“Whether you are performing or watching the arts it is so good for your mental wellbeing,” says the CEO and Principal of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. “Mental health has never ...

Ballet has been dropped from auditions at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in a bid to make the institution more inclusive. While the Leeds-based school will still teach the form ...

The Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) reviewed the dance as part of a wider plan to 'decolonise the curriculum', and consider the impact of race and gender on dance. The Leeds-based ...

an A in Business and a B in Psychology at Dame Allan’s Schools, in Newcastle. Sophia is set to embark on a three-year BA Hons Degree in Contemporary Dance at NSCD, following a rigorous audition ...

A leading dance school has dropped ballet from its entry auditions as staff say it is an ‘elitist’ art form. The Northern School of Contemporary Dance has reviewed the inclusion of ballet in its ...

who went on to found the Northern School of Contemporary Dance] managed to get most of the boys interested. We didn't run through any of those prejudices of males teasing each other because most of ...

Author Douglas Murray says a UK dance school scrapping ballet over its "elitist" and "white" art form is sadly a totally normal story in today's world. Leeds-based Northern School of Contemporary ...