About Kate Prince

A Message From Kate   

Cast, Creatives + Crew 

Purpose Of The Show  

The Creative Process – From Page To Stage Including Contextual Factors 

A Deep Dive Into Character Development  

Interview With Tommy Franzen 

Creating A Show For A Thrust Stage - Interview With Kate Prince And Ben Stones 

Time To Change/Mind Charity 

Practical Workshop Ideas 

Further Workshop Opportunities 

Useful Resources, Production Excerpts And Final Messages

Productions with ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company include: Into the Hoods, Some Like It Hip Hop, The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Groove on Down the Road, ZooNation: Unplugged, Sylvia and Message in a Bottle. The company has also created special performances for Nelson Mandela’s 90^th Birthday celebrations held in Hyde Park 2008, the 2011 Laurence Oliver Awards, and the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Handover ceremonies in 2008. 

Kate’s TV credits include Strictly Come Dancing, So You Think You Can Dance, Top of the Pops and Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway. She recently choreographed the feature film of Everybody’s Taking About Jamie, for which she was also the choreographer of the stage show. Kate received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Theatre Choreographer for the production. In total her extraordinary work has been nominated for three Olivier Awards, A South Bank Sky Arts Award, A What’s On Stage Award, and two Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards.  

Kate has an MA from Edinburgh University and an honorary PHD from Winchester University, and in 2019 she received an MBE for services to dance in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. 

Love Kate x 

Company

Ernest Andersson, Ph.D, expert in E.N.B. Tommy Franzen / Jaih Betote / Harrison Dowzell

The Mad Hatter Issac 'Tubro' Baptiste / Bradley Charles

The March Hare Bradley Charles / Malachi Welch / Elijah Smith

The Dormouse Derek Dormouse

The White Rabbit Jaih Betote / Ryan Hughes / Malachi Welch

The Cheshire Cat Andry Oporia / Elijah Smith

The Queen of Hearts Jade Hackett / Portia Oti / Nethra Menon

Tweedle-Dum Harrison Dowzell / Lindon Barr / Robbie Ordona

Tweedle-Dee Lindon Barr / Nestor Gonzalez / Robbie Ordona

Alice Natasha Gooden / Nethra Menon / Portia Oti

Vocal Artists

Kelly Agbowu

Sheree Dubois

Ross Green

Malinda Parris

Teddy Wills

Creatives: 

Director & Writer Kate Prince

Music Josh Cohen & DJ Walde

Lyrics Josh Cohen, DJ Walde & Kate Prince

Set & Costume Design Ben Stones

Lighting Design Andy Murrell

Sound Design Clem Rawling

Resdient Director & Choreographer Bradley Charles

Dramaturg Felix Harrison

The choreographic content is a ZooNation collaboration between Kate Prince, Carrie-Anne Ingrouille & Rowen Hawkins, with contributions from the original 2014 cast including Tommy Franzen, Isaac Turbo Baptiste, Teneisha Bonner, Lizzie Gough, Duwane Taylor, Mikey Ureta, Corey Culverwell, Shaun Smith & Ross Sands. 

Produced by The Royal Opera House, The Roundhouse And Zoonation: The Kate Prince Company 

In The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, we particularly looked at raising awareness on mental health in today’s society. After experiencing my own personal mental health challenges in the past, and the shame and embarrassment I had felt about discussing them, I thought this show was a way of confronting the stigma around mental health.  

For young people particularly, I wanted this production to be a ‘conversation starter’ opening the door to discussions around mental health. I wanted to challenge viewpoints around what is considered ‘normal’. I chose this word ‘normal’ - What is ‘normal’? Who is ‘normal’? -  because there have been multiple times in my life where I haven’t felt ‘normal’. I thought I was alone in this until I started speaking openly about how I felt and discovered friends and colleagues who felt the same way.  I questioned, if none of us feel ‘normal’ then maybe ‘normal’ doesn’t exist? This brought me to the conclusion that ‘there is no such thing as normal’ which is the main theme of our show. Wonderland becomes a place where we can celebrate and appreciate our differences and can be free to be ‘us’ without fear of judgement.  

This Mad Hatter quote from the original Lewis Carrol story of Alice in Wonderland, was very much at the heart at what I wanted to get across.  

I thought it was a great idea but I soon realised that I wasn’t very familiar with the story, aside from a few elements around Alice shrinking and growing in size. So I went and read the book, which I found quite a difficult read, especially for a fairy tale. I also watched the Disney movie of the same name, and generally read and researched as much as I could about the character of Alice. What struck me a lot was the idea of people being called ‘crazy’ or ‘lunatics’ or ‘bonkers’, and felt that whilst this type of language is, thankfully, not used as much anymore, that there was still a stigma attached to mental health challenges, and that they can still carry a degree of shame and embarrassment. I also realised that I personally was worried about sharing my own mental health struggles with the Royal Opera House for fear of them not wanting to work with me, so I felt it important to address that head on.  

I thought creating a show that uses the material of Alice in Wonderland but focused on the Mad Hatter, and the iconic image of The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, would be a good way of addressing ‘madness’ and ‘normality’ as it is often depicted in today’s society. I wanted to include all the well known characters from Wonderland but to put them into a therapy environment. I then created a new character called Dr Ernest Andersson, who has a P.H.D in E.N.B (Extremely Normal Behaviour). He is the group’s therapist and the story developed very much around him. 

I didn’t want the world and story to feel too real - just relatable, so I always tried to maintain an element of fantasy within the world, whilst still making a commentary on how I feel about the stigma of mental health, and how I wished mental health was treated in the same way as physical health.  

Once I had this idea around using mental health challenges I underwent an extensive period of time researching the conditions we were going to cover, and doing my best to get a deeper understanding of those I had not personally experienced. Not only through reading but by interviewing therapists and industry experts. I was also really honoured to have the involvement of the charity Time To Change (MIND), throughout the process. It was so important to me that the work never seemed to make light of mental health conditions and that we were sensitive to the topics we were covering. I also believe laughter is medicine, so I wanted to make sure the piece was entertaining and didn’t take itself too seriously (even though it was covering a serious topic), so having Time to Change’s involvement was key to getting that balance right. 

From there, I worked on a script to give us the framework for the story. Act One was very clear for me from the outset. In the prologue I set up the parameters and logic of the world we were creating so the audience could understand very quickly where we were and what the rules were. Act One had a simple structure, with each character (and their own personal mental health challenges) having a moment in the spotlight. Meanwhile Ernest tries and fails to help each of them. Ernest’s own demise and breakdown needed to be the end of Act One so the Mad Hatter and his friends could seize the opportunity to escape Ladrington Brook, taking Ernest with them… to WONDERLAND. 

Act Two was written to feel very different to Act One, both visually and narratively. Act One, design wise, was monochrome – dark, dreary, depressing and oppressive. Inspired by films like One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and the antiquated depiction of ‘mental asylums’. Act Two, in contrast, was a celebration as the characters started their journeys of freedom and healing.  

Once the story and character development work were underway, I worked with Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, who I have collaborated with many times before, around building the songs on top of the narrative. We have a process that we call ‘palette references’ whereby we focus on the character and story for each dramatic beat and discuss a few possible musical styles, music artists or music influences.  Josh and DJ will create a palette of music with several different choices. I will feed back to them what I like and what I would like them to explore further. For example, with the Cheshire Cat, who is a very laid-back character but who is experiencing paranoia caused by long term cannabis use, we used reggae music as one of the starting reference points for the main part of his song. His song is then periodically interrupted by ‘trap’ music to reference the state of paranoia he experiences.  

Also, with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum – we know from Lewis Carroll’s story they have a battle over a rattle. In the world of hip hop culture, battles are associated with B-Boying, so we decided to make the Tweedle Twins B-Boys and used break beats as the palette to work from for their song ‘Rattle Battle’. 

We did this process for each of the characters and for different dramatic moments throughout the show, gradually piecing together the soundtrack for the whole production. 

When I’m creating work - story always comes first, then music, then dance. For this production, the choreography was created by the entire company aswell as myself and the associates, Rowen Hawkins and Carrie-Anne Ingrouille. The process of creating the choreography begins with me staging the scene and blocking the physical movements and formations, sharing detail with the company about lighting, props and key moments of narrative. Then, different performers and the two Associates created most of the dance steps as a secondary layer on top of the narrative.  

It wasn’t a conscious decision to allocate a style of dance to each character, but it was naturally born out of the music style that was allocated/written for them. The music dictated the dance style that was created, and the emotion of the story telling in that moment further contributed to the creation of the steps. 

I made the decision early on that the character of Ernest wouldn’t dance very much in the first act. The ‘doctors’ at Ladrington Brook – The Institution for Extremely Normal Behaviour, did not dance because I wanted dance to express the mental health challenges the characters were facing. Ernest only starts to dance as his nerves begin to crack. This culminates with his breakdown at the end of Act One which is expressed through dance.  

Alongside the work with the performers and composers, I also work with the other creative departments very closely to discuss costume, lighting, set and sound. Each Designer studies the script (attached below for you to see) and they draw up plans and designs for me to look at. This starts the lengthy process of collaborating as we bounce ideas back and forth. 

In order for the performers to develop their characters further, each cast member was given the character breakdown as detailed below for them to work on.  

Ideas for music, costume and dance styles for each character were also further developed out of these breakdowns, as detailed previously with The Cheshire Cat and the Tweedle Twins.  

He has spent his whole life training in ‘Normalisation’. He is an expert in how to ‘normalise’ others. However, he has paid absolutely no attention to who he is, how he feels, what he is experiencing and suppressing, and his own behaviour and thoughts. Working at Ladrington Brook with all the characters from Wonderland puts Ernest under a huge amount of pressure and stress. He can’t accept that these people can be so openly ‘mad’, with no apparent desire to ‘normalise’ themselves. It pushes Ernest to the point of breaking. He has spent his whole life believing that being normal is best, and is the only way to fit in to society. Anything abnormal is to be brushed under the carpet and never spoken of.

When people in society have a nervous break down, it can be something they keep hidden. They may not choose to talk about it openly for fear of judgment. The truth is, absolutely anybody can be pushed to the brink and can ‘break down’. It happens to Ernest. When Ernest reaches Wonderland in Act Two, he is able to be who he truly is. The characters from Wonderland treat him with love and compassion. They don’t judge him for falling apart. They embrace it as part of being human. Part of existence.  

Specifically mercurous nitrate. Known as ‘Mad Hatter’s disease’ and ‘Mad Hatter’s syndrome’, it was an occupational disease among milliners, caused by chronic mercury poisoning, which was used to treat the felt. Symptoms include, tremors, hallucinations, blurred vision, mental confusion, abnormal sensations, emotional disturbance (mood swings, irritability), muscular weakness, dizziness, insomnia, headaches, and loss of coordination. The tremors became commonly known as The Hatter Shakes. Another common symptom was bleeding from the ears and mouth. Extreme exposure can cause severe kidney damage, respiratory failure and death.  

For more info on Mercury poisoning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_hatter_disease  

Love addicts live in a chaotic world of desperate need and emotional despair. Fearful of being alone or rejected, love addicts endlessly search for that special someone – the person that will make the addict feel whole. Ironically, love addicts oftentimes have had numerous opportunities for the truly intimate experience they think they want. But they are more strongly addicted to the intense experience of “falling in love” than they are to the peaceful intimacy of healthy relationships. As such, they spend much of their time hunting for “the one.” They base nearly all of their life choices on the desire and search for this perfect relationship.

Love addicts are addicted to the rush of first romance, and because of that their relationships never develop beyond this initial, emotionally elevated state. When they are in a relationship, they feel detached, unhappy, restless, irritable, and discontent because the rush has faded. When they are not in a relationship, they feel desperate, unworthy, and alone... until they find a new potential mate and get to experience the high of “falling in love” once more.  

For more info on Love Addiction https://www.recoveryranch.com/articles/what-are-the-most-common-indicators-of-love-addiction/  

BPD  

Personality disorders are a type of mental health issue where your attitudes, beliefs and behaviours cause you longstanding problems in your life. 

What are the symptoms of BPD? 
You might be given a diagnosis of BPD if you experience at least five of the following things, and they've lasted for a long time or have a big impact on your daily life:  

• You feel very worried about people abandoning you and would do anything to stop that happening.  

• You have very intense emotions that last from a few hours to a few days and can change quickly (for example, from feeling very happy and confident in the morning to feeling low and sad in the afternoon).  

• You don't have a strong sense of who you are, and it can change depending on who you're with.  

• You find it very hard to make and keep stable relationships.  

• You act impulsively and do things that could harm you (such as binge eating, using drugs or driving dangerously).  

• You have suicidal thoughts or self-harming behaviour.  

• You feel empty and lonely a lot of the time.  

• You get very angry, and struggle to control your anger.  

• When very stressed, sometimes you might:  

• feel paranoid  

• have psychotic experiences, such as seeing or hearing things other people don't  

• feel numb or 'checked out' and not remember things properly after they've happened.  

  
  

For more info on BPD: http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/borderline-personality-disorder-bpd/#.WAIvcjKZPG4

Anorexia means you don’t allow yourself to eat enough food to get the energy and nutrition you need to stay physically healthy. Sometimes people assume that anorexia is about slimming and dieting, but it is often connected to very low self-esteem, negative self-image and feelings of intense distress.  

These are some of the feelings and behaviours you might experience, and some of the physical effects you might notice in your body: 

How you might feel  

• like you can’t think about anything other than food  

• like you want to disappear  

• like you have to be perfect  

• lonely, especially if no one knows about your eating problems  

• like eating is the same as losing control  

• like you are hiding things from your family and friends  

• anxious  

• like you are fat and your weight loss isn’t enough, even if other people think you are underweight  

• frightened of putting on weight  

• angry if someone challenges you  

• tired and disinterested in things  

• depressed or suicidal  

• a high or sense of achievement from denying yourself food or over-exercising.  

  
  

What you might do  

• reduce your food intake or stop eating altogether  

• count calories obsessively  

• hide food or secretly throw it away  

• avoid foods that you feel are dangerous, like food with high amounts of calories or fat  

• use drugs that reduce your appetite or speed up your digestion  

• be obsessed with losing weight  

• make yourself sick or use laxatives  

• exercise compulsively  

• wear baggy clothes to cover up weight loss and keep warm  

• compete to eat less than other people  

• make rules about food, like listing ‘good’ and ‘bad’ foods or only eating things that are a certain colour. 

 
What might happen to your body  

• weighing much less than you should (at least 15% below a healthy weight for your age and height)  

• being physically underdeveloped (this can happen if your problem starts before puberty)  

• feeling weak and moving slowly  

• feeling very cold  

• you may find it very hard to concentrate  

• hair thinning or falling out  

• fine, fuzzy hair on your arms and face (this is called ‘lanugo’)  

• losing interest in sex, or not being able to have – or enjoy – sex  

• you could have bone density problems like osteoporosis, making your bones fragile  

• if you are a woman, your periods might become irregular or stop altogether.  

  
  

CAUSES 
Psychological factors 
Many people who develop anorexia share certain personality and behavioural traits that may make them more likely to develop the condition. These include:  

• a tendency towards depression and anxiety  

• finding it difficult to handle stress  

• excessive worrying and feeling scared or doubtful about the future  

• perfectionism – setting strict, demanding goals or standards  

• being very emotionally restrained  

• having feelings of obsession and compulsion, but not necessarily obsessive compulsive disorder – unwanted thoughts, images or urges that compel them to perform certain acts  

For more info on anorexia: http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/eating-problems/types-of-eating-disorders/#anorexianervosa  

His twin brother passed away when they were babies and he has been burdened with guilt and anxiety ever since, unable to move on from the trauma. Tweedle Dee is an hallucination.  

PTSD  

If you are involved in or witness a traumatic event, it is common to experience upsetting, distressing or confusing feelings afterwards. The feelings of distress may not emerge straight away – you may just feel emotionally numb at first. After a while you may develop emotional and physical reactions, such as feeling easily upset or not being able to sleep. 

This is understandable, and many people find that these symptoms disappear in a relatively short period of time. But if your problems last for longer than a month, or are very extreme, you may be given a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). 

There’s no time limit on distress, and some people may not develop post-traumatic symptoms until many years after the event. Additionally, not everyone who has experienced a traumatic event develops PTSD. 

The symptoms of PTSD can vary from person to person, although you may experience some of the following. 
Reliving aspects of the trauma: 

• vivid flashbacks (feeling that the trauma is happening all over again)

• intrusive thoughts and images 

• nightmares 

• intense distress at real or symbolic reminders of the trauma  

• physical sensations, such as pain, sweating, nausea or trembling. 

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – PTSD is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a traumatic event, such as military combat, an accident, or a violent assault. People with PTSD experience symptoms that are similar to schizophrenia. The images, sounds, and smells of PTSD flashbacks can look like psychotic hallucinations. The PTSD symptoms of emotional numbness and avoidance can look like the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.  

For more info on PTSD: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-and-complex-ptsd/about-ptsd/

Anxiety  

Anxiety is a word we use to describe feelings of unease, worry and fear. It incorporates both the emotions and the physical sensations we might experience when we are worried or nervous about something. Although we usually find it unpleasant, anxiety is related to the ‘fight or flight’ response – our normal biological reaction to feeling threatened.  

We all know what it’s like to feel anxious from time to time. It’s common to feel tense, nervous and perhaps fearful at the thought of a stressful event or decision you’re facing – especially if it could have a big impact on your life. For example:  

• sitting an exam 

• going into hospital 

• attending an interview 

• starting a new job 

• moving away from home 

• having a baby 

• being diagnosed with an illness 

• deciding to get married or divorced  

  
  

In situations like these it’s understandable to have worries about how you will perform, or what the outcome will be. For a short time you might even find it hard to sleep, eat or concentrate. Then usually, after a short while or when the situation has passed, the feelings of worry stop.  

For more info on anxiety: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anxiety-and-panic-attacks/about-anxiety/

Childhood and upbringing - How we learn to cope with angry feelings is often influenced by our upbringing. Many people are given messages about anger as children that may make it harder to manage it as an adult. For example:  

• You may have grown up thinking that it's always okay to act out your anger aggressively or violently, and so you didn't learn how to understand and manage your angry feelings. This could mean you have angry outbursts whenever you don’t like the way someone is behaving, or whenever you are in a situation you don’t like.  

• You may have been brought up to believe that you shouldn’t complain and may have been punished for expressing anger as a child. This could mean that you tend to suppress your anger and it becomes a long-term problem, where you react inappropriately to new situations you’re not comfortable with.  

• You may have witnessed your parents' or other adults' anger when it was out of control and learned to think of anger as something that is destructive and terrifying. This could mean that you now feel afraid of your own anger and don't feel safe expressing your feelings when something makes you angry. Those feelings might then surface at another unconnected time, which may feel hard to explain.  

  
  

Past experiences  

If you've experienced particular situations in the past that made you feel angry (either as a child or more recently as an adult) but you weren't able to safely express your anger at the time, you might still be coping with those angry feelings now. This might also mean that you now find certain situations particularly challenging, and more likely to make you angry.  

A panic attack is an exaggeration of your body’s normal response to fear, stress or excitement. It is the rapid build-up of overwhelming physical sensations, such as:  

• a pounding heartbeat

• feeling faint 

• sweating 

• nausea (feeling sick)

• chest pains  

• feeling unable to breathe 

• shaky limbs, or feeling like your legs are turning to jelly

• feeling like you’re not connected to your body  

  
  

During a panic attack you might feel very afraid that:

• you’re losing control 

• you’re going to faint 

• you’re having a heart attack  

• you’re going to die  

  
  

For more info on panic attacks: http://mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anxiety-and-panic-attacks/panic-attacks/

OCD  

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. It has two main parts: obsessions and compulsions.  

• Obsessions are unwelcome thoughts, images, urges, worries or doubts that repeatedly appear in your mind. They can make you feel very anxious (although some people describe it as 'mental discomfort' rather than anxiety). You can read more about obsessions here.  

• Compulsions are repetitive activities that you do to reduce the anxiety caused by the obsession. It could be something like repeatedly checking a door is locked, repeating a specific phrase in your head or checking how your body feels. You can read more about compulsions here.

    

For more info on OCD: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/

Paranoia  

Everybody experiences suspicious or irrational thoughts from time to time. These fears are described as paranoid when they are exaggerated and there is no evidence that they are true. There are three key features of paranoid thoughts. If you have paranoia, you may:  

• fear that something bad will happen 

• think that other people or external causes are responsible

• have beliefs that are exaggerated or unfounded.  

Generally speaking, if you are experiencing paranoia, you will feel a sense of threat and fear. There are different types of threat or harm that you may feel paranoid about. You may feel you are at risk of:  

• psychological or emotional harm – thinking somebody is bullying you, spreading rumours about you, talking about you behind your back  

• physical harm – believing somebody trying to physically hurt or injure you, or even trying to kill you  

• financial harm – thinking another person is stealing from you or is damaging your property or tricking you into giving away your money.  

  
  

It could be one person you feel threatened by, or it may be a group of people, an organisation, an event or an object. 

Drugs such as cocaine, cannabis, alcohol, ecstasy, LSD and amphetamines can all trigger paranoia. Certain steroids taken by athletes and weightlifters can also lead to symptoms of paranoia. Some insecticides, fuel and paint have also been associated with paranoia.  

For more info on paranoia: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/paranoia/what-is-paranoia/

Narcolepsy is a rare neurological condition that affects the brain's ability to regulate the normal sleep-wake cycle. This can lead to symptoms such as disturbed night-time sleep, excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy. Consequently, narcolepsy is often thought of as a sleep disorder, but its underlying cause means that it is better classified as a disorder of the central nervous system.  

Narcolepsy can have an effect on almost all aspects of daily life, including education, employment, driving and also relationships and emotional health. Although there is at present no cure for narcolepsy, effective medication and other strategies can help to manage the symptoms and enable people with narcolepsy to lead as full a life as possible.

For more info on narcolepsy: http://www.narcolepsy.org.uk/about-narcolepsy   

Tommy was runner up on the BBC’s So You Think You Can Dance and appeared in films Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Mamma Mia!, Mamma Mia 2 - Here We Go Again, Aladdin, Cats and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, for which he also assisted Kate Prince. 

Tommy’s choreography credits include: Strictly Come Dancing, Blaze, and Cher Lloyd’s music video Swagger Jagger.  

Tommy’s theatre credits include Boy Blue Entertainment’s The Five And The Prophecy of Prana, Goldberg (Royal Opera House) and Blaze (The Peacock). Work for ZooNation includes Some Like It Hip Hop and The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (choreography and performance) and most recently Message In A Bottle. 

Workshops are tailored to meet all levels of experience from Key Stage 3 and above. Working with partners we can create and deliver workshops that:  

• Allow students to explore a range of dance styles that originate from Hip Hop Culture including Breakin’, House, Groove, Waacking, Krump, Nu Wave, and the funk styles of Popping and Locking. 

• Cover repertoire from the production The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party 

• Question and Answer sessions to support coursework.  

  
  

Our teachers are the best within the industry, and all are working professionally as dancers and choreographers. All teachers complete regular training with the company to prepare them for their teaching work and all company teachers have a recent DBS check. We also welcome bookings from groups with special or additional needs. ZooNation is committed to enabling all participants to engage in workshops, equally and with dignity and respect.  

For more information on how to book your workshop or rent the production please get in touch with us as workshops@zoonation.co.uk 

• https://zoonation.co.uk  

• https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcqlShZlRxNnDg0kQ2zLfGMiv6z2rppDd&si=mqU8fFsBAYUU6CY1

• https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcqlShZlRxNmud2EYXwO7NXW17iYK5kQ9&si=biCYZtto3YDi8GFa

• https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcqlShZlRxNnQZunKIanYpBqHAb-_YZU6&si=jUN4cv8kvNd5EGkw

• http://bit.ly/HistoryofHipHopDance  

• https://cdmt.org.uk/accredited-professional-Training  

• https://www.casarotto.co.uk/clients/kate-prince 

• Being a Dancer: Advice for Dancers and Choreographers by Lyndsey Winship 

• High Kicks: The Essential Guide to Working as a Dancer by Donna Ross 

• The Theatre Careers Handbook by Stage Jobs Pro 

For any mental health support from issues raised in this pack 

• https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/ 

• https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/

A special mention to the Royal Opera House and The Roundhouse.