Upcoming training opportunities

Advocate training in the East, Thursday 1st February, DanceEast – register here!

In partnership with the DanceEast Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) and the GuiDANCE Network.

This half-day workshop and training event will provide dance teachers with an opportunity to learn about the latest developments and best practice in supporting healthy development and promoting health and wellbeing for children and young people in dance, with a specific focus on adolescence. This training is specifically designed to prepare dance teachers to share learning with colleagues at their dance school – and to become advocates for the GuiDANCE Network.

Pre-requisites for attending include a basic understanding of the topic of growth and development (either through experience or previous training).

Attendees are required to sign up to become members of the GuiDANCE Network prior to training:

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You can find out more about the GuiDANCE Network here: https://www.onedanceuk.org/what-we-do/professional-bodies-and-partners/the-guidance-network

This workshop will share findings from the Growing Up in Dance (GuiDANCE) project and the best practice guidelines we created. The course provides up to date knowledge on core areas in psychological and physical growth and development. The focus is on practical application and strategies and teachers are provided with resources to take away and share with their school.

We will focus on practical elements in terms of how dance teachers can translate knowledge into practice and will also introduce you to the GuiDANCE Network – a continuation of the work of the GuiDANCE project collaborators which represents our first steps at implementing these best practice guidelines across the sector.

There will be an online follow up session six months after to address any questions, challenges, and successes of implementing this learning in the dance studio and sharing it with your colleagues and peers.

The session will involve a combination of lecture, discussion and interactive tasks.

The workshop will be led by Dr Siobhan Mitchell (University of Exeter) and Imogen Knight.

Introduction to the adolescent dancer – webinar

In partnership with the DanceEast Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) and the GuiDANCE Network.

This online session aimed at dance teachers and those who support dancers, who want a basic introduction to the topic of growth and maturation and its implications or those who feel they would benefit from an update on their knowledge in this area. The 1-hour session includes:

  • An overview of the biological basis for change
  • Introduction to physiological and psychological development in the dance context
  • A review of practical implications in the dance studio
  • Information about the DanceEast CAT and how we can work together to support young dancers in the region.

The session will be led by Dr Siobhan Mitchell (University of Exeter).

Suitable for group leaders, dance teachers, private ballet schools, and anyone else who works with young dancers.

To register your place click here.