EnhanceDance

EnhanceDance is an educational initiative that strives to enhance dance teaching, training and performance through equity-informed and evidence-based principles and practice in:

• dance education & training
• complementary training for dancers
• dance teacher education & training

with highly qualified dance educators and healthcare professionals.

News

Congratulations to EnhanceDance affiliate, Amber Downie-Back,  who is the recipient of the Chrystal Dance Prize. The prize will support the project 'on the nature of...', an interdisciplinary work that explores themes of memory and nostalgia, while incorporating interactive and digital elements with dance performance and sound. Downie-Back will collaborate with Emilie van der Waals, a Netherlands-based contemporary dancer and choreographer from Sint Maarten, and sound designer Angus Gaffney, to push movement and sound in collaborative contexts with other media such as digital and video art.
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Upcoming Webinars, Courses & Events with EnhanceDance:

• C-I Training Teacher Course & Certification
  • LEVEL 1: Winter 2023 (Calgary, January 21 - March 18) with Andrea Downie ​
  • ​LEVEL 2: Spring 2023 (online, May 13, 20 &27) with Donna Krasnow
• ​Join Andrea for Healthy Dance Practice webinars, winter 2023:
  • ​Integrated and Complementary Conditioning for Dance, February 26, 2023
• Andrea Downie will again be working remotely with the undergraduate and graduate dance students at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (UK) this February.

Resources & More:

• Check out our Articles & Resources page for articles and links to free resources, including Andrea Downie's latest article, Equity-Informed Dancer Wellness (2022) and her presentation, (Re)Visiting Dancer Wellness (2021). Links updated regularly!
• ​​See video from Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, including a look at the company's conditioning work with Andrea Downie (at 3:15).

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Andrea Downie with students.

I was so very fortunate to take the C-I Training level one certification course with Andrea. After teaching in a variety of disciplines for 25 years, Andrea’s clear and inspiring approach changed not only the what of my teaching practice, but also the how. I found her to be very knowledgeable and inspiring as a teacher/leader. In particular, her knowledge of anatomy and safe yet effective dance practice was a highlight for me. She presents her courses as she does herself, with authenticity. I came away feeling confident and ready to share the knowledge she imparted to us."
​~ Mandi Sutherland, LLB, MT and RAD Examiner