CV
EDUCATION
Higher Education:
2016-17 University of Sunderland
2013-14 University of Chichester - Postgraduate Pre-Preparation programme
2006-8 Leeds Metropolitain University, in partnership
with Newcastle College
2001-05 University of Sunderland
1997-99 University of Northumbria
1983-86 Middlesex Polytechnic
Further Education:
1981-83 Newcastle College
Secondary Education:
1978-79 Monkwearmouth College, Sunderland
1971-77 Pennywell Comprehensive, Sunderland.
QUALIFICATIONS:
MA Fine Art
B.A. (Hons) Creative Practice, Fine Art (2i)
B.A. (Hons) Performance Arts (2i)
Diploma in Fine Art
Diploma of Higher Education
Foundation Certificate in Fine Art
Grade Five Theory of Music
Other web sites:
axisweb.org
https://danceimprovnortheast.wordpress.com/about-2/
http://www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/
http://25stratfordgrove.wordpress.com/archive/angela-jane-kennedy/
www.linkedin.com/pub/angela-kennedy/2a/744/865
Activism:
Chair 2014 -Jan 2015 - Artists' Union England, founding member 2011 to present, Co-Chair 2016-17
NEFG - North East Feminist Gathering, part of a women's collective re 2013, ongoing
Women's Space - Newcastle - a informal safe space for women to meet fortnightly; helped to set up and facilitate from 2013
Residencies, Installations, Exhibitions, Performance, Commissions and Choreography
Benign' group exhibition - Priestman Gallery, Univerisity Sunderland, Sept-Oct 2017, Performance, Installation, Video and Audio work - 'Vein' body of work
'Line' - Performance Installation, Video by Laura Crow, April 2017
'Nasty Women' - April 2017, Text and Performance, Byker Community Centre
'Moving on Up, Moving on Out' - Group exhibition, Feb 2017, Newbridge Project, Newcastle
'Women's Work' and 'Horizontal' - August 2016. Performance Poetry and Movement performance - part of the Accummulations Project, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
'Walking Together' - July 2015, Lead artist for community/socially engaged project for Ben Jones CIC 'Dingy Butterflies', Bensham,Gateshead: https://ben-jones.org.uk/2015/07/09/walking-together/
Publications - ‘A Tool to Liberate: The Role of Improvisation in Dance’ (2007) Movement Languages in Early Childhood Education, Early Arts North East p9.
Film - ‘Waiting’, 1 minute 38 second film, made in collaboration with Animator and Video artist Laura Crow - ‘Fresh’ event Dance City Dec 2011, Newcastle upon Tyne and ‘Art Houses’, part of Whitley Bay Film Festival September 2012
Site Specific
2017 - Charles Street, Performance - Site responsive, video by Angela Kennedy and Laura Crow
2012 – ‘A word From Each’, Heaton Arts Festival, St Gabriel’s church, Heaton, Newcastle
2011 – ‘Traces’, Sanctuary Art space, Gateshead, a site responsive installation-including performance from Soprano Rachel Dison, drawings/rubbings and text, October 2011
2011 – CELL, a sound, text and art responsive installation at the Old Prison Cells, Gateshead Old Town Hall, part of GIFT – Gateshead International Festival of Theatre, May 2011
2011 – ‘Waiting’, a site specific performance in Leazes Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, with video artist Laura Crow and musicians, Penny Callow and Margot Hardman
Residencies
2011 – ‘blue’, a four week residency at Highbridge studios and gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, culminating in a Performance Installation, see recent blog:
http://www.a-n.co.uk./link/angela-kennedy
2010 – ‘Resonant Threads’ 10 day residency at ‘25sg’, three installations, one video performance, one live performance
1990-91 – ‘Hear Me’ - collaboration with six women performers, live music from ‘The Lurv The Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle upon Tyne - plus a week’s tour of South Tyneside. Funded by Northern Arts, Artists Agency & South Tyneside Council, Tyne & Wear
Curation
2012 - A Corporeal Heart – Including ‘Waiting II’, An evening of experimental films by 3 artists at ‘25sg’ Heaton, Newcastle
2010 - Age of Austerity – co-produced and curated a multi-media event involving an exhibition of 20 artists work, live music and performance poetry, Newcastle
Exhibitions/ Solo
2010 – DREAM BOAT - Video Installation, High Bridge Studio’s, Newcastle upon Tyne
2009 - PULL – Waygood Hanging Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2009
2008 - CHROMA – Square Yard Gallery, April and Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sept – Dec 08
Group Exhibitions
2012 – Studio Q, Summer Salon, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
2011 – ‘Traces’ - St. Edmunds‘s Church, Gateshead
2010 - Asuntos Pendientes, Highbridge gallery and studios, Newcastle upon Tyne
2009 - Living North Spring Art Fair, Newcastle Racecourse
2008 - Mushroom Works, Byker Newcastle upon Tyne
2008 - Leeds Metropolitan University - Pink Hover chosen to go the University of Leeds week long art fair as part of Regional Network of Partner colleges
2008 - FIVE – Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery, Alnwick, Northumberland
2008 - INTERIM – Square Yard Exhibition Space, Newcastle upon Tyne
2007 - LUSTRUM –The People’s Theatre, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne
Commissions
2009 - Private commission for two paintings – themes: Birth and Death
1992 - Quizzing Glass & Quizzing Glass II – Commission from: Rochdale Arts Gallery part of ‘Columbus Drowning’ Exhibition, collaborative performance with artist Delta Streete
1992 – Quizzing Glass II, by Delta Streete, performed at Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne and then adapted for TV for BBC 2 – 'Out of Our Heads' programme, a collaborative project with visual/performance artist Delta Streete
Feedback Forum- Independent Dance network
2011 – Showing of ‘Dream Boat’ video at Siobhan Davies Dance Studios, London
Live/Performance/Choreography
2012 – An Age, Collaborative verbatim theatre performance with The Paper Birds Theatre Company, Northern Stage: flic.kr/p/cm2ERd
2012 – The Late Shows – ‘blue II’, Live Performance Installation at Baltic 39, Newcastle
2011 – ‘blue’, Performance Installation Residency at Highbridge studios and gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, culminating in a - see above for blog site
2010 - Mentor/Choreographic Consultant for Appetite Dance Productions
2010 – Dream Boat and Wind Power, a live and video performance, ‘25sg’ Newcastle.
2009 – Medulla, a duet, Lab Space – Dance City, one week, August, working with two dancers: Garner Harris and Mona McCarthy devising new movement and dance material 2008- 9 Urban Landscapes - Consultant choreographer/mentor for performer and choreographer Garner Harris – Two weeks
2005 - Holding an Interactive performance piece, and The Watergirls, a duet with Helena Nicolao, Chiemsee, Germany
2003 - BMC or Building Materials Co-operative – a piece of performance poetry at Amherst University, Massachusetts, USA.
2002 - Wizard of Oz - choreography for Greenside Primary School, Gateshead
1999 - Quicksilver – choreography for video artist Barbara Keaton
1998/99 - Riverain – Video collaboration with video artist, Barbara Keating, a three minute promotional video for a site specific time-based film & gallery installation; shot in Sunderland – on the banks of the river Wear.
1995 - Roots – Solo performance at Magdalena Project, Cardiff & ‘A Bit Crack’ Storytelling Club, Newcastle
1992 - ‘Quizzing Glass' & 'Quizzing Glass II' – Collaboration with Artist Delta Streete on her work Quizzing Glass. Also as a commission from Rochdale Arts Gallery and 1992 , then performed at Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne. Then a
TV adaptation for BBC 2 –'Out of Our Heads' programme, a collaborative project with visual/performance artist Delta Streete.
1993 - The Colour of Mother II - with original score from composer Geoff Smith – Nov. ‘The Garage’, Dance City, Newcastle. Funded by Northern Arts
1993 April - The Colour of Mother - solo performance with live text - Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast.
1992 Aug – Oct No Fear of Flying – Dancer and Deviser in collaboration with the Company and Director, Jeremy Warr – Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne
1992 - Aquinas Dance – Durham University Festival of Philosophy Cathedral Buildings, Crewe and Alsager College and Heaton Adult Education Centre - Collaboration with Sharon Higgenson and Philosopher Mike Bavidge
1989 - Control - Collaboration with performer Michael Cudlip: The Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle upon Tyne and Chisenhale Dance Space, London. Funding from Northern Arts
1989 - The Woman Within - solo performance inspired by the book by Tomie Ohara with live text - The Buddle Arts Centre, Wallsend, Assembly Rooms, Durham and DLI Museum Durham. Funded by North Tyneside Council
1988 - Mrs. Thompson - The Buddle Arts Centre, Wallsend, Live Theatre Newcastle upon Tyne and Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne
1987 - Red Shoes, Not Quite Isadora and Fishy Dance - collaboration with performance poet Brigit Bard, The Rosemary Branch, Islington, London
1986 - Woman - Hold My Hand: solo, music by ‘Sweet Honey in the Rock’ - Moonshine Youth Theatre, Brent, London
1986 - Visions Rising: a solo devised and performed in The Diorama, London & Barnet Arts Centre
1986 - Under the Surface for six dancers with live electric double bass - The Dance Theatre, Middlesex Polytechnic
1985 - Big Sea of Their Dreams: a trio for women, inspired by The Prologue of Under Milkwood by Dylan Thomas; music - C.S. Bach, Cello Concerto – suite no.1 G Major, Middlesex Polytechnic
1985 - Down and Out – a solo devised with workshops for 11-13 year old girls at a North London Secondary School; music – ‘Material World’ by Madonna
1985 - Mrs. Thompson in Winter – a trio for women, inspired by a poem by Charles Wilkinson, Middlesex Polytechnic
1984 - The Movement is the Meaning, The Meaning is the Movement a duet for female and male – music by Carmel, Middlesex Polytechnic
1983 - Bad Day, solo – music by Carmel, Middlesex Polytechnic
Publications:
- ‘A Tool to Liberate: The Role of Improvisation in Dance’ (2007) Movement Languages in Early Childhood Education, Early Arts North East, ‘Sightlines Initiative’ p9.
-Robinson, P., Macnaghten, P. & Banks, S. et al (2013). 'Responsible scientists and a citizens' panel: new storylines for creative engagement between science and the public’
TheGeographicalJournal 180(1):8388,http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geoj.12042/full
Other Web Pages/ Links:
axisweb.org
https://danceimprovnortheast.wordpress.com/about-2/
http://ben-jones.org.uk/category/social-engagement/
http://www.angelajanekennedy.com/dot-to-dot-active-arts-work.html
http://www.giftfestival.co.uk/sites/default/files/GIFT-2011-Leaflet.pdf
http://www.balticmill.com/downloads/Freelance_Artists.pdf
http://www.soulsteppa.com/video/angela-kennedy.html
Teaching, Facilitation, Lecturing, AIR Council Member, Children’s Charity work and general experience only
2013 – to date, Creative Broker for Arts Connect - part time
2013 - 3 day project: Coquet Voices, School Project, Northumberland
2012 – Teacher/Lecturer with Braena Interdisciplinary Performance Co, Sunderland
2002 to date - Sunderland University - Visiting Lecturer in Choreography
2011 to date - d.i.n.e. dance improvisation north east – founding member
2005 to date - Freelance Artist for the Baltic Education and Learning Team - visual art and performance workshops for under fives, families, children, including children with disabilities, autism and visual impairment; leading professional development training for teachers re how to use exhibitions as stimuli for further work with children
2010 to 2012 – AIR Council member – A Voice for Artists: http://www.a-n.co.uk/air
2011 – Art workshops - Children, Families, Toddlers, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
2011 – Two Movement Release Dance classes for Dance City Dance professionals, January
2008-10 Visiting Lecturer, Northumbria University, Fundamental Movement and Improvisation and the Body - both Modules
2010 – Art workshops for Brownies at a sleepover at BALTIC
2010 – BALTIC – Workshops with Primary School, using current exhibitions and P4C - Philosophy for Children
2010 – Jan – June, Creative Partnerships, Artist - Sculpture, Drawing, Site Specific and Movement workshops, Thorny Close Primary School, Sunderland
2009-10 Great Art Quest, The BALTIC, a Storytelling and
Visual Art project for 4 Schools in Gateshead alongside artist Louise Bradley.
2009 - 6 weekend dates Busy B’s- The BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, running Drop-in Family Visual Art sessions based on exhibitions at BALTIC
2008 - 09 - Good for the Soul – Arts and Health mentoring project with Visual Artist Steve Marshall, Bishop Auckland.
2009 - Workshop leader for Northumbria University Symposium on Sustainability, Ecology and the Moving Body
2009 – March - June ‘Still Moving’ – Working with Elders at Fountain Court, Bensham and Rowlands Gill community Centre
2009 – June South Beach First School, Blyth - Engineering themed Art and Movement Project with Reception
2009 - Creative Partnerships – choreographer, Seaton Delaval First School
2008-8 - Haltwhistle Films – DVD called ‘Learn to Dance to Learn’- One of six dance artists on this DVD – Section on Physical Development; Movement and Dance for the Under fives for Creative Partnerships project
2008 – April – July, Wallsend Women’s Art Project – One hour a week for ten weeks, The Buddle Arts Centre, Copper Sculpture Project, based on women’s experiences of the Wallsend Shipbuilding Industry.
2008 – Jan - March, Creative Partnerships, Northumberland –Wylam First School. One day a week for 10 weeks: Movement, Dance and Visual Arts project on ‘Rivers’.
2008 - 8 days of dance workshops with Primary Schools in Darlington re the theme of Engineering
2007 - Visual Artist, co-facilitating the Design of a Xmas Card for
North Tyneside Council with 50 children – on the theme of ‘Make Poverty History’
2007 - Creative Partnerships -Wylam First School, workshops for Nursery and Reception
2007 - Creative Partnerships, Northumberland, consultant Dance Artist
2007 - Article published by Sightlines Initiative re my workshop and practice for the national conference below called “A Tool to Liberate: the Role of Improvisation in Dance”
2007 - Training and Professional Development: led workshops for teachers for Newcastle Sports Schools Partnerships.
2006 “Body Language Symposium”, First National Seminar on Creative Movement and Dance for Under-Fives: Workshop Leader on “The Role of Improvisation”, Sightlines/Dance City
2006 - Baltic, June, “Looking and Learning”: 2 Performance Workshops
for Cleveland Schools, using exhibitions as a stimulus
2006 - Newcastle City Council, half-day training for teachers
2006 Baltic, March & April, Workshops in Performance:
Professional Development for Teachers
2006 - Creative Consultancy day, Gateshead Council with 8-13 yrs
2006-7 Creative Movement and Dance Sessions for Newcastle City
Council School Sports Partnership at:
St Oswald’s, Reception Class
St Lawrence’s, Yr Two Dance club
Grange Park, Dance club
Benton Park: Nursery, Reception, & Yr 1/2 dance club x 24
English Martyrs RC: Yr 1 and 2, x 12
Gosforth First: Nursery, Reception, Year One
St. Catherine’s: Nursery x 3
Broadway East First: Reception x 3
Grange First: Year 2 x3
Archbishop Runcie First: Reception & Year 2
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2005-06 Anatomical Release for Dance Connect Programme - Dance City
2006 Gateshead Women’s Health Project, movement/dance sessions 2005 Guest Teacher, for Dance Professionals, Dance City.
2005 Anatomical Release Class - Wylam, Northumberland.
2005 Deckham Girls Group, Gateshead - Choreography.
2005 St Bedes Infant & Junior School, Washington, Sunderland –
Movement/Dance sessions with Nursery and Reception.
2005 Harlow Green Infants School, Gateshead - Movement/Dance
Taster sessions with every class, plus Training session for Teaching Staff.
2003 to 2004 Pallion Primary School, Sunderland - Creative Movement and
Dance with Year Six ‘Pupil First' Project.
2003 to 2005 Sure Start, Blyth - Movement and Dance sessions with Babies
and Carers
2003 Gateshead Libraries & Arts - Shipley Art Gallery, Training
Day for Teachers.
2002 Greenside Primary, Gateshead: Choreography for ‘Wizard of Oz’.
2001/02/03 North Tyneside Council/Gateshead Council – Teacher Training:
‘Developing Self Expression through Dance in the Early Year
1999 to 2001 Project Worker, The Children’s Society/Investing In
Children, Durham - Set Up/Ran First IIC Membership
Scheme for Child Friendly Organisations.
2000 Training Delivery for Workers of Children's Services, Wales re.
Consultation with/Participation of Children.
2001 Consultant/Adult Inspector for SSI - Social Services Inspectorate
(With team of Young People Inspectors) on inspection of Sunderland Children's Services.
2001 to 2003 Project Worker - The Children's Society/N.D.C.D.P
(Newcastle Diocesan Community Development Project).
2002 to 2003 inc. Organisation of and Participation in reciprocal Youth
Exchange from the North East to Slovakia, also inc. Greek
Cypriot young people, looking at the issue of ‘Safety’.
1999 -2000: “Dancing with Light” – collaboration with Video Artist, Barbara
Keating with Under 5’s at Ashfield Nursery, Elswick, Newcastle.
1999/2000: Creative Dance classes for Under 5’s and Year 3 – Greenside
Primary School, Gateshead.
1999 Choreography for video “Quicksilver’ by Video artist Barbara Keating.
1998-99 Choreography – for ‘Riverain’, a six minute promotional video for a site specific film in collaboration with Barbara Keating.
1998-9: Art Ambassador - The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, 6 month project with young people
1996-9: Sunderland University -Visiting Lecturer, Experimental Dance and Choreography
1998/9: Gateshead Libraries & Arts- Movement/Dance with Elders
1998/9: Equal Arts- Movement/Dance with Elderly
1997: INSET for North Tyneside Council Teachers: How to Use
Movement & Dance with Young Children (part of Reggio Emilia
‘Hundred Languages of Children’ Training Programme).
1996&97: Wallington Hall, Northumberland - Movement/Dance Workshops
for Children
1996: Cleveland Arts - Hartlepool, Dance Workshops - Day Centre for
People with Disabilities (with Wyrd Arts, Co. Durham) –
Co-Consultant Choreographer.
1995: Storytelling Performance for ‘a bit Crack’ Storytelling club, Cumberland Arms, Byker
1993: INSET: Movement and Dance for Primary School Teachers, Stanley, County Durham
1993: Raby Street School – Choreography & Collaboration with Sculptor - Tall Ships Festival, Newcastle upon Tyne
1992/3: Celebrating Nature Project - Rising Sun Countryside Centre, Four Schools in North Tyneside: Facilitation and Choreography
1992/3: Equal Arts, Gateshead - Dance Support Worker
1992: International Women’s Day Celebrations - Dance Workshops for a Women’s Performance, North Tyneside
1992: Women’s Health in South Tyneside - Dance Workshops
1992: Dudley Peoples Centre, North Tyneside- Dance Workshops for
Young Women’s Group
1991: Earlshouse Hospital, Durham - Movement Work with Women with learning disabilities/Highfield Day Hospital - Working with People with Dementia
1990/91: Dancer in Residence for South Tyneside, working with young mothers, the unemployed, women in rehabilitation.
1990: 'Dance Leaders in the Community' Course Set up and ran based at New College, Durham
1990: Dance element of Multi-Media Residency - Northgate Hospital
1990: Lecturer, GCSE Dance – New College, Durham
1990: Medieval Dance Project – Stocksfield Avenue Primary, Newcastle
1989/90: Contact Improvisation and Release Teacher - Dance City, Newcastle: Set up and ran first regular classes in the Region.
1989/90: Creative Dance classes for 5-10 year olds – Byker Community Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne
1989/90: Northgate Hospital, Morpeth - Working with Elderly Women
with Learning disabilities
1989: Dance/Drama Workshops: Co-Worker – Meadow Well Youth Drama Group, North Shields & Whitley Bay YMCA
1989: Choreographer, Creative Dance Project - Coquet High School, Amble, Northumberland
1988/89: Lecturer in Movement Studies - Newcastle College
1988: North Tyneside Council Women’s Committee – Dance Workshops for International Women’s Day
1988: Creative & Contemporary Dance Classes with Under 5’s, 7-9’s and 10-14’s – Lightfoot Sports Centre, Walker, Newcastle
1988: Longbenton People’s Centre, ‘The Sew & Sews’ Women’s Sewing Group – Choreography for Fashion Show
1988: Young Girls’ Creative Dance Class – Kirkwood Centre, Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne
1988: Cumbria Dance Project – Dance Teacher/Lighting Technician for “Sisters Share” Show
1987: Newswift Housing Co-op, Crouch End, London – Dance/Drama Worker for Half-Term Playschemes
1986/87: Priory Community Theatre, Acton, London, Dance/Theatre Worker
1986 Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Wimbledon, Waitress, 2 weeks full time
1986 Buckingham Palace, Waitress, Garden Party for the Queen
1985 Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Wimbledon, full time Telephonist two weeks
1985 Waitress, Pizza Hut, Barnet, Hertfordshire, part-time
1985 Cleaner, Barnet, The Domestic Cleaning Service, part-time
1984 Enfield Employment Agency, Office work, Clerical Assistant,
1984 Bar work, Enfield
1983 Bar work, Tynemouth, Tyne & Wear
1977-81: Civil Service, Inland Revenue Department, Washington – Clerical assistant, Receptionist and Telephonist
Professional Development
2013 to present - Postgraduate Research Programme at Chichester University - Interdisciplinary practice re Performance Installation with Prof. Jane Bacon
2014 – One Day, Durham University, PAR Participatory Action Research with Prof. Rachel Pain
2014 – half day, Durham University, The Revolting PARticulars of critical participatory action research, Professor Michelle Fine, City University of New York (CUNY)
3rd June 2013 - CPD training with Lesley Wood Newcastle City Council - Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities, Developing Positive Creative Learning Environments and Evaluation.
5th June 2013 – Safeguarding with Andy Stephenson from Newcastle City Council's Wellbeing, Care and Learning team and Lesley Wood
2011 to date - d.i.n.e. dance improvisation north east – a collective of independent dance artists
2011 – Training, one day, April - Working with people with Learning Disabilities, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
2010 P4C – Philosophy for Children, half day training from Newcastle University
2009 Organ System BMC (Body-Mind Centering) course, Cologne, Germany, 7 days
2008 Skeleton System BMC course, Cologne, Germany 8 Days
2007 Visit to Bishops Wood Forest School, Worcester – Creative Partnerships
2007 The Baltic, Archive Training Re Freelance Artist Education Team
2006-8 Creative Practice (Hons) degree, majoring in Fine Art, Leeds Met. University
2006 - Ontogenetic BMC 4 day course, Cologne, Germany
2005 - Senses and Perception course- BMC, Cologne, Germany, 4 days
2005 - Body-Mind Centering – The Muscle System, Experiential Anatomy Course, 9 days, Chiemsee, Germany.
2004 - Body-Mind Centering – Experiential Anatomy, The Nervous System, 7 days, Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany – funding – Arts Council England
2004 - Silk Painting course with artist Karen Vickers
2003 – Body-Mind Centering, Experiential Anatomy, two courses: ‘Reflexes’ and ‘Basic Neurological Patterns’, Amherst Univ. USA, Massachusetts, Arts Council England
2003 - Improvisation Conference, one day, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
2002- ‘Gathering the Sparks’, National Storytelling Conference, Morpeth
{C}2002 {C}- Two day course in ‘Protective Behaviours’, Leeds.
2001-05 – Diploma, part-time, Fine Art, Sunderland University
2001 – Youth Exchange to Slovakia, visiting Children and Young People’s Homes,
theme: Child Protection/Safety of Young People in Europe
2001 – Two day course – Communicating with Disabled Children
2001 – Two Day Foundation Course in Child Protection – The Children’s Society
2000 - One Day training course, ‘Consulting with Children’ Durham County Council
2000 to 2001- ‘Writing from the Inside Out’ – Creative Writing Course with
poet Gillian Allnut, University of Newcastle
2000 – Weekend course in Kaizen training:‘The Art of Coaching’- by Rivca Rubin
1997-9 Foundation Course in Fine Art, Northumbria University, part-time
1999 - ‘Dance on Screen’ – a week of workshops looking at dance and
performance made for film - ACE – Dance Umbrella London
1999- Leeds - Basic Movement Skills Course for Under Fives, Jabadao
1999- Early Years Conference, Northern Arts
1998- Hexham, Northumberland - Early Years Education Conference
1998- Reggio Emilia Institute, Italy - Early Years Education Conference
1997- 9 Foundation Course in Fine Art, Northumbria University, part-time
1996- European Contact Teachers Conference, Bretton Hall
1996 - Story Telling Course, Rising Sun Countryside Centre
1995-6 ‘A’ Level Art, Longbenton Community college, North Tyneside
1995 - 'Mothers of Invention' - The Magdalena Project, Cardiff
1994 - 'Redressing the Sylph' Conference, Leeds Dance Centre, ‘Women and Dance’
1995 - Batik – Two day practical course, Artist led, Buddle Arts Centre
1992 - Touchdown Dance course, Dartington College: making work for performance with people with visual impairment, one week
1992 - New Dance course, one week, Scott Clark, Gregory Nash, Niamh Dowling, Catherine Tucker
1993 - 1990, 1986-87 - Tai Chi Chuan, regular weekly classes
1988 – Amsterdam Theatre School, The Netherlands, One week, new Dance Development, with Juylen Hamilton, Kirstie Simpson
1988 - ‘Dance into Theatre School’, one week, English New Dance theatre
1987 - Introduction to Community Dance Course - Greater London Arts
1986-87 Anatomical Release, with Judy Sharpe, Contact Improvisation with Mary Prestidge, Tai Chi Chuan with Hettie Kothari - each one class a week for one year
1983-86 Performance Art Degree, Middlesex Polytechnic, Middlesex
1986 – ‘Release’ - one week intensive with Bob Fosse from Germany, Sadlers Wells
1985 - Dartington Dance Festival, one week, with Steve Paxton, Julyen Hamilton, Laurie booth, Katie Duck, Fergus Early, Mary Prestidge and Mary Fulkerson
1984 - Expressive Mime course, one week, with Adam Darius
1984 – English Dance Theatre, two week summer course, Darlington Arts Centre, with Ethel Winter, Yair Vardi, Nicholas Burge and Gary Nichols.
