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U.Dance on Screen Six dance films featuring young dancers

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Jumping Colour

Angel Shed Dance Company
Duration: 5 minutes

Angel Shed specialises in inclusive performing arts, providing a safe space for young people to express themselves, develop confidence, and grow into curious, creative and courageous young people.

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Frame Work

Kick Up – Corali Dance Comany
Duration: 6 minutes

Frame Work is a short film featuring Corali Youth Company, Kick Up.
Kick Up classes are a wonderful opportunity for young dancers with a learning disability to get creative, perform and learn what it takes to be part of a company.

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Our Story: Changing Perspectives Through Dance

icandance and Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
Duration: 5 minutes

icandance and Tring dancers came together to explore the social impact of dance making across differences. This film captures their creative journey, exploring how shared dance-making reshapes perceptions of disability, dance and inclusion.

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Skyline Beats

Street Beat
Duration: 3 minutes

Street Beat is an urban dance company based in North Lincolnshire. Skyline Beats incorporates many urban styles including lockin’, house, breakin’, hip-hop and commercial dance.

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THE WAY

Blythe H
Duration: 5 minutes

U.Dance allows Blythe to share her passion for dance and inspire others. This dance film shows performance as a powerful way to communicate emotions and stories through lyrical dance.

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Crossing Paths

The Tripods
Duration: 3 minutes

Crossing Paths is a dance film about individuals crossing paths within a community. Some may meet, some may not, but they are all part of the same community.

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Digital Stage and One Dance UK present some of the country’s most talented young dancers in an unmissable showcase of short dance films. The selected entries from across the UK will light up the screen with dance that’s diverse, dynamic and inspiring. Available to watch on Digital Stage for two weeks only until 8 Aug.

U.Dance on Screen is the screendance strand of the U.Dance National Festival, presented by One Dance UK. Thousands of young dancers take part in regional platforms each year and selected groups represent their home region or nation at the U.Dance National Festival. The largest event of its kind, the U.Dance National Festival 2025 is presented in partnership with Sadler’s Wells, as part of YFX Festival.

The selected entries were also screened at UCL East’s cinema in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Credits

Presented by Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage, One Dance UK and in partnership with UCL London.

Jumping Colour – Angel Shed Dance Company
Choreographer: Jenna Corker and dancers
Filmmaker: Tao-Anas Le Thanh

Frame Work – Kick Up – Corali Dance Comany
Choreographer: Bridget Chew
Director: Jacobus Flynn
Music: Matt Webb, Ursula Russell and Aletta Verwoerd
Filmmaker and Editor: Anna Lucas
Photography: Jon C Archdeacon

Our Story: Changing Perspectives Through Dance – icandance and Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
A collaboration between icandance and Tring Park School for the Performing Arts dancers
Directors: Juliet Diener, Lorraine Jones and David Rhys
Filmmaker and Editor: Ben Gregory-Ring

Skyline Beats – Street Beat
Choreographer: Ruby Coles and Lewis Greenough
Director: Kim Oakley-Duffill
Filmmakers: Lucas Johnson, Paul Wilson and Wayne Sables

THE WAY – Blythe H.
Choreographer: Blythe H.
Dancer: Blythe H.
Mentor: Jo Cork
Music: Nicholas Yee
Videographer: Jo Hood

Crossing Paths – The Tripods
Choreographers: Jenna Christian, Alicia Stratford and Abigail Styler
Directors: Jenna Christian, Alicia Stratford and Abigail Styler
Lecturer: Lily Kind

Making Moves 2025

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