JUST A SELECT FEW OF RECENT PROJECTS…

Buckinghamshire Taster Dance and Health Sessions

As part of Buckinghamshire Culture Open Weekend in July 2023, KM Dance & Fitness delivered two taster sessions in Dance and Health in partnership with Buckinghamshire Wellbeing Community Hub in Aylesbury.

There we two separate classes, one specifically for those with Dementia and their carers and another for older adults who may have long term health conditions. The classes consoisted on seated and standing movement sequcnes based on the Buckinghamshire Culture Open Weekend theme of ‘Open World’. Different musical genres were chosen and the movement focused on improving co-ordination, balance, rhythm, cardiovascular, memory, strength and musicality. We finished both classes with a social hour where we reflected back on the class and how it felt to be dancing whilst drinking a cup of tea!

Watch this space for similar classes coming soon to Buckinghamshire.

 WE ARE UNDEFEATABLE

During Covid-19, Katie was appointed as Lead Dance Artist for We Are Undefeatable, a national campaign devioted to keeping people with long term health conditions active whilst at home. This project involved leading the Dance Team Undefeatable, a regular dance class on Zoom for people with a diverse range of health conditions and ages, along with creating a template on how to create virtual dance groups and providing short videos for their social media. You can find out more about Team Undefeatable and the We Are Undefatable campaign here.

Katie was also invited to speak about her experiences with this campaign on BBC News, you can watch the interview here.

You can watch a video about the We Are Undefeatable Dance Team below.

We brought together a group of 8 women, all living with at least one health condition, who wanted to try something new to form our virtual Team Undefeatable ...

ENBEldersCo

Katie currently leads the ENBEldersCo for English National Ballet, a performing group for 55+. You can find out more about the group on the English National Ballet website here.

During Autumn 2022, Katie was Rehearsal Director for Choreographer Kirsten Ho who created a dance for ENBEldersCo for an Intergenerational piece with ENBYouthCo. This was part of ENB’s Replay programme and the performance took place in December at the Mulryan Centre for Dance.

Throughout 2020, Katie also taught chair-based ballet classes online for the general public to be able to do at home. Have a watch and try them out below!

Ballet has no barriers. It is for everyone, everywhere. Dance Artist Katie Mason leads a chair-based dance class designed for ballet lovers with restricted m...

We believe ballet has no barriers. Dance Artist Katie Mason leads a chair-based dance class designed for ballet lovers with restricted mobility and/or limite...

“The modern dance classes are a fun way of keeping fit & improving coordination. The classes deliver enthusiastic teaching , good music & good company”
— Lois, Class Participant
“The routines are great. I like the variety and the fact that there is a definite dance element to them all. Every part of the body gets a workout but with dance and rhythm which makes it fun to do rather than straight exercises which can become boring. And Katie has a great eclectic selection of music!”
— Andi, Class Participant
“Katie visited our secondary school to complete an all day workshop. I was impressed by her communication beforehand, which reassured me she knew exactly what my intentions of the workshop were. Katie completed differently structured workshops throughout the day, to meet the varied needs of different year groups and abilities. Some were working on performance skills, whilst others were working on exam content. Katie understood fully what I wanted the students to achieve within each workshop, it was catered perfectly and professionally. The students absolutely loved their sessions and I would not hesitate to use Katie again. I highly recommend her, she was friendly and approachable for students whilst providing a respectful and challenging dance environment.”
— Becky Edwards, School Dance Teacher

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