DAY ONE: DANCE AND WELLBEING

12^th January 2006 - Liverpool Hope University, Cornerstone

GREAT HALL

Grace Room

THEATRE

09.00

REGISTRATION IN FOYER (withTea/Coffee)

10.00

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Bill Chambers (Liverpool Hope University)

Bisakha Sarker (Chaturangan)

Francois Matarasso (Arts Council, East Midlands)

10.20

DANCE – A HEALTHY OPTION

Presentation by Diane Amans, Freedom in Dance, Stockport

10.40

RHYTHMS OF JOY - PARTICIPATION

Dance To African Drumming With Miso’shi 

11.00

TEA BREAK IN GRACE ROOM

11.30

DANCE IN THE NETHERLANDS, A LIFELONG AFFAIR?

Presentation by Els van Buren-Walvis

11.50

Question and answer chaired by Sanjeeveni Dutta

12.00

SUPPORTING DANCE WITH OLDER PEOPLE - Panel discussion with

Julie Hanna (Liverpool Culture Co)

Dr S Mukherjee OBE

Dr Julie Taylor (Director, Liverpool Healthy Cities)

INDIAN DANCE WORKSHOP

with Vina Ladwa (Manushi)

PARTICIPATION

13.00

LUNCH IN GRACE ROOM

14.00

PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE
Shimmer, Growing Older (Dis)Gracefully (GODS) with Judy Smith, Liverpool

You walk I sing, Sadler's Wells Company of Elders with Sheila Dickie, London

Save Your Attachments, Marple Movers with Diane Amens, Stockport

15.30

TEA BREAK IN FOYER

GREAT HALL

Grace Room

THEATRE

15.45

SHARING EXPERIENCE

Opportunity for exchange and networking

16.30

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17.00

plenary session

Reflections on the day:

Ken Bartlett (Director, Foundation for Community Dance)

18.00

CONFERENCE BUFFET DINNER IN GRACE ROOM

19.30

THE Aesthetics of Maturity (IN THE THEATRE)

Keynote Presentation by Donald Hutera

20.00

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21.30

MARKS OF TIME PERFORMANCES (IN THE THEATRE)

Chris Bannerman

Mary Prestidge

Sian

Prabha Appaji

Mark Edward & Julia Griffin

Jackie Guy, Debbie Lee-Antony, Chitra Sundaram from Body of Experience

DAY TWO: DANCE PERFORMANCE AND MATURITY

13^th January 2006 - Liverpool Hope University, Cornerstone

GREAT HALL

Grace Room

THEATRE

09.30

REGISTRATION IN FOYER (Tea/Coffee)

10.00

WELCOME

François Matarasso (Arts Council, East Midlands)

Virginia Taylor (Liverpool Hope University)

Bisakha Sarker (Chaturangan)

10.15

SUSTAINING THE WORK - How dance artists can work with service providers and others to contribute to wider agendas about healthy ageing. Round table discussion including

Deb Ashby (DIGM)

Lisa Dowler (MDI)

Chaired by Diane Amen 

ARABIC DANCE

Workshop by Sian Edwards-Davies (Nomad Dance International)

PARTICIPATION

11.00

TEA BREAK

11.15

DANCE, A LIFE LONG AFFAIR 

Lecture-demonstration by Els van Buren-Walvis
PARTICIPATION

IS THERE A MARKET FOR  PERFORMANCE BY OLDER DANCERS ?

Tim Tubbs (uk foundation ): Touring uk

Rachel (MDI): Touring in the region

Sheila Dickie (London): Touring EU

Eric Foxley (Nottingham): Dancing in EU events

Chaired by Karen Gallagher

12.00

DANCING TIME

Age agility and anxiety

Presentation of paper by Debbie Lee-Anthony (Senior lecturer, Winchester University)

12.20

Age agility and anxiety

Reflection through Dance Performance by Ann Dickie (From Here to Maturity), Bisakha Sarker (Chaturangan), Anna Sanchez-Colburg (Central School of Drama)

13.30 

LUNCH

14.30

15.30

WHAT NEXT? A FUTURE FOR OLDER DANCERS

Plenary discussion facilitated by François Matarasso

16.45

CLOSE and tea before departure