About PPN

Aims

To draw together performers and teachers to practice and discuss pedagogy
To build solidarity and support within a community of practice
To foreground and critically reinvigorate pedagogy as a practice and research field in its own right
To explore hosting as a practice in building the network
To develop methodologies for research in performance pedagogies
To mentor, nurture, inspire and nourish practitioners at all stages of their careers
To share good practice as part of continuing professional development
To archive and map pedagogies through multiple media

What it is not:

What it can be:

A network for embodied knowledge exchange with potential for personal, professional and practical impact
A network that celebrates and maps voices and practices that have been side-lined
A way to raise the visibility of practical wisdom (phronesis)
A place to share expertise and knowledge about how training can reproduce dangerous normatives
A space of solidarity and support