3rd Stage Dance Company Team

Choreographic Lab, to be held at Bristol's Tobacco Factory Brewery Studio on Sunday 27th October and led by 3rd Stage Dance Company, is a day for dance educators to take inspiration and practical strategies on how to get the most from their students' choreography. If you're new to dance teaching, or just looking for a refresher, you can expect to be guided through different approaches to teaching choreography that have worked for those at the chalk-face of choreographic education. It also aims to bring teacher and professional dancers together.

The idea of Choreographic Lab is not to be dogmatic, or to export the '3rd Stage Way', but to help those in dance education unlock their potential as choreographic educators so that in turn they can enthuse and embolden their charges. The day is designed to be as practical and interactive as possible, with choreographic workshops and live demonstrations peppered with opportunities for people to talk, discuss ideas and share experiences. When you come along though, be prepared to get stuck in.

Two course leaders will run the day; both are educators as well as choreographers. Lucy Thynne, a local to the Bath area, works in schools teaching Dance across the secondary age range and regularly offers guidance to teachers and leaders who are new to the task of creating and delivering Dance. She takes great care to ensure that her students flourish as choreographic artists whilst fulfilling exam criteria. Tarrant Robbins, a Wiltshire dance artist, has worked in schools in Wiltshire, Berkshire and Hampshire and has also worked as an examiner for both GCSE and A-Level Dance. Tarrant's years of teaching and examining across a range of exams means that his students regularly turn out as strong and articulate choreographers.

Those who attend will engage in practical workshops on 'How to create movement from scratch, 'How to develop movement' and 'How to manipulate movement on a group of dancers'. Some of the dancers of 3rd Stage will be choreographed on live in order to demonstrate how choreography can be layered, and more importantly, how students can be coached to do it. The day will be topped-off by allowing participants to experiment practically with the days information whilst being guided on how to choreograph in response to a stimulus.

ChoreoLab will be held in Bristol at the Tobacco Factory's Brewery Studio on Sunday 27th October. In order to book a place please contact 3rd Stage directly at polly@3rdstagedance.com