Dance, Access and Inclusion

Stephanie Burridge lectures at LASALLE College of the Arts and Singapore Management University and is the Series Editor for Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific (Routledge). Charlotte Svendler Nielsen is Associate Professor and Head of Educational Studies at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, research cluster 'Embodiment, Learning and Social Change', University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

'A much-needed anthology that will prove invaluable to the dance practitioner who wishes to provide an inclusive environment for all.' - Ann Kipling Brown, Professor Emerita of the University of Regina, Canada'This book can be summed as being about the work that art or dance does, as opposed to the work that art is. The efficacy and the power that dance has to change people’s lives is perhaps the most noble of its functions in life. For educators, parents and practitioners, this is a priceless addition to your library and resource material. The book serves its purpose to enlighten and empower, as well as being a timely reminder of why dance has been an integral part of the community, and how everyone can participate in its joy and benefits.' - Joseph Gonzales, Professor at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong

• AcknowledgementsContributorsIntroductionPart I Inclusive dance pedagogy Chapters 1.1 Making no difference: Inclusive dance pedagogy 1.2 Developing inclusive dance pedagogy: Dialogue, activism and aesthetic transformative learning Case narratives1.3 Beyond technique: Diversity in dance as a transformative practice 1.4 Exploring the relationship between dance and disability: A personal journey 1.5 'Sowing Dance' body movement for children from six months to three years old: The experience in Mesquita, Brazil 1.6 Dance for children with dyspraxia: The impact of Royal Academy of Dance, London, projects Part II Equality, advocacy and policy Chapters 2.1 Values and principles shaping community dance 2.2 The ugly duckling: Stories of dance and disability from Denmark and South Africa 2.3 Dance, education and participation: The 'Planters' project in Girona, Spain Case narratives2.4 Building identity through dance: Exploring the influence of dance for individuals with special needs 2.5 Encountering and embodying difference through dance: Reflections on a research project in a primary school in Finland 2.6 New spaces for creativity and action: Recent developments in the Applied Performing Arts in Catalonia Part III Changing practice for dance education Chapters 3.1 Supporting change: The identification and development of talented young dancers with disabilities 3.2 Reflections from a/r/tography: Perspectives to review creative activities with special needs children 3.3 Learning in action: Intersecting approaches to teaching dance in Timor-Leste and Australia Case narratives3.4 Exploring disability and dance: A Papua New Guinean experience 3.5 ASEAN Para Games 2015: Dancing for inclusivity 3.6 Dancing partners/ dancing peers: A wheelchair dance collaborative Part IV Community dance initiativesChapters 4.1 Dance and affect: Re-connecting minds to bodies of young adult survivors of violence, India 4.2 Digital stories: Three young people’s experience in a community dance class 4.3 Community initiatives for special needs dancers: An evolving ecology in Singapore Case narratives4.4 Celebrating diversity: A Jamaican story 4.5 “I Can… “: A Cambodian inclusive arts project 4.6 Learning together through dance: Making cultural connections in Indonesia 4.7 From the ground up: A Portuguese dance education collaboration with regional communities Part V Professional integrated collaborations Chapters 5.1 Pulling back from being together: An ethnographic consideration of dance, digital technology and Hikikomori in Japan and the UK 5.2 Freefalling with ballet 5.3 Troubling access and inclusion: A phenomenological study of children’s learning opportunities in artistic-educational encounters with a professional contemporary dance production Case narratives5.4 Dancing in wheelchairs: A Malaysian story 5.5 'Twilight': Connection to place through an intergenerational multi-site dance project 5.6 Navi’s story: Access to collective identity through intercultural dance in the Fiji Islands 5.7 The value of an extended dance residency: Restless Dance Theatre in a South Australian school 2014-2015