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Anusha Subramanyam
Little Big Dance
Take Art has joined forces South East
Dance, Dance East and Yorkshire Dance for
a major new national three-year early years
dance project. Little Big Dance supports
choreographers and dancers to make
captivating and diverse work for and with the
under-fives and their families.
In this first round of Little Big Dance, taking
place during 2019/20, four artists have been
selected to develop shows with and for
nursery children in four areas of England that
have little or no access to the arts. These
artists are Anusha Subramanyam, Takeshi
Matsumoto, George Fellows and Stopgap
Dance Company.
We’re thrilled to announce that Dancer,
choreographer and Director of Beeja, Anusha
Subramanyam is Take Art's very first Little
Big Dance artist. Anusha is using the sights,
sounds and smells of a train ride through India
as the starting point for her new dance piece.
She has been working with nursery children
in Frome and the Merlin Theatre to help her
develop her idea.
All of the artists will receive support from a
dramaturg and an early years development
specialist to ensure they take away new skills
and knowledge from the experience. They will
then pitch their ideas to a commissioning circle
that includes Dance Umbrella, The Birmingham
Hippodrome and Strike a Light Festival. Of the
eight projects pitched, two from each phase
will be selected for production and will go on
to tour nationally to venues and pre-school
settings in Autumn 2020 and 2022.
Little Big Dance is supported with more
than £371,000 investment from Paul Hamlyn
Foundation and the Arts Council England.
Find us online
To find out more about Little Big Dance
and the next steps for the project please visit
www.southeastdance.org.uk
www.takeart.org/little-big-dance
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