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Dance for Parkinson's

Dancing for positive shared experience

Community dance artist Rachael James loves the feeling of freedom that dancing brings and the belief that with the right environment, permission and influences, we can all dance. This is what led her to complete her dance for Parkinson’s training…

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It's the dance of life

It’s the dance of life… especially a life with Parkinson’s

Paul Atherton is a keen dancer. He also lives with Parkinson’s. Paul wanted to blog for us to express just how important dance is in his life… he started well but it wasn’t long before he felt there was something else he should be doing!

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Teacher and pupil reunited

Expertise runs deep at Summer School

Continuity and quality in the highest standards of community dance practice are demonstrated by the impressive line-up of course leaders at People Dancing’s 10th Summer School (23-28 July 2018).

Cheshire days recalled

It don't mean a thing...

Swing sisters question politics of partner dance

People Dancing members Nancy Hitzig and Cat Foley are rehearsing a dance, music, comedy showcase for the Grimeborn Festival, London. Here dancer and choreographer Nancy shares her lindy hop journey, looks at the politics of partner dance and ‘Swing, Sister, Swing’.

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Financing the dream

People Dancing Director of Development Ruth Bates with her son, Jamie

Your child got into dance school! Now, how to pay for it?

It’s from this time of year People Dancing gets phone calls and emails from anxious parents wanting to support their children through dance training. Here our Director of Development Ruth Bates blogs on how these dreams, though expensive, can be made real.

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Learning from Parkinson's

Curiosity, the moving body and identity

Independent dance artist Danielle Teale, will co-lead an ‘Introduction to dance for Parkinson’s’ course at this year’s People Dancing Summer School. Here Danielle blogs on how dancing with Parkinson's has made a significant contribution to her dance practice... and her life.

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People Dancing Music

People Dancing Podcasts

People Dancing International Conference: Glasgow 2017. Photo: Rachel Cherry

Diverse presentations and debate

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Latest jobs

Here you can browse jobs and opportunities in community and participatory dance

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Our natural instinct

Vincent E. Thomas. Photo by Rachel Cherry

"When someone says, 'I'm not a dancer', I simply don't believe them"

US dance artist Vincent E. Thomas took time out from his visit to People Dancing’s international conference, to explain his quest to recover something that’s in danger of being lost… our natural instinct to move.

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Animated magazine

Animated Spring 2018 magazine cover. Photo: Iain Garett www.igdesign.photography

Latest edition out now!

Animated magazine Spring 2018 - current issues and practice in participatory dance

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Summer School blog

Jo Rhodes at People Dancing Summer School 2016

Not bad for those who 'haven't got a creative bone in their bodies'

The People Dancing Summer School will cover a range of dance styles. Jo Rhodes, who will lead a session on Youth Dance, draws on her dance experience to show the power of dance to move young people…

by Jo Rhodes

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