PEOPLEDANCING13-15 NOVEMBER 2014CARDIFF, WALES

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The Foundation for Community Dance creates and develops opportunities for people to experience dance in all its diversity. Our vision is of a world where dance is part of everyone’s life and makes a positive difference, and our mission is to make engagement with dance important and relevant to individuals, communities and society.

As well as creating new opportunities, we enable life-long engagement in dance and place inclusion, equality and diversity at the heart of all our work. Our organisation, together with a network of over 2,400 members, has led the development of participatory and community dance in the UK and internationally for almost 30 years, helping to create an environment where people of all cultures and abilities can all enjoy dance and all its benefits.

Company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales no. 2415458Registered charity no. 328392VAT no. 109056137

Registered office: LCB Depot, 31 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1RETelephone: +44 (0)116 253 3453Email: info@communitydance.org.uk

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Cover photo: Sangeeta Isvaran and villagers at the Centre Valbio, Ranomafana, Madagascar. Photo: Dr Cassidy Rist.

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People Dancing Information HubOpening times: Thursday 11:00-20:00 Friday 08:30-22:00 Saturday 08:30-15:00

The People Dancing Information Hub is immediately visible inside the main entrance of the Wales Milennium Centre, next to the ticket desk. Visit us here at any time, where there will always be some of the People Dancing team on hand to help.

Please wear your Delegate Pass at all times to gain access to People Dancing spaces and sessions.

Cloakroom and Left Luggage You can leave coats, bags and larger luggage with us at the People Dancing Information Hub during the day. Please remember to keep your cloakroom ticket and collect all items at the end of each day.

Ticket ExchangeIf you change your mind about any of your sessions and would like to exchange or return tickets, please go to the People Dancing Information Hub.If you decide not to attend a session please return your ticket so that someone else is able to use it. If you’d like to attend a session that is full, reserve lists may operate in case of any returned tickets.

Food and DrinkThe refreshment points and meal receptions are scheduled to fit around your People Dancing sessions. If you’d like to purchase anything in addition, there is an excellent choice of cafés, bars and restaurants in and nearby the Wales Millennium Centre.

Local Travel and AccessAll of your People Dancing sessions are in and around the Wales Millennium Centre building. If you need assistance travelling between your hotel, train stations, airports or the city centre, we will be happy to help you at the Information Hub.

Bus‘The Bay Car’ or route number 6 buses depart from the bus stops to the right of the main Wales Millennium Centre exit, serving the city centre and Cardiff Central Rail Station.

Dragon Taxis029 2033 3333Journeys to Cardiff Central Rail Station or the city centre typically cost between £4-£6. Taxis collect passengers from the bus stops to the right of the main Wales Millennium Centre doors as you exit.

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13:00-13:45Event Opening and Welcome Hoddinott HallDr Sara Houston, Chair, Foundation for Community DanceKen Skates AM, Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism, Welsh AssemblyPeter Stark OBE, Chair, Voluntary ArtsWelcomes from Dr Sara Houston and Ken Skates AM, Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism. Peter Stark OBE gives a keynote address that offers perspectives from his extensive career in arts management and policy, setting the tone and raising questions for this inspiring and challenging event.--

14:00-15:00Capturing Grace: Exploring Dance for People with Parkinson’s - Presentation and Film Hoddinott HallDavid Leventhal, Mark Morris Dance Group, USA; Dave Iverson, Journalist and Film Maker of Capturing Grace, USA; Chaired by Dr Sara Houston, National Teaching Fellow and Principal Lecturer, Roehampton University, UKEmmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Dave Iverson joins dancer and programme innovator David Leventhal (Program Director, Dance for PD at Mark Morris Dance Group in New York) to explore the transformative effects of dance on people with Parkinson’s. With selected excerpts from Iverson’s remarkable new film, this session uses compelling personal narratives to suggest a bold vision for the role of community dance in the 21st century.--

Reaching out: Dance companies and participatory practiceWNO Orchestra HallPearl Chesterman, Birmingham Royal Ballet, UK; James Mackenzie-Blackman, New Adventures, UK; Jasmine Wilson, Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, UK; Charis Charles, Phoenix Dance Theatre, UK; Chaired by Jane Ralls, Dance Development Director, DanceXchange, UK.Presentations and Panel Discussion. With hundreds of professional dance companies around the world presenting and touring performance work, this session explores their associated participatory and creative learning programmes.--

Workshop: Sangeeta Isvaran, Wind Dancers Initiative, IndiaGrace Williams StudioSangeeta Isvaran is a choreographer, performer, researcher and social activist based in Chennai, India. Drawing on her experience working in communities in countries around the world, particularly in Asia and South America, this practical session will be of interest to artists and teachers working in non-traditional settings.--

Workshop: Epic Arts, CambodiaUrdd Main HallAhead of their Friday evening performance, Deaf and disabled performers of the Epic Encounters performance company and their staff lead a workshop on developing an understanding of inclusive practice. Includes a short Cambodian sign language lesson.--

15:30-16:30Capturing Grace: Exploring Dance for People with Parkinson’s

Workshop: Mo Morgan, Dance for People with Parkinson’s, Edinburgh, ScotlandWNO Orchestra Hall‘Putting it into Practice’ - Exploring Dance for People with Parkinson’s. Mo Morgan, Coordinator, Team

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Leader and Teacher, ‘Dance for People with Parkinson’s’, Edinburgh will lead this (mostly) practical workshop, giving a taste of their work, exploring what has worked (and what hasn’t!) and what’s been learnt so far. --

Presentation: Dr Sara Houston, National Teaching Fellow and Principle Lecturer, Roehampton University and Melanie Brierley, Artist Conscious Bodies, UKFunction Room 6This presentation rethinks the idea of ‘grace’ in the context of community dance, using four years of research on those dancing with Parkinson’s, exploring how grace might be considered a potentially empowering concept, and discussing people’s experience of grace through dance in relation to their stories of becoming able to live with their disabling condition. --

Workshop: How Music Functions in Dance Classes for People with Parkinson’sGrace Williams StudioAnna Gillespie, Musical Moving, UKA practical investigation into how music can support movement for people with Parkinson’s, with live music accompaniment. --

Workshop: ENB Dance for Parkinson’s Programme InsightUrdd Main HallRebecca Trevitt and Jon Petter, English National Ballet, UKTake part in a practical workshop exploring an artistic approach to dance and music for people with Parkinson’s, and engage in an open dialogue with English National Ballet artists. This session aims to enhance your practice and inspire you to lead and develop your own dance, music and cultural activities for people with Parkinson’s.--

15:30-16:30Big Dancing: Commissioning and taking part in large-scale projectsHoddinott Hall

Anita Clark, Creative Scotland / Get Scotland Dancing, Scotland; Luca Silvestrini, Protein and David Massingham, DanceXchange, UK; Karen Gallagher MBE, Merseyside Dance Initiative, UK; Cath James, South East Dance, UK; Chaired by Chris Stenton, Executive Director, FCD, UKPresentations and Panel Discussion. Producers, leaders and artists will reflect on their experience of large-scale participatory projects and the contexts for which they are commissioned, followed by discussion and questions. --

Workshop: Inés Sanguinetti, Latin American Network Of Art For Social Transformation, ArgentinaRehearsal Room 3Inés Sanguinetti – dancer, choreographer and sociology graduate in Argentina, and curator and speaker coach for TEDX Buenos Aires – leads this practical workshop focusing on dance as a vehicle for social transformation, and the devices used for effective intervention. Inés will explore dance across many types of education setting and how to work in public spaces.--

17:00-17:15Professional PracticeSponsored by

Perkins Slade have worked in partnership with the Foundation for Community Dance for the last four years to provide a comprehensive insurance programme for its members. Cover includes Combined Liability, Personal Accident, Legal Expenses and a 24/7 Legal Helpline. Shaping the FutureJapan RoomAnna Leatherdale, Foundation for Community DanceA chance for any dance practitioner interested to contribute to a discussion about development

needs for the future and how Foundation for Community Dance might meet these.

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17:15-18:15Dance for Lifelong Wellbeing: An Example of The Royal Academy of Dance and CPD in Community PracticeSeligman RoomLibby Costello, Helen Linkenbagh and Lizz Fort, Royal Academy of Dance, UKThe Royal Academy of Dance recently hosted an international conference on Dance for Lifelong Wellbeing as a means of disseminating research, practical skills and knowledge about dance, health and wellbeing beyond the academic community. This presentation reflects on the aspirations for Dance for Lifelong Wellbeing: where can we add value to community practice? What can our experience in dance teacher training bring to the development of community dance practice to help meet the needs of a changing and aging demographic? Also includes a creative chair-based workshop to share good practice and approaches/methodology.

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Meaningful Measurement: how do community dance artists carry out effective evaluation? Japan RoomDiane Amans, Artist and Author, UKA practice-based presentation that addresses some of the tension lines involved in measuring the impact of dance interventions. The presentation includes results of research into how participatory arts workers currently evaluate their practice. Findings include a range of creative methods used to document practice and retrieve evaluation data. --

Pathways into and Partnerships with the ProfessionDavid Morgan RoomSally Varrall, Cardiff Metropolitan University, WalesEstablishing partnerships within the profession is essential to ensure learning in Higher Education is informed and shaped by practice. How do we ensure the future dance profession is prepared to work within different contexts, diverse communities and challenging environments? A presentation leading to discussion, illustrated by a series of performances (film and live). --

Dawns Powys Dance: An exploration of how we might recognise ‘quality’ in community dance practice: a rural and bi-lingual perspectiveWNO Chorus RoomHeidi Wilson, Powys Dance, WalesIn addressing how to recognise and evaluate quality in community dance practices this presentation offers a case-study approach, which examines issues of quality in relation to examples of Powys Dance’s work. --

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Engagement and Empowerment within a Minority CultureSony RoomCatherine Young, Theatr Felinfach, WalesA presentation/film/discussion, which shares experiences on working with the bilingual communities of Ceredigion, Wales, but which aims to focus on issues of empowerment and impact in working creatively within a minority language and culture that exists alongside a global one. --

Choreographing Lived Experience: The Stories that Dancing Bodies TellFunction Room 6Rosie Kay, Rosie Kay Dance Company with the University of Oxford and Dr Karin Eli, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, UKThis presentation explores the development of a joint anthropological and contemporary dance approach to understanding embodied experience. Based on research conducted at contemporary dance and movement workshops with women who had eating disorders, the presenters highlight dance practice as a channel to developing a theoretically and data rich examination of embodiment, and explore how dance practice allows us to better understand the sensory worlds inhabited by both researchers and participants. Delineating the fusion of contemporary dance work and anthropology in conducting research, this presentation presents a new platform for thinking about the body, enacting scholarly-artistic collaborations. --

The Role of the Amputee in Inclusive DanceWNO Orchestra HallLawrence Shapiro, Artist, CanadaThis presentation / demonstration presents in both verbal address and physical demonstration the contribution of the above-knee amputee to integrated dance as performance art. The presentation discusses the historic role of the amputee in integrated dance and how that role is changing through the use of assistive devices as tools of expression in contemporary dance.--

Audio Description as Sound Art = Visually Impaired People DancingRehearsal Room 3Isabel Jones, Salamanda Tandem, and Mickel Smithen, visually impaired performer, UKA practical session and presentation offering insight on Salamanda Tandem’s site-specific dance work, using audio description and sound art in dance performance. Participants will experience how the company generate creative dialogue

David Leventhal at the Foundation for Community Dance Summer School. Photo: Rachel Cherry

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Reaching out: Dance companies and participatory practice

Big Dancing: Commissioning and taking part in large-scale projects

Evening Reception: National Museum of Wales

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People and Places: Dance with a special focus

Professional Practice: Education, training and continuing professional development

Performances: •TAN Dance, Wales•Atgofion, Wales

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Break and hotel check-in. Buses depart Wales Millennium Centre at 19:30 and 19:45 for National Museum of Wales (see page 9)

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After hours bar – Future Inn, Cardiff Bay

Pre-programme activity: Morning Class

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Older People Dancing: Perspectives and case studies

Workshops:•Jo Parkes, UK/Germany•Onil Vizcaino, Spain•Bronja Novak Lindblad, Sweden

Perfomance:Joanna Young, Wales

SAtuRDAyPre-programme activity: Morning Class

Pre-programme activity: Networking and reflection - Imagining the Future

Opening and keynote Presentations

Children and young People Dancing: Perspectives and case studies

Reimagining Community and Participatory Dance

Frameworks and Partnerships: Organisational approaches to taking part

Workshop:Cai Tomos

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•Joanna Young, Wales•Cecilia Macfarlane, UK, with Manizia, Japan

•Epic Arts, Cambodia•DESTINO Dance, Ethiopia

•Ian Johnston and Gary Gardiner, Scotland

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08:30-09:15Morning Class Grace Williams Studio / Man Gwyn StudioAn energising, creative movement session suitable for anyone. --

Networking and ReflectionAwen FoyerFocus group discussion for Higher Education and Training Institutions led by Helen Angove, Head of Quality and Registry, Conservatoire for Dance and Drama, UK.--

09:30-10:00Opening and Welcome Hoddinott HallRuth Till MBE, Vice Chair, Foundation for Community Dance, UKNick Capaldi, Chief Executive, Arts Council WalesA welcome from Ruth Till followed

by a perspective on participatory dance in Wales by Nick Capaldi. --

10:00-11:30Transforming Lives: How taking part can change communitiesHoddinott Hall

Baroness Kay Andrews OBE, Author, Tackling Poverty Through Culture Report, WalesLady Andrews, Baroness of Southover, will give a keynote address on the value of the arts in developing communities, reflecting on her recent report commissioned by the Welsh Government and her own personal interests.

Nadine Patel, Programme Manager Theatre and Dance for Western Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, British CouncilInés Sanguinetti, Latin American Network Of Art For Social Transformation, Argentina

Sangeeta Isvaran, Wind Dancers Initiative, IndiaAddisu Demissie and Junaid Jemal Sendi, Destino Dance, EthiopiaPanel discussion Chaired by Dr Sara Houston Nadine Patel will give a perspective on the British Council’s role in supporting dance and social transformation internationally. A panel of artists, who have worked in over twenty countries across the world, will each offer their own perspective on participation in dance, followed by chaired discussion and questions. --

12:00-13:00But is it art? The artist and participatory practiceHoddinott HallRosemary Lee, Artist, UK; Cai Tomos, Artist, Wales; Luca Silvestrini, Protein, UK; chaired by Donald Hutera, Writer, Editor and Journalist, UKResponding to the notion of artistic quality in participatory dance work, these internationally renowned artists will discuss their own work and artistic viewpoint and provide insight into their creative processes when working with participants. Chaired and presented as an informal, conversational session, delegates will be invited to contribute and ask questions.--

Friday 14 November 2014

Reception and Lunch at the Senedd13:00-15:00This lunchtime reception takes place in the Senedd, the Welsh Assembly building adjacent to the Wales Millennium Centre, sponsored by Mark Drakeford AM, Minister for Health and Social Services. Food and drink will be served with live performance from a local older people’s dance group and a welcome from the Minister.

The Senedd is a secure government building and as such, airport-style screening takes place at the entrance. Please leave any non-essential bags, coats and other items in the Wales Millennium Centre cloakroom, at the People Dancing Information Hub, to enable quick and easy entrance into the Senedd.

© Andrew Hazard, courtesy of www.visitcardiff.com

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Development of Community Dance in JapanUrdd Classroom 2Mr Nori Sato, Japan Contemporary Dance Network, JapanA presentation about the Japan Contemporary Dance Network. A performance work supported by the Network will be presented by artists Cecilia Macfarlane and Manizia on Friday evening.--

Moving Ground: Dance, Community, and the Unity of Opposites Grace Williams StudioPegge Vissicaro, Arizona State University, USAThe term ‘moving ground’ is a symbol for the process of adapting to an increasingly heterogeneous and changing world. Informed by cross-cultural or comparative theory, this process involves using ‘anchors’ of understanding to negotiate change, especially unfamiliarity. Ageing adults challenged by economic instability, distance from friends and family, and deterioration of physiological functions often disengage from these anchors, impacting their transition to new contexts. This presentation examines a community dance programme with Westward Ho, a low-cost housing facility for 300 elderly and under-resourced adults, delivered in cooperation with Arizona State University. Emphasizing the ‘unity of opposites’ as a strategy to promote holistic wellbeing through social integration, physical activity and creative exploration, an emergent and sustainable model reveals important insights about community dance practices to mediate difference and provide balance in shifting contexts.--

Creepy House Dance – a case study about a collaboration between dance and libraries in the south west of EnglandWNO Chorus RoomZannah Doan, Pavilion Dance South West, UKThis presentation about developing a relationship with Libraries in the South West of England examines the processes used, the achievements made and the challenges/learning that have come out of a collaboration between two cultural sectors across a large geographic area.--

Community Dance Practice in Rural LincolnshireUrdd Classroom 1Amy Dalton, artsNK, UKAn overview of the innovative work of artsNK’s dance development team in the rural county of Lincolnshire, focusing on successful work to date with children and young people, a continuous commitment to enhance, develop and sustain learning, dance education and youth dance practice, and future plans for consulting local communities about future projects. --

Documentary Dances: Performing personal histories live and on filmRehearsal Room 3Jo Parkes, Mobile Dance, UK / GermanySince 2000, Jo Parkes has created a series of live and film works that tell the personal histories of the performers. She has worked with recent refugees in East London, disabled performers inEthiopia and Cambodia, farmers in South West England, hairdressers, intergenerational casts affected by the building of the wall in Berlin and is currently researching a film with elderly women affected by the Tsunami and nuclear catastrophe in Japan. Jo offers insight into the evolution and structure of the projects, and the creative process.--

No Limit – Dancing Without MusicMillenium LoungeMihaela Filimon and Oana Budeanca Babolea, Sf. Vasile Special School for Deaf People, RomaniaNo Limit is a Romanian group of deaf dancers aged 18-27 who became famous through the TV show ‘Romania’s got Talent’. This presentation reveals the team work, teaching strategy and way of changing lives through the benefits of dance that are behind this success. --

Working in partnership: Dublin City Council and CoisCéim Broadreach - a dynamic journeyHorizon FoyerPhilippa Donnellan, CoisCéim Dance Theatre, Ireland and Niamh Fitzpatrick, Axis Arts Centre and Dublin City Council, IrelandSince 2008, CoisCéim Broadreach has worked with Dublin City Council to develop an annual citywide dance participation and performance project for people aged 50+. This presentation details the nature of this relationship from project inception, core aims and vision to the current partnership, offering an insight into the dynamic process, highlighting some of the complexities and achievements experienced, with a view to extending the debate about the value of sharing resources, building a network of support, and working in partnership. --

Collective Impact: Utah’s Lifelong Engagement in Dance or From Pow Wows on the Reservation to Ballet Under ChandeliersEast Wing Meeting RoomJean Tokuda Irwin, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, USAUtah has an amazing history in dance and dance education. From infants to seniors, in schools, universities, community centres and at the centre of many cultural communities that call Utah

15:00-15:45, repeated at 16:15-17:00 Around the World: The numerous and various contexts in which people dance.Attend two of these fourteen simulataneous sessions.

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home, dance is an integral part of Utah’s culture. A collective impact research study provides the big picture of what and how, the audience, the depth, the gaps and how to assure this continued belief in the importance of dance for Utahns. --

Move on Up - MDI’s Dance and Health StrategyJapan RoomKaren Gallagher MBE, MDI, UKThe session explores an intergenerational approach to reaching communities with dance, building new partnerships and strengthening existing ones through examples of MDI’s work to date and developing practice with Care Commissioning Groups, the Alzheimer’s Society and Alder Hey Children’s hospital.--

Gated CommunityWNO Orchestra HallNadja Raszewski, TanzTangente, GermanyThis presentation explores a piece developed over five weeks of very intense daily training in a prison (JVA) in Heilbronn, Germany, commissioned by ‘Tanz! Heilbronn’ dance festival. Nadja Raszewski and her two assistants (Lionel Drouget, Selina Menzel) worked with the prisoners on the basis of improvisation dealing with the matter of being locked up, having small spaces to live in, and other themes concerning their very regularised daily life. The rehearsals as well as the two sold-out performances took place in the prison itself. --

PALACE – a participatory site-specific performance in Stoke-on-Trent by RestokeHorizon FoyerClare Reynolds, Restoke, UKProduced by Restoke, PALACE was performed in March 2013 in a 200-year-old chapel in Stoke-on-Trent. Created following interviews with individuals affected by homelessness in the city, PALACE was performed by a cast of over 40 dancers and singers, amid visual projections, taking

audiences on a transformative journey revealing majesty in the lowliest of circumstances. PALACE became the case study for further research as part of a Master’s Dissertation, which unearthed the impact on participants, partners and audiences, and offers a unique insight into the successes and challenges of producing multi-faceted performance work. Particularly relevant is the location - Stoke-on-Trent, as depicted by poverty, unemployment and low engagement in the arts. --

Dance for Dementia Man Gwyn StudioDaphne Cushnie, UKDance for dementia is rapidly growing specialist field within dance and health in the UK. This presentation will explain its context and rationale, introduce some basic principles of sound practice and inspire you to add your voice to a collective call to healthcare providers to back this innovative work. --

New Light on Common GroundStones FoyerRuth Pethybridge, Falmouth University, UKThis presentation is about how ideas matter and how community dance artists are embodying philosophy in what they do. Radical theoretical perspectives and critical theory on the concept of ‘community’ will be drawn upon to shed new light on practical methods for leading dance and choreography in participatory settings and making the abstract notion of theory relevant to the practice of community dance and dance education. --

Adult Social Care Commission: Dance as part of the modernisation of daycare services for people with learning disabilitiesFunction Room 6Wieke Eringa, Yorkshire DanceLeaps and Bounds is a weekly dance provision commissioned by Leeds City Council’s Adult Social Care as part of their programme of

modernisation of day-care services. The partnership with Adult Social Care means that Yorkshire Dance welcomes three groups of learning-disabled people each week to its studios and a community centre. This presentation will cover the background to the commission, the nature of the work itself and the impact on the organisation, participants and artists, and how arts organisations can work successfully in partnership with local authorities on service delivery whilst also developing artistic practice. --

Daphne Cushnie at the Foundation for Community Dance Summer School. Photo: Rachel Cherry.

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14:00-20:00Under Dark Skies – An immersive InstallationBlue RoomJoanna Young, a Cardiff-based choreographer with extensive experience of working in communities and producing her own professional work, in collaboration with Portuguese composer Filipe Sousa and British film-maker Simon Clode, has worked with Dawns Powys Dance to create an immersive installation. Delving into the landscape of the Elan Valley, a dark sky reserve in the heart of Powys, the installation explores ideas of scale and time and what it means for people to look up at the night sky. A delicate layering of film, sound and stories, all devised with youth and senior dance members from Powys Dance. Under Dark Skies is an experiential journey from light to dark that connects with the people and rural landscape of Powys. Open from 14.00 to 20.00 with live performances at 14.40, 17.30 & 19.30. This access period allows delegates to preview the installation in advance of the live performance opportunities. Under Dark Skies is a People Dancing - Wales Commission. --

17:30-18:30Older People Dancing: perspectives and case studies

Fergus Early, Green Candle Dance, UK; Cai Tomos, Artist, Wales; chaired by Kate Castle, Associate Director, FCD, UKJapan RoomFergus and Cai, both experienced artists in work with older people, discuss their perspectives on the work. As Artistic Director of Green Candle Dance Company, Fergus has over 40 years’ experience of dance participation in community settings. Cai will reflect particularly on his experience with CAIN, an older people’s performance group he founded and leads in North Wales, for which he was awarded a People Dancing – Wales Commission to continue the development of his work.

Zannah Doan, Pavilion Dance South West, UK; Kate Wakeling, Trinity Laban Conservatoire, UK; Chaired by Veronica Jobbins, Trinity Laban, UKUrdd Classroom 1Joie de Vivre – how can we celebrate and raise the profile of dance by/with/for older people through international collaboration? 20% of the population of southwest England are 65+. This proportion is growing and is the largest in the country. A two-month visit by Pauliina Lapio, then of the Dance Centre of Central Finland, inspired and developed a programme of work with older people. This session explores the potential for international collaboration to influence programme design and delivery.

Dynamic Reflection: Exploring the Partnership between Creative Practice and Research in Trinity Laban’s Dance Programme with Older PeopleKate Wakeling’s presentation will outline the value of instilling dynamic partnerships between researcher, practitioner and participant, based on shared creative reflection. From the creation of complex new definitions of wellbeing by older participants themselves, to the development of an innovative CPD programme for practitioners, the presentation explores the outcomes of this reciprocal approach and outlines a working model of collaborative research and creative practice. --

17:30-18:45Workshops

Jo ParkesRehearsal Room 3Following her presentation earlier in the day, Jo will offer a workshop based on her work with communities’ personal histories in a range of contexts. Creative exercises that were the origin of material seen in the final films of Jo’s projects for Mobile Dance will be used to begin a practical exploration. --

Onil VizcainoGrace Williams StudioOnil is based in Murcia, Spain, where he works with a performance company of disabled young people in a residential setting. He is the international artist partnered with TAN Dance in their People Dancing – Wales Commission award, with whom he has supported the creation of a new performance work featured in the Friday evening programme of People Dancing. Using his experience of working with young people with Down’s Syndrome and other learning or physical disabilities, Onil will explore how he creates performance work with participants that focuses on a high standard of technical performance.--

Bronja Novak LindbladWNO Orchestra HallThis workshop will explore creative exercises, approaches and choreography for working with young children, families and young people. Bronja is based in Malmo, Sweden, where she teaches and creates work for young people and adults, including commissions for the SALTO Festival for family arts. She is partnered with Lisa Spaull in her People Dancing – Wales Commission and has supported the creation of a new performance work with families from Llandudno, North Wales in the Saturday afternoon programme of People Dancing.--

18:00-20:30Reception, buffet dinner and drinksSupported by Creative Scotland, an evening buffet and drinks will be served with film highlights from the Get Scotland Dancing 2014 programme and two opportunities to see live performance featuring participants and artists from Scotland, Japan, Wales, Cambodia and Ethiopia.--

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17:30Under Dark Skies – Live Performance InstallationBlue RoomJoanna Young, a Cardiff-based dance artist with extensive experience of working with communities across Wales and producing her own professional work, in collaboration with Portuguese composer Filipe Sousa and British filmmaker Simon Clode, has worked with Dawns Powys Dance to create an installation using the Dark Sky Zone and Dark Sky Reserve status given to areas of Powys as their stimulus. The status awards recognise the low light pollution in the area making for excellent visibility of star constellations. The cast includes young people from Powys Youth Dance Company and older people from Senior Moment(um). The participants’ stories will be reflected through the installation with film, sound and live performance. This is a People Dancing - Wales Commission.--

19:15-20:00Under Dark SkiesBlue RoomAccess to the open installation and live performance element of Joanna Young’s commission. --

Wings 3 – Time Flies Supported with funding from the Great Britain Sasakawa FoundationHoddinott HallCecilia Macfarlane of Crossover Intergenerational Dance Projects and choreographer Manizia of WaleWorks, come together for the third time in Oxford for Wings 3. 22 dancers from Japan join 22 dancers from England to create Time Flies for People Dancing. Using dance as their common language, and music composed specially for the event, they have devised a new dance piece together – working intensively since 6 November – inspired by flight, distance and trust, and looking at how time flies when you are having fun!--

DancerUrdd Main HallA performance art work created by Ian Johnston, Gary Gardiner and Adrian Howells, Dancer is a gentle provocation on what it is to be a ‘dancer’. Ian and Gary both love to dance in public. Neither are trained dancers. Ian and Gary are two artists asking questions about visibility, opportunity and experiences; as well as sharing a few of their dances. ‘Dancer’ was developed with the support of The Arches and Sense Scotland, and is an Unlimited Commission. --

Friday Performances

Ian Johnston and Gary Gardiner.Photo: Niall Walker.

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20:00Under Dark Skies – Post Show TalkMan Gwyn StudioDiscussion with participants and the artistic team of Joanna Young’s commission.--

20:30-21:15DancerUrdd Main HallA second performance of this work. --

Epic Arts and DESTINO Dance Double BillWeston Studio

Epic Arts, Cambodia present work from the Epic Encounters company; DESTINO Dance, Ethiopia present work by founders Addisu Demissie and Junaid Jemal Sendi.

Epic Arts Cambodia was established in 2003 following a series of successful projects in China. Since those early days, Epic Arts Cambodia has been committed to educating and empowering Cambodian people to see ability, not disability. During the last ten years Epic Arts has grown from a few workshops in Phnom Penh, to the opening of Epic Arts Café in Kampot in

2006, through to the construction of a purpose built fully accessible Arts Centre in 2009. Graduates from the early projects now work for Epic Arts as staff and act as advocates for many young disabled people in Cambodia.

The Epic Encounters company present this work at People Dancing as part of a UK tour, supported by Arts Council England.

The story of DESTINO Dance began in 1998 when two organisations, Dance United and Gemini Trust, joined efforts to carry out what seemed at the time like a crazy idea: turn 18 street children from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, into professional contemporary dancers in only five years. More than 16 years have passed since then. Some of those young dancers stayed abroad in search of better opportunities and others had to look for alternatives to support their families. Addisu Demissie and Junaid Jemal Sendi created DESTINO Dance Company to help others dream through dance.

In Ene Man Negn (Who am I?), Junaid Jemal Sendi and Addisu Demissie open themselves to the audience to narrate their story and those confusing, but exciting moments lived, that brought them to where they are today.--

Photo: DESTINO Dance.

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08:45-09:45Morning ClassGrace Williams StudioAn energising, creative movement session suitable for anyone. --

Networking and Reflection – Imagining the FutureVictor SalviLed by Chris Stenton, Executive Director, FCD and Kate Castle, Associate Director Open to anyone, this session is an opportunity to contribute to an informal discussion about the possibility of forming an international network for participatory dance, and the future strategy and priorities for People Dancing.--

10:00-11:00Opening and Keynote Presentations Hoddinott HallPauline Tambling CBE, Joint Chief Executive, Creative and Cultural Skills, UKPauline Tambling will analyse trends and statistics and model the future of working in dance.

Linda Jasper MBE, Director of Youth Dance England Linda Jasper will reflect on the recent economic crises and how the landscape for children and young people’s dance has changed. Using statistical and qualitative information to outline current trends in policy and provision for children and young people’s dance and the impact on individuals’ experiences

highlighted. This information will be compared to other countries such as Scotland, Germany and the Netherlands. --

11:30-12:30Perspectives and Case Studies

Children and Young People DancingHoddinott HallHannah Robertshaw, Yorkshire Dance, UKAnna Kenrick and Carolyn Lappin, YDance, UKPolly Risbridger and Cherilyn Albert, East London Dance, UKLuke Pell, Independent ConsultantChaired by Lucy Frazer, Board Member, FCDA range of presentations offering different perspectives and contexts, including: Dancing with Your Neighbours (Yorkshire Dance), YDance Active - delivering on physical activity objectives for teenage girls through dance, and Young People Taking the Lead (East London Dance) and Luke Pell offering several formal and bespoke examples of disabled young people pursuing and progressing in dance.--

Frameworks and Partnerships: Organisational approaches to taking partVictor Salvi RoomKaty Spicer and Rachel Elliot, English Folk Dance and Song Society, UKMirain Evans, Wales Millennium Centre, UK Mira Kaushik OBE, Akademi, UK Chaired by Helen Angove, Board

Member, FCDIn this set of presentations and discussions, three organisations will discuss their general approach to participatory work and partnership, with specific project examples including: The Full English, the EFDSS’s recent national programme using archival materials in learning projects with schools, teachers and the wider public; Creative learning for a Wales Millennium Centre as national venue; the range of local, national and international projects; and Akademi’s approach to working with communities. --

11:30-12:45Workshop: Cai Tomos, Working with Older PeopleGrace Williams StudioUsing his experience and training with Anna Halprin’s Life / Art Process, artist Cai Tomos will lead a workshop on working with older people for creative exercise and wellbeing. Cai Tomos is from Dolgellau, North Wales and is a recipient of a People Dancing – Wales Commission, developing his work in the Tamalpa Life / Art process to offer an extended programme for CAIN, an older people’s dance group he founded and leads in Llandudno, North Wales. --

12:30-13:30LunchThis final lunch reception offers delegates the chance to see live performance and to network with exhibitors in the Information Exchange, before returning for the final session of the event.--

12:45Performance: AquariumGlanfa StageLisa Spaull, a freelance choreographer and performer from Llandudno, North Wales has created a performance work with children from North Wales, and their parents, as a recipient of a People Dancing – Wales Commission. Using her experience of creating professional work

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Contributor Biographies

Full biographies can be found online at communitydance.org.uk/peopledancing

Diane AmansDiane has worked in Education as a primary school teacher and more recently as a lecturer in colleges and universities. She has thirty-five years’ experience of community dance projects, including delivering training in the arts, in health and social care settings and in the voluntary sector. Diane is Co-Author and Editor of An Introduction to Community Dance Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) and has contributed to several other publications including Community Performance: An Introduction (Routledge, 2007).--

The Baroness Andrews OBELady Andrews OBE (Baroness Andrews of Southover) is the author of the report Tackling Poverty Through Culture commissioned by the Welsh Government to find ways in which cultural and heritage bodies can work more closely together to broaden access to, appreciation of and participation in culture in ways that contribute to reducing poverty.

Between 1992 and 2003 she was the founder and first Director of the UK-wide educational charity Education Extra, created to ‘put after-school activities and learning within the reach of every child’ as a means of raising achievement, improving schools and supporting families and communities.

Between 2005 and 2009 she was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Communities and Local Government, with responsibility for Housing and Regeneration.

Lady Andrews is currently Chair of the Commission for English Heritage, Deputy Chairman of the House of Lords, a Member of the Select Committee on Delegation and Regulatory Reform, a Member of the Joint Select Committee of both Houses of Parliament for the Reform of the House of Lords, and Chair of the Trustees of the Foundation for Independent Living.She was awarded an OBE in 1998 for services to education, and created Baroness Andrews of Southover in 2000.--

Melanie BrierleyMelanie is a part-time Lecturer in Dance and Somatic Practices at The University of Edgehill and a PhD research student at the University of Roehampton, looking at the relationship between dance, somatic practices and Parkinson’s. She is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator (ISMETA) delivering dance for wellbeing to community groups and in 1:1 settings. She mostly works with older people and specialises in delivering dance for people with Parkinson’s, and more recently, dance for those living with Dementia. --

Nick CapaldiA graduate of Manchester’s Chethams Music School, the Royal College of Music and City University in London, Nick’s career started as a professional musician. He has been Chief Executive of Arts Council of Wales since September 2008. He was previously Executive Director of Arts Council England South West, and before that Chief Executive of South West Arts. Nick has been a Board member of Culture South West and Chair of the Bristol Cultural Development Partnership. During his time with the Arts Council, Nick played a leading role in bringing to fruition some of the region’s most important arts and cultural facilities.--

Tim CassonTim is the creator and lead dancer of the World Record Breaking online performance project, ‘The Dance WE Made’. He trained at The BRIT School and Bird College before completing an MA in Contemporary Dance at London Contemporary Dance School. Tim works extensively in education, regularly leading projects for Sadler’s Wells, and other organisations. He is currently the Course Leader for both ‘JV2’ the Jasmin Vardimon Professional Development Certificate Course and for The National Youth Dance Company. Tim is currently a Catalyst Artist at dancedigital, and Associate Artist at Pavilion Dance South West. In 2013, he founded his company Casson & Friends to create dance performance with a focus on collaboration.--

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Kate CastleKate Castle is the Associate Director of the Foundation for Community Dance. Kate has worked in the dance sector for many years as an artist, administrator, freelance consultant and founding Director of Pavilion Dance South West, as well as for Arts Council England. Kate has been working alongside the team throughout 2014 on forward planning, the People Dancing International Event, and other areas of special interest.--

Pearl ChestermanPearl is the Director of Learning at Birmingham Royal Ballet. Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Department for Learning offers opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with and learn about the Company. The dedicated Learning team has a wide range of expertise and skills and ensure that all projects are inclusive, enjoyable and empowering experiences and the bespoke nature of the work enables each group to engage, participate and achieve.--

Anita ClarkAnita is a graduate of London College of Dance and in 2011 gained an MA (Distinction) in Arts in Social Contexts from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Her background is as a dance artist and producer working extensively in community and learning environments. She is the Portfolio Manager for Dance, Festivals and Touring at Creative Scotland. She joined Scottish Arts Council in 2004 as Head of Dance and moved to Creative Scotland with the launch of the new organisation in 2014. --

Libby CostelloLibby works in the Faculty of Education at the Royal Academy of Dance, managing the Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies and the Diploma in Dance Teaching Studies. In 2013 she became Manager for the Dance for Lifelong Wellbeing project. She tutors on the BA (Hons) Dance Education programme in the areas of Labanotion, Laban Movement Analysis, Dance Education and Dance Philosophy. Libby previously worked at the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and the University of Surrey, as a Professional Development Officer and Associate Lecturer respectively.--

Daphne CushnieDaphne is a neurophysiotherapist and a community dance artist, passionate about bringing about positive changes in health provision, both at grassroots and policy-making levels. She is a founder member of Dance for Parkinson’s Network UK, works part-time for the NHS in Cumbria, and has recently pioneered an NHS award winning pilot project for people living with dementia. She runs community dance groups locally for people living with MS, dementia and Parkinson’s. Her work in dance for neurodegenerative conditions spans 16 years and bridges two overlapping fields. --

Amy DaltonAmy is Head of Dance Development for artsNK. She trained at Trinity Laban on the postgraduate course in Community Dance and at the University of Surrey on the BA (Hons) Dance and Culture degree. She initially worked as Community Dance Artist inside and outside education, developing new work and forming partnerships. Having worked for artsNK since 2009, Amy has successfully built a team of full-time dance artists and a rich and diverse dance programme to meet demand for the district and county. --

Addisu DemissieAddisu graduated in Contemporary Dance, Ethiopian Traditional Dance and Artistic Management from Middlesex University (United Kingdom). He has performed and choreographed in Ethiopia and in France, Germany, United Kingdom, Kenya, South Africa, etc. He has worked with choreographers such as Royston Maldoom, Russell Maliphant and Adam Benjamin. Much of his work has been focused on social projects in Ethiopia in partnership with local and international organisations to raise awareness in the communities on issues such as the condition of street children, early marriage, and discrimination against people with disabilities.--

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Dr Karin EliKarin is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford’s Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Her research focuses on the subjective experience of eating disorders, and consumer engagement with food governance. She has conducted extensive research on eating disorders in Israel and the UK, and is co-editor of Obesity, Eating Disorders and the Media (Ashgate, 2014). Karin is a member of the Unit of Biocultural Variation and Obesity and of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, at the University of Oxford.--

Wieke EringaWieke trained at Middlesex University, London Contemporary Dance School and the University of Surrey. She performed, choreographed and taught for ten years, worked in dance and audience development at Sadler’s Wells, then as Director of Learning and Access at Northern Ballet Theatre before taking the post of CEO and Artistic Director at Yorkshire Dance in 2007.--

Niamh FitzpatrickNiamh has a BA in Dance Studies from Roehampton University and an MA in Cultural Policy and Arts Management from UCD with a thesis examining contemporary dance as a method of rehabilitation for young offenders. She is currently working in community-based arts practice (Axis Arts Centre, Ballymun) but also across the city of Dublin on behalf of Dublin City Council Arts Office to programme and coordinate the Bealtaine Festival, celebrating creativity as we age.--

Lizz FortLizz has developed her practice as a community dance practitioner and creative project manager in a variety of settings, alongside working in dance and education management for dance companies such as Shobana Jeyasingh Dance and Magpie Dance. She joined the RAD Faculty of Education in September 2012. She teaches across programmes in dance pedagogy, community dance, inclusive practice and dance science. Her community work is specialised in inclusive practice with a focus on learning and physical disability.--

Zannah DoanZannah is motivated by a passion for dance that stretches outside arts buildings to reach people in their own communities and in public spaces. She joined Pavilion Dance South West as Regional Producer in 2012 and has enjoyed the chance of producing programmes in multiple partnerships with organisations from inside and outside the dance sector. --

Phillipa DonnellanPhilippa is Boradreach Director and a Choreographer at CoisCéim Dance Theatre, Ireland. She trained in dance, at The Martha Graham School, New York, and Classical Ballet with American Ballet Theater. In 2000 she gained an MA in Dance Studies: Dance Ethnography at Surrey University. Philippa joined CoisCéim Dance Theatre in 2006 to set up CoisCéim Broadreach – dance awareness /audience engagement programme. She has choreographed and directed a number of community-based projects. In 2013, Philippa was awarded funding to produce/tour a dance theatre piece for care homes and older age communities. She is currently undertaking a project entitled Tasty Habits, concerning food consumption and people’s social/personal relationships to food via a Dublin City Council Arts Bursary Award, Artist in the Community Scheme Award. --

Fergus Early OBEFergus is one of the country’s leading exponents of dance in community and education. He began his career with the Royal Ballet, leaving in the early 1970s to teach at the London School of Contemporary Dance. Contacts with artists there led to the establishment of X6 Dance Space, New Dance Magazine and, in 1981, Chisenhale Dance Space. Fergus is the founder of Green Candle Dance Company, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2012 and creates dance productions and participative projects for children, young people and adults over sixty. In 2009 Fergus was awarded the OBE for services to dance and in 2011 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by De Montfort University, Leicester.

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Karen Gallagher MBEKaren is the Artistic Director of MDI (Merseyside Dance Initiative). She trained at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance and was awarded an MA in Social Enterprise (Liverpool John Moores University). Karen has developed the Leap Dance festival at MDI, an annual dance festival extended to a yearlong programme in 2010. Event Producer for Decibel PAS 2011, Karen is committed to celebrating and promoting diversity. Karen received an MBE in 2012 for services to dance and is an Honorary Fellow of LJMU.--

Gary GardinerGary is a performer, director, producer and creative learning practitioner, working across a range of local and international contexts. He is the Artistic Director of 21 Century Challenges, which pioneers arts education practice and contemporary performance work.--

Anna GillespieAnna trained in both music and dance (BA Hons Laban Centre) and has worked as a dancer, composer and musician. With Dr Marion North and Marina Benini, she is a founder member of Musical Moving, Dance for People with Parkinson’s, which in 2008 was joined by Joanne Duff and both are founder members of the Dance for Parkinson’s Network UK. Anna has led pioneering Music for Dance with Parkinson’s workshops for English National Ballet, and for Dance for Parkinson’s Network UK training days. --

Viv GordonViv founded Mean Feet Dance in 2003, focusing on wellbeing and inclusion and outdoor performance work for festivals. She initiated the One Step Forward Dance and Mental Health programme in 2009, exploring the role of dance and creativity in recovery and self-management, and good practice in this new context. In 2014 she toured a piece created and danced by nine mental health service users. Viv was recently GDance’s Disabled Choreographic Fellow – raising the profile of mental health as a hidden disability. --

Dr Sara HoustonSara is Chair of the Foundation for Community Dance. Sarah holds a Principal Lectureship in the Department of Dance, University of Roehampton, UK. Her research into the experience of dance for people with Parkinson’s won the BUPA Foundation Vitality for Life Prize in 2011 and was runner-up in the National Engagement Awards 2014. She was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in 2014.--

Donald HuteraDonald is a veteran arts journalist whose writing has appeared in The Times, Time Out, Dance Europe and many other publications and websites world-wide.

He makes regular contributions to Animated, the magazine of the Foundation for Community Dance.--

Jean Tokuda IrwinJean leads Arts Education, Folk Arts and Literature for the Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts, USA. A former humanities teacher for college students and a museum educator, Jean has been an arts administrator with the Utah Arts Council, now called the Utah Division of Arts & Museums since 1991. She has been responsible for federal and state grants, the dissemination of funding for arts education throughout the state.

Additional activities include securing funding for initiatives such as dance education research, partnerships with other state agencies, building coalitions with artistic companies and university partnership that support professional development for educators in dance, music, theatre, visual arts, media arts and folk arts.

Jean also serves on national grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, sister state panels and on the panel for the President’s Committee for Arts and Humanities Youth Art Awards.--

Sangeeta IsvaranSangeeta is a choreographer, performer, researcher and social activist based in Chennai, India. She has inherited a Bharatanatyam and Abhinaya practice from maestra, Padmabhushan Kalanidhi Narayanan and Smt. Savithri Jagannatha Rao. She received one of the highest national awards, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Bismillah Khan Yuva Purasakar, along with awards

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from Arts Network Asia, Asia Europe Foundation, Asian Scholarship Foundation, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst [German Academic Exchange Programme], Kala Rathna, Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival; Prix de la Creation, Centre Culturel d’Enghien-les-bains, France; Vasantalakshmi Young Dancer award. She is also an empanelled dancer of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.--

Dave IversonDave is a filmmaker based in San Francisco, USA. His newest film is Capturing Grace, which tells the story of what happens when a legendary dance company joins forces with people with Parkinson’s.

He’s produced and reported numerous films for PBS in the United States including the 2009 PBS Frontline documentary “My Father, My Brother and Me” which explored his family’s battle with Parkinson’s and The Thirty Second Candidate, which won a national Emmy award.--

Linda Jasper MBELinda is the Director of Youth Dance England, responsible, with the Board of Trustees, for the overall direction and management of the organisation.Trained originally as a dancer and a teacher of dance, she was Director of South East Dance, a national dance agency with a brief for dance for the screen and regional dance development. Prior to that she was Senior Professional Training Tutor for the University of Surrey’s Department of Dance Studies in the 1990s and initiated and managed a countywide dance programme through Berkshire County Council in the 1980s. In 2011 she was awarded an MBE for services to dance and in 2014 an Honorary Doctor of Arts from De Montfort University. --

Veronica JobbinsVeronica is Head of Professional and Community Development at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she directs the Education and Community Programme and lectures in Dance Education. She trained as a specialist dance teacher at London College of Dance and Drama before teaching for over seven years at Sydenham Girls School. Following a year studying for an MA at Laban, she became an advisory teacher with the ILEA PE Inspectorate, working in schools across London. Veronica was instrumental in the formation of the National Dance Teachers’ Association in 1988, of which she was Chairperson until 2008. She regularly writes for dance and arts journals and presents at conferences in the UK and abroad, serving on a number of dance, arts and education panels and working groups concerned with youth dance and dance in the curriculum.--

Ian JohnstonIan is a dancer, actor and performer, who over the last few years has held a number of leading roles in contemporary performances presented by Sense Scotland, as well as collaborating widely with organisations such as Dance Ihayami, Artform and Indepen-Dance.--

Isabel JonesIsabel is the Artistic Director of Salamanda Tandem. After her professional training as a dancer and musician, she began a lifelong collaboration with her father Lewis and other disabled people to investigate how the arts could ‘enable’ not ‘disable’ people. Salamanda Tandem brings together sensory experts, dancers, sculptors, poets, filmmakers, musicians, and writers, to research and establish creative dialogue between people and artforms. Isabel also works in universities, and with professionals across the fields of healthcare, education and the arts nationally and internationally.--

Rosie KayRosie trained at London Contemporary Dance School graduating in 1998 with a BA (Hons) and forming Rosie Kay Dance Company in 2004. She was the first Leverhulme Artist in Residence to the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, 2013-2014 continuing as a Research Associate. She is Associate Artist of DanceXchange, Birmingham. Awards include 1st Prize Choreography, International Solo Dance Festival Stuttgart, Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award and nomination as Best Independent Company, National Dance Awards, Critics Circle. --

Anna KenrickAnna is Project Director at YDance. She trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds, graduating in 1999 going on to work with the Education Team at The Place, London. After working as the dance artist for Anjali Dance company, Anna joined Ludus Dance Company in 2002 where she worked as both a dancer and teacher. She joined YDance in 2007 as Project Director for the Free To Dance project and was appointed as Artistic Director of the company in September 2011. Anna also works as a visiting assessor for Higher Dance and sits on the qualifications design team for dance for the Scottish Qualifications Authority.--

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Dance for Parkinson’s Network UK, Foundation for Community Dance and Google to create new digital platforms that deliver classes, training, and resources worldwide.--

Bronja Novak LindbladBronja studied at London Contemporary Dance School, 1988-91 and at Performance Training Intensive in Vancouver, 1991-92. She has worked as a dancer and choreographer in performances for children and adults in Sweden, Berlin and the UK since 1993. --

Helen LinkenbaghHelen is a Lecturer in Dance Studies with the Faculty of Education at the Royal Academy of Dance. She teaches classical ballet, Graded and Vocational level RAD exam work and contemporary dance in London and Kent, is a cover teacher for the Associate Programmes at the Royal Ballet School and was one of six specialist dance teachers who worked with groups of older learners as a part of the RAD’s ‘Dance for Lifelong Wellbeing’ project.--

Cecilia MacfarlaneCecilia is an Oxford-based independent choreographer and community dance artist with an international reputation for her work in the community. She is the founding director of Oxford Youth Dance and DugOut Adult Community Dance and co-founding director of Oxford Youth Dance Company.

Her work is based on her belief that dance is for everyone and she celebrates the uniqueness and individuality of each dancer. She is a former Senior Lecturer in Arts in the Community at Coventry University and now works in the UK and internationally to bring generations and communities together to realise their potential through dance.--

James Mackenzie-BlackmanJames is Executive Director at Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures and Re:Bourne, the creating learning organisation for Bourne’s work. James has worked in arts policy, fundraising and management for over twelve years, starting his career at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth before working internationally in Nepal, Zurich, Czech Republic and the USA. James joined the Lyric Hammersmith in April 2006, and in 2009 was appointed Commercial Director. In September 2010 James joined the National Youth Theatre as Executive Director. --

Carolyn LappinCarolyn is Executive Director at YDance (Scottish Youth Dance).

She was educated at Glasgow University, and began working in the arts at the Citizens’ Theatre in Glasgow. Carolyn has also been Administrator for Winged Horse Touring Productions, IPB Productions and Spontaneous Combustions, and has represented Scotland on the Board of the Independent Theatre Council. She joined YDance (Scottish Youth Dance) as General Manager in January 2002 and is currently Chair of physical theatre company Conflux.--

Anna LeatherdaleAnna Leatherdale studied contemporary dance at the Laban Centre where she obtained her Master’s degree before going on to work with the Council for Dance Education and Training and the National Campaign for the Arts. She is currently Dance Consultant for Trinity College, London and Producer for Workforce Development at the Foundation for Community Dance. Anna was also one of the three professional judges for the UK’s prestigious Olivier Awards from 2000 to 2002. She continues to teach and perform throughout the UK and Europe. She particularly enjoys using dance as a means to improve people’s health and sense of wellbeing and runs a regular movement class for people with Parkinson’s.--

Rosemary LeeRosemary has been choreographing, performing and directing for over twenty years. She has created large-scale site-specific work with cross-generational casts, solos for herself and other performers, installations and films. These projects have included short films for broadcast boy, greenman, Infanta & Snow, a 40-minute documentary (Dancing Nation), live performance merging with video projection (Passage & Brink) and installation (Apart from The Road & Remote Dancing). Most recently, Rosemary was commissioned to make a large-scale outdoor performance for over 200 dancers for Dance Umbrella 2011 in central London.--

David LeventhalDavid is a founding teacher and Program Director for Mark Morris Dance Group’s Dance for PD® program. He performed with the Mark Morris Dance Group from 1997-2011. David leads classes for people with Parkinson’s and has trained teachers in the Dance for PD approach around the world. He is working with such partners as Canada’s National Ballet School,

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Mo MorganMo is the Co-ordinator, Team Leader and Teacher of the ‘Dance for People with Parkinson’s’, Edinburgh. A graduate of Goldsmith’s College, London University her career has encompassed professional performance, art, teaching and lecturing, most recently qualifying with the Pilates Foundation. She’s assisted in presenting ‘Dance for Parkinson’s’ with Olie Westheimer (Executive Director of Brooklyn Parkinson’s Group and), initiator of the Dance for Parkinson’s program with the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG). --

Jo ParkesJo is a freelance choreographer. Under the name Mobile Dance, she has delivered participatory dance projects around the world with groups of professional and non-professional performers using dance and storytelling to explore issues of concern to the group. Jo is a Fulbright scholar, with a first-class degree in English/German literature from Oxford University and a Master of Fine Arts in choreography from the University of California, Los Angeles (World Arts and Cultures Program). She is a ‘documentary dance-maker’ often making work for public spaces and for film/video. In 2009, Jo’s project Postcards from Berlin won a Kinder zum Olymp award. She is a recipient of the Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award. --

Ruth PethybridgeRuth is a Dance Artist, Researcher and Lecturer in dance at Falmouth University. Since graduating from Bretton Hall in 2000 she has delivered dance in diverse settings with all ages and abilities alongside making her own choreographic work. Her community practice emphasises agency in choreographic processes - finding ways of forming people’s unique ways of moving into coherent performance. Ruth’s research interests centre on the politics of participation and relational choreography and she is interested in creating choreographic events that blur the distinction between performance and social gathering. --

Luke PellLuke makes work in and in between the spaces of dance, theatre and live art. As a maker, curator and performer he also collaborates with other artists and organisations imagining alternative contexts for performance, participation and discourse that might reveal wisdoms for living. He is an Associate Artist with Fevered Sleep and Candoco Dance Company and currently working as Development Associate with Dance Base, Scotland and as a consultant for the National Inclusive Dance Network, England. --

Jane RallsJane is currently Dance Development Director at DanceXchange, where she enjoys developing projects that break down barriers to engagement in the arts and improve the dance infrastructure of a region. She has experience in creating partnerships, nurturing artists and generating income - and sees real value in meaningful consultation and collaboration.--

Nadja RaszewskiNadja is Artistic Director of TanzTangente, Berlin. She is a dancer, choreographer and dance-pedagogical teacher who was trained and educated by Leanore Ickstadt, Jaques Lecoq and Eric Hawkins. She is a lecturer at the University of Art Berlin (UdK), in the institute for theatre pedagogy and is the artistic director for the certificate program ‘creating dances in art and education’ at the UdK Berlin. Nadja founded Tangente Company in 2006, creating award-winning productions with children, youths and adults, amateurs and professional dancers, with whom she works from an interdisciplinary perspective. --

Clare ReynoldsClare’s work is predominately rooted in community dance; delivering, creating and performing dance work with people of all ages, abilities and experience levels. Co-Director of Stoke-on-Trent based interdisciplinary performance company Restoke her interests lie in site-based performance, collaborating across artforms, improvisation and inclusive dance practice.--

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Polly RisbridgerPolly is Director at East London Dance. She completed the BA Dance and Culture degree at University of Surrey, and following graduation became a dance artist, before becoming Education Officer at Rambert Dance Company. Highlights of her work at ELD include leading the Big Dance Hub development for east London; producing outdoor and site-specific productions such as Leaving Limbo Landing by Caroline Bowditch and The Bunker Thing by Avant Garde Dance. Polly has been a Guest Lecturer for University of East London, delivering the Arts Management module for undergraduate performing arts students and is on the Board of Directors of Protein Dance.--

Hannah RobertshawHannah is the Director of Youth and Community Dance for Yorkshire Dance, Leeds. She trained in dance, completing a BA Hons in Dance and Theatre Arts in 2001. Hannah worked as Artistic Producer for Ludus Dance in the North West, relocating to Yorkshire in 2013. She has worked as an artist, teacher, choreographer, producer, project manager and director. Yorkshire Dance champions the development of dance across Yorkshire by raising standards, increasing knowledge and understanding and fostering creativity and innovation. --

Inés SanguinettiInés is a dancer, choreographer and sociology graduate in Argentina. As co-founder in 1987 of the non-profit organisation Crear Vale La Pena, she has directed a programme of artistic community development facilitating the creative self-expression of at-risk adolescents through Cultural Community Centers in the impoverished barrios of Greater Buenos Aires. The programme has supported the artistic self-development and social integration of nearly 800 hundred alumni and more than 8000 participants. Since 2006, she has coordinated the Latin American Network, Art for Social Transformation working in 11 countries in the region.

Junaid Jemal SendiJunaid graduated in Contemporary Dance, Ethiopian Traditional Dance and Artistic Management by Middlesex University (United Kingdom). He is the first African and the youngest dancer to ever receive the Rolex Award. He has worked with Saburo Teshigawara, Kubilai Khan Investigations and performed in venues all over the world (Madagascar, United States, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, China, etc.). Junaid continues to perform, teach and organise workshops in Ethiopia and United Kingdom, and is a member of the jury at the TV program Ethiopian Idol.--

Lawrence ShapiroLawrence is a dance artist whose training is deeply rooted in the UK disability arts scene. He has completed residencies with Candoco and mentorships with Amici Dance Theatre. He has presented at disability dance conferences in Glasgow and Dundee, Scotland and served as a visiting disability researcher at SOAS. Lawrence is keen to work with British choreographers to expand the role of the amputee within the UK dance sector.--

Luca SilvestriniLuca is the Artistic Director of National Dance Award-winning company, Protein, and has made several critically acclaimed shows for the stage, including LOL and, most recently, Border Tales, as well as large-scale outdoor and site-specific projects in the UK, Greece, France, Italy and Spain. He has also created work for Transitions, Candoco, Intoto, Company of Elders at Sadler’s Wells, Sankalpalm and HeadSpaceDance. He has won a Jerwood Choreography Award, a Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award, The Place Prize Audience Award and received a Rayne Fellowship. --

Ken Skates AMKen Skates AM is the Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism in Wales. He was born in Wrexham and studied Social and Political Science at Cambridge University. Ken’s policy interests include manufacturing, mental health, sport and leisure, the political economy and eliminating poverty. His political interests include skills training, tourism, environmental protection, mental health, sport and fitness and social inclusion.--

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Pauline TamblingPauline is Joint CEO at Creative & Cultural Skills. Until April 2009, Pauline was Chief Operating Officer of Creative & Cultural Skills. She previously worked at Arts Council England in five senior roles with a wide range of responsibilities and led several major initiatives.

She is Chair of Shape (an arts and disability organisation in London), a member of the Clore Leadership Programme Strategic Advisory Committee and a member of North Hertfordshire College Board (NHC). Pauline was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2014.--

Ruth Till MBERuth trained and performed as a dancer before leading a full-time dance course as well as a community dance programme. She was Director of Yorkshire Dance Centre, Leeds leading the conversion from a warehouse to a dance centre. In 1993 she became Director of Rubicon Dance, the community dance development organisation for Cardiff and Newport. Ruth is the Vice Chair of the Foundation for Community Dance and an ambassador for dance in Wales. Ruth was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List, 2005, for her services to dance. --

Cai TomosCai has worked as a performer, director and facilitator of theatre and dance in various contexts. His work is influenced by the psychological and psychosocial aspects related to dance and dancing and often includes both his languages of Welsh and English. Cai works within the community context; facilitating dance and movement workshops for people of all ages and is particularly interested in dance with older adults. He is an associate artist at Galeri Arts Centre in North Wales, a lecturer in dance at the University of Chichester and a registered Integrative Art Psychotherapist.--

Sally VarrallSally is the Programme Director for Dance at Cardiff Metropolitan University and is contributing to a UK wide project instigated by Candoco – Moving Bodies – for people with learning and physical disabilities. From 2009 to 2012, Sally developed her research practice at Ysgol Erw’r Delyn, a school for people aged 3-19 years with physical and learning disabilities. In 2010 and 2011 Sally went to Zambia as part of a UK University IDEALS project, working with UK Sport to coach children and peer leaders.--

Lisa SpaullLisa is an Independent Dance Artist based in North Wales. Since graduating with a BA Degree in Dance from Chichester University, Lisa has over 13 years’ experience, delivering dance projects to all ages and abilities in a variety of settings. She has been the recipient of a number of Arts Council of Wales grants to create her own work as well as commissions from Dawns-i-Bawb, New Dance, Bangor Sound City, Blinc Digital and Dance Shorts. Lisa became Dance Buddy in 2013; a scheme run by Creu Cymru to promote relationships between dance artists and venues. Lisa is the recipient of a People Dancing – Wales Commission creating a piece for parents and children in North Wales. --

Katy SpicerKaty Spicer is the Chief Executive of English Folk Dance and Song Society.She joined the organisation in 2008 with a background in theatre and dance management, including Arts Council England, Green Candle Dance Company, Arc Dance Company, Rambert Dance Company and Chester Gateway Theatre. Amongst many developments she has turned EFDSS’s home, Cecil Sharp House, into an award-winning venue with a vibrant performance programme and introduced an artists’ development programme supporting the creative and business development of artists at all stages of their careers.--

Peter Stark OBEPeter has had a long and distinguished career with a particular focus on participation. He is the co-author of two major research reports, ‘Rebalancing our Cultural Capital’ and ‘Policy for the Arts and Community in England’ and has been Chair of Voluntary Arts since October 2011.He developed his interest in cultural policy as a lecturer in Arts Management at City University, then with the Council of Regional Arts Associations and as Director of Northern Arts in his native NE of England.--

Chris StentonChris Stenton is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Community Dance, the UK development organisation for community and participatory dance. Chris leads on strategy, partnerships and resource development, and heads up a team of specialist Producers who deliver an extensive programme focused on workforce development, diversity and inclusion, and public engagement. In 2011-2012 Chris led the National Programme for Big Dance, part of the London 2012 Festival.--

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Pegge VissicaroPegge Vissicaro is Director of the Office for Global Dance Research and Creative Partnerships, which facilitates School of Dance sponsored research projects at Arizona State University. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa (UTL) and Instituto Politecnico de Lisboa from 1996–1997 and a Fulbright Specialist at UTL in 2008.

Her instruction is informed by long-term investigations of cross-cultural processes, popular dance cultures in Brazil, refugee studies, and online learning environments. In 2008 she was a recipient of the first ASU Global Engagement Faculty Seed Grant to develop a major archival preservation and access proposal for the National Endowment for the Humanities and to design a social networking site linking dance research “in the field.”

Notably she is a pioneer of distance education for dance and launched the first online courses for ASU in 1996, which also were the first in dance worldwide. She has presented papers and lectures, taught master classes and conducted residencies in Korea, Scotland, Portugal, France, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, and throughout the United States. --

Dr Kate WakelingKate is a Research Fellow at Trinity Laban. She is based in the Learning and Participation department and her work is focused on the institution’s ‘Retired not Tired’ programme of creative music and dance for older people.--

Heidi WilsonHeidi’s particular areas of interest include: dance in educational settings (delivering/ training/ CPD); dance for health and wellbeing.--

Jasmine WilsonJasmine Wilson trained at London Contemporary Dance School. She joined Wayne McGregor | Random Dance in 1997 working firstly as General Manager going on to set up the Education department in 1999 becoming Director of Creative Learning in 2007. In 2012 Jasmine produced Big Dance Trafalgar Square, bringing together 850 community participants from across London. Jasmine developed and managed both of Random’s children’s projects, digit01 and Alpha, performing in digit01. In 2009 Jasmine was awarded Clore Fellowship in Cultural Leadership and undertook research into participatory arts practice in the favelas of Rio De Janeiro.--

Catherine YoungCatherine graduated with a BA Contemporary Dance from De Montfort University in 2000 and has worked within the community dance field as a Dance Animateur for eight years before taking up her current post as Dance Officer for Theatr Felinfach, Ceredigion, Wales, where she leads the theatre’s Community Dance Programme. Catherine is also engaged in an ongoing practice/research based project, which explores choreographic processes with older dancers and co-manages a performance/research based company, Colectif, with seven other female, Welsh-speaking artists.--

Joanna YoungJoanna trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and has completed an MA in Choreography at London Contemporary Dance School. She has created nine original works for a variety of contexts, including stage, site-specific installations, film and community responsive work. In recent years she has received funding from the Arts Council of Wales and has presented her work at the Southbank Centre, The Place and in theatres and galleries across Wales. Joanna is the recipient of a People Dancing – Wales Commission, working with community participants in Powys, Wales, to create a performance installation inspired by the Dark Sky Reserve area of the Brecon Becons.--

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People Dancing CinemaThe People Dancing Cinema is open during the event; tickets and pre-booking are not required. This schedule of films demonstrates the breadth of dance participation in countries around the world. Full details of each film, including background, descriptions, producers and creative teams are given in the separate film programme in your delegate bag.

Thursday 13 November15:0015:3016:0016:1518:45

Friday 14 November08:3009:4509:5510:0510:1510:3011:0011:1511:3011:4512:0013:15

13:3514:4518:3018:4518:5019:1520:0020:30

Saturday 15 NovemberA selection of the People Dancing cinema films will be repeated alongside Saturday’s programme. Check the programme insert given in your delegate bag for more details.

Epic Arts Wriggle Dance Theatre Cai Tomos’s CAIN – Older People’s Dance in CaernarfonDancing Nation: A film by Foundation for Community DanceCapturing Grace (Created and directed by Dave Iverson who will introduce this screening)

Common Dance: A film by Rosemary LeeSnow: A film by David Hinton and Rosemary LeeInfanta: A film by Rosemary Lee and Peter Anderson Boy: A film by Rosemary Lee and Peter AndersonTanz die Toleranz - Caritas of the Archdiocese of Vienna Dad Dancing Magpie DanceRestoke: PALACEFreefall Dance Company: SeatedFRONTLINEdance: HAPPENCHANCE DE LooPERS-dance2gether Physically Being Me, Inclusion: A U.Dance Experience and Progression - Beth’s Story: Films by Foundation for Community DanceJo Parkes, Mobile Dance, Home, Chemical Reactions and Smoker’s CornerLois Taylor, Living It Loving ItGet Scotland Dancing - Glory Get Scotland Dancing: Dancing City Get Scotland Dancing: Dancing City DocumentaryGet Scotland Dancing 2014 Documentary Get Scotland Dancing: Barrowland Ballet’s The River, Participant DocumentaryGet Scotland Dancing 2014 Documentary

Progression - Beth’s StoryFoundation for Community Dance

Physically Being Me Foundation for Community Dance

StaffExecutive DirectorChris Stenton

Producer, Events and Big DanceRichard ParrProducer, Professional DevelopmentAnna LeatherdaleProducer, Dance, Deaf and Disabled PeopleLouise Wildish

Programme CoordinatorRosie FrancesProgramme CoordinatorLindsay Jenkins

Associate DirectorKate Castle

General ManagerEmma HayesDevelopment ManagerRuth BatesProducer, Wales CommissionsJên Angharad

Membership Services CoordinatorShelley TrevelyanAdministratorDaryl KirklandMarketing and Communications AdministratorTaf MasenduFinance AdministratorDenise Jennings

Chair: Dr Sara Houston (Principal Lecturer, Department of Dance, University of Roehampton); Vice-Chair: Ruth Till MBE (former Director, Rubicon Dance); Chair of Finance & General Purposes Committee: Pat Abraham (Arts Consultant); Helen Angove (Head of Quality and Registry, Conservatoire for Dance and Drama); Jeanette Bain-Burnett (Arts Consultant); Caroline Bowditch (Performance Artist and Choreographer); Lucy Frazer (former Director, Hampshire Dance); Dylan Quinn (Artistic Director, Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre); Jane Ralls (Dance Development Director, DanceXchange); Anusha Subramanyam (Director, Beeja).

AcknowledgementsFern George, Penny Phillips and the staff at the Wales Millennium Centre for space and event support.Jacqueline Brown, Jennifer Stoves and Diane Hebb at the Arts Council of Wales for support with planning and the People Dancing - Wales Commissions programme.Sally Varrall and Sandy Fisher, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Dance Department.Tracey Brown and the staff at Rubicon Dance for workshop leaders and local performance groups.Ruth Till MBE for support with the development of People Dancing in Cardiff.David Mackie and Chris Purchase, BBC Cymru Wales for the support and flexibility provided with Hoddinott Hall.Mark Drakeford AM for sponsorship of the reception in the Senedd.Eleanor Brown and Ellis J-Wright for their volunteer support in event planning and production.James Allenby and Anita Clark at Creative Scotland for support with reception sponsorship.Perkins Slade for support with session sponsorship.Student Volunteers from the BA (Hons) Dance Programme at Cardiff Metropolitan University.Cecilia Macfarlane, Intergenerational Dance Projects and Oxford Youth Dance for the development of their Japan project for People Dancing.The Chairs of all People Dancing sessions for their support in volunteering and facilitating the event.Sophie Douglas for support with online communications in advance of and during People Dancing.Luke Todd at Todd Creative Services for support with film and digital services.Deepa Shastri and Lynne Jackson at Stagetext for support with speech to text translation services.

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