The creative dancer
The 'politics' of access versus excellence, training versus nurturing, community versus professional practice' can result in polarised thinking, each viewpoint mutually exclusive - teachers of dance standing firm on either side. There have been powerful arguments on both sides augmenting the differences. But
Kenneth Tharp OBE has inhabited both worlds. He explains to Scilla Dyke why we need to ask questions in order to redefine our notion of the dancer - not as a well-trained and obedient body - but as a creative, intuitive and curious individual
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