Learning & Skills Development

As part of the DLG & CM What Next 2022-24 project, DLG has been working with its members to co-curate a program of training interventions & ongoing skills development. This was a series of free to access CPD sessions, which aimed to up-skill the West Midlands dance community, and was led by experienced local artists and industry specialists, including members of the DLG itself.

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The programme included:

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• A series of 3 ‘Access Support – Online Drop-in surgeries’, and 2 ‘In Conversation With’ conferences, with Critical Mass key player guest speakers: Rachel Liggitt (Inclusion Champion) and Zoie Goulding (Lead Artist, Critical Mass). Both piloted March 2023.

• A series of 18 free CPD sessions and masterclasses, co-curated with DLG members, sub regional hub teams and linked to other strands of the project- 11 of which were online, and 7 in person

• Specialist guest speakers including Musa Motha (Freelance Dance Artist), Steve Ball (Birmingham Arts School) and Caroline Miller (Birmingham Royal Ballet)