A DANCE company based in Bournemouth have teamed up with other groups across the country to produce a showcase aimed to inspired children and young people.

Pavilion Dance South West have joined forces with a number of dance groups including Ipswich based company DanceEast, national dance group People Dancing and TandemWorks from the South East of England to present CHILDREN & THEIR GROWNUPS.

The showcase, which will be held from Wednesday September 29 to Saturday October 2, will form this year’s PDSW Summit – an annual event to shine a light on the industry and look at what is needed in the world of dance.

Artistic Director Zannah Doan said: “This industry focussed showcase offers a programme of discussions, live and livestreamed work and pitches, allowing programmers the opportunity to get to know the artists and companies who are creating and touring work.

“The showcase aims to spark the creation and programming of more dance work for children and their grown-ups.

“Although this is primarily industry facing, the four-day event will also offer opportunities for the public to watch never before seen shows aimed at infants to 15-year-olds.”

Through an open call for artists, a selection of digital and live work has been chosen to showcase work that will be available for touring.

The programme will include five live shows, 40 discussion and panel sessions and four facilitated networking events.

Zannah added: “Both the live and virtual events will enable companies to share new work for children that is available for touring, both live and digitally, and will give artists, companies, producers and two programmers a chance to consider how to co-create work with children and how to adapt work for different touring formats.

“All of the discussions will be virtual and hosted on the PDSW website, offering an opportunity for anyone to tune in from wherever they are in the world.

“Sessions will include looking at the creation of child centred work, designing work with children, adapting work for different formats and adapting live work for digital broadcast.”

Artists and programmers will be able to arrange one-to-one appointments to talk more about how to collaborate.

Most of the programme, including discussions, will be accessible online including the livestreamed shows and pitches, allowing audiences around the world to attend and see what work is available for international touring.