PDSW announces the Regional & National panel for Origins 2022 (U.Dance South West)
We are delighted to announce our very special guest Regional Panel for Origins2022 (U.Dance South West)!
Jenna, Olivia, Jazz (our Regional Panel), Pippa & Laura (our National Panel) cannot
wait to meet everyone and see the live screen pieces performed by our gifted South West young dancers. These dance specialists will be with us for the big day on Sunday 13th March, when the youth dance companies perform in our Ocean Theatre.
The panelists will be giving reflections feedback on the performance pieces; also sharing their stories, journeys and career advice. They will be providing their insights into the professional dance world, championing the talents of our brilliant young dancers and their youth dance leaders, choreographers.
Jenna Hubbard
Jenna first started dance when she was 5, but only really found her passion for it
as a teenager when she discovered choreography and creativity.
She was convinced
that she was destined to be a nurse, but after fainting on all 3 of her work
experience placements, she thought perhaps a career in the arts was more likely!
After many gap years to rethink her plans, Jenna studied a degree in Dance and
Professional Practice at Coventry University and fell in love with dance producing,
teaching and performing. Jenna worked as a performer for Spiltmilk Dance
alongside community dance teaching and lecturing in the Midlands, before moving
to the South West to work at Arts University Bournemouth. Jenna is now a Senior
Lecturer in Dance and loves working creatively with her students as they begin
their careers. Jenna is thrilled to be part of the U.Dance panel for 2022 and can’t
wait to see the creativity and youth voice that performance platforms like this
champion so excellently.
Olivia Girling
Olivia has had a passion for dance for over 14 years, initially training in disco
freestyle before finding herself at home with street dance.
She has both danced and taught with local teams and also not-for-profit community groups and competed at a national level.
She always loved to dance in her spare time (and always will) because of the way
it allows her to express herself through movement, connect with others and
embody music. Some of her favourite dance memories include the friendships she
has made, the music she has danced to and the feeling of training and working
hard both in a team and solo.
She is really looking forward to seeing the Origins performances and how other
young people across the South West communicate through their movement and
choreography.
Jazz Gritt
Jazz Gritt started his dance training as a part of Pavilion Dance’s first youth dance
company ‘Evolve’, finding his thirst for dance, he soon joined SHAKE.
Since 2012 Jazz has achieved a FDA in Dance at Creative Academy specialising in
Jazz and Commercial techniques, trained further on the Ballet Boyz Dancers
Course and gained a BPA in Contemporary dance at Northern School of
Contemporary Dance.
Jazz then completed his MA in urban influences within Contemporary dance.
Finding his passion for creating opportunities, he has worked as Education Officer
and Dancer for 2Faced Dance Company, as well as Company Manager and Dancer
for Brink Dance Company.
Continuing with the aim of creating and delivering unique and inspiring
opportunities, Jazz enjoys working with those aspiring to enter the dance industry
or who simply, love to dance!
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We’re so excited for Origins 2022. We can’t wait to show everyone what we
have been up to the past few months and welcome some of the very best young
dancers from the region back to our venue!
Best wishes,
PDSW Team
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