PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATION
Vincent Dance Theatre offers a wide range of educational and participatory workshops, classes and residencies as part of our core company activity. Led by Artistic Director Charlotte Vincent and company members, VDT’s participation work takes place within the dance profession, the formal education system and the wider community.
Taking place in theatre venues and dance agencies across the UK and abroad VDT’s Professional Development work offers technical skills training and a choreographic understanding of how we make work and why. Thought provoking, physically demanding classes, workshops and residencies deepen participants understanding of dance theatre practice and address the creative questions involved in making devised work through discussion, improvisation and play.
DVDs and contextualising packs of all community and professional productions are available to buy from our shop. Download an Education Pack here.
Charlotte Vincent regularly supports emerging independent artists through mentoring and apprenticeship schemes attached to VDT’s activity. Email admin@vincentdt.com for further details.
VDT regularly teaches students within schools, colleges and universities. The company’s production work is studied at BTEC and degree level within the formal education system and is often written about in student dissertations. To aid student studies, Contextualising Packs that offer detailed insight into the company’s work are available via our shop.
Historically VDT has delivered a huge range of community participation work within the wider community including self-initiated projects with young people, people with learning difficulties, people with disabilities and the over 50’s. The company is interested in the link between professional and community dance practice, and the way in which the content, form, aesthetic and accessibility of one discipline informs the other. Community projects have taken place across the UK in youth centres, swimming pools, ballrooms, dance agencies, prisons, sports clubs, art galleries, theatres, community venues and hospitals.
