Urban Exchange

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Urban Exchange

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Yorkshire schoolchildren use dance to express their concerns about urban life.

A video record of a youth dance theatre production as part of the Phoenix Dance Company's Urban Exchange. The project involves professional artists working with young people in schools around Yorkshire to express themes around urban and inner-city life.

Themes include drugs and AIDS, protest and demonstrations, facelessness and lack of identity in the everyday monotony, sports and racism. The process and work with the professional artists is captured including working with dancers and choreographers, costume designers and musicians and technical crew.


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Morris Dancing in Portrush

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The Yorkshire Disco Dancing Championships

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Wheelchair Dancers

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