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Cultivating Community | Creating a sense of belonging through Youth Dance

As another year in creative learning draws to a close with our annual Winter Platform, we reflect on the sense of community fostered in our youth companies, sharing all the ways we nurture young disabled dancers and invest in their progression.

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We Don’t Have to Dance the Same to Dance Together | Introducing Dance for Kids with IRIS

Executive Producer Sho Shibata introduces Stopgap’s exciting new digital venture that will help us deepen our engagement with all types of children.

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Inclusive Pathways for Young Disabled Creatives | Stopgap Stories

Content and Access Artist Lily asks the question ‘How can autistic and learning-disabled artists be empowered to develop and progress their creative voice and practice?’.

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In the centre, young dancer Nick is twisting to the left and smiling, teachers Cherie and Tomos are captured mid movement in the background

Inclusive Dance Experience Day | Youth Dance Workshop

Join us on the 15th of February for a day of inclusive dance fun!

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Cherie sat on the floor cradling Chris' head

Dance Education in a Digital Space

Considering the impact of the pandemic on inclusive dance education, featuring insights from Stopgap’s Creative Learning artists

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Tips on participating in online classes

We follow up our top tips for teaching online class with tips for participating from home

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Why IRIS?

Artistic Director Lucy Bennett tells us more about IRIS, Stopgap’s inclusive dance syllabus; how it started and what we hope it can achieve.

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Five ways to stay fit and healthy over summer

Fin shares five ways to help any dancer stay strong and healthy during over the summer.

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Hannah's Top Tips

As the new Sg2 have their induction day Hannah offers some of her top tips...

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ISTD Springboard | Hannah's reflections

We hear from Hannah as she talks about her experience of teaching rep from The Awakening as part of an ISTD Springboard workshop at Urdang Academy in April.

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Amy Butler and Dave Toole in Artificial Things

Artificial Things included in new GCSE Dance syllabus

Stopgap Dance Company is delighted to announce that their recent work, Artificial Things is part of the new specification for GCSE Dance. 

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Chris' Choreography Inspiration

Chris has been creating choreographic tasks to inspire Guildford Youth Company for their upcoming performance at our Winter Platform.

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Lucy's response to The Telegraph article

Artistic Director Lucy Bennett responds to the article 'How I shamed the ballet world' by Chief Political Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph. This response is also published by South East Dance's Everybody Issue in August 2015.

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Sho's response to The Telegraph article

Company Producer Sho Shibata responds to the article 'How I shamed the ballet world' by Chief Political Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph. This response is also published by The RAD Gazette in October 2015.

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The benefits of dance

Imogen Aujla PhD, Senior Lecturer in Dance and Course Coordinator MSc Dance Science at the University of Bedfordshire, writes about the well-being outcomes of dance and the positive impact our inclusive syllabus IRIS could have in promoting physical and mental health for disabled people.

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Stopgap at Move It!

Julia, the company’s Research Assistant, writes a blog about Stopgap’s guest appearance on the main stage at Move it, the UK’s biggest dance exhibition which takes place annually at Olympia, London.

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IRIS Discussion & Development

Julia, IRIS Research Associate, reflects on the first meetings for Stopgap’s pilot dance training programme for young disabled and non-disabled dancers.

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Bridge Square
Farnham
Surrey, GU9 7QR
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