| Destination | Year | Recipient | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola, Luanda | 2017/2018 | Iris | De Brito | a London-based dance artist, teacher, choreographer and Director of the international Batuke Festival, travelled to Luanda, Angola to participate in the 9th annual national Kizomba & Semba competition, research current dance forms and gather information to bring back to the UK to inform her writing of a Guide to Kizomba and inspire her aim to choreograph a theatre work. Iris has formed the first Kizomba Dance School in the UK. |
| Egypt, Cairo | 2004/2005 | Karen | Hardman | a 48-year-old from Bath travelled to Cairo to attend the Ahlan wa Sahlan Dance Festival and to attend dance workshops |
| Egypt, Cairo | 2004/2005 | Elizabeth | Hopkins | a 45-year-old from Kettering, Northamptonshire travelled to Cairo in order to research social dance in Egypt |
| Egypt, Cairo | 2006/2007 | Joice Marise | Pereira | teacher, choreographer and dancer from Brighton travelled to Cairo, Egypt, to participate in the 2006 Ahlan Wa Sahlan Oriental Dance Festival, attend performances, and to perform in the Festival Showcase |
| Ethiopia, Addis Ababa | 2003/2004 | Robin | Shillinglaw | 23 year-old dancer and community worker in Hertfordshire travelled to Addis Ababa to work for several months with Adugna Dance Company with a view to further collaboration and research. |
| Ethiopia, Addis Ababa & Romania | 2003/2004 | Joanne | Parkes | 30 year-old choreographer and teacher based in London travelled to Addis Ababa to observe/assist Adam Benjamin in community and integrated projects in Ethiopia |
| Gambia, Kartong | 2008/2009 | Ukachi | Akalawu | a 35 year-old performer and administrator, currently living in London, travelled to Gambia to study West African performing arts and the integral nature of the dance, storytelling and music |
| Ghana | 2004/2005 | Isaac | Acheampong | a 34-year-old community arts worker from Hull travelled to Ghana to expand his knowledge of African dance by carrying out practical and documentary research and training |
| Ghana | 2009/2010 | Cleo | Lake | a 29 year old British dance leader and dance artist, currently living in Bristol, travelled to Ghana to learn more of the traditional dances of Ghana and to extend her knowledge of her dual heritage |
| Kenya, Nairobi & Uganda, Kampala | 2004/2005 | Gerry | Turvey | a 50-year-old choreographer from Leeds travelled to Kenya to continue two projects researching into African choreographic practice and styles |
| Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda | 2013/2014 | Louisa | Pestell | a 27 year-old project manager and artistic director from London, will travel to Kenya and Uganda to take part in a knowledge/skills exchange with three key dance organisations in East Africa to research mutually beneficial ways of working and extend her knowledge |
| Mali, Bamako | 2011/2012 | Latifat | Saka | a 47 year-old dancer/choreographer currently living in London, wishes to travel to Bamako, Mali. She will undertake training with Papson Sylla, research dance in local communities under Papson’s guidance, document her experience and develop network of contacts |
| Namibia, Windhoek | 2013/2014 | Jen | Irons | a 36 year-old dancer, teacher and co-artistic director from London, will travel to Windhoek, Namibia. She has been invited by the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation to work with teachers and unemployed young people to share practice and creative approaches to developing issue-based work using the arts as a tool for social development |
| Senegal | 2007/2008 | Funmi | Adewole | freelance performer, writer and story teller living in London, travelled to Senegal. She was invited to participate in an international programme for choreographers and practitioners working with African dance forms at a centre run by the foremost pioneer of African Contemporary dance Germaine Acogny |
| Senegal | 2019/2020 | Tina | Omotosho | is a dancer, choreographer and performer with Uchenna Dance Company. She will travel from Essex to Senegal to attend the Dance Afrique International Workshop at Ecole des Sables. In addition, she will collaborate with local artists to extend vocabulary, knowledge, skills and choreographic experience. |
| Senegal – Dakar | 2010/2011 | Alesandra | Seutin | a 29 year old Belgian Afro-Contemporary dance teacher is based in London. Travelled to Dakar, Senegal to attend the L’Ecole des Sables first professional workshop for dancers from the African diaspora. She saw this three week course as a unique opportunity to resource her work as a performer and choreographer |
| South Africa – Cape Town | 2010/2011 | Helen | Linsell | a 32 year old dance project manager and Community Dance artist living in Bradford, West Yorkshire, travelled to Cape Town, South Africa to extend her experience and practice. She worked for a month with Dance for All, an organisation that delivers dance to young people from disadvantaged areas in Cape Town and surrounding rural areas. The project included teaching contemporary dance, choreography and research. |
| South Africa – Cape Town | 2010/2011 | Lucy | Nicholson | a 28 year old Community Dance artist currently living in Cumbria travelled to Cape Town, South Africa to take part in a skills exchange with Dance for All, a company who work with disadvantaged young people. Through teaching, choreographic work and the opportunity to be mentored, Lucy aimed to develop as a specialist in this area |
| South Africa, Cape Town | 2005/2006 | Rachel | Liggitt | part-time dance artist in residence at Beaumont College, Lancaster travelled to Cape Town, South Africa, in order to research educational working practices and day-to-day management of ReMix Dance Company with the long-term aim of furthering links between organisations in South Africa and the UK |
| South Africa, Cape Town | 2012/2013 | Ellie | Beedham | a 42 year-old producer and dramaturg from London, will travel to Cape Town, South Africa, to deepen her professional practice and skills in creating political works for the stage and to observe the creation of a new ground-breaking dance work. The scholarship is for £875. |
| South Africa, Johannesburg | 2011/2012 | Sheena | Kelly | a 25 year-old dancer/choreographer from County Tyrone, N. Ireland travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa. She took part in Ithuba, a large scale community dance project with 110 participants from a township near Johannesburg. |
| South Africa, Johannesburg | 2018/2019 | Sandra | Golding | is a practitioner of African Holistic Dance. She will travel to Johannesburg South Africa to work with leading experts in South African Traditional Dance Music and Well Being in order to develop her artistic practice and inform future methodology and training for her work in the UK. |
| Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam | 2018/2019 | Hannah | Lefeuvre | is a freelance Community Dance practitioner and university lecturer in Early Childhood Studies from Somerset. She will travel to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to work for two months with a specialist in dance/yoga for Early Years children. |
| Zimbabwe, Harare | 2014/2015 | Denise | Rowe | a 38 year-old freelance dance artist from Devon, will travel to Mandere and Harare, Zimbabwe, to train in traditional Zimbabwean dance and mbira through lessons and participation in ceremony to deepen her understanding of the role of dance and music in Shona culture. The scholarship is for £600. |