Emma Goodwin

07906 504 410

Sector: Dance

Key Skills

Dance, Contemporary, Creative, Classes, Workshops

Key Clients

I am available to lead dance workshops, classes and INSET - on an adhoc or more regular basis, and am also interested in performance projects and collaborations with other artists/organisations.

Personal Statement
Emma is an experienced dance artist with a range of skills in both performance and education. She seeks to create dance and performance experiences which are engaging, fun and based around her commitment to nurturing the creative potential and contributing to the personal development of all those she works with. She is a team player; a dedicated, focussed and collaborative worker.

Background
Emma trained at the Arts Educational London School from the age of 10-16 (1988-1994) before continuing her training at the London Contemporary Dance School on the BA(hons) course in Contemporary Dance (1994-1997).

Alongside performance and dance delivery, Emma has also worked in arts administration, with experience in marketing and project management roles. She gained an EDEXCEL Foundation in Dance Movement Therapy studies from the City of Bristol College in 2004, and completed a post-graduate certificate in Dance Movement Therapy at Roehampton University in 2006.

Emma was employed by DanceXchange as Dance Artist in Residence on the DAiR To… and Telford Culture Zone projects from January 2006 to August 2008, and now works as a freelance performer and dance practitioner.

Performance Work
Emma is an experienced and mature performer with a particular interest in work created for young audiences, and work of a theatrical nature. She has recently finished a National Tour of a dance theatre piece called The Tell Woman, which fused dance, puppetry and sound to create a fairytale for the under 10s. Emma played the central character Sam who went on an exciting and sometimes scary journey to save all the stories in the world! She has recently returned for Quebec, Canada where she performed as part of Osez! 09, which was a site specific work created by Melanie Demers (formerly of O Vertigo). Emma has also been a company member of Midlands based Laura Dredger Dance Company since 2007.

Recent performance credits include:
•July 09: Performer in Osez! 09 in Quebec (Canada) created by Melanie Demers
•Jan-June 09: Performer in The Tell Woman (National tour) by Nikky Smedley
•April-June 09:Performer & RD on Belonging by Blue Eyed Soul
•Sept 08: Performer in memattandshell created by Laura Dredger
•Sept 08: Performer in Osez! 08 created by Sean Tuan John & Karine Ledoyne
•Mar-July 08: Performer in Dansense created by Enrique Cabrera Aracaladanza
•Jan 08: Performer in memattandshell created by Laura Dredger for Resolution!
•Sept-Dec 07: Performer in Thank U & Goodnight created by Natasha Gilmore
•Jun 06: Performer and choreographer of RSVP for New Vibes
•Mar-June 07: Performer & RD on City of Fires created by Lisi Perry
•Mar 07: Performer in Bham City Council dance film created by Maria Blundell
•Sept-Dec 06: Performer in Seeing Red created by Dylan Quinn

Education and Community Work
Emma has a wealth of experience in delivery, having worked in various statutory, non statutory, health and community settings in her roles with DAiR Too…, Telford Culture Zone, Rubix Dance and also in a freelance capacity. In recent years, she has worked with numerous arts and other cultural partners to create and deliver imaginative and inspiring experiences in school settings supporting, encouraging and enriching a creative approach to the delivery of the National Curriculum, alongside leading the Telford Youth Dance Company and feeder groups and ad-hoc workshops and projects, a highlight being the Sporting into Dance project in which she was mentored by Luca Silvestrini. She is a trained Arts Award Adviser, and has received recent training in: conflict resolution; working with young people with challenging behaviour; Soundbeam; early years: a kinaesthetic approach to movement (Ludus); 50 Ways to Lead a Workshop (Blue Eyed Soul) and introduction to autism.