SYD

Through my time as Creative Director of the SYD Youth Dance Company I have seen so many amazing kids blossom into well-rounded and confident adults.

One of the beautiful things about this community, is that it is truly like a family. Everyone that joins our company graduates with lifelong friends and skills that they will carry with them into their adult lives.

This year, I want to focus on building bridges between generations, bringing fresh ideas and new perspectives to the table, collaborate with the dancers to create new works and pus the kids outside their comfort zones.

- Lee Smikle

Founder, Creative Director, Teacher

RECENT WORK

  • WOLFSKIN [2023]

    Choreographed by Natalie Ayton

    Danced by SYD Youth Dance Company

  • LET HER DANCE [2023]

    Choreographed by Joel O’Donoghue

    Danced by SYD Youth Dance Company

  • WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE [2023]

    Choreographed by Joey Barton

    Choreographic Assistant Jim Berry

  • UNIFICATION OF DIFFERENCE [2023]

    Choreographed by Antonia Grove

    Danced by SYD Youth Dance Company

  • MAELSTROM [2022]

    Choreographed by Natalie Ayton

    Danced by SYD Youth Dance Company

    Inside she was a maelstrom of churning emotion, caught in times current.

    As in life, all things have an ebb and flow.

  • TUNING INTO THE JUKEBOX OF MYSELF [2022]

    Choreographed by Chess Dillon-Reams

    Who are we today? Who will we be tomorrow?

    We are young,

    We are discovering who we are,

    We make connections;

    with our families, our friends, our teachers…our fellow company members.

    We discover our voices, our likes and dislikes, our individual quirks…and then we find our freedom. This is ours. This is our freedom.

    We have a shared enjoyment of movement; it is our space to feel liberation, connection, to let go and have fun.

    Jukebox play and then

    We Dance.

  • I AM A GREAT EVENT [2022]

    Choreographed by Anjali Mehra

  • TIRAMISU [2022]

    Choreographed by Lee Smikle

  • SUMMER NIGHTS [2022]

    Choreographed by Ollie Robertson

  • HOUSEWORK DENIAL [2022]

  • DIVA [2022]

We will do this by:

- multiple weekly training sessions

- give our companies the opportunity to perform work in a professional setting, helping them to build performance/choreographic skills

- encouraging community building through conversation, collaborative opportunities and creativity

- provide opportunities to perform

- giving our students the room to learn choreographic processes from conception to performance

We aim to:

foster creativity in young people.

nurture our SYD:B Student’s individual personalities and perspectives.

help our students to build confidence in themselves.

provide our students with high-quality expert-led training by professional artists and industry leaders.

create a community within which our students create lifelong bonds.

give professional artists the opportunity to collaborate with talented and motivated young dancers.

  • We meet every single week in Brighton.

    Monday evenings - Ballet

    Thursday evenings - Performance Company

    Saturday all-day - Contemporary and Creative Session

  • keep your eyes peeled on our social media accounts as we are always creating new works!

  • drop us an email, or head to our contact page and fill out a form to apply for an audition!

    requirements:

    • understanding of contemporary technique

    • a desire to be part of a team

    • come and see us perform to see whether our style would suit you

  • whilst we understand that diversifying your teaching is necessary and beneficial, the SYD company is a team. we ask that our company prioritise our little family.