Dancing Strong has a fundamental belief that the arts have a crucial place in education. Not just the skills and understanding of craft through which students can learn develop a lasting relationship with their own creativity but the principles of the arts are principles of value across learning.
"My particular interest is two fold: looking at how the theory of arts practice can be successfully delivered on a day-to-day basis baring in mind the many provisions and needs a school must address. Secondly, acknowledging the creative process within all curriculum subjects, validating the creative work that teachers do both in core subjects and foundation subjects.”
Dr. Adesola Akinleye
Explores our human relationship with water for young audiences and their community while taking audiences on a journey of movement through artwork, sound, and dance. Together we move from a spring stream to London’s city river and into an ocean.
Light Steps, created for children (3+) and families, takes the audience on a 40-minute magical journey using light and colour as a portal through moments in time.