GCSE DANCE DAY

DanceEast welcomes James Cousins Company and Boy Blue back for another exciting GCSE Dance Day this Autumn! Join us for a day of workshops with these two incredible companies and give your students the opportunity to work with professional dance artists and further explore pieces from the GCSE Professional Set Works. Ideal for students in Year 9, 10 and 11.

Groups will have a 2-hour workshop with each company and explore the following-

James Cousins Company:

Based on Within Her Eyes the workshop content has been designed by the company in collaboration with experienced GCSE dance teachers to make clear links to the GCSE specification and aim to:

• Introduce the choreographic themes
• Allow pupils to ask questions about transferring a work from stage to film
• Discuss the production features and their link to the choreographic intention
• Demonstrate key phrases from the work that makes links to the dance idea
• Teach pupils a key sequence from the work
• Develop pupils contact and choreographic skills to support both their understanding of the work and their own performance and choreographic work
• Inspire pupils with a unique opportunity to work with experiences professional dancers

Boy Blue:

In this workshop, students will work through a programme of creative tasks and exercises that unpick the ideas and themes of Emancipation of Expressionism. Led by a Boy Blue dance practitioner, the workshop will provide your students with the tools to recreate and reimagine the production.

Cost: £30 per student

To book, please contact our friendly Box Office team on 01473 295230.