Fabric is seeking to appoint a Midlands-based provider(s), or a consortium of Midlands-based partners, to design and deliver a new iteration of South Asian dance training as part of Fabric’s Centre for Advanced Training programme, funded through the DfE Music and Dance Scheme’s means tested grants.

Fabric, in partnership with Sampad, proudly hosted the Yuva Gati programme for 16 vibrant years, from 2009 to 2025.

We would like to invite colleagues, artists and organisations working in and alongside South Asian dance to join us for a focused conversation on its legacy. This meeting is a chance to hear and understand more about the opportunity and what it involves, as well as share perspectives on how we collectively build on this important legacy. Considering how this provision can best support young people in South Asian dance training, strengthen pathways, and connect into the wider ecology of dance in the Midlands and beyond.

While the core framework for delivery will need to align to the Centre for Advanced Training provision, this conversation is intended to gather insight, surface opportunities, and understand how the sector can meaningfully engage with and benefit from this next iteration. We are keen to use this moment to listen, to share thinking, and to begin shaping a collective sense of how a young person’s training model in South Asian Forms can continue to contribute to the development of South Asian dance practice and talent.

If you would like to be part of the conversation, please book your place.