How to Apply

Apply to be in the U.Dance South East Regional Platform taking place in Crawley, West Sussex on Tuesday 11 March 2025. The selected groups will attend workshops and rehearsals during the afternoon and then showcase their dance piece live on stage in the evening. 

Groups who are selected for the U.Dance South East Regional Platform 2025 will be considered for shortlisting for One Dance UK’s U.Dance National Festival. If selected for the National Festival, this piece will be performed live on stage with the group attending a weekend of workshops, performances and events. The U.Dance National Festival 2025 is scheduled to be held on 25-27 July 2025 in partnership with Sadler’s Wells, at their fabulous new venue, Sadler’s Wells East in London’s Olympic Park. 

Application deadline: 12noon, Friday 22 November 2024

To apply you must complete and submit the following by the deadline:

· All sections of the online application form
· The online equality and diversity monitoring form – URL link included in the application form
· Your dance film submitted by including the URL link to the video in your application form
 

All applications MUST be made via the online application form
Or
By telephone. Telephone application time slots can be arranged by contacting Sarah Kearney on sarah.kearney@southeastdance.org.uk  or call Sarah’s direct line: 07483 098854.

A regional panel of dance specialists will consider all applications based on the One Dance UK criteria and eligibility guidelines and invite a number of dance pieces to be programmed as part of Let’s Dance Crawley featuring the U.Dance South East Regional Platform 2025.  

All applicants will be notified of results by 3 December 2024.

The selection panel at all U.Dance Regional Platforms will create a shortlist of dance pieces for the U.Dance National Festival that meet the following criteria:
1. Demonstrate excellence in performance
2. Present excellent and engaging choreography*
3. Show dancers taking clear ownership of the choreography, which is appropriate for their age and experience*
4. Demonstrate respect and consideration to all (demonstrated through both the group’s conduct at the U.Dance regional platform and the appropriateness of performance content).

*A note on choreography: Excellent work selected for the U.Dance National Festival in previous years has been created by group leaders, teachers, young people, professional choreographers and any number of collaborations. There is no preferred ‘type’ of choreographer and no weighting in the selection process is given to who created the piece.

Please note:

The link to the equal opportunities monitoring form is included in the online application form.

The online application form will take approximately 34 minutes to complete. 
Please allow time to complete the full application form. 

It is advisable to set some time aside to prepare your application prior to completing and submitting the online application form. 
You may wish to save your responses in a separate document first, then copy and paste it over to the online application form when you are ready to submit.

The list of questions is available here for your reference to allow you to prepare for completing the online application form.

Guidance notes for filming and submitting your footage can be found here 

If selected for the U.Dance Regional Platform all the dancers in your group must be available for the afternoon of rehearsals, workshops and the evening platform. 
 

Let’s Dance Crawley featuring the U.Dance South East Regional Platform 2025 is a day and evening of dance featuring:

Let’s Dance Crawley - is for young people from schools and colleges across Crawley. Application is through DanceHub CIC.

U.Dance South East Regional Platform 2025 – is for dance groups of young dancers from across the south east region. Participating groups will be considered for shortlisting for One Dance UK’s U.Dance National Festival 2025. Application is through South East Dance. 

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