Today I went to Rotherham with members of the Youth and Community team for the event 'Making Men'. It was a showcase event where different boys groups from Yorkshire came together. Yorkshire Dance currently has a boy's project running in Rotherham and today was an event that drew to a close part of the project. There were 4 satellite groups that all performed as well as the Rotherham boys group that is a product of the project called ReBuzz. DAZL Diamonds and the CAT scheme boys were also invited down from Leeds to perform. It was a great evening and so inspiring. It is the first all male show that I have been involved with and it was such a huge success. Some men that work in the dance profession were also invited to speak about their experiences. The audience was mainly made up of family from the boys plus all the boys also watched each other, the audience was so supportive and the atmosphere by the end of the evening was amazing. During the day, after the tech rehearsals, all the boys came to have a workshop with De-Napoli Clarke. They all learnt a sequence which was then performed as the Finale for the show. It was lovely to see all the boys work together and was such a strong end to the show. It was an amazing day and such a successful event which really helped raise the profile of boys dance in Rotherham. Before the show I don't think all the parents had realised what the boys had been up to, but afterwards there were lots of very proud parents excited to sign them up for the Easter course. It was such an amazing and inspiring event and I was so happy that I could be there to help out and be part of it.
