Winter 2008
Focus on wellbeing and health
In two years Arts Council England has produced two documents in collaboration of the Department for Health. The first, specifically about dance and health, outlines the benefits of participating in dance for people of all ages. The Second - A Prospectus for the Arts and Health - is an altogether more substantial document and looks more broadly at the contribution of all the arts to health agendas.
At regional level that there have been a range of participatory opportunities, plus conferences, seminars and reports about the value of the dance and the arts in supporting the health and general wellbeing of the population. We know there is some real effort being made by some in the medical profession across the UK to develop more strategies for preventative health care and well being rather than dealing primarily with ill health.
Despite all this effort the mainstream...
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Donald Hutera gets up off his bum and ventures into the wonderful world of site-specific performance
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| Ken Bartlett, Creative Director, Foundation for Community Dance | |
The focus: dance, wellbeing and health |
Donald Hutera explores the work of Breathing Space in nurturing health and emotional well being
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Jan Burkhardt describes Dance Action Zone Leeds' activity programme to combat obesity in young people
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Laura Deacon on British Red Cross's support for Dance For Life, a national initiative to get more young people to participate in dance
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Dance4's Learning Manager Vanessa McGuire outlines the work being undertaken in the East Midlands to place dance firmly on the health agenda
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Independent Artist Doran George in a new residency programme at Chisenhale Dance Space deals with the delicate issue of bereavement
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| Take Art's Dance Director Chris Fogg explains how partnerships have helped make Take Art more sustainable | |
Joke Verlinden on what community dance can offer
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Daphne Cushnie on the difference dance makes to the lives of people with Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Disease
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| Bisakha Sarker, Artistic Director of Chaturangan, demonstrates that dance can make time fly for patients whilst they are waiting for treatment | |
Intercultural dialogue |
Choreographer Adesola Akinleye on working with refugee communities in Manchester
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Independent Artist Rosaria Gracia on bringing Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian dance traditions into community dance
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International |
Robyn Campbell describes the development of Made in BC, an initiative linking communities to contemporary dance
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Professional development |
Kristine Sommerlade and Heather Walker, of Tees Valley Dance, describe their project to get teachers and pupils dancing in the classroom
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