Dance Artists required to deliver After School Classes in Shropshire

Professional Dance Artists Required
To deliver after school Dance Classes across Shropshire

This project requires 7 professional dance artists based in the West Midlands who are experienced in and able to teach at least one of the following dance styles:

Street / Hip-hop
Modern / Contemporary
English Folk
Kathak (Indian Dance)
Chinese

Project description:
Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Council are currently working in partnership with DanceXchange and Youth Dance England to develop, support and champion dance for children and young people within the sub-region.

During January to March 2011, dance classes will be set up within 17 primary and secondary schools across Shropshire.

This project is designed to help enable schools who have an interest in developing dance, to set-up a regular programme of dance activity as part of their Extended Schools remit.

Aimed at all young people, from the ages of 5 to 19, the dance classes which will cover a range of dance styles and genres will take place out of school hours, over the course of ten weeks (a term). Schools will host one class per week, lasting one hour.

Each participating school will be offered a taster dance workshop, prior to the dance classes starting. These will take place during the school day and provide an opportunity to promote the classes and recruit interested participants.

Requirements:
- Dance training to higher education level or at least 2 years experience delivering dance classes. - This can include part-time work, i.e. one hour a week for 2 years.
- Have choreographic experience
- Experience in facilitating the creativity of young people

All applicants must be interested and committed to the project, be available to deliver dance after school from January to March 2011 and meet all the requirements listed.

Fee
The Dance Artists will be paid £35 per hour, for eleven sessions per school (one taster during the school day and ten classes after school). Artists may be appointed to work at more than one school. This fee is inclusive of all expenses, no additional payment will be paid for travel etc.

The artists will be appointed on a freelance basis and will be responsible for their own tax and National Insurance contributions.

Application Procedure

The deadline for receipt of submissions is Wednesday 15th December 2010. Please include:
A current CV
Names and addresses of two referees who can provide evidence of the quality of your work and the way in which you work with children and young people.
A short proposal of no more than 1000 words detailing how you meet the requirements above.

Please note that because of the nature of this work successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check, which will form part of the contract and will be arranged and paid for by Shropshire Council.

Send completed applications to:
Misha Crawford, Arts Development Service, Shropshire Council,
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND

Please also send a copy of your application by email to: shrop.youthdance@googlemail.com

For more information please contact: Misha Crawford, Youth Dance Contact at Shropshire Council for an informal discussion or more details on 01743 255938 or email shrop.youthdance@googlemail.com