The Cabaret

Hampshire Youth Dance Company is dedicated to providing pre-professional training and performance experience of the highest quality for aspiring young dancers aged 13-21 years from across the region.

The year-long training is supported by the Linbury Trust and follows a carefully designed programme to develop aspiring young dancers’ technique, creative and performance skills as well as audition preparation and support for those wishing to pursue dance and the arts further.

Through demanding technique classes, explorative creative sessions, opportunity to perform and work with professional choreographers and an advance training programme, HYDC takes aspiring young dancers to the next level of their training.

James Cousins Company create strikingly original dance experiences that connect us all through stories that matter. Our mission drives us to enrich people’s lives through dance and create bold distinctive contemporary dance. We create unforgettable experiences that inspire and entertain audiences by transporting them into unique worlds on stage, screen and beyond. Most importantly we do it with joy. After all, isn’t that what dance is about.

Founded in 2014 by James Cousins and Producer Francesca Moseley, James Cousins Company has been on 4 extensive UK tours as well as numerous international tours in Europe, South America and Asia. In 2016 our film Within Her Eyes was added to the GCSE Dance syllabus in England and in 2019 the company was nominated for Best Independent Company at the National Dance Awards. The company’s latest production We Are As Gods was a sell-out success transform the iconic Battersea Arts Centre with a 2-hour immersive spectacular.

Led by choreographer James Cousins a refreshing choreographic voice whose reflections on human interactions have astonished audiences world-wide. James has been recognised by Time Out magazine as one of the future faces of dance