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David Mckenna's
Dave performing with the Man Up group in Stoke
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Jenny Harper and Restoke
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Intergenarational group performing the Laban Movement Choir piece at the Vista performance Coombe
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Lily Price and DanceFest
Lily Price and DanceFest
Man Inside Flying into the arms of Others
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Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson
Intergenerational group performing a Laban Movement Choir piece for Vista at Coombe
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Lily Price and DanceFest
Lily Price and DanceFest
Dave performing The Quiet Men in Theatre
Performed as part of a Boys Dancing platform
Dave performing with the Man Up group in Stoke
Image from:
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Outdoor performance at Warwick Festival
Breakdancing Bin Men
Dave rehearsing with the Man Up group in Stoke
Image from:
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Intergenerational group performing a Laban Movement Choir piece for Vista at Coombe
Image from:
Lily Price and DanceFest
Lily Price and DanceFest
Dave performing with the Man Up group in Stoke
Image from:
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Intergenarational group performing the Laban Movement Choir piece at the Vista performance Coombe
Image from:
Lily Price and DanceFest
Lily Price and DanceFest
Man Inside Flying into the arms of Others
Image from:
Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson
Intergenerational group performing a Laban Movement Choir piece for Vista at Coombe
Image from:
Lily Price and DanceFest
Lily Price and DanceFest
Dave performing The Quiet Men in Theatre
Performed as part of a Boys Dancing platform
Dave performing with the Man Up group in Stoke
Image from:
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Outdoor performance at Warwick Festival
Breakdancing Bin Men
Dave rehearsing with the Man Up group in Stoke
Image from:
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Intergenerational group performing a Laban Movement Choir piece for Vista at Coombe
Image from:
Lily Price and DanceFest
Lily Price and DanceFest
Dave performing with the Man Up group in Stoke
Image from:
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Intergenarational group performing the Laban Movement Choir piece at the Vista performance Coombe
Image from:
Lily Price and DanceFest
Lily Price and DanceFest
Man Inside Flying into the arms of Others
Image from:
Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson
Intergenerational group performing a Laban Movement Choir piece for Vista at Coombe
Image from:
Lily Price and DanceFest
Lily Price and DanceFest
Dave performing The Quiet Men in Theatre
Performed as part of a Boys Dancing platform
Dave performing with the Man Up group in Stoke
Image from:
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Outdoor performance at Warwick Festival
Breakdancing Bin Men
Dave rehearsing with the Man Up group in Stoke
Image from:
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Jenny Harper and Restoke
Intergenerational group performing a Laban Movement Choir piece for Vista at Coombe
Image from:
Lily Price and DanceFest
Lily Price and DanceFest
CONNECTING COMMUNITIES
MY WORK REVOLVES AROUND
IMPROVING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
Over the years I have directed many projects with different communities that aims to improve the participants physical and mental health. These include those living with Parkinson's, Dementia and Mulitiple Sclerosis.
SEND PROVISION IN SCHOOLS AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
What started as part time work as a dance artist through Off Balance Dance and Frontline Dance my experience in SEN blosomed into becoming a full time course leader for EXPRESSIVE ARTS at ALP Schools. In this role I am creating an immersive drama/ dance studio, encouraging creativity and taking learners through Arts Award.
UK and USA PRISON PROJECTS
Over the last 10 years I have worked in collaboration with the San Quentin Prison’s Artistic Ensemble to develop a pedagogy of co-creation working with those inside to develop performance which combines creative writing with dance. Through this project I have been a recipient of an international residency award (Practice as Research) Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA and facilitated in San Quentin Prison, USA together with prisons here in the UK, HMP Stafford England, HMP Berwin (Wales), HMP Stoke Heath, England.
I have also co created prison projects with companies such as Motionhouse and Rideout.
I have also co created prison projects with companies such as Motionhouse and Rideout.
DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY
All through my professional carea I have been interested in using the camera to capture breath taking moments of skill, to explore new ways to express ideas/ concepts and play with the world around us through movement
DANCE FILM
Over the last two decades I have co-created many dance films with different communitoes which aim to tell stories through movement
LIVE PERFORMANCE
Co-creating live performance has always been a passion of mine. From creating huge scale site specific pieces incorporating hundreds of participants to devising small immersive, sensory experiences, my expertise covers both and everything inbetween
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