Charity Flashmob from University of Derby and Déda students in Asda, Derby!
On Saturday 18 May, Déda and University of Derby BA(hons) Dance students surprised Asda shoppers in Spondon to raise awareness for #DanceTogetherLiveBetter.
#DanceTogetherLiveBetter supports Déda's work with older people in Derby and Derbyshire through projces such as Dance Active, Dance for Dementia and Creative Living.
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Derby Dancing Trailer
Get involved in Déda's community heritage project celebrating the story of dance in Derby since the 1950s.
Follow the project on Twitter @DerbyDancing #Derbydancing
Contact marketing@deda.uk.com or visit for more information about the project and how to get involved.
Derby Dancing is kindly supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Thank you to everyone who took part in the trailer including dancers from Baby People and Déda.
Projects | STEAM Trailer
Learn more about the STEAM project that Déda are carrying out with Rolls Royce and Matt Pang of Pangottic, using dance and circus to help teach STEM subjects.
#dedaderby #deda #déda #derby #derbyshire #charity #littlestepsbigchange
Spirit - Martin D Hyde - solo art exhibition launch - Deda Derby
Introduction by Stephen Munn, creative director of Deda and artist Martin D Hyde.
M D Hyde is a contemporary artist based in Ashbourne in the Peak District. He creates expressive abstract paintings using acrylic on canvas. His work is about life as a person living with depression, those around him, and his place in the world; the highs, the lows – love, loss, mood, isolation, place and belonging, since being diagnosed with cyclic depression at the age of 30. Through his paintings, M D Hyde wants to bring a better understanding and acceptance of the issues surrounding depression, and the difficulties for those who love them, based on his own experiences. M D Hyde wants to explore some of these issues through the visual language he has created through his paintings.
Spirit is an exhibition of 50 paintings from 2016 - 2018 showing a visual diary of the artist life.
What's On | Spring 2020
Join us for an incredible season of dance and circus from talent local, national and international companies!
Gary Clarke Company: Wasteland (Derby Theatre) | 6.02.20 & 7.2.20
Hurly Burly Company: Meet me a Tree | 21.02.20
Luca Silvestrini's Protein: The Little Prince | 22.02.20 & 23.02.20
Old Kent Road: OSCiLLATE | 27.02.20
Laura Vanhulle and Keira Martin: Double Bill of Female Choreographers | 05.03.20
Lumo Company: Lola | 07.03.20
University of Derby and Déda: BA Honours Dance Degree Show | 13.02.20 & 14.02.20
Touissant to Move: Windows of Displacement | 19.03.20
Sonia Sabri Company: Same, Same but... Different | 28.03.20
Slanjayvah Danza: 6 Feet, 3 Shoes | 25.04.20
Tickets are available at deda.uk.com
#dedaderby #deda #déda #derby #derbyshire #dance #circus #art #performance #live
Tavaziva Dance 'Africarmen' trailer - Déda Derby Spring 2017
Through a synthesis of ballet, contemporary and African dance, Bawren Tavaziva’s interpretation of the Carmen story is strikingly powerful, sensual and beautifully performed by six stunning dancers.
Played out through the entanglement of desire, deceit and corruption in an African township where military corruption is rife, Carmen dangerously and defiantly ignores all warnings in the perusal of a better life but tragedy follows her like a shadow in hot sun.
The specially commissioned original sound track is composed and arranged by Fayyaz Virji of the Warriors International.
Age Guidance: 12+
Thursday 16 March 1.30 and 6.30pm
What's On | Autumn 2019
Déda's Creative Producer Phil Hargreaves talks us through some of the highlights of our 2019 Autumn season!
Find the full season online at deda.uk.com
#dedaderby #deda #déda #derby #derbyshire #performance #dance #circus #family #christmas #jazz #cabaret #poetry #tomdalecompany #threescoredance #turtlekeyarts # jolivyann #jaivantpatel #jpdyaatra #nataliereckert #visionbombing #indialogue #ladedacabaret #scarletdaggers #futurelight #winterwonderland
Bounceback performing Heroes at U Dance 2015
Déda Youth Performance Group 'Bounceback' performing Heroes at U.Dance 2015 (Plymouth).
Video used with the kind permission of Youth Dance England -
Déda receives funding from Arts Council England and Derby City Council.
Charity | Déda: Enriching Lives through Dance and the Arts
Déda is a registered charity (no. 1053633). We work with Derby schools and communtiy groups to improve education, health and wellbeing, and social issues with some of the hardest to reach groups in the city and county. For further information on our projects and how you can help support us, please visit: deda.uk.com/support-us
#Déda #dedaderby #charity #dance #circus #arts #Derby #Derbyshire
Classes | Wedding First Dance Tips
The first dance can be a nerve wracking experience for many people! We ask Déda Ballroom and Latin teacher Carolyn for her tips on how to make your first dance flow smoothly, so you can enjoy the moment and make the experience one to remember!
To find out more about Ballroom and Latin Classes with Carolyn and the range of other classes available at Déda, visit deda.uk.com/classes.
#Déda #dedaderby #wedding #firstdance #dance #ballroomdance #derby #derbyshire
Nikki & JD - Knot at Déda Derby 10 February 2018
Associate Artists Nikki & JD bring 'Knot' to Derby as part of Déda's 20 year anniversary celebrations.
A chance encounter between two acrobats: a frustrated lover and a jilted dreamer.
Knot follows the journey of these individuals through the absurdity, joy and mundane experience of making things work. Acrobatics, movement and storytelling combine to expose the hopes we hold for the ideal lover in this thrilling and poignant piece.
Recommended for ages 10+.
‘A rare treat to see acrobatic prowess mixed with soulfulness.’ – Natalia Kinsey
Tickets: £12 (£10)
Knot is co-commissioned and supported by Jacksons Lane, Déda, Jerwood Choreographic Research Project II, The National Centre for Circus Arts, Arts Council England and Warwick Arts Centre.
Classes | #NationalBalletDay
As part of #NationalBalletDay members of Déda's All Levels Ballet Class and tutor Lara Ross perform a beautiful adage!
Our Join Lara for Ballet at Déda on Wednesdays at 10.45 (Levels 1 and 2), and Thursays at 6pm (Level 1).
Follow the link for more information on Ballet and booking:
Music is Sicilienne In E Flat Major, composed by Maria Theresia von Paradis (arranged by Hazell) performed by Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
#Déda #dedaderby #classes #ballet #dance #derby #derbyshire
Déda Autumn 2015
A short trailer of performances in Déda's Autumn 2015 season.
Including Seeta Patel, ACE Dance & Music, Compagnia TPO, Company Chameleon, and Circus Mayhem.
See for more or call 01332 370911.
Déda receives funding from Arts Council England and Derby City Council.
Events | Family Arts Festival
Join us for a fun-filled week of family events!
Thursday 31 October | 2pm - 4pm
Dinky Disco presented by CUBE Café | Bar
More info and booking:
Friday 1 November | 11am and 3pm
The Giant Balloon Show presented by Dizzy O'Dare
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Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 November | 10.30am and 1.30pm
Touch presented by Second Hand Dance
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See you soon!
#Déda #DedaDerby #Family
Garba bring Derby Feste alive in UK
Derby is a large city in central England, about 120 miles north of London. It is quite close to Nottingham, Leicester and Birmingham, and is home to numerous Indian families, especially from Gujarat, having settled there to work in the many industries that are situated here. On every last Saturday in the month of September, DEDA (Derby Dance) organises Derby Feste, a celebratory event, free for the public, held at numerous outdoor and indoor venues where dancers, performers, circus artistes are invited to perform and entertain. It is part of the larger DEDA objective to interest more and more young persons in dance and performance arts.
In 2015, the DEDA team visited Vadodara to experience the city’s Navaratri and the Ravana-dahan performances and to evaluate whether they can work around these to be included in the Derby Feste. They visited all the local garbas – United Way, Fine Arts, Society garbas, sheri garbas and so on and then worked with the local Derby-based Artcore Charity (which has roots in Vadodara) to plan for a large garba for Derby Feste 2017.
Fortunately, the last Saturday of September 2017 also happens to be Dussehra, so Derby Feste with the large public garba, for children between 7 and 8 pm and for adults from 8.30 pm onwards, will take place at the Market Place in Derby onSeptember 30. To prepare for this event Artcore and DEDA worked with Dr. Parul Shah, former Head of Department of Dance, M S University.
She visited Derby in July 2017 and worked for three days with DEDA dancers, teaching them all the basic garba steps. These dancers then went out in the Derby community (Schools, Colleges, associations of people from West Indies, Middle East, South-east Asians and so on) and held dance practice sessions for interested persons. The local Gujarati Samaj and Hindu Temple members have also enthusiastically joined in.
The five DEDA dancers (Isobel Davis, Rosie Pillsworth, Danni Chell, Neema Gautama-Johal, Megan Smith) were trained by Dr. Parul Shah who choreographed a short 5-minute ‘stage’ garba which would be performed before the main event. Of these dancers, one could not continue as she got stuck in the USA in the aftermath of the hurricanes. So a Vadodara garba enthusiast,
Shweta Soni (who lives and works in Derby over the last few years) stepped in and worked hard with the girls to ultimately put together a four minute piece. The Derby Feste was informally flagged off on the evening of Wednesday, September 27, with a series of dance performances, led by the garba.
So for the first time, with English weather permitting, more than 500 men, women and children, from all communities, will be dancing in garba on Dussehra day, under the open sky, to the live music and singing provided by Rajesh Majithia of Rajkot courtesy of Swar Music, Leicester.
Antipode by Retina Dance
A brief excerpt of 'Antipode', performer by Retina Dance Company, coming to Déda, Derby, on Thursday 1st October at 8pm. Telephone 01332 370911 or visit for more information
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Four great young male dancers perform a raw and exhilarating piece of athletic dance. Powerful and energetic movement demonstrates the virtuosity of the dancers and their connection with the music in a work inspired by opposition.
The four individuals share the same stage but are on their own journey, colliding, fighting and playing as they stampede along their own pathway.
With quirky solos, feisty duets and athletic group work, this ambitious company creates a vibrant and theatrically exhilarating performance.
Joli Vyann 'Imbalance' trailer - Déda Derby Spring 2017
Combining exciting acrobatic skills and athletic dance, this energetic, thought-provoking performance explores our obsessive dependence with technology, asking whether our lives are ‘in’ or ‘out’ of balance?
It’s rare nowadays not to ‘log in’ at every opportunity- the breakfast table, nights out with friends, even in bed! How well connected are you? When and how do we separate ourselves from the virtual chaos surrounding us?
The highly skilled Joli Vyann present Imbalance in collaboration with internationally renowned choreographer Jonathan Lunn. Produced by Turtle Key Arts.
Thursday 30 March 7.30pm
Dance3 - Triple Bill 2 trailer
Experience dance in a new dimension three fresh, bite sized performances showcasing the best up and coming professional UK choreographers and their collaborators in one evening.
Friday 21 May at Déda, Derby - deda.uk.com
Three super-talented artists let their imaginations run riot creating compelling and varied performances mixing physical brilliance, music and film.
Sticks and Bones - Darren Ellis
Between the Shingle and the Dune - Laïla Diallo
Appel - Mickael Marso Riviere
Dance3 is funded by NDN Initiative and The National Lottery via Arts Council, England.
Déda Spring 2016 Performances
A short trailer of performances from Déda's Spring 2016 season.
Including:
- Neon Dance
- 2Faced Dance
- Turned On Its Head
- Circa Tsuica
- Tom Dale Company
- EDge
- Winter Walker
See for more or call 01332 370911.
Déda receives funding from Arts Council England and Derby City Council.
Edited by Steve Woodward