Inspire Ur Self Dance Arts Event is a organisation set up to benefit young people within the areas of dance, arts and events. As a group we stand to encourage artistic excellence through education and creativity by providing young people with creative and dance led opportunities.

 

Inspire Urself Dance Arts Events has become a role model of good practice within the carnival arts sector and shares development and progression opportunities to other carnival troupes and young people around the country. Inspire Urself Carnival Troupe have become recognised on a national level for displaying outstanding talent within costume design, making, dance and music genre through our first class carnival tours supported by local and national funders. Through our years with have established partnerships with non-arts organisations to give carnival a new platform to demonstrate magnificent costumes and performances from our troupe and others.

 

INSPIRE URSELF CHOREOGRAPHY TEAM

The Choreography Team provides young people and adults with the opportunities to create routines and teach the art of dance. Our team aims to develop dancers, focusing on key features such as technique, energy and facial expression to deliver show-stopping performances through arts and dance led education. A major feature of the Choreography Team is delivering a range of dance workshops. From teaching choreography to other carnival troupes (e.g. Zodiac All Stars Carnival Troupe and East Midlands Carnival Arts Network) to leading workshops in schools and with the general public. 

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IUS - Inspire Urself Carnival Troupe

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The carnival troupe is Nottingham's only national touring carnival troupe giving young people opportunities to pursue there interests and passions in dance, carnival and fashion/costume design. We provide carnival sessions in the areas fashion/costume design, dance and volunteering all in one. As a group we stand to encourage education in the community by providing professional dance classes, Backpack workshops, fashion design and volunteering opportunities, qualifications (Arts Awards and Dance Leadership) to young people and adults. Within all the above one our main aims is to show the young people the roots of carnival and give them a big understanding of why and what it means to take part in "CARNIVAL". This project is supported and fund by Arts Council England, John Lewis Partnership, Inspire Urself Dance Arts Events and Nottingham City Council.

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IUS - Inspire Urself Dance Captains

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Inspire Urself Dance captains are inspire urself carnival troupes main support in dance sessions and at parades and carnivals. 

Our Dance Captains are responsible for overseeing and maintaining the artistic standards of all choreography, mentoring and leading parades within the carnival troupe. They work closely with the Choreography Team and Band Leader to communicate and preserve the artistic vision of the Inspire Urself Dance Arts Events.

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EMCCAN - East Midlands Carnival Arts Network

Regional Support Carnival Organisation

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EMCCAN supports and encourages better practice and increases artistic and management quality for East Midlands Caribbean carnivals and provides leadership to the wider carnival sector. The Directors of emccan comprise two volunteer representatives from each Carnival and four independent members and the organisation is supported by Chief Executive, Donna Fox, based at Sneinton Market in Nottingham. In the last few years, emccan has successfully become an Arts Council England national portfolio organisation and is established as a not-for-profit community interest company.

 

INSPIRE URSELF DANCE ARTS EVENTS

AIMS TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER!