dancematters - Issue 64 Autumn 2012
Threats to Dance Education
Contents
DM64A – pages 1 – 2
Threats to Dance Education
Judy Evans & Sue Trotman
DM64B – pages 3 – 9
Resource pages: Key Stage 3
Cubes de Construction
Claire Hindley, Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School, Marlow
DM64C – pages 10 – 14
Creating a full length school ballett
Jasper Marriott, Head of Dance, Queen Elizabeth School, Cumbria
DM64D – pages 15 – 18
Resource pages: Year One
Commotion in the Ocean
Sue Trotman, freelance primary dance consultant
DM64E – pages 19 – 23
The Early Years: Reflections on current policy and the potential for dance
Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan, Senior Lecturer in PE, Dance, Education Studies and Primary Professional Practice at Bath Spa University
DM64F – pages 24 – 30
Resource Pages: Early Years to KS2
Dance really does matter!
Juliet Thomas, Education officer at Sonia Sabri Company, Birmingham
DM64G – pages 31 – 32
zero degrees
(Akram Khan and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, 2005)
A synopsis from Akram Khan Company’s website
DM64H – pages 33 – 34
Resource Pages: Key Stage 4 & 5
A Site Specific Project
Harriet Jones, St. Bartholomew’s School, Newbury
DM64I – pages 35 – 39
Dance Matters: Three Tributes
The following pages, written by Veronica Jobbins, pay tribute to three much valued figures in dance education who died over the last few months. Each contributed to dance in schools and between them represent three generations of dance pioneers and advocates for the education and training of children, young people and professionals, teachers and artists.
