NEW Educational Partnerships
The BRIT School
In 2022, HSC and BRIT School officially launched their partnership, committing to work together to widen access to professional careers in dance through alternative pathways and training. The partnership was celebrated with a large-scale re-staging of Hofesh Shechter’s Political Mother, featuring 75 BRIT students and marking BRIT’s 30th anniversary.
Northern School of Contemporary Dance
HSC and NSCD launched a long-term partnership in 2021, to increase equal opportunities, diversity, and progression pathways into the dance sector. Read our joint press release here.
HSC continues to contribute to the curriculum at NSCD, and more recently alumni from this school have successfully auditioned for the 2026 cohort of Shechter II.
Academy of Theatre & Dance, Amsterdam
This relationship had its genesis some years ago with a restaging project and has grown organically over the years,seeing 6 students from the academy now coming through the ranks of Shechter II, some of them going on to work with our main company. A focus on decolonisation of the curriculum, and student-centred learning, aligns with HSC’s drive and focus. Further information on ATD here.
Dance East
HSC will work with Dance East over the coming years to engage with their Centre for Advanced Training Programe, local communities, and to create a Dance Hub for our apprentice company, Shechter II. Further information on the Dance East CAT Programme here.
Paris Conservatoires Project
A new collaboration as part of the UK/France Spotlight programme on Culture 2024, supported by the British Council.
Throughout this academic year, students and teachers from the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris (CRR), the Conservatoire du centre W.A Mozart (Paris1er), the Conservatoire Paul Dukas (Paris 12ème) and the Pôle supérieur d’enseignement artistique Paris – Boulogne-Billancourt (PSPBB).
Conservatoires de la Ville de Paris and the Pôle Supérieur Paris Boulogne-Billancourt have been working with Hofesh Shechter Company, for a major project as part of the 2024 Youth Olympiad. Featuring 162 young people from across the city, who will perform their own devised extracts from a range of Hofesh’s works, the culmination of this project will be performed at Théâtre de la Ville in May, and across four sites in Paris in June as part of the Fête de la Musique.