New Art Club think that everyone who wants to can dance, choreograph and enjoy and benefit from dance as an art form. They believe that choreography is an easy, accessible artistic discipline that can be practised by all. With this in mind, as part of their touring in 2006, a range of education and community activities are available for booking with the company.

New Art Club create a safe, supportive environment for people to work in. With an inclusive and demystifying approach to skills-based sessions, their work aims to have a memorable and important effect on the creative and physical development of people as artists.

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New Art Club can tailor work for age ranges 8 – 11yrs, 11 – 16yrs, 16 – 18yrs and groups of 18yrs +. Group sizes should be a maximum of 30 students, for which the company can offer sessions per half-day, full day or week long residences that can include the following:

Technique class - during which participants can evolve their movement vocabulary.

Improvisation sessions - using theatrical and imaginative tasks that lead to spontaneous solo, duo or group dances.

Partner work - using influences that range from contact improvisation to stand up comedy to develop an understanding of a partner's movement and weight and sharpening responses to this.

Choreographic sessions - allowing the participants to experience the simple art of choreography. With guidance through exercises that encourage an understanding of the mechanics of making dances and offering useful, practical tools that choreographers need to make dances.

Making a work under the direction of the company that leads to performance. A chance to be in a unique New Art Club piece.

It should be noted that as the company base much of their performance work on partner work and improvisation, students will not study set repertoire per se but rather gain an insight into the working practices of the company through studying its choreographic devices.

All workshops will require a suitable space such as a hall or gym (sprung floor if possible) plus access to a CD player.




Alongside their work with students, New Art Club are prolific in providing professional training and support to teachers and other professional dance and PE teachers in a variety of settings.

Inset sessions can be provided to support all of the practical movement work. Teaching methods are studied using practical and discussion sessions that aim to invigorate the tired teacher and inspire the less confident.

New Art Club also offers Professional Development opportunities for dance and theatre practitioners and lead projects which develop new and existing ideas further. These sessions can be tailored to suit the needs of the organisation or the perceived needs of the artists involved.

Examples of themes used in professional development work include:

- The use of lighting

- The use of text within performance

- Choreographic development

- Art & games - creating and developing rules

- Creating and changing image - how context affects meaning

New Art Club are also involved in longer development projects and welcome further invitations. For example the company:

Are currently collaborating with The Society for the Development of Sport and the Arts to create a user-friendly DVD for teachers working with children in schools at key stages 1 and 2.

Are creating a specifically science based dance education project culminating in a performance at the National Space Centre.

Are in the the third year of a three year programme encouraging boys to participate in and watch dance in Cambridge.

Have been in residence at DeMontfort University.