Company Sponsors and Supporters
Jenni Wren and Slanjayvah Danza would like to fully acknowledge
support from the following organisations.
Seven ArtSpace, Leeds
Seven is an independent arts space in Chapel Allerton, Leeds 7, which opened in July 2007. The aim is to deliver and enable high quality arts activity. Seven support Slanjayvah Danza, as Company in Residence, by providing an intimate yet extremely versitile rehearsal space and performance venue, together with an attractive and welcoming café bar. The Partnership began in January 2009 to assist in the growth and development of each enterprise and further to:
"Develop and inspire the individual; to engender curiosity and creative activity; to facilitate opportunity to lift daily experience beyond the mundane. Our desire is to encourage the exchange of ideas and creativity between individuals and organisations with the intention of providing high quality artistic dance, theatre and film events, facilities and amenities within their surrounding community of LS7."
Arts Council England(Yorks)
Arts Council England (Yorks) have supported Jenni’s work since 2005, providing various threads of project funding for education, R&D, production and tours. Arts Council England are a national government organisation that promote, support and encourage art and artists over a wide range of themes with an aim to engage the public in the Arts and Cultures in the UK and abroad. Visit the website at www.artscouncil.org.uk
People Tech Consultants
Headed up by Valerie Easson-Milne, People Tech Consultants has extensive experience in providing corporate Training &Development services to all sizes of companies, organisations involved in the arts, and also to individual clients.
(Previous corporate clients include - British Aerospace, Hewlett-Packard, Nestle, Scottish Massage Schools, The Dabbagh Group, Saphire Ltd. - to name but a few.)
PTC provides a raft of services through specifically tailored programmes, which are designed to achieve particular outcomes and requirements within each organisation and for the individual.
These services and courses include development of communication skills, people skills, organisational and management skills, team development for effectiveness, and executive coaching/ mentoring in the workplace and off-site.
PTC is keen to encourage and support the Arts, being aware of the quality that the Arts can bring to people’s lives. Valerie Easson-Milne regularly works in collaboration with Slanjayvah Danza to deliver courses specific for performers and people working in the Arts. PTC also provides ongoing consultancy services and support to Slanjayvah Danza, both administratively and artistically.
For more information on People Tech Consultants and the courses they offer please contact Slanjayvah Danza directly, or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Leeds Arts Partnership
Artistic Director, Jenni Wren, is a new board member for Leeds Arts Partnership which is a branch of Leeds Initiative. The Leeds Initiative is the city's local strategic partnership. Founded in 1990, it brings the public, private, community, voluntary and faith sectors together to achieve success, encourage improvement, and tackle and overcome problems for the benefit for all citizens now and in the future.
Leeds Arts is:
A network for the expression and co-ordination of practitioner views, concerns, activities and aspirations;
A forum for influencing Leeds City Council and city partners through the Leeds Initiative;
A partnership to share information, solve problems and provide peer support;
Here to encourage and co-operate with research initiatives to demonstrate the value of the arts in Leeds;
Here to represent and raise strategic issues facing the sector at meetings of Leeds Cultural Partnership.
For more information visit www.leedsinitiative.org
Vitasource Ltd.
VITASOURCE Ltd are suppliers of natural, high quality vitamin supplements across the UK and Europe. Their highly qualified consultants support the company though advice and kind donations of vitamin supplies for the company members during projects and touring, to ensure optimum fitness and health.
Leeds City Council and City Council of York
Leeds City Council and City Council of York worked with Slanjayvah Danza on the educational project "Just Joshin’ Around" to bring and introduce dance and music through improvisation to young people in the region.
