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Signdance Collective/ Theatre International to perform at National Cultural Diversity Network Awards 2011 / 12 November 2011

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Here we are almost  at the end of 2011. Its been quite a year for us. We have toured six different countries with some beautiful and exciting projects. Our highlights have included the international tours of New Gold with a bigger ensemble. Jacob Casselden and Laura Goulden have been a wonderful addition to  Signdance's work. They both worked with us on the 'HERE' quartet and we are looking forward  to working with them on  future projects.

We have been involved in interesting academic and teaching projects with Bucks New University, SDC's new home! Highlights have included collaborations with Diablo Arts and BBC Radio 4 directors' Sue Roberts and Polly Thomas.

We have been engaged with two education projects in the UK - both Accentuate Projects. Driving Inspiration (Creative Bucks) and Campaign to be Me! (Creative Junction) have both been rewarding. You can watch the film on Signdance Collective's youtube channel.

Abroad, Signdance has been privileged to work with the National Theatre of Slovenia and YourStage in Athens, where we have been developing a programme called The Expressive Body, which is an exploration of performance language between Deaf and Hearing performers. We also worked throughout Greece with young Deaf people.
 
Signdance has also won the Los Angeles Film Award for the film collaboration 'Our Right To Relationships' with Ability Media. The project has also been nominated for a 2011 AMI Award.
 
Finally Signdance is proud to announce that we will be performing at the Cultural Diversity Awards at Media City Studios in Salford on 6 December 2011 at. Go to DAOs News pages for more information.
 
 **See ya'll !**
Isolte Avila SDC/ SignDanceTheatreInternational dance director

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