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World class dancer
returns to the Pavilion to
create a Dance Centre
“It will put us on the map as a regional centre of
excellence for dance” says Councillor Bob Chapman
Kate Castle pictured outside
Bournemouth Pavilion
Kate Castle first came to Bournemouth Pavilion 40 years ago and agreed to support its
when she danced with the legendary Margot Fonteyn. subsequent running costs. It’s
a real sign of the Council’s
As a teenager Kate, who is now Director of Dance South
commitment to improving arts
West, trained at the Royal Ballet School and was one of just
provision locally.
a handful of students selected for the Royal Ballet Company.
She continued: “If I shut my
Their tour of Sleeping Beauty brought her to Bournemouth
eyes and imagine how it will
where she danced the Garland Dance – she was just a
look it will be light and bright
teenager and Fonteyn was one of her idols. Now in a twist of
with clean lines, the floor will
fate Kate is back in Bournemouth and is a driving force
be sprung and the lighting is
behind a new regional dance centre here.
good. It will definitely open up
the rear of the Pavilion, making
In her impressive dancing career, Kate toured with the Royal it a place for everyone.
Kate trained at the
Ballet Company, danced alongside Massine and Nureyev,
starred in the films Ragtime and Heaven’s Gate and
“We hope to offer a
Royal Ballet School
choreographed the TV programme The Winds of War. She
programme for local residents
said: “My mother always said that as soon as I could walk I
that is suitable for people of all ages and abilities – from
was dancing.”
boogie baby under 5s sessions right through to classes for
older people.
The performance side of Kate’s career drew to a close
when she was around 35, after a number of high-
“We want dancers of all forms of dance to come here to
profile roles within the dance industry. She
practice and hope to form close links with local colleges.
later returned to Bournemouth to take up
We also want to offer fabulous dance performances that
the post with Dance South West.
people will want to see.”
Councillor Bob Chapman, Cabinet Member for Major
We’ve approved multi-million pound
Projects said: “This dance centre is a key aim within the
funding for a 1,249 square metre dance
Town Centre Master Vision. It will put us on the map as a
centre in the Pavilion’s currently vacant
regional centre of excellence for dance. With Kate’s passion
Ocean Room (at the seaside end of the
and contacts in the industry, the future for dance in
building). Kate is working closely with
Bournemouth looks bright.”
architects to ensure the space is well
planned. Kate Castle said: “We’re It’s hoped the new centre will launch in 2010 with drawings
delighted that Bournemouth of how it will look available in the spring.
Council has allocated
£3.29million for the creation
of the Pavilion Dance Centre
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