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Pre-Primary
- Parent and toddler music and movement classes, for ages walking – 3 years
- Creative dance and imaginative movement plus simple technique (where applicable) for children 3 - 5 years
- Primary
- National School Classes
- After-School clubs
- Youth Dance Group
- Regular or short course of dance classes / workshops incorporating:
Choreography and creative dance for concerts and video sharing
Creative dance tasters following topics such as – water, space, weather, time / dance from different cultures – dance from around the world / history dancing through the ages; exploration of musical theatre: using films & stage musicals as a starting point for creating dances in contrasting styles; health promotion awareness using themes such as: sport, keeping active, bullying, friendship, body image, re-cycling and the environment.
Post Primary
- Regular short courses, projects and one-off taster classes and dance workshops for students from 1st year to transition year including simple technique, choreography and creative dance .
- Adults
- Regular and ongoing GP Referral Scheme & Over 50’s / Energise Your Life Programme and Fun Dance classes.
- Regular and ongoing Health Promotion special projects.
- Regular one-off and short series workshops in Day Care Centres, Nursing Homes and Hospitals.
- ICA classes via V.E.C. Funding.
- Evening classes.
Ongoing classes with COPE Foundation young adults/adults with intellectually disability
Dance Connect : A regular inclusive movement class for children with autism and related learning disabilities.
- Freedom of Expression: Dance Response to Art Project, November 2004 – May 2005 co-facilitating with Marie Brett – visual artist, involving young people with learning disability via Mayfield Community Arts Centre
- Allow Me; I can Communicate – Art Talk September – Dec 2005
- Co-facilitating with Mayfield Community Artists and involving young people with learning and physical disability. Dance and artwork exhibited at Triskle Arts
- Centre March 2006 via Mayfield Community Arts Centre
Training & Course Facilitation
- Older People In Dance (O.P.I.D.) FETAC Level 2 Dance Applied Training and In Service Tutor Training, via the Health Promotion Department, HSE Southern Region
- Arts & Empowerment Facilitation Training 2006 – 2007, Crawford College of Art & Design
- Care of the Older person and Dance, Nurse Training, Mary Mount St. Patrick’s hospital Education Department
- Higher Diploma in Gerontology – UCC Workshop Input ‘ Dance and Older People’
- Teachers Summer School Facilitation of primary school staff ‘Creating Healthy
- Environments: An Introduction to Creative Dance and Dance in the national curriculum, via The Health Promotion Department, HSE Southern Region
- FETAC Dance module on Theatre & Performing Arts Drama Course – Kinsale College of Further Education
- Residencies & Special Events
‘Making it Real’ ~ National Youth Arts Programme Road show ~ Bru Boru Centre, Cashel September 2006. Conference performance and case study by Mallow Youth Boys, Avondhu Arts project
‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ Youth Arts Festival’, Mallow, July 2006
Youth Dance performance including hip-hop, modern and jazz pieces.
‘Never Too Old to Dance’ ~ Bealtaine Festival, Abbey Theatre, Dublin May 2006. A three-day dance workshop for older people focusing on Bealtaine a time for renewal and creative expression
‘Fantasy Frolics ~ Dancing Through The Ages’ West Cork, January - May 2005. A five-month project as part of the Capital of Culture celebrations culminating in a staged production with Newcestown Friendship Group
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