Silver Swans Celebration 2024: Workshops
The Silver Swans Celebration will bring together Silver Swans and their teachers from around the world, both in-person and online, for a vibrant day of classes, practical workshops, conversation and performance.
Thursday 31 October – Online Ticket
Participate in workshops from wherever you are. Join us live on Zoom across the day, or access the workshop recordings at a convenient time. Your online ticket purchase also includes the livestram of the celebration show.
Friday 1 November – In Person Ticket*
Participate in up to 3 workshops in the studios at the RAD’s Global Headquarters.
Please add your details to the waiting list if the workshops you are interested in are showing as fully-booked.
Dual Tickets available to join both online and in-person.
*Please note tickets to watch the Celebration performances in the Aud Jebsen Studio Theatre on the afternoon of the 1 November are available to book separately, please click here.
BONUS Workshop
Everyone signed up to join the workshops online or in-person will receive access to a wonderful pre-recorded workshop, presented by Clare Guss-West.
Restoring Rhythm – The foundational role of dance and music in well being is an inspiring, formative, practical presentation from Clare Guss-West. A former professional dancer, turned choreographer, dance educator, holistic health practitioner and author specialising in the integration of holistic health into dance practice, Clareʼs innovative work in dance, translates scientific research findings on the benefits of attentional focus for direct application in professional, vocational and inclusive dance practice.
Trained as a classical and contemporary dancer and musician, Clare began choreographing with American composer Philip Glass and was resident choreographer and director at English National Opera. She created productions for Lyric Opera of Chicago, Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera and Ballet, Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Royal Opera House, BBC Proms and Opéra de Paris.
Clare has previously shared her training with such companies and educational organisations as Finnish National Ballet and School, The Royal Ballet, Zurich Ballet, Ballet de LʼOpéra du Rhin, Houston Ballet, Mark Morris Dance Group, Opéra de Paris–Opéra Université, Dutch National Ballet Education, Mosa Ballet School, Pôle Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower and the Nureyev Foundation, as well of course as The Royal Academy of Dance, and we are incredibly fortunate and delighted to be able to present her work on ‘Restoring Rhythm’ as part of the Silver Swans Celebration 2024.
As co-founder and director of the Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation, and chair of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) Dance for Health committee, she is an international advocate of the well-being benefits of dance and its vital role in innovative preventative healt