Wishing you a fun-packed and cosy winter Dancerland!

Dance Resource Base would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past year and we wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happily dancing New Year! Enjoy!

Dance Funding Clinic

Many thanks to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for hosting and presenting the Dance Funding Clinic this morning, 27th July. The session was informative and enlightening, and allowed Dance Resource Base members insight into the application process for the Arts Council of Northern Ireland's SIAP awards...which by the way opens today for applications and coses on 27th August so get writing!!

For guidelines and an application form visit http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/award/award.htm

Juliette has had a happy, healthy baby girl!!

We have recently had some great news within the Dance Resource Base office as Juliette has given birth to a beautiful baby daughter. Congratulations Juliette and we look forward to meeting wee Alice very soon!

Dance for Darfur

Just to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined in, and to those who supported Philip Johnston's fundraising event in Belfast yesterday. We managed to skip the rain and thunder and danced in glorious weather, surroundings and with glorious music too! And the best bit ... it was all in aid of Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières—MSF).

Please visit www.philip-johnston.net for more information or to make a donation.

Ponydance wins "Ulster Bank Pick of the Festival" Award at the Pick n Mix, OMAC

Dance Resource Base would like to congratulate Ponydance on their recent success at the Pick n Mix Festival at the OMAC (Old Museum Arts Centre), Belfast last month. The local dance company won the "Ulster Bank Pick of the Festival" Award for their performance of a Work in Progress. We wish them all the best for the future development of this piece and for their upcoming performances at Transfest, Belfast and The Fringe, Dublin this summer.

Visit: www.ponydance.com

June 2009 Members' Forum

Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to the June Forum held last Wednesday at Dance Resource Base. It was great to enable everyone who attended the chance to touch base with Dance Resource Base, share new ideas, and feed into our current and ongoing commitments to the dance sector.

Dance Resource Base hopes that all its' members come to next month's meeting, with a twist!, and will be in touch shortly with more details.

Dance Venue Research

Dance Resource Base are in the initial stages of researching dance studios and other spaces suitable for dance practice within Northern Ireland. We hope to gather information from all corners of the region and create a database open to Dance Resource Base members and visitors.

If you can assist with this research and know of a place suitable to hire for dance activity then please contact the Dance Resource Base Development Officer at info@danceresourcebase.org.

We value your input and your help is much appreciated, thanks.

Can I also just take a moment to say Hello to those I haven't had the chance to meet yet. I'm Jen Thornton and I will be covering the Development Officer post temporarily as Juliette has taken maternity leave with her baby due in July. All the best to Juliette!!