Justine Reeve

Shaping the Spontaneous: From Play to Performance

Accessible and useful tools for teachers 

How can you improvise in a clear and purposeful way, and guide others in doing so? In this session, you will experience how to develop different qualities of movement and how to use them in combination with specific assignments and guided explorations. This will help you grow in your ability to create movement spontaneously and develop your self-confidence.

Justine demonstrates how to support dancers in conceiving, refining, and shaping their own material into a choreography. She shares accessible and useful strategies for teachers and dance professionals from all disciplines.

Teacher

Justine Reeve is a British dance maker, choreographer, author and educational consultant with over 34 years of experience in dance education, curriculum development and professional coaching. She specialises in improvisation, choreography and assessment, and works with students from primary school to higher education, as well as with national organisations and examination boards. Above all, she places creativity at the heart of the learning process. Her goal is to empower teachers and young dancers with practical, inspiring and high-quality dance methods.

Accessibility

• The workshop is physically demanding, but can be adapted to suit different levels and abilities
• The workshop is accessible to wheelchair users
• The ability to memorise long phrases or structures is not a requirement