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My battle to secure a sustainable living as a dance artist, choreographer, teacher , artistic director , facilitator, collaborative artist , performer , project manager, administration manager
The Journey • Enniskillen Youth Dance Experiencing an engaging, enjoyable and rewarding youth dance experience • • BTEC National Diploma in Dance: Ballymoney Appreciating the brief of work in the performing arts secto r • • Northern School of Contemporary Dance: Leeds Understanding my training and what I was developing skills for • • Various short term projects Making myself seen, available and committed •
• Ludus Dance Company Experiencing and understanding the value in a diverse set of skills and the • specific value in good participatory and education work Understanding the variety of activities required to operate successful within the • arts sector • Freelance Expanding my skills and focusing on the work I was interested in doing and • could earn income from • Bradford and Spain for Peace Studies Beginning to think about the long-term future …. can I keep dancing, what do I • want to do in my later years, what will I be able to do?? • Enniskillen…….
Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre Creating work that says something about the world in which we live. Inspiring creativity through dance.
Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre • Professional Dance Company established in 2009 • Community Interest Company – 3 (soon to be 4 members of staff) – Range of freelancers for various projects – 5 board members – 20 volunteers • Delivering community education and professional dance projects, locally, nationally and internationally.
3 areas of Focus • Professional • Community • Education
Community • Children’s creative dance classes. • Adult community classes. • Project managing large scale multi- disciplinary arts projects. • Specialised dance projects.Big Dance etc.
Education • Primary and post primary creative dance projects. • Special Educational Needs projects • Pre-school creative dance activities • Large scale integrated schools projects.
Professional • Professional solo and company performances. • National & International touring opportunities: Dublin. New York, London… • National & International Professional Development Training: Hong Kong, India …
Share of time WORK ACTIVITY TIME PERCENTAGE Community 40 Education 13 Professional 5 Management 40 Strategic 2 Column Chart 40 40 40 Pie Chart Community Education Professional Management 2% Strategic 30 40% 40% 5% 13% 20 13 10 5 2 0 Community Education Professional Management Strategic
Share of time WORK ACTIVITY TIME PERCENTAGE Community 15 Education 15 Professional 50 Management 0 Strategic 20 Column Chart 50 50 Pie Chart Community Education Professional Management Strategic 15% 20% 38 15% 50% 25 20 15 15 13 0 0 Community Education Professional Management Strategic
the end or the beginning …..
• Explore structures/options for earning a living that will work for you • Freelance individual • Partnership • Company/Organisation • Employment • Combination of the above
• What are the challenges and benefits of a company • Time consuming - long-term security • Conflicting responsibilities - development potentials • Increased responsibility - increased opportunities • Lack of autonomy - security of aims and objectives • People/staff/relationships - shared responsibilities • Funding demands - funding opportunities
• How do you tackle these things? • plan, plan and plan (even if it is only in your head) • Be flexible - be a focused specialist • Be prepared to take risks and work hard • Value training and participate in it • Be aware of your strengths • Be aware of those things that may not be strengths • Don’t listen to me I know bugger all
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