

Tuesday 15th March 2011 @5-7pm

 @ Holmfirth Civic Hall

Entrance fee £4.00 (usual dance class price)

and other donations welcome

 

Is there a hidden dancer, singer or actor inside of you?

Enter our Red Nose Day – Talent show

Fun entertainment for ALL THE FAMILY and FRIENDS.

 

2 Judges – 1 price (raffle tickets available).

Free refreshments provided.

All proceeds

  The balance

RAISED £90.00

Winners of Red Nose Day

Talent Show are:

1st - Luke and Lewis

2nd - Tess and Harriet

3rd - Lucy and Lily

4th - Hayley

(on the night £78.00 + £2.00 purchesed of red nose goods )

Thank you very much to everyone who participate in the Talent Show. It was fantastic evening full of fun games, entertaining grotesque scene from Archie and Jack, as well as a lot of dancing, singing and having fun.