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  • Stage dancing : Christmas Lights 2019, Oxford
  • ‘I learn so much from my [dance] students’
  • Yoga into dance : narratives from yoga & dance
  • Freiburg Contact Festival 2019: My Scrapbook
  • Freiburg Contact Festival 2019: Dance the light fantastic

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‘I learn so much from my [dance] students’

‘I learn so much from my [dance] students’

‘I learn so much from my students’ is often said by those who teach. But is it true? Teaching/facilitating at a session of Oxford Contact Dance in October, I had something of a rude awakening!

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Posted on November 6, 2019November 11, 2019Categories Learning, Oxford Contact DanceLeave a comment on ‘I learn so much from my [dance] students’
Yoga into dance : narratives from yoga & dance

Yoga into dance : narratives from yoga & dance

Yoga into Dance was a two hour class led by me and Ashka from Ashka Zasada Yoga on 13 October at Oxford Contact Dance. Afterwards, I pondered our use of narratives in the session.

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Posted on October 28, 2019October 29, 2019Categories Learning, Oxford Contact DanceLeave a comment on Yoga into dance : narratives from yoga & dance
Teaching Contact Improvisation?

Teaching Contact Improvisation?

I started teaching Contact Improvisation at Oxford Contact Dance in 2015. But how do we teach contact improvisation – it’s an improvised dance after all.

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Posted on April 22, 2019April 23, 2019Categories LearningTags improvising, rolls, teaching, techniqueLeave a comment on Teaching Contact Improvisation?
Learning to dance

Learning to dance

Learning to dance seems simple: attend classes; practice; dance! But learning to dance is – for me – a highly reflective and investigative practice, and integrated into making dance – just like making any artwork. In 2018, I learnt that dance is not theatre; and that decorators are dancers.

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Posted on November 30, 2018December 7, 2018Categories LearningLeave a comment on Learning to dance
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