Working in the Arts
New Adventures ~ Board of Directors
New Adventures is an iconic and ground-breaking British dance-theatre company, famous for telling stories with a unique theatrical twist. For over 30 years Matthew Bourne and New Adventures have delighted, inspired and nurtured people of all ages and backgrounds: audiences, artists and the next generation.
All England Dance ~ CHAIR
A charity creating incredible opportunities for the best young talent in dance. AED, celebrates all dance genres encouraging creative expression through a variety of dance techniques.
AED nurtures young talent through sponsorship and charitable donations, and provides workshops with the expertise of esteemed industry professionals.
Jacquie took on the role of Chair in Dec 2021. The charity will celebrate its centenary in 2023, and she is looking forward to steering All England Dance into its next chapter.
ArtsEd London ~ Trustee
Jacquie is an alumni of ArtsEd and is proud to serves as trustee on the board directors.
ArtsEd is a Day School & Sixth Form and Higher Education establishment.
An exceptional independent school where the arts beat at the heart of an outstanding education.
SUSSEX FESTIVAL ~ Chair
Sussex Festival of Performing Arts- inspiring young people through competitive performance.
The competition is open to everyone, offering classes for all styles of dance from Classical Ballet to Hip Hop, Musical Theatre and everything in between.
Originally called The Brighton & Hove Competitive Musical Festival, founded in 1924 by Alderman Milner Black, the then Mayor of Brighton In the 1990’s it was re-branded and called Springboard. Jacquie was appointed Chair of Dance and Musical Theatre sections in 2010 and it was once again re named Sussex Festival of Performing Arts or more commonly referred to as SFPA.
In 2010 the newly branded festival twinned with Gibraltar Dance Festival and developed a sponsorship programme to offer one performer an opportunity to appear in Gibraltar every year. SFPA has also hosted students from Barbados on three occasions, offering these talented students of dance the chance to perform at The Hawth Theatre in Crawley. Both cultural exchanges have been very successful and continue to flourish.
As the festival approaches its centenary in 2024 their motto, to constantly improve opportunities they offer to young performers, remains top of the agenda. They have recently received sponsorship from NFU mutual and together they have an exciting programme of charitable events and celebrations planned for the next two years.
British Federation of Festivals ~ Adjudicator
For nearly 100 years, The British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech (BIFF) has been supporting amateur performing arts festivals to provide performance opportunities in their local communities.
Dance World Cup UK ~ Artistic Advisor
Dance World Cup is the biggest dance competition in the World! Over 6000 dancers compete from 54 Countries across the World.
Dance World Cup UK organises the official Qualifying Heats for :-
Team England,
Team Scotland,
Team Wales,
Team Northern Ireland
Team Eire by Video Audition.
A panel of experienced DWC Judges select the dancers to represent their country teams.
In 2020/2021 Dance World Cup was won by Team England, Team Scotland came in 3rd place, whilst Team Wales, Team Northern Ireland and Team Eire all won medals.
Team England has won the overall cup eight times in recent years
