Workshop Facilitators

Paula Hocking Community Dance Leader leads a fun and relaxed workshop to introduce skills and build confidence. This session is suitable for all abilities - young people with learning difficulties will need extra support.

Tonic Project is a dance initiative in Plymouth that specialises in providing inclusive dance experiences. Delivered by Sue Smith and Kuldip Singh-Barmi the Tonic Project aims to offer fun, challenging, provocative dance workshops to all who take part. Often reaching beyond the dance studio, Tonic Projects encourage independent thinking, creative problem-solving and a freedom of movement to all participants. For those coming to dance for the first time, improvers, old hands and experts!

Sue Smith and Kuldip Singh-Barmi, were members of CandoCo Dance Company for many years. They have both worked nationally and internationally on dance projects for disabled and non-disabled people and continue to advocate for inclusion in dance across the sector. They have worked as professional dancers for choreographers including Lloyd Newson, Kompany Malakhi, Siobhan Davies and Theatre de Complicite. Sue is currently Choreography Lecturer at Dartington College of Arts.


SPECIAL THANK YOU TO:


The Clare Milne Trust - supporting disability projects in Devon and Cornwall with grants
http://www.claremilnetrust.com/

The Charity was established in 2002 by Clare Milne with funds derived from her grandfather, A A Milne. Clare is herself disabled and has therefore experienced the benefits to be derived from well run hands-on charities.

The aim of the Clare Milne Trust is to help smaller effective charities with good volunteer support with their work for the disabled in or close to Devon and Cornwall.

SUPPORTED BY:

Barefoot Plymouth: Linking arts, edcuation and the community - http://www.barefootplymouth.co.uk/
Barefoot is the Arts Education Partnership Agency for Plymouth, linking schools and artists and promoting arts education work of all kinds. We are supported by and based at University College Plymouth St Mark and St John and are core-funded by Arts Council England (SW) and Plymouth City Council

POWER PACK: Fully charged lives - http://powerpack.uk.com/
The Power Pack was formed in 2005 by a group of parents who felt there was a lack of opportunities for their disabled children. This lack of activities had an impact on the whole family and so the group started to organise events and activities that all family members could enjoy. The activities included art, drama, music, sport and social events.



Digital Media Workshops: Workshops that actively engage the participants with the latest in the digital media sphere - http://www.digitalmediaworkshops.co.uk/
Created by Stephen-lee Farmer, DigitalMediaWorkshops (DMW) aims to facilitate workshops that actively engage the participants with the latest in the digital media sphere. The workshops range from, interactive web-design to creating video with your mobile phone.