Boys in Dance: Negotiating Adolescence

[icon name=“user“ prefix=“fas“] Lecturer: Dr. Siobhan Mitchell

Siobhan trained vocationally as a dancer before completing a BA Hons in Dance Studies (University of Roehampton), an MSc in Dance Science (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance) and an MRes in Health and Wellbeing (University of Bath). Awarded a full ESRC studentship in 2014, Siobhan completed her doctorate in 2018 and currently works as a Research Fellow in Child and Adolescent Health at the University of Exeter. Siobhan’s doctoral research explored the psychological and social implications of early and late maturation in adolescent ballet dancers. More recently, Siobhan led the GuiDANCE project, a collaboration which aimed to review practices in the dance sector around growth and development and propose guidelines for the sector going forward. As a result of the GuiDANCE project, Siobhan is now working to establish the GuiDANCE Network, a collaboration of individuals and organisations working to improve support of children and young people in the dance sector. Siobhan is passionate about education in the area of adolescent development and regularly delivers workshops for dance teachers, dance students and parents of young dancers.

[icon name=“wifi“ prefix=“fas“] Webinar:

• 5 March 2024
• 9:30 – 11:00am German time
• Live and interactive, via Zoom
• 1,5h time-valued CPD