Thank you National Lottery!

Our director Johnny Autin sharing his Crossed Finger Selfie to thank the National Lottery players for their colossal contribution to good causes across the UK!🤞🏼🍀 We are leading, delivering and have been involved in several creative and social action projects that have received National Lottery funding from dance & well-being, gender equality, sex eduction, mental health, etc. None of these projects would have inspired, educated, instigated positive social changes nor existed without the National Lottery players! #ThanksToYou

Autin Dance Theatre is looking for several exceptional performers in dance, spoken word, circus, physical theatre and puppetry for various future programmes of work

20th November 2020 Posted by Johnny Autin A Posi+ive Life auditions AutinDT Education Programme circus collaborations dance Dystopia freelance artists Out of the Deep Blue physical theatre puppetry spoken word strong dance theatre technique A Positive Life Auditions Auditions Autin Team Dystopia Education Programme Education Programmes / Learning & Participation Opportunities with AutinDT Out of the Deep Blue Performances Summer 2021 Tour Dates 2021

We are seeking professional performers to express their interests in joining the company in order to expand our existing pool of freelance artists for the following upcoming projects in 2021 and beyond: – A Posi+ive Life – Out of the Deep Blue – Dystopia – AutinDT Education Programme We are looking for highly creative and strong individual performers in contemporary dance, circus, physical theatre, spoken word, martial arts and/or puppetry interested in collaborating with us on our performance projects. You must be a versatile movement performer and comfortable with character work and text. We are particularly keen …

We’re seeking local volunteers

24th October 2020 Posted by Johnny Autin A Positive Life APL Arts Council England Birmingham Black Country call out indoor OOTDB Opportunities with AutinDT - volunteering Out of the Deep Blue outdoor shows outdoors performance team production team theatre Tour volunteers West Midlands work experience youth programmes Autin Team Opportunities with AutinDT volunteering

Become a volunteer with AutinDT! We are seeking volunteers for our future programmes of work, particularly the indoor immersive performance ‘A Posi+ive Life’ (from February 2021 onwards) and new outdoor show ‘Out of the Deep Blue’ (due to premiere in Summer 2021). No front of house/usher experience needed, only an interest to play an active role in supporting our audiences and performance team, and share our passion for live dance theatre experiences! More information can be found here. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer with Autin Dance Theatre, please send an email with your contact …

Call out for Board Trustees – Last call!

18th October 2020 Posted by Johnny Autin Call out for Board Trustees Autin Team

We are seeking 2 additional board members to help support our development and steer the company strategically into the future. We are also particularly looking for trustees with skills in finance & accounting, marketing, entrepreneurial skills and those working in commercial sectors. We are particularly keen to hear from individuals from diverse backgrounds, especially from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse and under-represented communities to ensure we are reflecting a wide range of voices and experiences within our governance structures. If you are interested in applying this role, please email an expression of interest of no more than a side of A4 …

INTRODUCING Shelley Eva Haden as a part of AutinDT marketing!

3rd October 2020 Posted by Johnny Autin Autin Team marketing Autin Team

✨📣 INTRODUCING Shelley Eva Haden 📣✨ .. As our swanky NEW ‘Digital Media Developer’! @shelleyevahaden has been a part of the #AutinDT family as a performer, collaborator and friend for some years but today we welcome Shelley as our in house Digital Wizard! ✨ 🌟Get to know Shelley🌟✨ Shelley’s interest for digital curation developed as result of a professional dance career and noticing, that with her experience in photography and visual fine arts, that she could contribute to the amplification of dance within the digisphere. Shelley is the Marketing Manager for Birmingham Dance Network and the Digital Audience Developer for …

Opportunities with AutinDT – volunteering

2nd September 2020 Posted by Johnny Autin A Positive Life APL Arts Council England Birmingham Black Country call out indoor OOTDB Opportunities with AutinDT - volunteering Out of the Deep Blue outdoor shows outdoors performance team production team theatre Tour volunteers West Midlands work experience youth programmes A Positive Life Autin Team Opportunities with AutinDT Out of the Deep Blue volunteering

New volunteering opportunity! We are seeking volunteers for our future programmes of work, particularly the indoor immersive performance ‘A Posi+ive Life’ (from February 2021 onwards) and new outdoor show ‘Out of the Deep Blue’ (due to premiere in Summer 2021). No front of house/usher experience needed, only an interest to play an active role in supporting our audiences and performance team, and share our passion for live dance theatre experiences! More information can be found here. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer with Autin Dance Theatre, please send an email with your contact details and …

Call out for Board Trustees!

31st August 2020 Posted by Johnny Autin Call out for Board Trustees Autin Team

We are seeking 2 additional board members to help support our development and steer the company strategically into the future. We are also particularly looking for trustees with skills in finance & accounting, marketing, entrepreneurial skills and those working in commercial sectors. We are particularly keen to hear from individuals from diverse backgrounds, especially from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse and under-represented communities to ensure we are reflecting a wide range of voices and experiences within our governance structures. If you are interested in applying this role, please email an expression of interest of no more than a side of A4 to [email protected] by …

Man Made Youth Company – Autumn Dates

27th August 2020 Posted by Johnny Autin 12+arts connect Arts Council England Birmingham Black Country boys dance workshops Creative Academies Network creative Black Country Education Programme Education Programmes / Learning & Participation Esme Fairbairn Learning & Participation secondary schools West Midlands workshops youth creative residencies Education Programme Man Made Youth Company workshops

For more information on Man Made Youth Company’s offer of boys dance workshops to secondary schools in Birmingham and the Black Country, please email Annalise at [email protected] www.manmadeyouth.com | @ManMadeYouth | @manmadeyouth | @ManMadeYouth

Online Puppetry and Storytelling tutorials

25th August 2020 Posted by Johnny Autin 101 Outdoor Arts arts connect Arts Council England bear bird Birmingham City Council Birmingham Dance Network Blue Print without walls R&D butterfly climate change awareness climate emergency crisis DanceXchange deda digital programme DX Education Programmes Education Programmes / Learning & Participation Emily Cooper Hugh Purves inspirations interactive Learning & Participation Make Your Own Puppet Midlands Arts Centre - MAC Mr Cleaver's Monsters octopus One Dance Uk online OOTDB Outdoor Arts UK Puppeteer raise awareness of the climate emergency crisis robot Samuel Parker Samuel Wyer Toby Olié youtube youtube series digital programme Education Programme Out of the Deep Blue Summer 2020 workshops

‘Make Your Own Puppet @Home‘ tutorial videos are available until September! This FREE online puppetry and storytelling programme for children, young people and their families The series aims to raise awareness of the climate emergency crisis and other environmental issues and features weekly, step-by-step tutorials making puppets out of recyclable materials and household items. Each brilliant puppet comes from a different designer and the whole series is available to watch now on our YouTube and Social Media Channels .

Regional school workshops

24th August 2020 Posted by Johnny Autin Arts Award delivery Birmingham children choreography workshop community participants contemporary dance technique class CPD for teachers creative session Education Programme educational offers interactive Learning & Participation partnership professional practitioners repertoire masterclass schools teen workshops young people youth youth programme Autin Team Education Programme Education Programmes / Learning & Participation workshops

AutinDT offers a wide range of educational offers for children, young people, community participants and professional practitioners as part of our Education Programme. We deliver bespoke projects and one-off workshops in educational and community settings to all abilities including creative session, contemporary dance technique class, repertoire masterclass, choreography workshop, CPD for teachers and Arts Award delivery.