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Tradamis
provides what schools and colleges need.
We provide
specific teaching modules or customised packages with relevant back
up resources.
In many cases teaching
sessions include placing the dance and
music into social and historical context and introducing
cross-curricular links.
A session lead by
Tradamis provides the opportunity for students to experience
Music, History, Dance, Physical Exercise, Team work, Collaborative creativity
The "feel" of a specific period of history, brought to life
through music, dance, costumes, stories and multi media
presentation
an inclusive learning experience:
a showcase performance of traditional song, dance and music to
excite and inspire students of all ages. back-up resources:
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Dance descriptions -
Music -
Song lyrics -
Costume design -
Historical background
curriculum enrichment opportunities during classroom teachers'
PPA time
What We
Have Done Highlights
Projects
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3 Slough Schools
Spring 03 Phase 1 of a 4 phase
project for Slough Grammar, Beechwood & Wexham Court Schools
involving English, Japanese, African & Street Dance sadly
phases 2-5 never happened
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Langley Grammar
School July 03 Four days
of dance & music teaching involving 10 practitioners & 60
students producing a show of social & ritual dance from medieval
onwards with the students playing the music and adding their own
creativity
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St Bernards School,
Slough 2004. Creation of a Key
Stage 3 country dance resource incorporating the students own
dances
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Trafalgar 2005.
Collaboration with HMS Victory to produce a resource pack
including songs, dances, music (with arrangements) and costume
ideas
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Chatham 2006.
Tudor Day involving dance, music,
herbalism and creative arts
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Ansley Common
Oct 06. Provision of teaching and music for a school centenary
dvd project
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Toynbee School
Jan/Feb 2007. Teaching of dances & music from the Thomas hardy
period for inclusion in a production of A Winters Tale for the
Shakespeare Schools Festival
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Stone Market Traders
Feb/Mar 07 teaching and facilitating the production of a
Maypole Dance event to take place in the town later in the year.
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Fusion Dance Company
March 07 Teaching of Morris
dances and creation of a morris/street dance item for major
event in Slough
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The Tudors
Nov 06 ongoing. A joint project with Stevenage Museum and
Nonsuch History and Dance to use Peggy Dixons research material
in schools and the community to produce a new resource including
a simplified form of the Laban notation
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Victorians at Work
and Play Mar 07 ongoing.
Working with Hughenden Manor to produce an outreach module and
resource that links directly with the life and times of Disraeli
and local events, industry and festivities
Modules
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Maypole, suitable for all ages from reception onwards and
special needs. Provision of Maypoles, ribbons, resources as
well as teaching.
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Tudor dances and music for the curriculum or for dramatic
productions with showcase performances if required
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Country Dance & Create your Own Barn Dance
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Clog & Percussive Dance
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Morris including Cotswold, Border and North West styles
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Longsword
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Introduction to Folk Music of the British Isles
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Trafalgar & the Regency - Dance, Music and Song from the
period
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The
Victorians at Work and Play
Events
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Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich 05 & 06 Major May Day
event with thousands of participants, providing Large Maypole,
Costumed performers, Music, Teaching and volunteer helpers
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Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture May 05. Provision of
Maypole and teaching to enable the museum to include maypole
dancing in their Bank Holiday event
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Trafalgar Despatches Oct 05. Provision of costumed dancers
and musician to celebrate the double centenary of the Battle of
Trafalgar in Andover
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Oak House Sandwell Jul 05 & Feb 06. After a Tudor dance
teaching day a return visit to teach the staff and volunteers so
they could include it in their programmes
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Geffrye Museum May 06. Provision of Maypole Teaching and
Music
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Chippenham Festival May 06 & 07. Provision of teaching
and ideas in 06 led to full involvement in the Festival with
workshops on Maypole for Adults, Fit for Dance and Tudor
Dancing Provisionally re-booked for 2008
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Oxford Castle Unlocked May 07 Provision of Maypole
Teaching and Music
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Hughenden Manor June & Sept 07 Showcase events for the
Victorian project involving songs, music and clog dancing
Teacher
Training
We have
done many inset days or evening sessions, predominantly but not
exclusively on Maypole Dancing. In addition we go in around 3 times
a year to Kingston University to introduce different groups of
student teachers to Maypole & Country Dancing and tell them of the
available resources from EFDSS, the Vaughan Williams Memorial
Library and Tradamis.
Special Needs Teaching
An
increasing aspect of our work collaborating with Thanet College
(involved teacher training as well), Arbourvale School in Slough,
Jack Tizard School in Shepherds Bush, Beechwood School in Dunstable
and Woodfield School in Merstham |
