SW BLACK DANCE FORUM - launch meeting was held on October 23 2009.

The Forum is for all practitioners working in the field of African Peoples’ Dance (APD) - choreographers, dancers, teachers in education and community dance.  We welcome anyone who practices or educates people in any dance form that has roots in APD including Jazz, Street Dance, Hip Hop and African Caribbean traditional and contemporary dance forms.   The Forum is also open to dance managers, administrators and researchers that support the sector.  If you missed the event but are interested in knowing more please callRachel de Garang
Artistic Director
Imayla Dance Dialogues

07984 421201

Biography - Jeanette Bain-Burnett is the Director of the Association of Dance of the African Diaspora (ADAD). She has worked in a wide range of arts management and administrative roles, including Company Administrator for Springs Dance Company and coordinating work-based degree programmes for Creative Practitioners at Middlesex University. Jeanette became involved with dance as a ’serious hobby’ in her teenage years in Jamaica, where she learned an eclectic mix of modern, gospel and folk forms and toured the Bahamas, New York, Australia and South Africa. After moving to the UK to work with Oxford-based Innovista Physical Theatre, performing in Russia, Ukraine, Denmark and throughout the UK, she augmented her dance training by completing a Diploma in Performance Studies (Dance) at Birkbeck, University of London. She went on to complete an MA Choreography at Middlesex University, where she is now a visiting lecturer in Dance and Culture.