Let’s Dance Crawley featuring the U.Dance South East Regional Platform 2025

Apply to be part of this exciting event, celebrating the variety and diversity of youth dance from across the south east region. 

Natraj Dance Academy at HOSTED 2024. Photo DF Photography

Event: Let’s Dance Crawley featuring the U.Dance South East Regional Platform 2025
Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025 
Time: Afternoon – U.Dance Regional groups’ technical rehearsals and workshops.  
7pm - Platform showcasing U.Dance Regional dance pieces and Let’s Dance Crawley groups. 
Where: The Hawth Crawley

Deadline for applications: 12noon, Friday 22 November 2024

We welcome applications from groups in the south east region with dancers aged 11-19 years, and up to 25 for dancers with disabilities and long-term health conditions; including those that are run by schools, those that are based in the community, those who work with dancers who identify as D/disabled and D/deaf, those from private dance school settings and those working independently.

We encourage groups who create dance pieces in all genres, such as commercial/street dance styles, ballet, South Asian dance, contemporary dance, dance of the African Diaspora, jazz dance, folk dance, you name it: the U.Dance South East Regional Platform is for everyone!
 

PLEASE NOTE: For groups selected for the U.Dance South East Regional Platform 2025

All groups from out-of-school settings MUST obtain a performance licence for each student of compulsory school age. In addition, they must have the required ratio of up to date local authority licensed chaperones to number of children. 

School groups with students of compulsory education age will be required to provide details for a BOPA.
 

How to apply to the U.Dance South East Regional Platform 2025

Apply through our online application form and include a video link to your dance piece.

For more information about who can apply, filming your video, performance licences, the application questions, the U.Dance National Festival and Frequently Asked Questions, please see the links below. 

How To Apply
Who Can Apply
Filming Guidelines
Performances, Licences and Chaperones
Application Questions
U.Dance National Festival

FAQs

#UDance2025
 

Let’s Dance Crawley and the U.Dance South East Regional Platform 2025 is a partnership event between DanceHub CIC, South East Dance and One Dance UK. Generously supported by Arts Council England. South East Dance is proud to be an Arts Award Supporter and Artsmark Partner.
 

 

U.Dance 2024 Application Details

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How to Apply

How to submit your entry to U.Dance 2025

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How to Apply
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Who Can Apply?

Find out if you or your group are eligible

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Who Can Apply?
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Application Filming Guidelines

Give your group and dance piece the best possible chance with our panel

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Application Filming Guidelines
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Performance licences & chaperones

The safety and wellbeing of all participants is a key priority

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Performance licences & chaperones
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Application form questions

All the questions included in the online application form, to help you prepare for your U.Dance South East 2024 application

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Application form questions
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U.Dance National Festival 2025

A number of pieces from the regional platforms will be selected for the National Festival

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U.Dance National Festival 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions

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