Robert Cohan, Founding Artistic Director of The Place 

At our Deep End panel held in November 2006, Robert Cohan advised that teachers should teach only what they understand at a deep level. Encouraging dance students to listen to their bodies and assuming responsibility for their own learning in a supportive context, is a shared perspective for good teaching practice, whatever ‘technique’ is used.

At the May 2007 Deep End we started from the position of embracing the somatic nature of movement and its application to all areas of dance technique. Kirsty Alexander, Assistant Director of London Contemporary Dance School, goes on to ask: "How are teachers and students to develop a fully engaged relationship with the art form they study and how are they to ‘be’ in the broader world of which they are a part?"

Notes from Kirsty's presentation can be downloaded using the link on the right. DVD copies are available to view in the School library. 

Published: 5 February 2007