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Rural Touring Dance Initiative

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A film by Rachel Bunce

NRTF joined forces with The Place, Take Art and China Plate back in 2015 to deliver the Rural Touring Dance Initiative ( RTDI ). This innovative project, funded by Arts Council England, is helping to increase the quality, quantity and diversity of dance promoted by Rural Touring schemes all over the country.
So far the scheme has worked with 40 companies, promoting 140 shows to just under 13,000 audience members.


Overview

Get an overview of the Rural touring Dance Initiative


Project Aims

  • To seek out great dance companies that are excited to tour rurally
  • To support rural promoters and schemes to build audiences for dance in rural spaces

The Project Offers

  • Curated dance Menus available to NRTF members – Menu 5 was launched on 9th January 2020 and can be accessed from the button on the right or downloads below. It features some of the most dynamic and charismatic contemporary dance companies in the Uk. They are Lanre Malaolu, Edifice Dance Theatre, New Art Club, Joshua ‘Vendetta’ Nash, Slanjayvah Danza, Sonia Sabri Company. Along with two new specially commissioned rural dance shows from Jo Fong & George Orange, Joan Cleville and Scottish Dance Theatre.
  • To support rural promoters and schemes to build audiences for dance in rural spaces
  • Induction into Rural Touring for companies new to the sector and ongoing support
  • Commissioning opportunities
  • ‘Go and See’ opportunities for promoters, schemes, and artists
  • Participation opportunities particularly for Young People
  • Tool Kit information sheets

The project has been made possible by a grant from Arts Council England’s Lottery-funded Strategic Touring Programme.

Whoever you are – if you want to keep in touch with what’s going on you can visit this page, click on the links to the right for more information and latest news stories and check out the links to our partner’s page and the background to the project.

With thanks to…

RTDI would like to thank dance organisations Dance East and Pavilion Dance South West who have supported and contributed to the Rural Touring Dance Initiative to enable dance to reach more people in rural communities.

Grateful thanks also to Arts Council Wales and The Foyle Foundation for supporting a commission of a new work and the Children and Young people element of the project.


Rural Touring Dance: Project 1 Full Film

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Downloads

Downloads

Handy guides, resources, information and more for RTDI Artists, promoters and scheme managers. All you need for starting or finding out more about a Rural Touring Dance Initiative…

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Partners

The place

The Place has been a driving force for contemporary dance in the UK for 45 years.

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Take Art

Over the last 9 years Take Art has hosted the Somerset county dance agency, supporting the… infrastructure for the development and promotion of professional dance in Somerset.

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China Plate

China Plate’s portfolio of activity encompasses developing, making and programming new work.

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Contact Our Dance Specialists

Find out more about our Rural Touring Dance Inititive by getting in touch with our team…

claire@nrtf.org.uk

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