As Education Manager at Phoenix Dance Theatre I had the pleasure of working on more than one occasion with Dance in Education Services. They are a professional and invaluable source of information for any dance teacher, their resources are brilliantly constructed and their approach to Inset helps teachers to feel confident and self assured in their own delivery of the national curriculum."
Tracy Witney, Head of Education and Community Programmes, Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
For the past ten years, we have been acting as education consultants for some major UK based dance companies. We are frequently engaged to write, advise, review, update and amend company education/outreach polices and programmes. Our role is to assist dance companies develop and maintain a short and long term national education strategy.
Our services range from moderating company youth initiatives to writing teaching resources based on existing repertoire.
+ Whole company training (practical/theoretical)
+ Making your repertoire matter in schools
+ Linking with dance as an examination subject
+ Production of company publications
+ Keeping abreast of national curriculum changes
+ Primary school remit
+ Secondary school remit
+ Understanding school culture and pedagogy
+ Effective Discipline procedures for use in schools
+ Understanding Government legislation relating to assessment and achievement.
+ Developing a cohesive Education Unit which can be self-financing
+ Ensuring sustainability of company workshops and products
+ Developing bespoke company training packages which can work hand in hand with workshops in the field.
For many companies we are the invisible arm that ensures they keep abreast of the national dance education remit.
Please feel free to call and ask us about our services.
