Evaluation Title
BROAD: (Building Resilience and Overcoming Adversity through Dance & Drama) Research and Evaluation Report
Type of evaluation
Data type Qualitative
Evaluation Focus Behaviour change, Confidence, Distinctive contribution of Arts, Emotional Literacy, Engagement, Impact of arts-based approaches, Impact of programme, Psychological change, Self-Esteem, Sense of self, Value of Arts methodologies, Well Being
Key indicators Behavioural change, Communication skills, Confidence, Personal skills
Project outputs Arts-based workshops, Performances
Methodology Observation
Research limitations Longer term impact, Sample size
Summary of evaluation
Building Resilience and Overcoming Adversity through Dance & Drama (BROAD) is an innovative dance theatre pilot programme designed for vulnerable groups in prisons, secure children's centres and secure hospitals, co-created by Odd Arts company and Company Chameleon. Its innovation derives from the combination of theatre and dance, underpinned by training in non-violent communication and strengths based and trauma informed work within a restorative practice framework. UCLAN’s Psychosocial Research Unit (Professor Lynn Froggett and
Hugh Ortega Breton PhD) explored a number of concepts, including use of space in physical confinement; embodied learning; being ‘in touch’; pyschosocial and bodily integration.
Key Quote
"The progression to touching in the course of movement exercises comes about as an organic part of the dance theatre process. It is worth emphasising what a delicate achievement this is in settings where touch can so easily be conflated with physical violence or else provokes anxieties of inappropriate sexualisation."
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Artforms
DanceDrama
Organisations
Company ChameleonOdd Arts
CJS Context
PrisonSecure Unit
Specialist care homes
Region
Evaluating organisation
University of Central Lancashire
Authors
Lynn Froggett
Hugh Ortega Breton
Conducted: May 2019 – December 2019
Published: July 2020
Type: Academic