Work with us
We have worked with a large range of organisations across the world with the British Council and International Touring, and in the UK with the RNIB, Sense UK, Sadler’s Wells, BBC Children in Need, Manchester City Council and Henshaw’s Society for the Blind.
Touchdown dancers Robert and Holly perform in white costumes (Closer). [Credit: Erik Richmond]
Workshop Packages
We deliver a range of workshops both independently and with local authorities and care providers.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
We run events for communities aimed at people with visual impairments but open to all. Our events help boost confidence and self-esteem, improve development and mobility, and enable people to be creative.
Many of these events have been held at Waterside Arts Centre, who we have worked with since 2005 delivering hundreds of events, workshops, partnerships, demonstrations and presentations.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
We deliver a range of professional training programs to help everyone from dancers to teachers learn how to work with visually impaired people.
See below for examples of some of these training programs and success stories.
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
We specialise in creating bespoke workshop packages for arts organisations, care centres and health education groups to work with blind and visually impaired people. We create and deliver activities, training and education to improve the reach and diversity of your organisation.
We have worked with a large range of organisations across the world such as RNIB, British Council, Sadler’s Wells, BBC Children in Need, Manchester City Council and Henshaw’s Society for the Blind.
Courses/Activities
Past Workshops
Here’s a list of some of the courses and activities we’ve run and the people we’ve worked with.
An Erasmus project introducing Body-Mind Centering research and application of the touch and movement methods to dance, education, and personal development – at St Vincent’s School for the Blind.
We received funding from BBC Children in Need to deliver a project in 3 schools involving visually impaired, sensory impaired, learning disabled and physically disabled students. We ran three groups: a visual impairment-specific group, one vulnerable girls group, and one autism specific group.
We were a core partner delivering dance in the curriculum, supporting teaching staff to deliver movement-based sessions, particularly in challenging class contexts.
“The children were more attentive – using creativity to explore ‘what learning is like”
The ‘Changing Perspectives’ event at Sadler’s Well’s Lilian Baylis Theatre featured UK based dance individuals and companies (Corali, AMICI, Touchdown Dance, High Spin), for whom disability dance is key.
Touchdown Dance at the Freesummer at the South Bank, Royal Festival Hall Ballroom. Information from London Dance.
Supported by
