Move Through a Story with Liz Clark!
“Everybody tells stories through their bodies,” says Liz Clark—and in this inspiring video, she shows us how! Watch the video and start moving through your own stories today!
Watch as Liz shares fun, creative ways to move through a story, using a simple white ostrich feather to spark imagination. This magical prop invites children to explore storytelling through movement, helping them develop their own unique stories.
Liz was inspired by the book ‘Lali’s Feather’ by Farhana Zia and the hundred different things you can do with a feather—what will you do with yours?
What would you do with a feather?
“Much more of the brain is devoted to movement than to language. Language is only a little thing sitting on top of this huge ocean of movement.”
Oliver Sacks, Neurologist and author
Learn more …
Dancing Babies
Enjoyed playing with the feathers and moving. What to dance some more? You can have more fun with Liz in her films ‘Dancing at home’ on her Our Creative Adventure website.
Dance in Early Years
‘Young children’s experimentation with movements is linked to what we later recognise as ‘dance’, say Anne O’Connor and Anna Daly in this article from Nursery World.
Lali’s Feather
Watch a reading of ‘Lali’s feather’ by Farhana Zia, the book that Liz used to inspire her video and get children moving.
Artist Biography
Liz Clark is a dance artist who works exclusively in early years and with children with special educational needs. She has worked in nurseries, schools and children’s centres for over twenty five years. She is also Artistic Director of Turned On Its Head, a dance company that makes participatory theatre for under 4’’s & their families www.turnedonitshead.org & was the lead artist for a De Montfort University research project into the arts, creativity and babies www.talent25.org.uk . She loves stories about the many possibilities that life brings and creative adventures
