Mon 3 Sep - Fri 7 Sep
10am - 12 noon | FREE | book online 

Grab a cup of tea and join the conversation! Informal and open to all.

Monday: Writing as making
We’ll discuss how creative writing falls into our practice, and an invitation to share our writing with others.

Tuesday: Navigating your artistic identity
How do we maintain our identities as movers, and how do we balance nurturing ourselves and our practices with earning money.

Wednesday: “Somatic practice is good for you”
A morning to unpick assumptions about somatic practices and to question and rediscover their value to us as diverse individuals.

Thursday: PhD surVIVA
A space for current and prospective PhD candidates to meet and share experiences of interweaving practice and academia.

Friday: Who is ‘the public’?
Whom do we picture when we say ‘the public’? Do we reach those we want to reach? In developing specificity in our practice, how do we avoid existing a bubble outside of which sits a ‘public’.

Are you a recent graduate?
This day is specifically designed for dance graduates to experience the classes and work on offer at Independent Dance.

The day will begin with free morning class with Katye Coe, or a morning Parlour Conversation, followed by the opportunity to hear from artists, meet the ID team and network with fellow graduates. Share resources and survival strategies for a newly forming career in dance.

Details:
Tuesday 4 September | FREE | book online

10am – 12noon Morning Class with Katye Coe.
A special taster class just for graduates facilitated by Katye Coe, one of ID’s regular artists, to give you an sense of the programme and how it could support your ongoing development as an independent artist. 
or: 
10am – 12noon Parlour Conversation: Navigating your artistic identity. If the morning class is full by the time you arrive, join us and other artists for a Parlour Conversation instead: an informal gathering of artists discussing a topic relevant to independent practice and working life. 

12.30 – 3pm Conversation and networking with fellow artists and ID team.
A chance for exchange and discussion about the transition from student to independent dance artist. Bring your lunch and settle in for an informal conversation. Katye Coe will talk about her research into the nature and politics of dancers’ practice.

Excellence, Failure and the Expert
Thur 6 Sep | 1.30 - 6pm | FREE | book online

What constitutes excellence and for whom, and what is the relationship between excellence and expertise?

How can we find excellence within risk and failure as integral to a learning process?

Our sixth annual HE round table discussion for artist-teachers working in the academic sector. In light of the pressures facing all institutions and particularly the recent Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) we want to put notions of excellence on the table for debate.