Tomorrow's Men

Tomorrow's Men has been created by Jeanefer to explore the disengagement of boys and young men from society. It is a movement project focusing on relationships among young men and their older role models, including their fathers, uncles, older brothers, youth leaders and male dance artists.

To kick start Jeanefer's project Wiltshire Dancing, hosted a 3 day residency for young men this February,  in partnership with the Young People's Support Service, and SPLASH (Schools and Police Liaison Activities for School Holidays).

The project started with an initial CPD day for local artists, which Jeanefer delivered alongside a local youth liaison officer. 8 young men were targeted to attend practical workshops where they got the opportunity to work with Jeanefer and other local artists to explore a range of movement styles (Street dance, Capoeira and Lindy Hop).

The outcome of this project has been to establish regular workshops and classes (led by the local artists). Take a look at some of the work in progress.

"The best thing about this project so far is the dialogue between dance practitioners and those working in the youth service.  Their trust and exchange has given several of the young men participating the support, confidence and encouragement to stick with the workshops. This is now beginning to reflect in other areas of their schooling." - Rebecca Seymour, Changing Moves project, Wiltshire Dancing

"This is the first time I've seen all those kids happy and working together. I just can't get over it"- Mother of participant

East London Dance / Tomorrow’s Men 2012

Building on the success of Jeanefer’s previous projects for the Big Dance (including Bolero Re-mixed, which brought together over 70 community dancers with the New London Orchestra in a performance as part of the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival), Tomorrow’s Men has been invited by East London Dance to deliver a large-scale production working with 8 East London boroughs. Jeanefer will work with a group of local dance artists to deliver workshops and engage vulnerable young men from across the boroughs in dance activity. The project will culminate in an outdoor site-specific performance as part of the Big Dance celebrations in July 2012.

Keep an eye on our website for further news of this exciting new project!

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Working alongside director Yasmi Sidhwa, the production will be performed in Spring 2010 both in the UK and Grenoble, France.   

Following the huge success of their last collaboartion Journey to the River Sea, Jeanefer will again be working with The Unicorn Theatre on their new production of The Garbage King, set to premier in Autumn 2010.

The Artist Forums are a series of seminars which look at how artists can manage their careers. For more information visit Eastlondondance.org.