New cultural education projects announced
Young people from all backgrounds to get more opportunities to access dance, music and museums.
has been selected to form the National Youth Dance Company as part of plans to boost cultural education.
announced today that Sadler鈥檚 Wells will run the company, providing 90 talented 16 to 19-year-olds with the chance to develop the skills for a career in dance.
Four new projects have also been chosen for the In Harmony programme, which aims to inspire and transform the lives of children in deprived communities through community-based orchestral music-making.
皇冠体育app Sage Gateshead, Nottingham City Council, Opera North and Telford & Wrekin Music will deliver the projects between 2012 and 2015, joining existing projects in Lambeth and Liverpool.
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Stretching ambitions
鈥淲hat we offer young people needs to enable them to engage with something that is really excellent and stretches their ambition,鈥� Arts Council chief executive Alan Davey said. 鈥淚f the offer isn鈥檛 excellent then we are doing them a disservice. I鈥檓 extremely excited about the commissions announced today which illustrate the coherent, national approach which the Arts Council is taking.鈥�
Culture Minister added: 鈥淚ntroducing the UK鈥檚 young people to dance, music and museums through fantastic initiatives like these will help inspire, nurture and foster the next generation of performers. 皇冠体育app UK has a long history of cultural achievements and we鈥檙e committed to ensuring that schoolchildren, regardless of background, can take part in a broad range of high quality artistic activities.鈥�
A new 拢3.6 million programme to increase the number of high quality school visits to local museums, has also been announced. Ten regional museums will work with clusters of local schools, each mentored by a National Museum.