South Asian Dance Teachers' Forum - Kala Sangam, Bradford

Event details:

Click here to download the registration form. Register by 10th February.

Click here to download the map of how to get to the venue.

AGENDA FOR FORUM

11.30am          Registration and tea / coffee

12.00pm          Introduction by Dr Geetha Upadhyaya - Kala Sangam

12.10pm          Sujata Banerjee - welcome by the Chair and an introduction to the ISTD and its South Asian Dance Faculty

12.30pm          ISTD South Asian Dance syllabi - a general introduction and brief notes on its rational 

1.00pm            Health & Safety / Body Conditioning workshop, covering Grades 1 – 4                  of Kathak and Bharatanatyam and discussing with teachers ideas on how to fulfil the requirements of this aspect of the syllabus

2.00pm            Lunch

2.45pm            Skill sharing and discussion on syllabus content, including recent syllabus revisions

3.45pm            Talk on the value of ISTD qualifications in relation to mainstream education as well as the new proposed conversion route to a degree

4pm                 Presentations of exam material as follows:

- Primary mock exam of students of Swati Raut

- Grade Three Kathak mock exam of students of Nilima Devi

- Grade Four Bharatanatyam mock exam of students of Swati Raut

- Presentation of vocational level material in performance style by students of Nina Rajarani (Bharatanatyam) and Sujata Banerjee (Kathak)

5.30pm            Plenary

6.00pm            Finish

Notes:

Attendance fees for teachers is £15.

To attend, the registration form (click on link at top of page) should be completed and sent along with a cheque for £15 made payable to ISTD’s South Asian Dance Faculty and posted to:

Nina Rajarani MBE, Secretary, ISTD South Asian Dance Faculty, 30 Bourn Avenue, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3AR

All forms must be received by 10th February.

The Centre for Advanced Training for South Asian and Contemporary Dance (CAT), would like to invite South Asian Dance Teachers to a CAT presentation at the ISTD Teachers’ Forum on Sunday 26th February at Kala Sangam in Bradford.

The presentation will be about how CAT works in collaboration with local dance teachers who are called ‘Home Tutors’ and will also focus on CAT Talent Identification and auditions for the 2012 term.

Travel bursaries of £50 each is available from CAT to teachers who want to attend the ISTD Teachers’ Forum. Only 10 bursaries are available and will be offered on a first come first serve basis! Please note, CAT is unable to offer travel bursaries to those teachers who were given bursaries in 2010 for attending the ISTD Teachers’ Forum.

If you are interested in applying for a CAT travel bursary, please contact: Anita Srivastava, CAT (Outreach) Project Manager, anita@newdimensions-arts.com. Application closing date is Monday 20th February 2012.