Community

Elaine works with community groups of all ages and levels of experience, facilitating projects with diverse groups, in a wide range of settings. With a flexible and adaptable approach, she aims to develop a love of moving and creative arts practice. Much of Elaine's working life has been spent with adults and young people with disabilities, and her approach is greatly influenced by the pioneering work of Wolfgang Stange and Amici Dance Theatre Company. She passionately believes in creative arts for personal development and as a catalyst for empowering individual and social change.

Elaine often collaborates with artists from other disciplines and incorporates text and visual art practices into her work.

Three smiling women stand back to back leaning on one another, arms folded.

A group of dancers move and stretch out their arms, some linking arms with others.

A painted tin teapot, metal tin, a mug and coloured pens are spread out on white paper. Line drawings of the objects overlap on the paper in different colours.

Four dancers in a studio space, stretch long pieces of brown paper out in a cross shape. They hold the paper up in the air, two are standing a two are on the floor. Other dancers sit in the background watching.

A group of women sit on the floor in a circle, legs outstretched and feet touching at the centre.

Photo (top right): Simon Richardson for Beee Creative's Perform Transform at North Herts Museum