Reside Dance C.I.C. would like to deliver cultural enrichment and youth dance provision that responds to cultural enrichment, SMSC and youth provision needs in Reading. Reside Dance’s Artistic Director has 14 years’ experience of planning, delivering, monitoring and evaluating dance in education and youth dance programmes which includes work for Ludus Dance, Cheshire Dance, Liverpool Empire Theatre, Theatre Royal Wakefield and MK Gallery. Jennifer has largely worked with children and young people from diverse backgrounds who have struggled to source opportunities to engage with high quality culture and art. In 2014, she was given a Heritage Partner Award by English Heritage (Historic England) and the Department of Education in recognition of her valuable contribution to the Heritage Schools Programme. Jennifer will be drawing upon this experience in the delivery, monitoring and evaluation of their cultural enrichment and youth dance programmes. Photograph of St. Edward’s Prep for Boys, Reading.
Reside Dance C.I.C. believes in the ability of high quality art to create better community cohesion, to enrich lives and to improve health and wellbeing. They take their work to schools, community centres, festivals, museums and arts performance venues. Reside Dance’s ‘Home’ project for the past two years has focused upon making early explorations into the development of a socio-chorographic practice that aims to address issues around cultural belonging and inclusion within site-specific places in Reading. Techniques, exercises and processes have been drawn upon from dance theatre, contemporary dance, somatic practice and social choreography in order to enable participants to make connections to themselves, each other and the spaces and/ or places that they are inhabiting. Participant evaluations have enabled Reside Dance to continue to make improvements to their methodology. As a result, Reside Dance have designed 5 cultural enrichment programmes that actively promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs through dance and movement. Photograph by Alicia Clarke, www.aliciaclarke.com.
Home
The themes of ‘home’ and ‘belonging’ are explored through dance and movement to create a final, in-house performance with Reside Dance (optional). This can be delivered to include the families of pupils too.
Residing in Your Body
With a specific focus on increasing self-awareness, this KS2 – KS4 programme develops confidence, an acceptance of all bodies and encourages new ways of moving and working with others.
Social Choreography
This programme encourages pupils to connect through dance and movement. By re-enacting everyday social scenes, pupils rehearse and reflect upon their interactions and are supported to find connections and common ground with others. Pupils are also supported to talk about and express their own thoughts and feelings about Reading in response to their individual lives.
Dance, Play & Body Mapping
Using an embodied approach, pupils are able to think more deeply about democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs in a creative, tangible and playful way. Individuals are supported through their building of relationships with themselves and others.
Curriculum Support
Dance Artists available to support KS1-KS3, GCSE (Set Phrases/ Choreography for Duo/ Trio Performance) plus A-Level and BTEC.
Additional Information
All Dance Artists have at least three years’ training at undergraduate level and additional experience in working with children and young people. All Dance Artists have valid DBS certificates and Reside Dance’s Artistic Director is first aid trained. Reside Dance has employers’ liability insurance from People Dancing. For more information including pricing and available funding and/ or to book, please use the form via the contact page.
