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Pamela Doherty (Chair)

Susan Coffer (Vice Chair)

Keith Evans

Simon Kamstra

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Job alert! 📣 @PhoenixLeeds are looking for an experienced and talented Education Manager to join their diverse team.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 31 March at 5pm - find out more and apply -
http://leedsdancepartnership.com/2021/03/03/job-education-manager-phoenix-dance-theatre/

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Make sure you tune into @BBCLookNorth at 6.30pm to catch company dancers Aaron Chaplin and Natalie Alleston talk all about life as a dancer under lockdown and preparing for the return of live shows later this year 👇🏽👇🏽

Corinne Wheatley@CorinneWheatley

How do professional dancers maintain their fitness during lockdowns and cope with rehearsing all day in masks? @PhoenixLeeds are back in their studio and preparing for the return of live shows later this year (🤞) Catch them on @BBCLookNorth tonight.

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How do professional dancers maintain their fitness during lockdowns and cope with rehearsing all day in masks? @PhoenixLeeds are back in their studio and preparing for the return of live shows later this year (🤞) Catch them on @BBCLookNorth tonight.

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ICYMI: Steph and Julie from @afro_leads Leads spok ICYMI: Steph and Julie from @afro_leads Leads spoke about our extraordinary origins and history on BBC Radio Leeds yesterday evening. Listen back here ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08tvn24
Looking for something to watch this drizzly Tuesda Looking for something to watch this drizzly Tuesday lunchtime... 

Take a look at this extraordinary documentary which was first broadcast on the South Bank Show in 1984. Featuring interviews with some of our founding members including Vilmore Jones and David Hamilton, this documentary takes an in depth look at the roots of our company. 👇🏽

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8zUd3NXMvw

#BlackHistoryMonth
A vital watch...Check out this incredibly insightf A vital watch...Check out this incredibly insightful interview with our former Artistic Director Sharon Watson (now the CEO and Principal of @northern_school ) as part of @itvcalendar’s ‘Black Voices in Conversation’ series. In the interview she talks about her creative and professional journey and about the importance of diversity and inclusion in the dance sector.

Thank you Sharon, for continuing to be a leading voice on this important conversation.👇🏽

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpnGd_p45Jw
We are delighted to announce that three dancers, M We are delighted to announce that three dancers, Mirabel Huang-Smith, Reynaldo Junior Santos, and Alabama Seymour, have joined Phoenix Dance Theatre as Apprentice Dancers through 
@northern_school Postgraduate diploma placement programme. They will be spending the next 9 months working with and learning from our company dancers and creative team. You can find out more about them here. ➡️ bit.ly/PhoenixApprentices2020
It's #ThrowbackThursday time and, in honour of #Bl It's #ThrowbackThursday time and, in honour of #BlackHistoryMonth, we're paying tribute to our incredible body of work, including ‘Gang of Five’ performed by Gary Simpson, Edward Lynch, Donald Edwards, Dougie Thorpe and Robert Edwards. 

This image was captured by the extraordinary photographer Terry Cryer.
We're celebrating the achievements of the many Bla We're celebrating the achievements of the many Black artists who've worked with or for Phoenix over the last 39 years. One of them is, of course, our former Artistic Director: the brilliant Sharon Watson.

We're deeply proud of the fact that she's gone on to become Chief Executive and Principal of @northern_school, as well as being a huge influence for the dance sector in Leeds and beyond.

📸: Benji Reid
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