Joy Foxley is a teacher of dance and music. She specialises in Indian
dance and storytelling, and British dance and song. For all of these she
can provide exhibitions, demonstrations and workshops to suit a wide variety
of situations and groups. Ages ranging from nursery to adults can be accommodated.
Indian dance
Working with younger children, the emphasis would probably be on the use
of dance, story and mime to
- tell a classical Indian story in English;
- tell the same story using the appropriate narrative dance; and
- take a short dance workshop on parts of the dance.
See Joy's animation of the Chota
Hathi story in English and German, and the project work produced by
a school after she had taught the Hafiz
the Stone-cutter story.
A visit would be preceded by discussions with the staff concerned, to
plan details of the approach to be taken, and to ensure that any follow-up
activities were integrated with the school's curriculum.
When working with older children, a similar pattern would be followed,
but there would be more discussion with the children about general aspects
of India and Indian life, using artifacts from the exhibition.
British dance and song
Joy is an expert in many areas of British folk dance and song. She can teach
British folk dances and songs, and has extensive experience in working with
small and large groups, both young and old. In all cases the emphasis is
on participation. She can also teach British traditional dance, and clog
dancing. Specialised cassettes of music
can be provided to be left with the school, so that the work can be continued
by teachers in the school after the visit.
Fitting into the curriculum
An individual programme can be designed to fit into any particular area
of the curriculum. This could include multi-cultural studies, dance, music,
crafts, or story and language studies.
If appropriate, more than one visit can be arranged, to provide a greater
depth of study, or to assist in follow-up work.
Resources
The exhibition includes pictures, books, fabrics, musical instruments, children's
toys, records and cassettes, and other traditional artifacts collected in
England and during numerous visits abroad.
See Joy's biodata on another page. For
further information contact Joy directly (Joy Foxley, 31 Greenfield Street,
Dunkirk, Nottingham NG7 2JN, UK, phone ++44-115-9786858) or by e-mail.
The above work is supported by East Midlands Arts, whose help is greatfully
acknowledged.