All England Dance Association


	President: Dame Beryl Grey DBE

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The All England Dance Competition, founded in July 1923, is the only one of its kind in the world. It is a Registered Charity, affiliated to the British and International Federation of Festivals, and is a competitive Festival of Theatre Dance for amateurs, children, and students of Theatre Arts.

OBJECTIVE
To advance the education of the public in the Arts and, in particular, the performance, appreciation and the practice of the Art of Dance.

PURPOSE
The main purpose is educational. To provide an opportunity for good amateur dancers to receive the judgement of eminent professionals, to gain experiential knowledge, to benefit from seeing others taking part, to develop their confidence by demonstrating their artistic abilities before both critical and appreciative audiences.

AIMS
To raise the national standard of amateur performance in theatre dance. To provide a forum for Dance Education and the professional Theatre. To increase popular interest and appreciation of Theatre Dance as an enjoyable, sometimes a moving experience and often an entertaining art form. To further public recognition of dance as an important factor in human social development. To be a means by which good dancers may become more widely known and by which some may start their careers as professional artistes.

MEMBERSHIP
Membership is by subscription and is open to any person who is interested in the objective of the Competition.

2009 Competition Information

LAINE THEATRE ARTS
SUMMER SCHOOL 2009

Laine Theatre Arts has offered two places at their 2009 Summer School. The places will be awarded at our one-day Vocal and Jazz workshops on 19 October.
Email: info@all-england-dance.org.uk for further information..

CLASSICAL GREEK DANCE FOR FESTIVALS

Cynthia Carr has written
a new 32 page booklet. Copies are £7.50 (including p&p) available from the All England Dance office.

2009 COMPETITION

The Syllabus for the 2009 Competition is available now. To order a copy send a cheque for £3.50
(inlcuding p&p) to:

All England Dance
PO Box 312
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
AL8 7ZQ

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