Dance Education

Passionate about dance education, I continue to enjoy opportunities to engage with learners of all ages, with peers and organisations to facilitate and support dance education programs.

My work draws upon diverse experiences, including time spent working as a registered secondary teacher for the Department for Education (South Australia), work within schools supporting Aboriginal Education programs, role as Dance Presenter for The Australian Ballet’s Dance Education Ensemble and casual tutor for the University of South Australia.

I have enjoyed many opportunities to visit schools, create works and share my approaches to dance making, including projects with Carclew,  Ausdance SA and an artist in residency supported by Graham F Smith Peace Foundation (2019).

Further roles and experience include:

- Developing Effective Arts Learning (DEAL) program, 2021 Carclew, Teaching Artist

- DreamBIG Children’s Festival 2021 Professional Learning Workshops, ‘Dance our Landscapes’, with Kerrin Rowlands

- 2021 STEM Aboriginal Student Congress, Department for Education, workshop facilitator, Dancing Our Stories

- Kurruru Arts and Culture Hub; Youth Dance Ensemble and Nunga Ballet workshops

- Contributing writer, TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE, DreamBIG Children’s Festival 2021

- University of South Australia, casual tutor for Arts Education (2019 and 2020) and Teaching and Learning in Aboriginal Education (2018)

- Dance Teachers Day 2021 and 2020, Presented by Ausdance SA in association with Educators SA & Australian Dance Theatre, workshop presenter

- 2019 STEM Aboriginal Student Congress, Department for Education, workshop facilitator, Dancing Our Stories and opening and closing ceremony coordination

- Arts Inspire 2019, Professional Development for Arts Educators, Educators SA- CEASA. Workshop presenter in collaboration with Kerrin Rowlands, ‘Cultivating creative development in Contemporary Indigenous dance through investigations in making and responding’

- Our Mob, Adelaide Festival Centre CentrED, movement workshops for primary and secondary students 2012- 2014 and Professional Development for educators 2016

-Young Mob Dance Ensemble, choreographer and workshop tutor, Spirit Festival (2012), supported by Ausdance SA Indigenous Dance Alliance