Bidford on Avon, South Warwickshire
A lead dance artist is required to lead weekly sessions with an integrated dance group for adults with and without disabilities in Bidford on Avon. The lead artist will also be required to Mentor an emerging artist for the duration of the contract (May 2011 to Feb 2012).
hft is a charity that supports people with learning difficulties across England. They support people with a range of abilities and needs from profound and multiple physical and learning disabilities to those with a mild learning disability. They provide support for people in their own homes via a supported living service and also through registered residential care, and a Day Opportunities service that enables people to access the local community. Some of the people hft support engaged in a previous dance project run by Warwickshire County Arts Service and found it enormously beneficial and great fun. So they are pleased to be working in partnership with
Warwickshire County Council on this BLF funded project.
The project aims to:
1. Explore and extend the movement, choreographic experience of adults with learning and/or physical disabilities and people living in the local community.
2. Develop personal and social skills including confidence, team building and communication.
3. To provide the opportunity for an emerging community dance practitioner to be mentored by an experienced dance artist in the area of dance and disability and towards becoming Group leader/choreographer.
Project Description
hft are seeking a lead dance artist to work one half day per week running dance & choreographic sessions on Thursdays morning 10.15- 12.45 for 30 weeks and who will mentor to an emerging dance artist. They expect up to 16 people to take part in each session (this will include people with learning disabilities supported by Hft and people with learning or physical disabilities from other social care settings, care staff and members of the local general community). Project monitoring will be designed and delivered by Hft with the support of the lead and the emerging dance artists.
At the end of each term a short informal showing will enable participants to share achievements
with family, friends and staff (a possible venue of a local college is presently under negotiation).
The emerging dance artist is a member of staff from hftBidford-on-Avon, South Warwickshire
(border) and a dance graduate, and the Lead Artist will support her to extend her knowledge, skills and confidence enabling her to gradually take on more leadership and responsibility for the group activities and by Week 24 we envisage that she will be delivering the dance sessions observed, guided and supported by the lead dance artist. The mentor relationship will be supported by Dancescape.
Lead Dance Artists’ main responsibilities:
• Lead weekly dance sessions for the group
• Act as Mentor to Emerging Dance Artist and meet at the end of each session to discuss observations, learning objectives etc
• Choreograph and devise a short performance to be shared at the end of each term
• Support monitoring & evaluation of the project.
Additional Activity TBC
Funding is also presently being negotiated to provide the participants with a summer two-day
residency with a professional dance company.
Venue:
Hft Resource Centre, 7 Waterloo Road, Bidford on Avon, B50 4JP
NB: One performance may take place at a local college.
Timetable:
If you are considering applying for this position you must be available between May 2011 and Feb 2012 to run dance and mentoring sessions, Thursdays 10.15-12.45.
Term One: 12 weeks May 5th to July 21st 2011
Term Two: 12 weeks September 15th to 8th December 2011
Term Three: 6 weeks January 5th to 23rd February 2012
Lead Dance Artist Essential Requirements:
• Enthusiasm and a passion for working with people in integrated settings
• At least two years successful track record of preparing & delivering community dance sessions for adults in an integrated setting (with adults with and without learning disabilities, adults with and without physical disabilities), which lead to informal showings of work.
• Experience of undertaking risk assessments for dance activities in a non-dance environment with people of different abilities
• Enthusiasm for and experience of mentoring emerging community dance practitioner/s
• Experience of monitoring and evaluation processes
• Reliable travel arrangements
• Public Liability Insurance to a minimum of £5 million
• A willingness to work within hft's policies and guidance
• An understanding of equal opportunities and confidentiality and procedures relating to working with vulnerable adults
• A CRB check less than two years old and who is prepared to undertake a CRB with hft
Lead Dance Artist Desirable Requirements:
• Experience/understanding of working with adults with autism
• Experience of mentoring in the specialised area of dance and disability
Fee:
Contract for 30 half days dance and mentoring session: £3,000
Travel expenses (£100 per term) £300
Invoices will be required monthly.
How to apply:
If you are interested in applying for this project please supply:
• A professional CV
• A statement which demonstrates your knowledge and experience related to the required essentials and desirables, please also confirm your availability
• Details of two referees who have knowledge/experience of your work with dance and disabled people/integrated groups
Please note: If you are invited to interview you will be required to bring a CRB and Public Liability Insurance Certificate.
Deadline for applications: 12pm March 16th 2011
For more info please contact: Phil Knowles, email Philip.knowles@hft.org.uk, tel 01789 772141
Please send applications to: Cathryn Ravenhall WCC, E&E, County Arts Service, PO Box 43,
Warwick CV34 4SX
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