New Adventures announced today its brand-new training programme, Cygnet School.  New Adventures says ‘Cygnet School is a dance training programme for young people predominantly from backgrounds with limited access to arts provision and has been developed as part of our commitment to increase diversity in the sector and provide equity of opportunity. This programme fills a fundamental gap between young people participating at a grass roots level through our engagement work and those who progress onto vocational training. We believe that talent is everywhere but opportunity is not and we are committed to changing this through the launch of Cygnet School. The first cohort of 12 young dancers aged 12-24 from across the country will take part in an annual programme of monthly workshops and holiday residencies at The Marlowe Theatre launching in July 2021. Cygnet School will harness raw potential, enabling participants to develop a breadth of creative performance skills and a passion for dance to equip them with a range of skills and training to progress into the second year of Cygnet School training or onwards. This might be through other New Adventures pathways including Swan School or other creative opportunities and vocational training across the dance sector’. Cygnet School is principally funded by The Dorfman Foundation and will be resident at The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury for the next three years. FIND OUT MORE  Sir Matthew Bourne talks about Cygnet School Bourne To Dance Podcast |
