Our Cultural Connector programme aims to support and nurture practitioners to develop their skills, with mentoring as part of a paid engagement.
Neon Dance launched their Cultural Connector Programme in 2016, funded by Arts Council England. The programme continues with Arts Council England support, on a project by project basis.
Our Cultural Connector roles are open to emerging practitioners from any artform/discipline (EG: Performing Arts, Literature, Media, Music, Costume, Film, History etc) to engage their local community and network with our latest work as well as plan and deliver their own creative response. Selected through an open callout application process, we offer mentoring, opportunities to join us in the studio alongside a bespoke framework of support and company access. Our Cultural Connector initiative is designed to help artists develop their practice whilst supporting Neon Dance to reach new audiences. The programme includes the offer of creative and producing mentorship from artistic director Adrienne and executive producer Maeve.
Previous Cultural Connectors have been recruited from Dance programmes, local organisations such as Babbasa (Bristol), Platform Project (Swindon) and undergraduates studying arts and non-arts degrees (eg. Geography). Our recruitment includes an open call that is widely distributed through our network of contacts across different sectors and industries.
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“The Cultural Connector Programme provided me with some key opportunities at the early stage of my career. I met with the company several times, had the freedom to explore new ideas and learn, fail and retry on multiple occasions without judgement. It was a really supportive opportunity and I’ve taken a lot of positives away from this time.”
CC Alumni
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Abbey Darling
My name is Abbey and I am currently 25 years old, living in South London.
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Anya Levicki
I'm a student, going into my first year at university to study American Literature and Creative Writing.
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Alma Kremnitzer
Alma (she/her) is a London based dance artist, currently studying at London Contemporary Dance School.
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Christiana Bissett
Christiana Bissett is a performance maker and producer locked down in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Deepraj Singh
Deepraj was awarded a scholarship to train at London Contemporary Dance School and graduated with a first in 2015.
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Ella Pileggi
Ella Peliggi (UK/IT) is an art maker and performer. She cares about growing as a community and looks at the way that we relate to the space around us.
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Harrie Dearing
Harrie Dearing, an artist hailing from Swindon, immerses herself in the passionate world of expressionism.
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Jorja Follina
Jorja started dancing at the age of two and went on to perform and compete in ballet, jazz and lyrical.
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Kiera Sanderson
Kiera Sanderson (she/her) is a freelance dance artist, choreographer and teacher of dance based in Leicestershire, England.
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Louise Dickson
Louise is Founder and Artistic Director of Illuminate Freedom Health and Well-Being CIC and audio describer for Last and First Men at The Science Museum.
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Liliom Valter
Liliom trained at Swindon Dance Centre for Advanced Training, and Bristol’s Boomsatsuma.
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Lucia Fortune-Ely
Lucia is an aspiring arts and culture programmer with a passion for dance and theatre.
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Maeve Nolan
Maeve is originally from Sydney Australia and trained at Dance North Academy.
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Maddi Campbell
Maddi is a dancer, choreographer and teacher from Brisbane, Australia.
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Paul Davidson
Paul is a contemporary and street dance choreographer and dance artist. Based in South London.
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Rosi Tooth
Rosi Tooth is an illustrator and ceramicist living and working in Bristol.
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Rin Terada
Rin is a performing arts manager and performer, based in Tokyo.
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Severine Simone
Severine is a performance artist, choreographer and movement teacher from South Africa, now based in Bristol.
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Tiger Watts
Tiger is a Photographer based in the UK, specialising in Unit Still Photography for TV and Film.
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Thomas Page
Thomas is a contemporary dance artist from Oxford and the Artistic Director of Thomas Page Dances (TPD).
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Vanessa Downie
Vanessa is a dance practitioner trained in a range of forms including African-contemporary dance.