Associate Companies
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Kainé
Kainé
Kainé is a community-rooted organisation and registered charity (1146981) that nurtures growth and connection through arts, education, and cultural awareness. They are based in Leicester, and their mission is to create positive change.
They desire all participants to inherit positive futures, by equipping them with skills, resources and the support to develop their goals and reach them. They achieve this through a range of programmes, projects and events and have special targets of children & young people, women and girls, refugee and asylum seekers and Senior Citizens. They empower them to discover their own potential in safe, supportive spaces.
They are committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of their background or circumstances, can access the tools and opportunities they need to succeed. They work diligently to foster community development and social cohesion in this multi-cultural city.
Through dedicated efforts, they strive to build brighter futures for individuals and communities alike.
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Moving Together
Moving Together
Moving Together is a community dance organisation based in Leicester, offering and developing high quality community dance opportunities for participants of all ages and abilities since 2011.
They specialise in creative dance delivery and Arts Award programmes and have been awarded Trinity Champion Centre status for the past 4 academic years as one of the UK’s leading providers of the Arts Award framework. They also have extensive experience in dance delivery for SEND children and young people, dance within Primary and Secondary schools, and providing dance opportunities for adults over the age of 55.
They provide consultancy and employability/development opportunities for building community dance aspirations, engage in education producing for internationally touring artists, and wider dance event management for school trusts.
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Nupur Arts Dance Academy
Nupur Arts Dance Academy
Nupur Arts is a dynamic dance organisation based in the heart of Leicester since 1990.
Specialising in Bharatanatyam, Bollywood and Folk, they offer dance classes to all demographics. Alongside this, their outreach work engages with artists, practitioners and other arts organisations to develop, promote and support South Asian arts in Leicestershire and beyond.
They are part of the Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisations, and play a key role in enriching local communities and engaging with people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, through a range of arts and cultural activities reflecting the diversity of contemporary Britain.
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Sidekick Dance
Sidekick Dance
SideKick Dance began as a youth dance group for young people with disabilities, and soon expanded with an adult company too, and is now proud to be an affiliate company of Curve Theatre.
The groups are ran by experienced dance practitioners, and are supported by a team of wonderful volunteers and a strong committee who believe passionately in the benefits of dance for all. Curve Theatre and Ellesmere College are key supporters of SideKick Dance and provide the groups with a warm and welcoming environment for the dance classes and rehearsals to take place.
SideKick Dance is open to participants with disabilities from all over Leicester and Leicestershire. There is a small fee of £30 per half term for youth participants and £6 per session for adults. Dance classes run every Wednesday at Curve Theatre and the dancers have the opportunity to perform at many dance events as well as in their weekly classes at Curve.
SideKick also offers packages within schools.