Lori Gregory, joined in 2014 (I think), starting dance training at Creative Academy
So now you are leaving NGYT to go off to Uni and further training, what will you take with you from your experience?
I will be taking my experience of working with other dancers and using creativity to make pieces, also my confidence that I have picked up from being in such a comfortable environment.
What have been your NGYT highlights?
My highlights from NGYT would be rehearsing and performing “What She Said” in the Luton Library Theatre and then performing again in a Guildford festival as we were given the opportunity to spend the weekend together doing what we all love
What advice would you like to give to the Next Generation following in your footsteps?
Be confident and step out of your comfort zone
Sasha-Marie Campbell, joined in 2014, off to study sports therapy at Leeds Beckett.
So now you are leaving NGYT to go off to Uni and further training, what will you take with you from your experience?
I will take from my training the importance of persistence and determination as you will not always get something first time. However, that doesn’t mean that you can’t do it forever as if you carry on working hard you’ll make it.
What have been your NGYT highlights?
My highlights from NGYT would the whole process and performances of “what she said”. The piece was based around us dancers as individuals and what we represented and I don’t think I’ll ever have a dance piece that I will connect to emotionally as much. As well as this having the opportunity to perform an extract of this piece at motús festival in Milton Keynes alongside industry professionals was so inspiring.
What advice would you like to give to the Next Generation following in your footsteps?
The more you give, the more you take out of it. Take full advantage of the opportunities you are given and be grateful and humble always.
Jason Kandiah , joined last year and I am off to study dance and Musical Theatre at Urdang academy
So now you are leaving NGYT to go off to Uni and further training, what will you take with you from your experience?
There are so many lessons and things I will take away from ngyt. Ngyt forces you to be and think creatively and strategically, as well as makes you, not only a stronger and more hardworking performer, but a stronger and more hardworking person in your everyday life. It has utilised my love for contemporary dance, but has also opened my eyes to another side of it that Ive never seen before.
What have been your NGYT highlights?
Each dance session is never pointless, everything has an aim and a purpose, whether working towards a show, festival, commission. There have been so many opportunities Ngyt has given us, however, the biggest highlight would be “laced within our borders,” a beautiful piece that revolves the lives and stories of current issues of today. it was so powerful and I was so emotional invested in it, I am not ashamed to say I balled my eyes out way too many times in that piece (and I was in it!)
What advice would you like to give to the Next Generation following in your footsteps?
Don’t ever stand still, do something, dance the hell out that place. Love every moment of it. This type of dance forces you to be close to people, so be open and willing and care for those you interact with, both in a dance environment and in your friendship and relationships with them. Ngyt has been an experience I’ve attached to so quickly and so deeply. I’ve never met or worked with such caring, beautiful, talented people and I am proud to have been part of this family