On Tuesday 6 May HRH the Duke of York opened our two new state-of-the-art dance studios. The Duke was joined by The Mayor of Camden, staff and students of The Place and a large number of donors to the Reaching for the Stars Appeal for the official ribbon cutting ceremony.

Our special guests were given their first glimpse of the finished studios, before being treated to a performance by students of London Contemporary Dance School and the Centre for Advanced Training, plus a short piece from Richard Alston Dance Company. The performance, which was delightfully received, was a sample of the range of work created at The
Place. The new studios give us an additional 7,000 hours of studio time each year, and the benefit of this extra capacity will be felt by everyone who comes to The Place to dance.

As a direct result, we have been able to expand our Centre for Advanced Training for exceptionally talented 10-18 year olds and increase provision for our Learning and Access projects, as well as providing additional time and space for students and emerging choreographers to create new work. With the building work completed on time and on budget, we can now look forward to enjoying the new work created in these spaces
over the coming years.

The Place would like to say a huge thank you to all of the individuals, companies and trusts that so generously contributed to the Reaching for the Stars Appeal to build the new studios. We are absolutely thrilled with the results of the fundraising appeal and are delighted to announce that the total now stands at just under £950,000. We are very grateful
for the kind support of the following donors, as well as all those who wish to remain anonymous:

Principal Benefactors
Conservatoire for Dance & Drama
Garfield Weston Foundation
Monument Trust

Studio Benefactors
Arts Council England
Higher Education Funding Council for England

Studio Donors
29th May 1961
Charitable Trust
Clore Duffield Foundation
Fidelity UK Foundation
Kirby Laing Foundation
Linklaters LLP
Matthew Pritzker
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

Studio Patrons
Rosalie Berwin
Robert Gavron Charitable Trust
Joan Ritchie

Reaching for the Stars Patrons
Nicholas Berwin
Rafael Bonachela
Matthew Bourne
Robert Cohan CBE
Gillian Lynne CBE
Wayne McGregor
Nina Rajarani
Lady Valerie Solti

Mega Stars
Mr & Mrs de Koster
Sebastian Elias
David Gill
John Lewis Partnership
Louise & David Kaye
Veronica Lewis
Bob Lockyer in memory of John Drummond

Super Stars
Marian Bell & Richard Adkin
Imogen Bland
Jessica Bland
Josie Bland
Peter M. Boenisch
Saffery Champness
Guy Dawson
Draught Associates
The Fox Family
Nigel Hinds
Hollick Family Charitable Trust
Robert Israel for
Gordon & Co
Richard Johnston
Tim Lankester
Jonathan Lunn
Graham Marchant
Jane & Bill Nicholas
Mala & Mike Rappolt
Richard Worts

Shining Stars
Anderson Norton Design
The Almond Family
Yaa Appiah-Badu
John Boyd QC
Centre for Advanced Training Students
Stephen Clarke
Dance Books
John & Hope Dale
George Dub
Janet Eager
George Alfred Eddy
Lois Stewart Eddy
Evening Class Participants
Fanshawe
Eileen Gorrod
Anne Gray
Vanessa Gray
Kate Harrison
Hitchin Thespians
Paul Hobson
Byron Lang
London Contemporary Dance School Students
Price & Myers
Rhian Jeffery
Ruth & Tony Jeffs
Alix Lawley
Tim & Theresa Lloyd
Terry Norris
Tim Pickrell
Sarah & Simon Reilly
Rennie & Partners
Mary Reynolds
Tim & Sam Scott Wood
Janet Smith
Viva Smith
James Snell
Ernest T Stewart, Jr.
Andrew Summers
The Sussman Family
Nigel Talamo
Kenneth Tharp
The Place Young Dancers
Korinna Thielen
Christopher Thomson
Iris Tomlinson
Shaun Webb
Colin Wills
Carolyn Woolridge
Oliver Worts
Sarah Worts
Jade Yung

Rising Stars
Tom Ball
Mary Clarke
Colman Getty
Benjamin Ambrose Colson
Brian Fender
Christian Flackett
Jan Hartmann
Cennydd John
Hannah Kidd
Fergus Low
David Melville
Joe Moran
Colin Nears
Hugh & Birgit O’Brien
Jane Pritchard
Jane & Graham Reddish
Romax
Hofesh Shechter
Hilary Smith
James Wilton
Patricia Woodall

Stars
Mike Bevitt
G L Buckingham
Gerald Burnett
Andy Edwards
Philip Healy
Brent Hemus
Jenny Henry
House of Flowers
Jeremy Hunt
Yuko Ijichi
Michael Irwin
Mr Pat Jolly
Madeleine Moran
Kate Owen
June Plymen
Cecil Rowe
Lenny Ryan
Brian Salter
Martin Wink
Tom Worts
Toby Worts