As Early Years Dance Artists and organisations who work with people, we
want to develop consciously-formed, reflective practices for our
delivery with very young children. In this zoom session, Dr Jools Page will present her research “Professional Love in the early years” exploring how a practice informed by love can be an effective driver for outstanding practice.
Many dance artists talk about “loving what we do” and deeply value the
relationships we develop with very young children, but how does love
manifest with the professional role of the dance artist? What does a
loving interaction look like through movement and how can we embrace the
characteristics of Professional Love in our work? Dr Page will be joined by our Associate Artist, Liz Clark, who will explore an interpretation of Professional Love in her work with children, families and early years educators.
This zoom call will be relevant to anyone with an early years arts
practice and to those who want to lead and teach with love in our
stormy, difficult times.
Free to EYDN members, £10 to non members.
Bookings for this event are now closed
Booking deadline: Midday 24 November 2022
About Dr Jools Page
Dr Jools Page has significant responsibility for research and is the Doctoral Studies Leader in the School of Education at the University of Brighton. She teaches on a range of Early Years programmes and leads the Voice and Participation in Childhood and Education Research and Enterprise Group.
Before taking up her academic role, Jools was employed in both policy and practice roles. For over three decades she worked closely with young children and their families and it is from these humble beginnings that she first gained a unique insight into the importance of fostering careful, respectful, reciprocal, and genuine relationships between infants, toddlers, and their key adults in professional early years contexts.?Jools is committed to research and practice that places the rights of infants, toddlers, and young children at the centre; it is this view of children which inspired her academic research into the complex notion of attachment, intimacy, care and love in the earliest years of life.
Her research on attachment-based relationships between adults and children under three years in group day care provision has brought her national and international recognition.? Most notably it is her characterisation of ‘Professional Love’ which has captured the interest of contemporary scholars and practitioners alike and which led to her being awarded: The Association of Infant Mental Health UK Louise Emmanuel Award 2021: ‘To recognise those who have demonstrated a significant contribution to Infant Mental Health in terms of practice or through their work in research and policy’.
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About Liz Clark
Liz Clark is a dance artist, trainer and consultant with over 25 years experience of working in dance in early years and with children with special educational needs. She is Associate Artist for Early Years for People Dancing and Artistic Director of Turned On Its Head (www.turnedonitshead.org), a dance company making dance theatre for 0-4’s. She blogs thoughts and ideas about dance and creativity at www.ourcreativeadventure.com and is passionate about enabling other people’s creativity to blossom, the power of dance to transform relationships and making dance accessible and inclusive.
Her current work includes: Delivering the training and coaching programme “Our Creative Adventure’ in early years settings, which has been shortlisted for a 2022 National Day Nurseries Award for its work to supporting children with SEND. From 2020-2021 she was also the commissioned artist on the Talent 25 arts research programme at De Montfort University working with babies aged 0-2: www.dmu.ac.uk/community/public-engagement/talent-25/index.aspx
Image: Liz Clark. Photo - Ruth Taylor.