Technical Advisory Group

Dalcroze UK recognises the need for expert input to its operations and future development, including curriculum design, student experience and welfare, and seeking best practice from other disciplines.

We have therefore established a technical advisory group (TAG) and are currently seeking additional members – please submit a CV to ceo@dalcroze.org.uk. The terms of reference can be downloaded here.

Dora Frankel

Dora Frankel, born in London, is a performer, choreographer, Benesh Dance Notator (choreologist), teacher and Artistic Director of Dora Frankel Ensemble. She is also Artistic Director Emeritus of Newcastle-based dance company Fertile Ground, founded in 2013 and the UK’s only professional dance company dedicated to the professional development of emerging dance artists from the North East.

Trained at Rambert School of Ballet and Benesh International, with further qualifications from Sweden and the US (Utah University), she has worked nationally and internationally in large and small-scale companies and solo projects, including Rambert, American Ballet Theatre, Malmo Ballet (now Skane Dans Teater) and Wasa Theatre, Osterbottens Regional Theatre, Finland.

Her extensive teaching career includes the design and leadership of a three tier, 3 year dance programme at Angereds Gymnasium, Gothenburg, 1993 to 2001. On her return to the UK, she gained an MA in Choreography from Middlesex University and moved to Newcastle upon Tyne.

Since then, she has taught at Universities and colleges across the region, parallel with a rich and varied choreographic, performance and leadership career. She continues to work independently, creating live and film work that explores the interface between environment and people.

As a dance critic, she reviews for the British Theatre guide.

www.dorafrankeldanceartist.com

Dr Gill Hagan-Green

Gill holds a PhD from Durham University, and had a 30-year career in Academia, finishing as the Operational Director of the Centre for Islamic Finance at the University of Bolton. She worked for 15 years in a variety of commercial roles prior to that.

Currently working as Development Lead for Digital Safety CIC, this role involves supporting the Community Interest Company in reaching their Aims and ambitions to ensure digital safety for all. I am the resident academic developing the research that sits behind our activities and enabling collaborative teams to develop their thinking. I am a Fellow of both The British Computer Society and Advance HE, and will use my technical experience in Academia to support Delacoze UK.

Living in County Durham, Gill enjoys her two horses and rescue lurcher in her downtime.