JooNDance

Joon Dance Company are seeking 20-30 of Pembrokeshire’s most dynamic and creative performers aged 13-21.

You will dance everyday for two weeks and perform alongside a specially selected youth Jazz Band.

This project is completely free for participants, all we ask is you commit to be there every day and give your all. Don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity!

23rd Jul-3rd Aug

Fishguard School

Photo by Jonathon Vines

To apply or for more info email Zosia at joondance@gmail.com

Joon’s Zosia Jo choreographed this weekend for People at Play‘s amazing Rough and Tumble project at Pimlico Academy…

Take 30 amazing dancers. Blend in 14 bright young artists. Add 6 fresh choreographers. Pour into 1 large building. Leave to bake for 24 hours. Serve immediately.

Zosia says…

“It was an amazing process. Working in the gym late into the night produced a slightly wild and whacky take on the comical side of going to the gym, with a dark slant on motivation and gender politics. I took 4 classic gym characters, an eclectic ray of music from my iPod and an exceptional amount of talent from my team and produced ten minutes of dance and theatre. I loved every minute and just want to do it all again next weekend!

Special thanks to Ben Coren, Danny Kearns, Keren Smail and Lee Tinnion for their hard work and creativity.”

Joon is delighted to announce we went down very well indeed at The Place in the last week of their Resolution! 2012 season.

Photo by Jonathon Vines

View more photos on our Facebook Page

Check out the reviews!

In the lead up to our performance of Pillar to Post at Resolution! on the 15th February, Joon are opening the studio door to professional dancers.

Curious?

If you fancy a dancey Sunday, with a release based class, a bit of impro and a creative workshop, come down! Emphasis is on a relaxed approach.

Workshop is free of charge.

The Place, Studio TBC
3pm-6pm Sunday 12th February

Any dancers with an interest in working with Joon Dance in the future are particularly welcome. Anyone coming to see the piece on the 15th, may like to get a sneaky peak and see how we work!

Booking may not be essential, but would be appreciated

Sunday 12th February 3pm-6pm- The Place

Contact zosia_dowmunt@hotmail.co.uk or find us on Facebook 

Joon Dance are performing once again in Resolution! at The Place.

Wednesday 15th February 8pm

Pillar to Post will be performed as part of an exciting triple bill with Murley Dance and Tara Pilbrow.

For more details and to buy tickets go to www.theplace.org.uk/whatson

In December Joon are returning to Leeds (where we all trained at Northern School of Contemporary Dance) and will be in residence at Yorkshire Dance (www.yorkshiredance.com)

Zosia Jo will be leading daily workshops and at the end of the week Joon will be showing bits of work in progress as well as their new piece, created in the summer,Pillar to Post. Get involved.

Daily Class:

Mon 12th – Fri 16th Dec 9.30-11.00am

Price of class:

£5 as drop in or £20 for the whole week (get one free).

Class description:

Movement, text and voice. The workshop will combine a release based movement class with improvisation and vocal techniques. Early in the week we’ll work on voice and movement skills and we’ll progress to workshopping tools for incorporating text into the choreographic process.

Sharing:

A chance to see Joon perform up close and personal- Yorkshire Dance 4.30pm Friday 16th December – FREE

Photo by Ed Smithson

Joon are celebrating a highly successful summer in Pembrokeshire. We had a great time touring the schools and hope to visit more next year. Our summer school participants worked so hard and created some awesome work! We got some brilliant feedback from young people and parents which we will be publishing on this site in coming weeks and using it to start applying for funding to run this wicked project again next summer! To offer your support in any way, contact zosia_jo@live.co.uk

Watch this space…

In the autumn we’ll be posting links to our YouTube channel where we will be showing clips of our new work ‘Pillar to Post.’

In December JooNDance are heading back to Leeds. We have been offered a residency at Yorkshire Dance from 12th to 16th. Zosia will be teaching professional workshops every morning an we’ll be showing our work at the end of the week.

Photo by Ed Smithson