DANZ: Dance and Beyond - Christchurch
on 06 September 2011
Please put the November 19/20 Dance and Beyond Christchurch dates in your diary and let your networks know.
The programme will begin with a shared lunch around noon on Sat 19th Nov and chance for all to meet and discuss dance issues on a Christchurch community wide focus.
This will be followed by one to one mentoring sessions of 1 hour, on the Saturday afternoon 19 Nov and Sunday 20th Nov between 10am and 4pm
Look out for further information
Jamie Bull - Dance and Beyond Facilitator
Dance and Beyond professional development project – what is it about?
In 2011 DANZ will be running a professional development programme Dance and Beyond - in Nelson/Blenheim, Christchurch and Dunedin.
This project has arisen from talking to local people about development.
The programme is free but it requires commitment to full participation in order for it to be effective for the participants. So it is important that the dance community communicates it willingness to get involved or identifies barriers to involvement etc. You also need to be a current member of DANZ.
The tutor/facilitator is Jamie Bull, who has extensive experience in all aspects of directing a dance company, producing, the role of an agent and mentoring/advising. Jamie will be travelling to the regions for the forum/mentoring sessions as she lives on the Kapiti Coast.
The aim of the programme is to develop individual and collective strength through looking at - Confidence/skill building in identified areas, visibility of dance/arts, connection, vision and planning.
The programme content will be established after group discussion, but may cover such areas as:
Clarification of vision/plans
Career pathways
Company development
Choreographic development
Mentoring skill development
Producing/promotion
Entrepreneurship
Peer support and local dance infrastructure development
A specific topic for discussion at each session
Between sessions there will be one to one communication available with Jamie, plus tasks for participants, relating to individual skill/career development.
Who? - The programme is for dance and allied performing arts people – so it could be for dancers, choreographers, teacher/tutors, producers and event organisers, dance/arts admin, physical theatre/theatre.
This project is kindly supported by Creative New Zealand through a special one-off grant for dance sector capacity building.
