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Contemporary Final

蜜芽传媒 Young Dancer 2015
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Talent search to find the first ever 蜜芽传媒 Young Dancer. Five dancers compete for the contemporary category title and a place in the grand final at Sadler's Wells.

The 蜜芽传媒 turns the spotlight on the UK's best young dancers with a nationwide talent search to find the first 蜜芽传媒 Young Dancer. Dancers aged 16-20 were invited to enter one of four categories - ballet, contemporary, hip hop and south Asian dance. In the first of these finals, five dancers compete for the contemporary category title and a place in the grand final at Sadler's Wells.

With behind-the-scenes access to workshops with mentors, rehearsals and an introduction to the world of contemporary dance, we follow the finalists as they prepare two solos and a duet for performance at the Riverfront Arts Centre in Newport. They must impress an expert judging panel - Kenneth Tharp, chief executive of The Place, a leading UK centre for contemporary dance, Jasmin Vardimon, artistic director of the Jasmin Vardimon Dance Company and Mark Baldwin, artistic director of Rambert Dance Company.

Finalists: Kai Tomioka, Kasichana Okene-Jameson, Jacob O'Connell, Diana Patience and Connor Scott.

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Mon 20 Apr 2015 01:55
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    Running

  • Badmarsh & Shri

    Get Up

  • Nina Simone

    Strange Fruit

  • Locust

    Truth is born out of an argument

  • Erykah Badu

    Bag Lady

  • Valgeir Sigur冒sson

    Past Tundra

  • Jocelyn Pook

    Son of the Desert

  • Brian Tyler

    Connection / Turning Point

Martha Graham - Goddess of Contemporary Dance

Martha Graham - Goddess of Contemporary Dance

Credits

Series Editor Paul Bullock
Series Producer Anna Starkey
Producer Martyn Stevens

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Category Finalists announced...

Twenty category finalists from across the UK have been announced for Young Dancer 2015.

Darcey & Kenneth join the team!

Darcey Bussell & Kenneth Tharp to lend their dance expertise to 蜜芽传媒 Young Dancer 2015!