This year, Body Politic are thrilled to be launching their brand new Future Leaders Project for young people aged 16-25yrs.

This is a trail-blazing 12-month training and leadership development programme based in Oxford for 8 local artists aged 16-25yrs. This is a paid opportunity for passionate individuals to gain experience of working in the cultural sector, develop artistically and boost cultural activity in communities across the city. 

Reaching young people from priority areas, which may be of low cultural engagement, is vital to the work that we do and this programme allows us to make meaningful positive change in the lives of the young people we engage. 

Across the 12 months, artists will:

• Design and deliver a wide range of dance sessions as part of Body Politic’s city-wide impact programme, working alongside partner organisations such as: Youth Ambition the Parasol Project, and Gloji Energy Oxfordshire.
• Receive training and development opportunities to enhance their own facilitation and practice, which includes; diversity and inclusion training, principles of youth work, generalist safeguarding and trauma informed coaching 
• Gain a L2 Dance Leaders Qualification (affiliated through Leadership Skills Foundation).
• Spark artistic and choreographic development through a range of intimate studio intensives with Shanelle Fergus, Kenrick Sandy and Botis Seva.
• Test and develop their own choreographic approach to creating work
• Gain rare insight into production rehearsals with two leading Hip Hop Dance Theatre company’s, Far From The Norm and Boy Blue. 

Body Politic’s Future Leaders programme has been crafted to support young artists to reach their potential through careful curation of delivery, training, mentoring and artistic development.