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VISION 'loop' together contemporary dance training, performance, participation and appreciation

VISION 'loop' together contemporary dance training, performance, participation and appreciation. Loop Dance Company is……. Loop creates and performs a range of work including site-specific, site-sensitive, installations and dance for camera.

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VISION 'loop' together contemporary dance training, performance, participation and appreciation

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  1. VISION'loop' together contemporary dance training, performance, participation and appreciation

  2. Loop Dance Company is……. Loop creates and performs a range of work including site-specific, site-sensitive, installations and dance for camera Loop provides contemporary dance participation and training resource

  3. Loop’s fascination with Dance and Health 2006 - Conversations and the subsequent lecture at Loop’s professional summer intensive by Dance UK’s Helen Laws on dancers health 2007 - case study for dance fitness student Manuela Angioi’s PhD research into current demands on dancers to balance fitness and aesthetic quality In 2008 - worked with LABAN to deliver Dance 4 Your Life for NKLAAP In 2008/9 and again in 2009/10 - CAT Satellite for LABAN with training in Performance Enhancement 2008 started running Dance and Health Insets for teachers 2009 Dance Science Project for Canterbury Christ Church University BA in Dance Ed September 2009 to July 2010 - Ashford Dance For Health, funded by Eastern & Coastal Kent PCT

  4. Ashford Dance for Health working with children and parents in the borough of Ashford, Kent in two discrete strands. funded by The Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT Strand One - Weekly classes with children from Phoenix Primary school, firstly work with year 5 children who are now acting as peer to peer mentors as we move to work with the younger children. An Inset training day for teachers in the school was provided and it is hoped that the year 5 children will continue the energy of the project after the year is finished alongside the trained teachers. Strand Two - Weekly classes in partnership with Sure Start Ashford have been taking place with parents/careers and children at a variety of their satellite stations across the borough. The fun creative sessions not only encourage dance activity during the session but also support parents wanting to dance with their children at home. In addition to this advice is available on healthy balanced diets. It is hoped that some of these children will feed into Phoenix Primary School with the benefit of having already participated in dance.All children were tested pre and post project, the findings are now available and findings will be used to inform future work on health and fitness.

  5. Knowledge to take forward Using Loop’s knowledge of working with all sectors of the community • New ways we have learnt to develop dance exercises to have an impact on fitness including • Body conditioning in floor phrases • Cardio vascular exercise through games • Swing exercises that repeat facing different directions to develop anaerobic capacity • Plyometric training that compliments creative content • Continuing to do the things that Loop already do • Injecting Joy! Dance is fun, it has an effect on your emotional and mental well being and can significantly increase self esteem • Exploring creativity and expressivity through performance skills • encourage creative ownership inspired by creating original dance work

  6. Lets Dance with Change4Life’ Targeting at Hard to Reach young parents from deprived areas focussing on Ashford, Dover and Maidstone in Kent Ashford - starting Nov 2010 • weekly classes for young parents at Phoenix Primary School • a crèche facility • children's creative dance class at the Children's Centre all running concurrently • working in consultation with the Family Liaison Officer Dover - starting Nov 2010 • weekly classes for young parents with the Young Active Parents Group • a mobile crèche facility • pilot classes have taken place and the adults are very keen to continue Maidstone - starting Jan 2011 •  Ideas welcome, something new?

  7. For more information, a pdf of the Ashford Dance for Health report and bookings contact • Brook Theatre, Old Town Hall, Chatham, Kent ME4 4SE • 01634 831531  info@loopdancecompany.co.uk www.loopdancecompany.co.uk

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