Catapult Dance Festival

Catapult Dance Festival is a fun evening of dance, showcasing brand new work from children and young peoples groups from across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

The evening will take place at Mansfield Palace Theatre on Tuesday 25 March 2025, premiering new commissioned dance pieces created by Next Door Dance and three Mansfield and Ashfield primary schools. This work targets year 5 and 6 pupils, to support the transition from primary dance education to catapulting them into future dance opportunities with Inspire Youth Arts and Next Door Dance.

Following an intensive choreographic project, young people aged 11-24 from across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire will showcase a Shadow Movement Project performance piece, created with Next Door Dance.

The festival will also share exciting new performances from Inspire Youth Arts dance groups and invited guests, including:

Foxwood Dance

Jump Start

Next Door Dance Youth Company

Primary Steps

Shadow Movement Project

Valley Dance

V.Create Contemporary Youth Dance Company

West Y Dance

Next Door Dance is an all-female dance company based in Nottingham. They are a friendly bunch who are passionate about creating performances that are engaging and relevant to a wide range of audiences. Inspire Youth Arts are thrilled to be working with Next Door Dance to provide young people from across Nottinghamshire the opportunity to develop their own choreographic ideas and high quality performance.

Captivate is the local cultural educational partnership (LCEP) for Nottinghamshire. It provides opportunities for partnerships between schools and education partners across the county. It is the creative home for children and young people, schools, teachers and cultural enablers to collaborate and access high-quality arts and cultural experiences. The three primary schools involved in the Catapult Dance Festival have been connected to Inspire Youth Arts through the Captivate partnership.