Howard Wilkinson
Graduate 2005
The Mangala Teaching Creative Dance diploma course changed my life significantly… The course not only laid out the basic principles and techniques of teaching creative dance to a wide range of age groups but opened up a world of art, poetry, yoga and of course movement. Having previously never done any formal study in this area, but always been involved in dance and drama, I was unsure as to what to expect. I can only say that graduation day was sadly felt by all the students. ..I am now teaching creative dance and movement full time and every day is a challenge to come up with ideas and to put into practice all that was presented to me. ..I witness how important dance and movement is to growing strong balanced creative children and how it has the potential to free us from so much that inhibits and restricts us as Human Beings.

Helen Stratus     
Graduate 2006
A portrait of myself before the course:
IT Professional working in corporate environment
Totally left brained
Self belief that I had no creative ability at all
Somewhat inhibited!
No appreciation of art
No real exposure to music other than mainstream popular music

What have I learnt:
I can let go of my self imposed limitations, and give myself the freedom to dance
I can allow myself to connect with strangers
I can now see the beauty in a rock, as well as a flower
I can fly through the air like a bird
I can appreciate art
The world is full of music that needs to be explored
I can design a creative dance class
I can run a creative dance class
And finally, I am CREATIVE and boy can I write Journals!!