Biography - Helen Ganberg

Training/ Qualifications  Tops Dance Tutor (PESS) (LDA).Emergency First Aid Certificate.Qualified Hatha Yoga teacher ( IY UK).Caps in Dance ( Exeter Uni).PGCE in Dance / English ( Brighton Uni).BA (Hons) Dance Theatre (The Laban Centre).

Teaching  Artistic Director of Swindon Youth Dance Company (Swindon Dance).Artistic Director of 'Swerve' Dance Theatre Company.Tops Dance Tutor (Wilts County Council).Sessional curriculum dance leader at Red Oaks Primary School.Adult and Yoga for Kids Classes / Workshops at the IY Centre, Swindon.Youth Dance Academy team teacher (Swindon Dance, SW region).Contemporary technique teacher and choreographic project leader for Summer School (Swindon Dance).Mentoring for new dance leaders (06/07).Trainer / Facilitator of educational work with Tavaziva Dance Company (06/07 Tour).14 years of teaching and training experience in educational and community sectors working with toddlers, children, young people, adults and elders including dance and disability and boys-only work.

Performance work  Dancer with 'Swerve' (06/07) The Place Theatre, London, The Wyvern Theatre, Swindon Dance.Dancer / Performer in Textiles in Performance choroegraphy by Marie Louise Flexen at Woodchester Mansion, nr Stroud (07).Dancer for the opening of the Stroud Water Arts Space (07).Dancer / Performer for an outdoor Textiles in Performance at Quenington Sculpture Show (07).

Choreography   Awarded an Alpha Associate Choreographers award - Swindon Dance (07).‘Rain’ for Swerve (07).‘You’re not listening’ for Foundation Dance at Town Hall Studios, Swindon (07).‘Flags and Whistles’ site specific for The Brunel 200 Celebrations (06).‘My Generation’ for Swindon Youth Dance Company (06).‘Stuck’ for the Youth Talent Programme (Swindon Dance) (05).‘Nataraja’ for Swindon Youth Dance Company (05).‘Risky Moments’ for Professional site specific project (Taking Risks Fest 02).14 years of creating community and school performances in Swindon and Wiltshire.

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