Kev Turner - Choreographer - Ted Talk - "My Journey with Dance and Mental Health"
Kev Turner was introduced to me through the Darcey Bussell Documentary "Dancing to Happiness" , where he delivered a six week intensive workshop to a group of young women aged 16-26, all suffering with forms of anxiety. To begin with, as part of my research for my Module Three, I was going to revive my findings from the documentary, which then transpired in a collaboration of the documentary and information I had obtained about Kev Turner, to which then developed into solely focusing on Kev Turner as an advocate to Dance, the impact Dance has on mental health, and his selfless mission to help vulnerable young people through the medium of Dance. In my practice, I see many young people suffering with forms of anxiety, more so than ever before. The purpose of my inquiry is to research into how Dance can positively impact the holistic development in young people within a secondary school. I essentially want to be able to collate my findings and imagine that I am taking them