Marie-Louise Flexen is an experienced dance,  creative movement teacher and facilitator. One Dance UK awarded her a South-West 'inspiring leader of the future' Working freelance Marie-Louise facilitates dance across a wide range of community settings for children, teens , young adults & adults .She has extensive experience of delivery in creative health and well being, participatory arts and inclusive practice. She has reached hundreds of people who face disabling barriers such as physical and learning, dementia, frailty, addiction recovery & mental health. She has worked with disadvantage children, ex offenders, refugees & children in referral school. Marie-Louise leads InterdepenDance ( IDance ) with Cirencester Dance Club, a creative dance, movement & social session for adults with disability & neurodiversity that is funded by Barnwood Trust.

 With Johnny Charles Kilminster

   You got good Ideas Mary-Lou,

This is going to be brilliant  

 Intergenerational Dance Performance

Youth Dance & Physical Theatre Projects

Reviews

Marie-Lou combines a high level of performance skills with excellent person-centred practice. Her approach is very empowering for participants who become genuinely engaged in a creative experience rather than being passive recipients of entertainment.

Diane Amans Independent Dance Artist / Professional Development Consultant

As support workers we currently have four residents between our two houses that attend a  dance class with Marie -Lou. All are autistic but two also have very impaired Vision , one of whom is in a wheelchair. The classes have had such a big impact on our guys socially for interactions, self esteem, self confidence and physically with improved mobility, stamina and ability to work alongside others to meet the same goals. Our resident who is in a wheelchair has a noticeable improvement in the range of arm movements he can make and that is all down to the dance teachers and the support of this group. Every week the ladies and gent that we support look forward to coming, often telling friends and families that they have dance on Friday which is great as it helps focus their week on what they are doing and what they can look forward to.Marie Louise and Louise have both been fab at encouraging and teaching our residents to have the confidence to learn, enjoy and be proud of what they achieve. We hope this class continues as it is such a valuable resource to us and the people we support

Angela and Jill  - Support workers, Prospect Place Cirencester.

     CLIENT LIST

• Mandala Theatre Company
• Open Arms Collective
• The Velcro Collective
• IID inclusive integrated dance
• Prema Arts Centre
• Flexi Hub - Education Cooperative Stroud
• Cirencester Dance Club
• Paternosta school
• Order of St Johns Care Trust homes.
• Horsfall House care home
• Ashgrove care home
• Reach Incluisive
• Swindon Dance
• Bath Dance
• Gloucestershire Youth Co
• South Gloucestershire Co
• Chelt & Tewkes Dance Co
• L'ouveture Educational Trust London.
• The River Severn Project,
• National Star College
• GDance.
• Bournside school
• Braydon Forset school
• Stroud Schools project
• MJUK
• Roses Theatre
• Bath Spa University Performing Arts Degree
  

Dance in Care Settings

https://cirendanceclub.org.uk/interdepen-dance/

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