Green Candle education programme

residencies
workshops
INSET
work with deaf children

RESIDENCIES
Over the past fifteen years Green Candle has built a national reputation for leading expert, creative cross art form (fusing drama, music, art with dance) residencies in a safe enjoyable environment.

A Green Candle residency involves anything from 2-6 members of the performing company "taking up residence" either with a particular institution (a school, residential home) or in a particular area or district for an extended period of time (whether it be for 1 or 8 weeks, for 2 hours a week or 5 full consecutive days).

Our professional dancers are specially trained to work confidently with all members of the community including children, young people, people with physical disabilities, learning difficulties, sensory impairments, adults and old people .

Each residency is individually designed to create a challenging and exciting experience for all involved. A key element within this is careful planning between Green Candle's staff and the teachers, carers, youth leaders involved to ensure that each residency meets the talents, needs and goals of the group and organisation.

Green Candle offers a wide variety of residency patterns. If you have a particular project in mind or would just like to discuss some ideas with us please do not hesitate to contact Rachel Elliott (Associate Director).

WORKSHOPS
Green Candle leads creative workshops to accompany every production, using the themes of the show as the springboard for individual creative development. The company also gives independent workshops for all age groups and abilities which are designed to fit in with the needs of the particular group or organisation.

IN-SERVICE TRAINING for TEACHERS and CARERS (INSET)
Inset, an acronym for in-service training, refers to workshops specially designed for
teachers and care staff who already use or would like to start, using dance in their work. Green Candle's sessions are aimed at increasing the confidence and skills of participants working with movement for children and older people.

Sessions will provide participants with new material, improving skills in planning and development and offer practical ideas and suggestions for lessons/classes. Green Candle places great importance on in-service training for teachers and carers. If the enormous benefits of dance as an art and as a physical activity are to continue to spread, teaching those who regularly teach and care for groups of people is an effective and far reaching tool.

WORK with DEAF CHILDREN and YOUNG PEOPLE

Green Candle Dance Company has run the Dance Summer School for Deaf Children in collaboration with Sadler’s Wells, annually since 1999. The school has proved successful in providing a unique experience for children aged 6-14 years, enabling them to explore their creativity in a deaf-friendly environment. It is open to boys and girls with all degrees of hearing loss as well as their siblings and friends.

In addition to this each childrens production is also taken to schools for deaf and hard of hearing children, this year in conjunction with the National Deaf Childrens Society. Minas Story toured to 5 specialist schools and was warmly received.

“It was a really excellent day for our children – hearing and deaf children working together. They got so much out of it – as did the staff involved.”
Teacher at Cann Hall, Leytonstone

Rachel Elliott, Green Candle's Associate Director, has led many dance projects with deaf children and adults over the last 18 years including the Deaf Dance Workshops at Sadler's Wells. Rachel is able to communicate effectively with deaf people and holds the CACDP Stage 3 Advanced Certificate in British Sign Language.

For further information contact:
Rachel Elliott, Associate Director, at info@greencandledance.com