Episode 1-For most young dancers, the journey begins with recreational classes held after school or on Saturday mornings. For the vast majority of recreational dancers, the fun they have learning to dance is enhanced by the friendships and a shared unique camaraderie bond. Almost by osmosis they also obtain social skills and grow in confidence.
In this first episode of Growing through Dance, my guest is the talented Dr Penny Martin, whom I have been privileged to know since her childhood and to have played a small part in her journey as she was a founder member of CCDA (Cirencester Creative Dance Academy). Penny had so many dance related memories to discuss that we had to split the interview to two episodes.
Episode 1 Penny recalls her dance activities from the age of 4 to 19, whilst episode 2 discusses the life skills she gained.