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Professional Development Opportunities for 2011 with Dancescape
10th October 2011
Are you a dance teacher looking for new creative ideas? Or are you a PE teacher looking for support to deliver dance? Dancescape have two forthcoming opportunities this Autumn for teachers working with a wide range of groups.
‘Fresh approaches to choreography with young people’
For GCSE and A Level teachers, or those working with youth dance companies
Date: Tuesday 15th November 2011
Time: 4.30 – 7.00pm
Venue: Stratford upon Avon College
Cost: FREE
This course returns for a second year following a successful turnout in 2010. Dance artist and choreographer Clare Palethorpe will lead a 2 hour session focusing on providing a fresh approach to choreography with young people. Clare will look at ways to help young people create their own work and encourage them to think innovatively about dance. The course includes refreshments and an information pack to take away. N.B. This course will include new content that will be different from last year’s course.
Takeaway Dance! In association with Coventry Performing Arts Service
A training session for PE & Non Dance Specialists teaching dance in Key Stage 3 and 4
Date: Monday 21st November 2011
Time: 5.00 – 7.30pm
Venue: Chace Studio Centre, 239a Robin Hood Road, Willenhall, Coventry, CV3 3AN
Cost: FREE
A fantastic opportunity to ‘takeaway’ a bunch of new ideas and inspirations for dance lessons. This course is designed especially for PE and non dance specialist teachers delivering dance with KS3 and 4, and will provide participants with four different starting points for dance; action, space, dynamics and relationships. Each will be explored within the session, with a range of stimuli to engage groups of varying abilities and ways to extend the starting point into a 6 week scheme of work. This course will be led by Yael Owen-Mckenna, lead dance advisor for Coventry Performing Arts. If you need support to teach dance in your school, this is the course for you!
DanceXchange [dx] is a dance house dedicated to the production and distribution of high quality dance, and has excellence, innovation, education and inclusion at its heart.
dx takes the best British dance to a worldwide stage, brings outstanding talent from across the world to Birmingham, and has a growing reputation as a producer. dx also engages people from all backgrounds in healthy dance activity, and nurtures young people to help shape the dance artists and leaders of the future.
We are a registered charity and receive core funding from Arts Council England and Birmingham City Council. We rely on income from a wide range of trusts, foundations and private sources to deliver our projects.
We are keen to maintain our theatre and studios to the highest standard and to further our commitment to participation, access and artistic excellence. In order to do so, financial assistance from individuals, private sources and business is vital.
To find out how you can get involved and make a donation, please contact us on 0121 689 3170 or info@dancexchange.org.uk.