A dance festival for young people is set to return this weekend.
DanceEast YouthFest, based at the Jerwood DanceHouse on Ipswich Waterfront, is now in its third year and will take place on Saturday, November 9.
The event is open to anyone aged between 14 and 25, who loves dance or is interested in it as a career option.
Attendees do not need to be dancers or book tickets, just simply drop in and enjoy the event.
The YouthFest event programme offers a mixture of activities, including 45-minute workshops offering yoga, tasters of different dance styles, and interactive dance sessions.
Rebecca Pell Evans and Simon East will deliver a Wearable Interactive Sound Session, exploring ways of making sound with movements, using a Flowfal smartwatch to generate, manipulate and move sound around to different speakers, from a flick of the wrist to more complex choreography.
At the end of the afternoon, the festival DJ will be encouraging everyone to hit the dancefloor.
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Marni Cady-Heffer, one of the YouthFest Planning Team members, said: “Being a part of YouthFest has already allowed me to learn so many things such as administrative, planning, and management skills.
"It has even taught me how to network better and have more confidence in my creative voice as a fresh Uni graduate.
"I think what is amazing about this opportunity is that the festival is run and created by young people.
"This, in turn, allows us young people to gain that experience in planning and executing a festival and be able to then transfer those skills onto whatever career is next.”
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Millie Powell, another member of the YouthFest Planning Team, said: “We want to create a greater community of dance lovers especially amongst young people which this festival is aimed at.
"We hope this festival brings all different types of people together."
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