Vision
Speedwell Dance will forge connections enabling us to make more childrens’ lives better through moments of creativity, connection and joy.
We will create new possibilities for the future of children’s theatre through developing new ways of making.
Our model of practice will be acknowledged and celebrated across the artistic community and with audiences.
Aims
Create top quality art experiences in settings which are accessible to wide ranging and diverse audiences
Develop artistic practice informed by practice as research methodologies
Create work opportunities and professional development for dancers and musicians with a core practice of improvisation
Build a sustainable company with a national reputation
Develop family audiences through extensive co-creation processes embedded in communities
Values
Playfulness and curiosity
Inclusivity and openness
Collaboration
Respect…
for audiences and participants
for each other and collaborators
for the natural world
The Team
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Rachel Dean
Artistic Director
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Rachel Birch / Moving Arts Management
Producer
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Tasha Glew
Tour Manager (Mountain Witch)
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Oliver Dover
Composer & Artist (Music)
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Zoe Katsilerou
Songwriter & Artist (Music and Dance)
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Aine Reynolds
Artist (Dance)
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Michael Bardon
Artist (Music)
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Joel Steadman
Artist (Music)
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Alana Middleton
Artist (Music)
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Georgina Buchanan
Artist (Music)
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Lianne Mease
Marketing
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Ruth Piggott
Design
We have worked with
Arts Organisations
Arts Council England
Bradford Producing Hub
Chapel FM
Independent Dance
Interplay Theatre
Mind the Gap
Northern Opera Group
Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Pyramid of Arts
Rotherham Children’s Capital of Culture
Space 2
The Place
Yorkshire Dance
Schools & Nurseries
Armley Park Primary
ArtsForms Leeds
Ashfield Primary School
Beechwood Primary School
Bracken Edge Primary School
Castle Hill School (SEN)
Dean Primary School
East Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre
Hillcrest Primary School
Middleton Primary School
Shilbottle Primary School
Wath Central Primary School
West Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre
Museums, Galleries & Heritage
Burton Agnes Hall and Gardens
Canon Hall
Hatfield House
Leeds Art Gallery
Leeds City Museum
National Railway Museum
RHS Harlow Carr
Sheffield Botanical Gardens
Whitworth Art Gallery
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Libraries
Bicester Library
Bradford Libraries
Explore York Libraries
Leeds Libraries
Thimblemill Library
Community Organisations
Chapeltown Community Nursery
Circus Leeds
Commoners Choir
Harehills Playgroup
Meanwood Farm
Shantona Womens Centre
Theatres & Touring schemes
Applause
Armley People’s Theatre
Arts Alive
Barnsley Civic
Bishop Auckland Town Hall
Black Country Touring
Creative Arts East
Half Moon Theatre
Haverhill Arts Centre
Highlights Rural Touring Scheme
Kirkgate Arts Out West
Leeds Playhouse
Library Presents
National Rural Touring Forum
Newhampton Arts Centre
Rural Touring Dance Initiative
Seven Arts
Sheffield Theatres
Spot On Lancashire
Square Chapel
The Place
Theatre Hullabaloo
Theatre in the Mill