Professional dance in the community
Summer Schools
Running from the Torch Theatre, Milford Haven since 2009 and Chapter, Cardiff since 2024, our popular annual summer school is open to all and is focused on offering affordable access to high quality creative experiences led by professional dance artists to the community in Pembrokeshire. Working with a different theme each year, and linked to our professional performance projects, this summer school is totally inclusive. We aim to create a supportive and nurturing environment for people of all backgrounds and abilities to come together, create and perform with us. Scroll down for this year's info...
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Ysgolion Haf
Wedi'i gynnal yn Theatr y Torch, Aberdaugleddau ers 2009 a Chapter, Caerdydd ers 2024, mae ein hysgol haf flynyddol boblogaidd ar agor i bawb ac yn canolbwyntio ar gynnig mynediad fforddiadwy i brofiadau creadigol o ansawdd uchel dan arweiniad artistiaid dawns proffesiynol i'r gymuned yn Sir Benfro. Gan weithio gyda thema gwahanol bob blwyddyn, ac wedi'i chysylltu â'n prosiectau perfformio proffesiynol, mae'r ysgol haf hon yn gwbl gynhwysol. Ein nod yw creu amgylchedd cefnogol a meithringar i bobl o bob cefndir a gallu i ddod at eu gilydd, creu a pherfformio gyda ni. Sgroliwch i lawr am wybodaeth eleni...
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Summer School 2025- Cinder's lost their dance shoes
This August Joon Dance bring their unique performance-making summer school back to Torch Theatre and Chapter Arts, during which participants are invited to join us in staging a brand new dance theatre show. Dive in for a fun filled, creative week in which dancers of all ages and abilities are welcomed, supported and encouraged to learn new movement skills, and choreograph their own part in the performance. This year we are re-telling Cinderella for the modern age.
‘Cinder’s lost their dance shoes’ brings together the stories of each Cinderella character finding the shoes that fit them best and finding their groove. Cinderella rejects the glass slippers laid out for her and chooses her comfy work boots and life outdoors instead, whilst her step-siblings find a way to break free from their armour of masculinity through an unlikely (and surprisingly glittery) route. . Meanwhile the wicked stepmother moves beyond her grief in order to nurture herself and her offspring, and the prince gives up searching for love in others and puts on the glass slippers to embrace his true self. Through this story we aim to tell a multitude of stories and gather people together to ask, what are your favourite dance shoes? What inspires you? And get moving.
From wellies, to work boots, from heels to ballet shoes… whatever shoes fit, we want to get them dancing. The shoes could be real shoes or could just represent the spark of creativity. Whether you’re dancing on your feet, or in a chair; in a studio, a field, on a beach or around your kitchen you are invited to join the ball.
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Chapter Arts, Cardiff 11th - 15th August | Mon-Thu 9:30am-1pm, Fri 1-5pm (showtime at 4pm!)
Two groups: Jooniers, 11-17 years; and Adults, 18-100 years
Torch Theatre, Milford Haven 18th - 22nd August | Mon-Thu 9:30am-1pm, Fri 1-6pm (showtime at 5pm!)
Three groups: Joon Bugs, 6-10 years; Jooniers, 11-17 years; and Adults, 18-100 years
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Access
Please email us directly if you have any access needs, or want to chat to us about any aspect of the Summer School you're not sure about. We will do everything we can to accommodate everyone!
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Cost (per participant)
Standard price: £80
Concessions and sibling price: £70 (concessions or two members of the same immediate family)
Family price: £65 (where three or more members of the same immediate family book together)
Tickets for the performance at Torch Theatre will be on sale via the Torch Theatre box office and for Chapter Arts via Eventbrite.
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Car pooling
If you would like to be put in touch with other participants travelling from your area to share rides please let us know when booking
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Ysgol Haf 2025- Collodd Sindarela eu Sgidiau Dawnsio
Ym mis Awst eleni, bydd Joon Dance yn dod â'u hysgol haf unigryw ar greu perfformiad yn ôl i Theatr y Torch a Chapter Arts, lle caiff cyfranwyr eu gwahodd i ymuno â ni wrth lwyfannu sioe theatr dawns newydd sbon. Plymiwch i mewn i firi wythnos o greu, llawn hwyl lle mae dawnswyr o bob oed a gallu yn cael eu croesawu, eu cynnal a'u hannog i ddysgu sgiliau symud newydd, a dyfeisio eu rhan eu hunain yn y perfformiad. Eleni dyn ni’n yn ail-adrodd Sindarela ar gyfer yr oes fodern sydd ohoni.
Mae ‘Collodd Sindarela eu Sgidiau Dawnsio’ yn cyfuno straeon pob un o gymeriadau stori Sindarela yn darganfod y sgidiau sydd yn eu gweddu orau a sydd orau at eu dant. Mae Sindarela yn ymwrthod â’r sliperi gwydr a osodwyd ar ei chyfer ac yn hytrach yn dewis ei hesgidiau gwaith cyfforddus a bywyd yn yr awyr agored, tra bod plant ei mam wen yn canfod ffordd i dorri'n rhydd o'u harfwisg gwrywaidd drwy ffyrdd annisgwyl (disglair rhyfeddol). Yn y cyfamser, mae'r llysfam felltigedig yn symud y tu hwnt i'w galar er mwyn meithrin ei hun a'i phlant, ac mae'r tywysog yn rhoi'r gorau i chwilio am gariad pobl eraill wrth wisgo'r sliperi gwydr a chofleidio ei enaid go-iawn. Trwy'r stori hon ein nod yw adrodd myrdd o straeon ac i bobl ymgasglu a gofyn, beth yw eich hoff esgidiau dawns? Beth sy'n eich ysbrydoli? A dechrau symud.
O sgidiau glaw i sgidiau gwaith, o sodlau i sliperi bale… pa sgidiau bynnag sy’n ffitio, dan ni eisiau gwneud iddyn nhw ddawnsio. Gallai’r sgidiau fod yn rhai go iawn neu fe allen nhw sefyll dros fflach y creu. P’un a’i dawnsio ar eich traed, neu mewn cadair; mewn stiwdio, mewn cae, ar draeth neu o amgylch eich cegin, mae gwahoddiad i chi ymuno â’r ddawns.
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Chapter Arts, Caerdydd 11 - 15 Awst | Dydd Llun - Iau 9:30yb-1yp Dydd Gwener 1yp-5yh (amser sioe am 4yh)
Dau grŵp: Jooniers, 11-17 oed; ac Oedolion, 18-100 oed
Theatr y Torch, Aberdaugleddau 18 - 22 Awst | Dydd Llun - Iau 9:30yb-1yp Dydd Gwener 1yp-6yh (amser sioe am 5yh)
Tri grŵp: Joon Bugs, 6-10 oed;
Jooniers, 11-17 oed; ac Oedolion, 18-100 oed
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Hygyrchedd
Anfonwch e-bost uniongyrchol os oes gennych unrhyw anghenion mynediad, neu os hoffech sgwrsio â ni am unrhyw agwedd ar yr Ysgol Haf nad ydych yn siwr amdani. Byddwn yn gwneud popeth o fewn ein gallu i ddarparu ar gyfer pawb!
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Cost (y pen)
Pris safonol: £80
Gostyngiadau a phris brodyr a chwiorydd: £70
(gostyngiadau i ddau aelod o'r un teulu agos)
Pris teulu: £65 (lle mae tri neu fwy o aelodau'r un teulu agos yn archebu gyda'i gilydd)
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Bydd tocynnau ar gyfer y perfformiad yn Theatr y Torch ar werth trwy swyddfa docynnau Theatr y Torch ac ar gyfer Chapter Arts trwy Eventbrite.
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Rhannu ceir
Os ydych chi am gael cysylltu â phobl eraill sy'n teithio o'ch ardal, er mwyn cyd-deithio, rhowch wybod i ni wrth archebu.
