Last week I was at the People Dancing: Foundation for community dance conference https://www.communitydance.org.uk
I went to a session on Older People Dancing: Perspectives on creative practice.
The some of the artists people talking on this panel have been doing work with older people and multi-generational work for 29 /30 years! There is such a rich history to find out about. Fergus Early spoke about the range of training, performance, and facilitation of dance for older people (and multigenerational groups)his company engages in - I used to work with him in his company Green Candle Dance Company.
http://www.greencandledance.com
Vina Oberlander talked about the work she has been doing making work for people with dementia. The project she talked about was Curious Shoes.
/http://www.heartsminds.org.uk/outreach/community/curious-shoes/
Lorna Murray talked about the work Scottish Ballet are doing with older peoples classes and performance. Rachel Bar spoke about work Canada National Ballet is doing in Canada. Because Canada is so big they are running classes with dance teacher leading from class over internet. Exploring what this means and can offer.
Carrie Washington talked about her recent project Ignite
http://beee-creative.co.uk/wp/dance-ignite-2017-hcc/
I went to a session on Older People Dancing: Perspectives on creative practice.
The some of the artists people talking on this panel have been doing work with older people and multi-generational work for 29 /30 years! There is such a rich history to find out about. Fergus Early spoke about the range of training, performance, and facilitation of dance for older people (and multigenerational groups)his company engages in - I used to work with him in his company Green Candle Dance Company.
http://www.greencandledance.com
Vina Oberlander talked about the work she has been doing making work for people with dementia. The project she talked about was Curious Shoes.
/http://www.heartsminds.org.uk/outreach/community/curious-shoes/
Lorna Murray talked about the work Scottish Ballet are doing with older peoples classes and performance. Rachel Bar spoke about work Canada National Ballet is doing in Canada. Because Canada is so big they are running classes with dance teacher leading from class over internet. Exploring what this means and can offer.
Carrie Washington talked about her recent project Ignite
http://beee-creative.co.uk/wp/dance-ignite-2017-hcc/
