People Dancing Networks Together: Environment & Social Justice

Thursday 11 April 2024: 09:30am - 12:30pm, online (Zoom)

What is the connection between social equity and climate action? How is it relevant to dancers and dance organisations? What positive action can we take? 

This is an invitation to all Members of People Dancing and our Networks (REACH!, Live Well and Dance with Parkinson's, Inclusion in Dance and Early Years Dance) to join us online to explore environment & social justice in the context of dance and our individual and collective responsibilities.

For this event we are delighted to be joined online by Amanda Parker from Amanda Parker Associates, and Dr Lewis Coenen-Rowe, Culture/SHIFT Manager from Creative Carbon Scotland. Both presenters will provide insight into global and local environmental and social justice aspects, and the opportunity to reflect on our work more generally.

Free for People Dancing Members, £5.00 for Network members and £15.00 Standard ticket.

Further information about this event and to book

Images credits: TOP: 11 Million Reasons to Dance: Cymru project, 2021, Krystal S Lowe. Photo: Philip Hatcher-Moore and BOTTOM People Dancing Summer Intensive. Photos: Rachel Cherry.

Live Well & Dance with Parkinson's Symposium

Friday 24 May 2024: 09:00am - 05:30pm, Coventry University Technology Park

A day long celebration of the programme in all its complexities; the joy of people coming together through dance, whilst navigating the challenges of delivering a large-scale participatory dance project in the context of a world-wide pandemic. 

The Live Well & Dance with Parkinson’s Symposium will offer an inclusive space where our wide-ranging network can come together to connect in person. The programme has evolved to include people with Parkinson’s who dance and their community; dance teaching artists, clinicians & health professionals, partners & charities, researchers & volunteers.

We will create a space for sharing, practical participation and discussion across the ever evolving field of art-led and dance-centred practice in dance with Parkinson’s alongside participant led community action and leadership.

Our speakers are: Sue Isherwood: Live Well & Dance with Parkinson’s Lived Experience Group; Georgina Cockburn: PhD Researcher, Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership and Chris Stenton: Executive Director, People Dancing.

Further information about this event and to book

Images credits: People Dancing Summer Intensive. Photo: Rachel Cherry.

Weekly online class for people living with Parkinson's

These supportive, warm & welcoming sessions offer a place to meet others and engage in a fulfilling creative activity.

Live Well and Dance with Parkinson's online classes are led by Midlands based dance artist, performer, choreographer and musician Kath Kimber-McTiffen.

These 'at home' online dance sessions can be taken seated throughout or seated and standing.

We will begin each session by exploring breath and gentle stretching to find length and space in the body then move into sequences to support coordination, balance and flow.

As we get to know each other over the weeks, we will explore story, imagination, our surroundings and our lives to build creative landscapes from which new dances will emerge.

Through dance, music, creativity and socialisation classes can support physical awareness and build confidence for everyday living.

Book for the classes here

About Kath Kimber-McTiffen

Kath is a Midlands based dance artist, performer, choreographer and musician, with a portfolio career spanning 25 years working with all ages and abilities across the community and in schools, as well as touring nationally. Currently Director of Sonrisa Arts CIC, which has a focus on producing cross arts professional performances for young children and older adults, co-created with and for the community.

Kath has a specialism in creating dance with and for early years and families using a child-led approach. She also sings, plays flute and co-songwrites with latin jazz band, Sonrisa.

Kath was formally co-founder and co-director of touring company, Wriggle Dance Theatre. In January, she was chosen as one of the 12 international dance artists to be a part of the Little Big Dance Artists Lab at South East Dance, where she undertook a period of research into developing her practice in creating participatory performance work for early years