Dance Artist & Educator for over 50's
At the end of July some of my Counterpointers teamed up with dancers from my Disco Dance Class to finish the term off on a high… Hip-hop styles abound! Disco dance class and Counterpointers at Whitecross Street Party If you’re interested in taking up Disco Dance or maybe another dance […]
Last weekend across the UK and in other parts of the world dancers of all ages and abilities came together to dance the Big Dance. It was a very special one this year because the Big Dance organisers are hanging up their shoes. After 10 years it’s time […]
On Wednesday I spent a day at Middlesex University as a visiting lecturer working with their 1st year dance students, looking at my work with older people in dance and what’s involved in teaching and training people at a later stage in their life. This is the third year running […]
In the past week I’ve been thinking about what brought me to dance the very first time and what sacrifices I made in order to pursue dance (I’d been listening to an interview with Namron and it got me thinking!). I was a late starter actually, although I had […]
I’m really pleased to share this interview for Monocle 24 Radio show, The Urbanist, from earlier this week. The show’s topic is “Cities for All Ages”… We discuss how Counterpoint Dance Company are challenging people to thing differently about ageing and to reconsider the stereotyped iedas of older people, particularly […]
A WEEK OF REHEARSALS WITH RANDOM DANCE. This week… It’s been intense! Dancers from various classes I teach came together to learn a new work for the Big Dance Project, produced by Sadler’s Wells & Cubitt Artists and led by Random Dance Company choreographers, rehearsing hours everyday. One […]