Joan Pope (Australia) "Just Look At What They Can Do"
VDM Masterclass #51
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Do we underestimate young children's powers? Joan presents some material she is ‘rediscovering’ as she sorts and tidies her shelves. She explores an unusual project from some 35 years ago in which she used finger painting expression in a kindergarten whilst playing percussion sounds. Joan will share video clips of toddlers at a childcare centre experiencing this unique ‘mixture’ for the first time. Joan also relives a session with 5- and 6-year-olds on the topic of ‘spoons’, and delights at the responses from a group of young children to a simple phrase in ‘Year of the Dog’ twenty years ago. This is a rare occasion when a film was made of Joan in action. (Limited DVDs available through Dalcroze Australia.)
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West Australian Joan Pope attended the Dalcroze Training Centre in London in 1953, completed Dalcroze Licentiate, Sydney 1957, and finally (!) gained Diplôme Supérieure (Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva) 1999. She was Dalcroze Australia President for many years and conducted workshops, training sessions and DEIEB exams especially in South East Asia and Pacific regions.
Joan lectured in a number of Universities in her home State and volunteered her interests in Children; Youth Theatre and Dance, Festivals, Community Arts, Adventure Playgrounds and Seniors Recreation, serving on numerous Boards, nationally and internationally. She holds BA, Dip. Ed (UWA) B. Ed , M. Ed (ECU) majoring in Early Childhood and Arts Education. Her PhD Thesis (Monash) was an historical research of 1920-1930s Dalcroze teaching in Australia and New Zealand. She is now celebrating her new status as a Great- Granma (“Gi-Gi-Joan”) and that of Patron of Dalcroze Australia.
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