Welcome to the first edition of our new Dancers' Career Development e-newsletter!
We are thrilled that we will now be able to regularly share information and updates with you.
DCD has now been in existence for over 35 years and since its founding we have helped thousands of dancers to make the often difficult transition from dancing to a post-performing career of their choice. Whilst our educational, psychological and financial retraining services have proved invaluable to dancers in transition, DCD is more than just the sum of the services it provides.
Dancers often tell us that the greatest benefit of DCD is simply to have the opportunity to talk to someone who truly understands the challenges of moving on from a committed dancing career they feel passionate about to another profession, be it inside or outside the dance industry.
We are delighted to receive an incredible amount of positive feedback from our retrained dancers and this newsletter will allow us for the first time to share the many success stories and valuable tips and updates, not only with dancers and the dance industry but a wider audience. The newsletter will help to promote new businesses, provide DCD News and calendar updates, give an insider’s view on selected career paths and much more.
We welcome your feedback and hope you enjoy the first issue of DCD News!
Linda Yates
DCD Executive Director
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'The Seekers’ 2009 By Sarah Dowling. Elisabetta D Aloia and
Omar Gordon. Photograph: Pari Naderi
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DCD Survey 2011 - Have you completed yours?
If you have been awarded a DCD retraining grant in the last ten years please follow the link below and take ten minutes to be in with a chance of winning an exclusive prize from our Grand Prize Draw, including a signed copy of the recently published 'Flower Arranging' by DCD retrained dancers Mark Welford and Stephen Wicks and a framed portrait of the winner photographed by DCD retrained dancer Paul Liburd MBE. Thank you for your support.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DCDsurvey2011
Deadline to receive completed surveys 5pm Tuesday 3rd May 2011
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'A Series of Appointments’ By Siobhan Davies for ‘ROTOR’ 2010. Andrea Buckley, Lindsey Butcher, Annie Pui Ling Lok, Charlie Morrissey. Photograph: Pari Naderi |
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Dates for your Diary |
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DCD Case Studies
Have you completed your retraining with the help of a DCD grant?
If so, please fill out a Case Study Template which can be found here. The Case Studies are a vital tool for DCD to showcase the achievements of the dancers we have helped to retrain.
There are examples of DCD Case Studies on our website, including Clare Goodman, an Independant Dancer who, having been retrained by DCD, is now a SCUBA diving instructor and runs DiveBunnie, living and working in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, and Chiara Ferri, who had a very successful dance career that included dancing for English National Ballet and is now working as Ayurvedic Lifestyle consultant and massage therapist in Auckland New Zealand.
Thank you, your help is much appreciated.
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26th April 2011
Company Fund Business application deadline
3rd May 2011
Company Fund application deadline
3rd June 2011
Independent Trust Business application deadline
6th June 2011
Independent Trust application deadline
Application forms, guidelines and deadlines for the rest of 2011 can be found on our website
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- TOP TIP -
If you are planning to apply to DCD for funding we do advise that you arrange a personal
meeting in our office with a DCD staff member.
The one-to-one
meetings are strictly confidential and you will find that we can offer helpful tips and make suggestions on how you can get the most out of your application.
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DCD Retrained Dancers
*Roy Campbell-Moore has launched a new photography/directing website*Margaret Barbieri recieved a Distinction grade in her Post-Graduate certificate with The University of Arts, London and is currently staging a ballet for the Sarasota Ballet Company in Florida*Leon Baugh has won an Olivier Award for best Theatre Choreographer for his work on Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theatre *Vanessa Haywood has became the first woman to win the annual Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK for her business Tiny Mites Music* Amy Johnson has recently completed her Premier Training course, receiving 100% in the theory exam and 97% in the practical assessments and has now gained employment at a Virgin Active Gym *Daniel Jones was accredited as Assiciate Producer for Episodes One and Three of Agony & Estacsy: A Year with English National Ballet, Daniel also featured in Episode Two*Martin Lindinger has recently graduated from a course in Audio Engineering in Glasgow and has already been commissioned to do remixes for various independant record labels in Europe*Emily Low began her re-training in 2006 when she began a four year degree course at Fordham University in New York majoring in Visual Arts and minoring in psychology, she passed with fantastic results and is now completing her MA in Art History at Birkbeck, which she will complete this year. She has also been offered a scholarship at Stonybrook University to complete a PhD in Art History and Criticism the following year *Isabel McMeekan has launched a new website for her new business EveryBody Ballet *Colin Poole has been awarded an MA in Somatic well-being from Lancashire University,passing with distinction*Pieter Symonds has recently graduated as a Pilates Foundation Fully Comprehensive Teacher and is continuing to balance both performing with Rambert Dance Company and teaching Pilates.
and finally...DCD Bursary Recipient Raquel Meseguer along with Ben Duke, who work together as Lost Dog have been announced as the winners of The Place Prize 2011. Congratulations to Raquel and Ben!
Congratulations to all of the dancers featured.
Please do keep us updated on any career news we can feature in this newsletter. We love hearing from you. |
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'The Seekers’ 2009 By Sarah Dowling. Elisabetta D Aloia and Omar Gordon. Photograph: Pari Naderi
Want to find out more about DCD and how we can help you?
There are two things you can do to keep in touch with DCD...
Visit our website www.thedcd.org.uk and take a look at our latest news section to find out what our retrained dancers are up to, read our Bursary Recipient Profiles and Case Studies to find out what a diverse range of career move into both in and outside dance and find out more about how DCD could help you in the future.
Why not 'like' us on Facebook? Join the hundres of people connected to DCD and be kept up-to-date on what retrained dancers are doing, their amazing achievments and join debates and discussions on topical issues and find out what others think! |
2010 DCD Bursaries
Each year, with the kind help of its supporters, DCD awards Bursaries to Independent and Commercial dancers through the DCD Independent Trust. The 2010 Bursary awardees were:
Thema Davies - Acting for Others Bursary
Thema is to undertake an MA in Dance Movement Psychotherapy in Bristol.
George Long - Acting for Others Bursary
George is planning to undertake a one year Diploma in Garden Design with the English Gardening School.
Raquel Meseguer – Maude Lloyd and Rudolf Nureyev Bursary
Raquel will undertake a one year, full time MA in Movement Studies at the Central School of Speech & Drama.
Ragnhild Olsen – Leslie Edwards Bursary
Raghild plans to undertake the Level 3 Certificate and Level 4 Diploma in Accountancy with the Association of Accounting Technicians.
Vinicius Salles – Wallace Potts Bursary
Vinicius will undertake the Film Making Diploma at the London Film Academy.
Paul Read – Ned Sherrin Bursary
Paul is going to undertake a One Year Course in Acting at the Oxford School of Drama.
These wonderful achievements were celebrated at a celebratory drinks evening held at DCD in November 2010.
Look out for the 2011 DCD Bursaries being advertised later this year.
 L-R Philip Philipose (DCD Book-keeper), Colin Nears, Sue Hoyle OBE, Director, Clore Leadership Programme, Raquel Meseguer, Linda Yates (DCD Executive Director), Tony Dyson. Photo: Paul Liburd MBE, DCD re-trained dancer
L-R George Long, Raquel Meseguer, Tony Dyson (DCD Chairman), Ragnhild Olsen, Colin Nears (DCD Vice-Chairman). Photo: Paul Liburd MBE, DCD re-trained dancer dancer. |
DCD Featured Business
of the Month
Terrier Leather Company
John Tobias, a DCD retrained dancer, set up the Terrier Leather Company in 2009, having been awarded the Wallace Potts Bursary.
John was a Professional dancer for 22 years and credits include Cats, Crazy For You, Sweet Charity and Guys and Dolls. John would like to provide DCD Newsletter readers with the exciting offer below:
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DCD Retrained dancer of the month
Isabel Mortimer - Life Coach CPCC |
I was a professional dancer for over 22 years and I think it is safe to say dancing was my life. Dancing is not something you do, it’s something you are; so what do you do when you don’t want to dance anymore? It can leave a big gap. My retraining would not have been possible without the emotional and financial backing of Dancers' Career Development. When I walked into my meeting with Linda and Anja, I was taken aback by the level of understanding and respect they gave me and my career. I think for the first time after 22 years of dancing I could analyse my career, assess my skills and decide how to apply them to my future.
In addition to advice the DCD gave me a living allowance, money towards childcare (whilst I was in my training), they covered travel, course fees, equipment, stationery, books and publicity to set up my new business. With this support I was able to fully embrace the challenge of starting afresh. I am a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach CPCC and I run my own life coaching practice and work as a business consultant in organisational change and development.
After a few years of working in business and coaching one to one, I realised that something was missing. I wanted to go back into the Arts world, but to contribute in a different way than I had previously. I wanted to be part of shaping and directing new ideas in an arts organisation. I needed to learn some news skills and knowledge about how an organisation works. I applied for the Clore Leadership Programme. I feel enormously grateful to have been awarded a Dance Fellowship 2010 supported by DCD and The Linbury Trust. Nearly 5 years after my first meeting with the DCD I am coaching people from all walks of life and embarking on an exciting new journey with the Clore Leadership Programme. I am constantly amazed and grateful at how much can be achieved with focused support. None of this would have been possible had the DCD not existed. |
Isabel Mortimer has been a dancer for over 22 years with
companies such as London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Rambert and Adventures In Motion Pictures/New Adventures.
She applied to DCD to become a qualified Life Coach CPCC.
She is now a Clore Fellow.
Isabel Mortimer can be contacted on the details below.
Isabel Mortimer
t: 07939 230 389
www.connectwell.co.uk |
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 'A Series of Appointments’ By Siobhan Davies for ‘ROTOR’ 2010. Andrea Buckley, Lindsey Butcher, Annie Pui Ling Lok, Charlie Morrissey.Photograph: Pari Naderi |
With thanks to Pari Naderi
for the images featured in this month's issue
Pari was a professional dancer for over ten years, spending four years with Siobhan Davies Dance Company and three years with Richard Alston Dance Company. Pari received a grant from DCD in 2007 to set up as a freelance photographer.
If you are a retrained dancer who would like to have images featured in the DCD Newsletter please get in touch. |
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Support
Dancers’ Career Development is kindly supported by: Combined Theatrical Charities/Acting for Others, Equity Charitable Trust, Society of London Theatre, Rudolf Nureyev Foundation. The DCD Fund is kindly funded by the following Contributing companies: Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Northern Ballet, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Rambert Dance Company, Richard Alston Dance Company, Scottish Ballet, Siobhan Davies, The Royal Ballet.
There are many ways that you can help DCD to continue its work. If you, or you know anybody who would like to know more then please do get in touch. |
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