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Following the regional heats in March 2FaCeD Youth group are through to the finals at the Hippedrome!! See them perform at the Youth Dance England National Youth Dance Performance, Sunday 10 July.

March 2005

Hugh Stainer, a member of the youth group has been accepted by Northern School of Contemporary dance. Hugh will be based in Leeds. We wish him well.

2Faced Dance Youth group are hoping that they have been shortlisted having performed at the DanceXchange @ the Patrick Centre, Birminhgham Hippodrome-19March 2005. Success will see them perform at the Youth Dance England National Youth Dance Performance, Sunday 10 July. Watch this space.

2FaCeD DaNcE Company runs a dual programme of performance and education work. So far the company have worked with various artists in different styles of dance. 2FaCeD DaNcE Company aim to make dance more enjoyable and therefore more accessible to young people by fusing different dance styles together. By using street, break and contemporary dance 2FaCeD are able to tap into different elements of youth culture drawing in a wide and varied audience.

2FaCeD DaNcE Company have worked alongside some of the best artists in British dance and have therefore been able to address different styles, audiences and themes.
Every year the company hold an annual performance at The Courtyard Arts Centre in Hereford, where they are company in residence.

Some performance history

In 2000 2FaCeD DaNcE Company worked with Stephen Derrick (Phoenix Dance Company) and established a strong relationship with emerging choreographer Helen Parlor (Dansconnect, Motionhouse) to produce a performance that pulled in the biggest audience for dance that The Courtyard had ever seen, since it opened in September 1998. .

In 2001 2FaCeD DaNcE Company produced their most successful performance to date, ‘Slammin 2001’. Using live music, light and graffiti art. Breathtaking break, street and contemporary dance they produced an evening that was highly charged with an electric atmosphere. The performance, which was the first of its kind in Hereford, bought together a range of artists from different art forms.

The performance included 2 pieces created by Helen Parlor (Motionhouse) for the company and a piece that demonstrated the best in British street dance. Performers included the likes of Banksy (artist in residence at Swindon Dance, Jonzi D’s ‘TheRequel’ and ‘Aeroplane Man’), Tatum Bisley (Ali G film, Hugo Boss fashion show, India e.t.c.) and Ross Bisley (Out cast tour, Levi’s, Government movement and science promotion). The evening also demonstrated the best of the company’s youth work with over 100 young people taking part.

Since then the company have performed twice in Birmingham as part of the national dance agency DanceXchange ‘Raising the Roof Road Shows’. Performing alongside Marcos Dos Santos and Robert Hylton.

Raising the Roof