Artists & Professional Development
EFDSS Education supports the continuing professional development of, and exchange between, artists and educators from folk and other arts backgrounds.
It provides training for school staff, music educators, dance artists and other practitioners in using folk song, dance and music in education and community settings; for example, our recent World Dances and Action Games Training Days.
Associate Artists
EFDSS runs a programme of Associate Artists and Artists in Residence focusing on art that takes folk culture for its inspiration; encouraging the forging of links between traditional folk arts, contemporary arts practice and work with communities.
Activists in the Community
This article, written by EFDSS Education Director Rachel Elliott, explores the past and present of folk dance artists working in the community. It was first published in the Winter 2010 edition of Animated and is reproduced by permission of Foundation for Community Dance. All rights reserved. See www.communitydance.org.uk/animated for more information.
Previous Artist in Residence
Associate Artist
Previous artists’ professional development projects
Transatlantic morris residency, Feb - March 2010
exCHANGES: morris/contemporary choreographic project , 30 March – 3 April 2009
Clog/contemporary mini residency, 5 – 8 May 2009
