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LOUISE KLARNETT Education & Community Dance Artist
Louise graduated with BA (hons) Contemporary Dance from De Montfort University in 1998. She was dancer and co-founder of East Midlands based dance company Fervent Defacto and now works in performance, choreography, education and community dance spanning all ages and sectors of the community from babies to 90+ year olds. From February 2004 to January 2006 she was Dance Challenge Co-ordinator for the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham's Arts Development Team delivering school-based dance lessons as part of a continuing professional development training programme for teachers. She wrote a resource book to accompany the project that was distributed to all primary and special schools in the borough. From January 2005 to March 2007 Louise worked as Community Dance Artist for Green Candle Dance Company delivering projects for the Education and Participation Programme. Since having her children she works as a self-employed dance artist on a variety of projects.
Regular teaching includes classes at Laban, Newington Dance Space, and Ivy Street Family Centre, Hoxton.
Recent choreography includes the opening of the Cultural Olympiad with Adesola Akinleye for Theatre Venture and Beasley Street for artists Mark & Stephen Beasley originally performed live at Camden Arts Centre.
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Photographer credits: John FG Stead, Phil Coy and Dana Kolesarova
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