Tuckshop Dance Theatre
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Tuckshop Dance Theatre
Learning, Collaboration, Innovation, Impact
Tuckshop Dance Theatre develop innovative practice to amplify youth voice, stories of humanity and issues of global concern, with a commitment to excellence and diversity.
TDT work with young people to shape cultural learning opportunities and meaningful experiences to transform young people’s lives. We empower young people to celebrate their individuality, organise and express their creativity through shared lived experiences.
TDT celebrate the power of young people and creative practice to lead change, ideas and actions that connect people and give back to their communities. Supporting young people to become the best versions of themselves as active citizens, through principles of participation, continuous dialogue, and ignite the spark for life long cultural learning.
If you are a young person reading this. Hello. We see you. We celebrate you, as you, who you are and what you want to say to the world. We want to listen to the questions you have and to hear what you are curious about, we want to hear your views. We want to work with you, because we see your potential. Young people are amazing! We try our best as a company to make sure our work is relevant to you, your peers and other young people. Dance is our way of expressing who we are, and we are always finding ways to help you to develop and grow as a person. We work with you in a way that helps you to move forwards in life, and make positive life choices. We aim to be positive role models. Our work is made with, by and for you. So please do reach out and get to know us, we'd love to learn more about you, your friends and other young people in your life. We exist for you.
I would also like to take this time to thank Chloe Cocoran (amazing and creative young person from Winsford, Cheshire) for designing our company logo to underpin our values.
We recognise that all of our values are active and creative processes.
Established by Lauren Tucker, TDT are in the early stages of development, with a strong vision to support the creative development of young people, to work with them in a safe, supportive, inclusive, and highly collaborative way. Tuckshop was Lauren's nickname at school, and for some time Lauren imagined a dance company that offered young people a selection of choices, options, and treats. At my school young people ran the Tuckshop, and I think that's a super cool way of looking what Tuckshop Dance Theatre could be. We want to provide young people positive creative experiences in schools, youth friendly spaces and beyond. We work with young people, and partners listen to young people's voices, ideas, creative desires and help to put them in to action. Lauren has worked with young people for 15 years in the UK and internationally, and values the importance of sharing their perspectives with the world.
Learning, Collaboration, Innovation, Impact
Tuckshop Dance Theatre develop innovative practice to amplify youth voice, stories of humanity and issues of global concern, with a commitment to excellence and diversity.
TDT work with young people to shape cultural learning opportunities and meaningful experiences to transform young people’s lives. We empower young people to celebrate their individuality, organise and express their creativity through shared lived experiences.
TDT celebrate the power of young people and creative practice to lead change, ideas and actions that connect people and give back to their communities. Supporting young people to become the best versions of themselves as active citizens, through principles of participation, continuous dialogue, and ignite the spark for life long cultural learning.
If you are a young person reading this. Hello. We see you. We celebrate you, as you, who you are and what you want to say to the world. We want to listen to the questions you have and to hear what you are curious about, we want to hear your views. We want to work with you, because we see your potential. Young people are amazing! We try our best as a company to make sure our work is relevant to you, your peers and other young people. Dance is our way of expressing who we are, and we are always finding ways to help you to develop and grow as a person. We work with you in a way that helps you to move forwards in life, and make positive life choices. We aim to be positive role models. Our work is made with, by and for you. So please do reach out and get to know us, we'd love to learn more about you, your friends and other young people in your life. We exist for you.
I would also like to take this time to thank Chloe Cocoran (amazing and creative young person from Winsford, Cheshire) for designing our company logo to underpin our values.
We recognise that all of our values are active and creative processes.
- Diversity as a fundamental demand of the mission of Tuckshop Dance Theatre. We work to ensure our work is inclusive for everybody. We recognise diversity as the engine for creativity and humanity. We thrive off the idea that bringing together multiple perspectives, different modes of thinking, practice, looking through many different lenses, and processing what comes through our senses, will enable our work to truly reflect the diverse world in which we live.
- Authenticity as an active and creative process, to stay true to who you are, to develop belonging and ownership.
- Curiosity as a key driver for all of our developments, evolution and innovation that serves to inspire and engage.
- Empathy as the connecting principle to marry different points of view, perspectives and thinking, to enable personal progression.
- Flexibility as a vital component to progressively move effectively, and show the ability to take many forms, in a rapidly changing landscape.
- Collaboration to deepen the learning process and create collective impact. Working in partnership with children, young people, parents, carers and other agencies is essential in promoting young people’s welfare, and providing equality of opportunity to access, progress, develop talent and leadership skills and provide clear pathways in to the creative industries and other professional sectors.
Established by Lauren Tucker, TDT are in the early stages of development, with a strong vision to support the creative development of young people, to work with them in a safe, supportive, inclusive, and highly collaborative way. Tuckshop was Lauren's nickname at school, and for some time Lauren imagined a dance company that offered young people a selection of choices, options, and treats. At my school young people ran the Tuckshop, and I think that's a super cool way of looking what Tuckshop Dance Theatre could be. We want to provide young people positive creative experiences in schools, youth friendly spaces and beyond. We work with young people, and partners listen to young people's voices, ideas, creative desires and help to put them in to action. Lauren has worked with young people for 15 years in the UK and internationally, and values the importance of sharing their perspectives with the world.
Lauren's creative practice is continuously evolving. However there are some common themes emerging including athletic physicality, powerful storytelling, digital play, interactivity, & emotive sound scores. Lauren believes that collaboration with young people will help to develop new and improved approaches to sharing their lived experiences to support and bring about change.
Tuckshop Dance Theatre want to work with young people to solve problems creatively, across the boundaries of industries, sectors, and cultures both nationally and internationally. We place huge value on partnership to enable our vision and to help us to create meaningful work that celebrates youth voice.
We meet young people where they are at, and work with young people to create experiences, programmes of cultural and community activity that can be of great benefit to wider society now and moving towards our future. The Tuckshop Dance Theatre way is to empower young people to develop their own creative voice to move dialogue, creativity, innovation along.
We focus our work on working with young people as individuals, explore, navigate and shape collective identity in their peer groups to celebrate youth voice. As a creative learning organisation, we aim to learn from young people, to celebrate youth voice, using cultural art forms and digital media and platforms to develop young people and diversify and deepen our offer to move forward with, by and for young people.
We do this by working collaboratively with partners and we love to have conversations about how our youth work, creative practice, and dance development can create new ways of engaging with young people for social action. Dance is part of what we do but our creative work relies on collaborators from a diverse range of mediums. Please drop us an email to start a conversation: tuckshopdancetheatre@gmail.com
We meet young people where they are at, and work with young people to create experiences, programmes of cultural and community activity that can be of great benefit to wider society now and moving towards our future. The Tuckshop Dance Theatre way is to empower young people to develop their own creative voice to move dialogue, creativity, innovation along.
We focus our work on working with young people as individuals, explore, navigate and shape collective identity in their peer groups to celebrate youth voice. As a creative learning organisation, we aim to learn from young people, to celebrate youth voice, using cultural art forms and digital media and platforms to develop young people and diversify and deepen our offer to move forward with, by and for young people.
We do this by working collaboratively with partners and we love to have conversations about how our youth work, creative practice, and dance development can create new ways of engaging with young people for social action. Dance is part of what we do but our creative work relies on collaborators from a diverse range of mediums. Please drop us an email to start a conversation: tuckshopdancetheatre@gmail.com
Together we will work to better understand the world, to imagine alternative tomorrows, and realise our aspirations for the places that shape our day to day life in some way or another.
Together we will work to better understand the world, to imagine alternative tomorrows, and realise our aspirations for the places that shape our day to day life in some way or another.
"We believe in the inherent value of creativity and culture: in their power to delight and move us, and in their capacity to help us make sense of the world. But we also know that investment in creativity and culture can deliver broad social benefits, through the skills they offer to young people and workers, the economic growth they generate, and the part they play in building healthy, closeknit communities." (Arts Council England)
"Art should always continue to build on what has come before and what is concurrent; it has a responsibility to mediate and to pioneer. In the case of technology, innovation offers opportunities to reimagine the familiar. Ultimately, the tools an artist decides to use is up to them - there are no rules after all."
www.thespace.org/resource/art-and-technology-coexistence-and-innovation
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. " - Albert Einstein
