Ausdance Victoria offers Teacher Workshop

This year’s International Dance Educators Workshop (IDEW) will be hosted by Ausdance Victoria on Thursday, December 3 and Friday, December 4 from 9 am to 5 pm at the Main Pavilion at the Meat Market, located at 5 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne.

Focused on “exploring the paradigm between dance artists and dance educators,” the workshop will allow dance teachers and directors to immerse themselves in a two-day interactive and practical workshop alongside other leading educators and professionals in the industry.

IDEW is designed to cater to all dance teachers and dance educators, as part of their professional development to teach dance or use dance to teach other subjects. It’s an invaluable opportunity for teachers and practitioners to network, exchange ideas and learn new approaches in a practical, informal and engaging environment.

The strong line-up of speakers this year includes Dr Luke Hopper (Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Dance Research Group at WAAPA); Robyn Ewing AM (Professor of Teacher Education and the Arts at The University of Sydney); Philippa Ziegenhardt (Former counsellor and performance psychology teacher at The Australian Ballet School); Janice Florence (Artistic Director of Weave Movement Theatre and Arts Access Victoria); and Sarah Way (Physiotherapist at The Australian Ballet School and Melbourne Dance Clinic.)

Workshop facilitators, who will also join a panel discussion, are Adam Wheeler and Jason Winters. Plus, Kay Armstrong, Sid Mathur and Tim Harbour will participate.

For Ausdance members the two-day pass costs $195. For non-members, it costs $235. For one day, it costs $108 for members and $128 for non-members. Members include Ausdance Victoria Members and VCE VET Dance Teachers/Educators registered with Ausdance Victoria.

In addition, Ausdance also has two exclusive sessions on Delivering VET Dance and VET Learning and Teaching Resources set for this year’s IDEW.

To book your spot for this workshop, visit http://www.trybooking.com/165256. For more information, call 03 9689 2055.