BNU Dance Industry Panel 2015

 From left to right: Lecturer Alex Balfour, Course Leader and Senior Lecturer Lynn Bouchier, Andy Instone, Pavitri Wypior, Lecturer Charlotte Nichol, Joanne Clifton, Sara Dos Santos, Senior Lecturer Martha Wiekens and Lecturer Esther Lawton.

The department of Performance and Dance held an industry panel for their dance students on 11th March 2015. Joining them was dancer Tony Palmer, choreographer and business owner, Andy Instone (Urban Strides), dancer Joanne Clifton (Strictly), dancer/choreographer Sara Dos Santos (EIC Dance Theatre), and Fitness Entrepreneur Pavitri Wypior (The Hoop Dance Co. Training).

Music/dance collaboration

Great to have musician Mike Watson (www.drumojo.com) with us guest teaching about his experience in music/dance collaboration, and accompanying technique class on percussion today!

Last week the first years performed 1 minute solo's they had been working on for a formative choreography assessment as part of their module, Dance Practice 1. Watch three of them below!

Katie's formative solo

Tommy's formative solo

Jordan's formative solo

Dance Fitness Students had a wonderful time at Fitcamp 2014 - attending this event they got to try out new equipment and do a variety of new classes that have recently been developed and network with other professionals.