Carol Concert 2016

Dr Andrew Havers sings Once in Royal David's City to start our carol concert.

Santa's Little Helpers from Dorothy Colborn School of Dancing - Sophia, Emmeline, Olivia, Faye, Etta, Daphne, Lucy, Mabel, and Juliette. Santa (Max) is not in this picture because he is Stuck Up The Chimney!

Mike Beese in character as The Grinch for his reading.

Tring Park Choreography Competition 2016

Claudia Maybury - Winner of the Peoples Choice Award presented by Dance Again.

MOVE IT! 2016

The Dance Again Trophy awarded each day to the winners of the Freestyle Competition at MOVE IT! 2016, Excel centre, London.

Carol Concert 2015

Twinkling Stars performing at the Carol Concert at St Michaels Without, Bath.

Sport and Dance Injury Clinic available to all

September 2014 - Sports and Dance Injury Clinic at the Royal United Hospital, NHS Trust, Bath is now available for dancers from all over England!

 Gala Concert Sadlers Wells

Gala concert at Sadler’s Wells on 28 Sept 2014 showcased a mixed bill of pieces by companies such as English National Ballet, Northern Ballet, Zoonation Youth Company, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Tap Attack, Royal Ballet, STOMP, Ballet Black, Scottie Millers Tappers, Richard Alston Dance Company, and Jack Widdowson - Unique to have them all under one roof.

Here is the whole team! From left to right its Ben, Jemima, João, Isabella, Nina and Vernon.

Read the background to Nina's inspiration for her choreography....

In September 2012, after a short terminal illness, I lost my young Auntie, Louise Holmes to a brain tumour. She was diagnosed with Grade IV Glioblastoma in July 2011. 
I started my first term at Tring Park in lower sixth in September 2012, Louise's passing gave it a very sad start for me. In the following sixth months, I also lost both of my Nannas. 
I wanted to pay a tribute to Louise's tragically short life, and felt the best way I could do this was through dance. By choreographing this piece, it was the best way to pay tribute to Louise's story and keep her memory alive. Louise had a very simple and ordinary life and would have been humbled and moved to have all these amazingly talented people pay tribute to her! 

I got together the best team I could have asked for; Isabella Read playing my auntie, Joao Carloino playing my aunties husband and Vernon Anderson playing the Guardian Angel. I thought that having live music would top the performance off and I am lucky enough for my friends to be extremley talented as musicians; Jemima Loddy sung whilst Ben Radford played the piano.  The song I used was 'Angel' by Sarah McLachlan. 

I was overwhelmed and honoured to win the first 'Dance Again' Audience Award  for  choreography in 2014. Obviously everyone loved the piece as much as I did! 

Celia Widdowson  presenting The Dance Again Peoples Choice Trophy to Nina Falconer at Tring Park School for Performing Arts March 2014 

Amy Williams, Olympic Gold medallist, charmed the guests at the 2013 Gala as she spoke about the effect injury can have on any elite career, and fully endorsed the work of Dance Again.

We were delighted to have her support.

Hugo Cortes talked  in moving terms to the guests at the Gala 2013 about how delighted he was to find Dance Again Foundation. We supported him as he recovered from the serious achilles injury he sustained. With the extra physio he made rapid progress and is well on way to be back on stage in STOMP!

The initial Gala Evening 2012 was a great success, raising over £15,000 to kick start the charity. Many thanks to all those who attended and gave so generously. Also thanks to everyone who was involved in the organisation especially Liz Jones who worked tirelessly to ensure it was a success. The photographs are by Helen Shand. Delicious food was by Five Star.

Guests at the Gala evening 2012, including the winner of the Golden Raffle , Alison Scarlett Giblin

The Programme for the Dance show put on by the Tring Park to help raise funds for Dance Again 

We were delighted that the performance of The World Goes 'Round' at the Egg Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath on the 18th March 2013 was dedicated to the Dance Again Foundation.

The World Goes 'Round is a Kander and Ebb musical and was a seamless rollercoaster ride through the songs of Broadway songwriting team Kander and Ebb, author of Cabaret, Chicago along with hit songs such as New York New York.
Filled with humour, romance, drama, nonstop melody and brassy, insightful lyrics, this was a thrilling celebration of music and life.  

It was brought to Bath by talented final year students from the Guildford School of Acting including students who were friends with Jack at Tring Park.

We are very grateful to these talented young performers for thinking of our charity and were so pleased to receive the money from the post show collection.

Dance Again welcomes the opportunity to attend any performances or shows to promote the work of our charity and spread the word to performers and their audiences or can send promotional posters on request.

Contact celia@danceagain.org