Chris Metherell went up to Edinburgh on Wednesday 15th May to meet up with the trustees from the Historic Dance Society, the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland, and others to discuss a project to film the Scottish dances described by Tom
InstepRT bursary awards for 2021
We are very pleased to tell you of the latest projects which we are supporting through our bursary scheme. As you can see they are quite wide-ranging, from research projects to creative performance projects to educational workshops. You can read
Annual Review 2021
Instep Annual Review 2021 Researching and developing clog and step danceInsteprt.co.ukRegistered Charity Number 1178704Introduction This last year was another where our activities were curtailed by Covid lockdowns and isolations, so it’s been difficult to get together as a whole group
Steps From The Heart
Steps From the Heart – a special step dance collaboration Two step dancers from either side of the Atlantic, April Verch of Canada and Simon Harmer from the UK (a member of the Instep Research team), have been working on
EFDSS Gold Badge Awards
InstepRT is delighted to announce that three of its members have received the prestigious EFDSS Gold Badge Award for 2021. They are: Chris Metherell, Kerry Fletcher and Lynette Eldon, together with her husband Jim. They are all so very deserving
Bursaries 2021 – we are seeking expressions of interest for our new funding round for this year.
The Instep Research Team (IRT) is inviting expressions of interest for bursary awards of between £50 – £3,000 for projects related to the objects of IRT. “To promote, maintain, improve, develop and advance public education by the encouragement of the arts
Treasurer’s Report 2020
Researching and developing clog and step dance Insteprt.co.uk Registered Charity Number 1178704 Treasurer’s Report 2020 The financial statement is presented in two parts; December 2019 – September 2020 and November 2020 – December 2020. This is due to our decision
InstepRT Annual Review 2020
This last year proved to be a year like no other, and because of the restrictions on movements and activities imposed to control the spread of Covid 19, as a group we have not been able to achieve all of our
Instep Annual General meeting
Another year, another AGM? Well…inevitably on Zoom this time! While we all missed getting together, dancing and playing music, it was as good as we could do in thecircumstances. We could welcome member Heather Clarke from Australia to join in,
Sherry Johnson
Sherry Johnson is a step dancer, fiddler, choreographer, educator and researcher. Shestarted step dancing at the age of six, and her five siblings soon followed. They grew upattending fiddle and step dancing contests in Ontario, winning the Canadian Open GroupStep
Sammy Bell. Clog Dancer
Newly uploaded films and notations for the late great Sammy Bell, clog dancer from Linton, Northumberland, showing all his steps. most in long shot and closeup.