People Dancing

Join People Dancing and connect with dancers, teaching artists, community practitioners, and dance & arts organisations committed to access and inclusion in dance.

We are a Registered Charity (no.328392) and not-for profit organisation, established to advance public education in the art of dance. We offer subscriptions and memberships for individual dance artists, teachers and leaders, for organisations of all sizes, and the general public. A new Friends of People Dancing scheme has now launched - find our more here.

Course Providers opportunity!

Are you interested in delivering in-person courses to train people who may want to deepen their knowledge, understanding and skills in the field of dancing with Parkinson’s? We are seeking experienced practitioners from across the UK.

Latest digital edition!

Animated Autumn 2025

Welcome to the second 2025 edition of Animated where we’re delighted to introduce an exciting and timely focus here at People Dancing: Dance Health and Wellbeing.

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The Generate Project

East-Midlands based independent dance artist and producer, Karla Jones, invites us into the moment her passion for dance with older people ignited the idea Generate, her own festival and on-going network to showcase this work locally and nationally.

Dance, Health & Wellbeing Gathering in October!

People Dancing Summer Intensive 2025. Photographer: Andrew Moore.

Wed 8 October, 12.30 - 2.00pm Zoom, Online

This event is free to all - find out more and book your place here!

Dance, Parkinson’s, Communities and Connections

Holroyd Community Theatre, Weston Rhyn, Oswestry. Credit: Tracey Brown.

Yaël Owen, Head of Health & Wellbeing at People Dancing reflects on a spring of travelling, continuing to learn more about the ways community dance artists from Wales approach dancing with Parkinson’s.

An inclusive space includes you

Kyra Norman is a dancer and choreographer, living in West Cornwall, UK, who has been exploring ideas and practices of movement, connection and place for over 20 years. Here she discusses sustaining ourselves, in order to sustain our work with communities, in challenging times.

It’s the little things…

People Dancing Summer School 2024. Photo: Mark Anderson.

If you are contemplating attending this year's Summer Intensive 2025, perhaps independent dance artist and educator Claire Pring - who has both delivered and participated in it - can offer some food for thought. Here, writing fresh from a workshop last year, Claire has a moment of realisation about what she values about ‘continuing professional development'.

A joyful end!

Dancing Together with Parkinson’s West Midlands, Albany Theatre. Photos: Andrew Moore.

Dancing Together with Parkinson’s West Midlands was a nine-month long legacy project from People Dancing’s Live Well & Dance with Parkinson’s programme funded by the Inclusive Communities Fund (Heart of England Community Foundation).

Picking up the Pieces

Bradford Women's Dance Company. Photo: Brian Slater.

Helen Linsell, Artistic Director of Dance United Yorkshire, shares her practice working with vulnerable adult women and reflects on the impact of adopting a trauma-informed approach to ensure meaningful and long-term engagement.

Moving Beyond Convention

In this blog, an accompaniment to this vlog live from the breaking competition at last summer’s Paris Olympics, Jonzi D, Artistic Director of Breakin’ Convention speaks from the heart about finding himself inspired by the dancers and deeply disappointed in the systems around them - including THAT notoriously toxic (mis)reporting of the women’s competition.

The transformative power of dance

In the spring of 2024, medical student Andria Saji worked with People Dancing’s Deputy CEO and Head of Health & Wellbeing Yaël Owen, to explore the transformative power of dance for people living with Parkinson’s in the context of her training as a doctor ...and as a lifelong dancer...

Approaches to Dance for Early Years Qualification

‘Vitolda Klein’ – Vitolda Klein (Unsplash)

The Level 4 Certificate Approaches to Dance for Early Years is a single unit qualification that introduces dance artists to key issues that may affect the delivery of dance sessions for children aged 4 years and under.

Approaches to Dance with Older People Qualification

People Dancing Summer School. Photo: Rachel Cherry.

The Level 4 Certificate Approaches to Dance with Older People is a single unit qualification that introduces dance artists to key issues that may affect older people who participate in dance.

Risk Assessment Qualification

The Risk Assessment for Participatory Arts Practitioners - Level 2 Award is a single unit qualification which requires you to develop your understanding of the processes involved in a risk assessment for participatory arts activities.

Sharing early years dance practice

Kimberley Harvey and Ella Fleetwood talk about their experience of dancing in the public spaces and on the wards of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London from June 2022 to March 2023.

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