People Dancing is the development and membership organisation for community and participatory dance, driving forward inclusion and excellence through professional development, resources & safeguarding services, specialist programmes & networks. It supports a UK-wide network of members - dance artists, practitioners and organisations - who make great dance happen in all its diversity.

People Dancing offers a range of memberships for individual dance artists, teachers and leaders, and for organisations of all sizes.

Online workshop

Credit: Manon Ouimet (featuring dance artists Susanna Dye and Danni Spooner for STIMMING R&D).

Tue 31 May 2022, 11:00 - 12:30

Susanna Dye will share how starting from the question ‘how can we bring our full selves into our practice?’ has opened up their ongoing research process and explore self-regulating movement patterns, known as stimming movements. For artists who identify as disabled or neurodivergent.

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Pay disparity online session

Image credit: Ashleigh Bowmott and Laura Sweeney, The Uncultured

Thu 16 June 2022, 11:00 - 12:30

The Uncultured will share provocations and useful information on how we could shift the balance of pay disparity between freelance and salaried workers, and how we can all ask for things that might improve our working conditions.

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Next EYDN meeting

People Dancing Summer School. Photo: Rachel Cherry

Tue 24 May 2022 9:30 - 10:45

A discussion and exploration of participatory dance practice in performance with Takeshi Matsumoto and Liz Clark. A must watch for those interested in Performance for Young Audiences.

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REACH! Network event

People Dancing's International Conference 2017, Glasgow. Photo: Rac

Tue 24 May, 16:00 - 17:30

Join Louise Katerega for the first REACH! Network event - for dance artists of global majority heritage/who experience racism.

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Animated magazine

Animated cover image: 11 Million Reasons to Dance: Cymru project, 2021. Photographer: Philip Hatcher

Latest digital edition out now!

“What dance artists offer are spaces of connection in a myriad of wonderful different ways.” Spring/Summer 2022 digital edition of Animated magazine online in a flipbook

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Collective IDentity

At the end of 2021 dance artist Danielle Teale reflects upon a multidisciplinary programme for people with Parkinson’s that was experienced during pandemic times and shares her passion for co-creation, a sense of self and love!

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Finding my place

Marcia Edwards introducing site-specific performance at Spaghetti Junction photo by Peter Medlicott

Finding my place

After a wide-ranging career, Marcia Edwards found herself rooted in Stourbridge, West Midlands and embraced this by forming ME Dance Company in 2017. Here, she shares her passion for honouring your roots, appreciating your journey, giving back and striving for more in the communities you come from, live in and want to build for the future.

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Online learning

People Dancing's International Conference, Glasgow. Photo: Rachel Cherry

Improving your teaching skills for community dance practice

This seven-unit online course, developed by People Dancing and co-authored by the Urban Playground Team, aims to support participatory artists to improve their teaching skills.

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Safeguarding

For individuals

Everyone is responsible for safeguarding, including anyone who works with or around children and/or adults at risk. As a dance practitioner, part of your responsibility is being able to respond safely and well if there is a problem or concern.

Resources and info

Individual artists toolkit

A resource for artists to help them demonstrate the value and impact of participatory arts and develop partnerships for funding work - including a Marketing & Communications pack and a set of Case Studies.

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New to teaching?

Just graduated? Changing career?

Join People Dancing’s Associate Producer for Change, Louise Katerega, for her top 10 signposts to People Dancing's resources to get you started on a happy, healthy teaching journey.

Top 10 tips!

Diverse opportunities

Melissa Pasut, Returning By Katherine Betteridge and Sioned Roberts. Photographer: Matt Dean.

Diverse opportunities

Whilst looking for alternative ways to navigate a lockdown, freelance artist, Melissa Pasut, discovered the Wales Wide Training Programme. Here she reflects upon her expectations, connections found and virtual interaction that removed geographical boundaries.

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COVID-19

Follow the link to our page of information about Government and public health guidance and other support resources.

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Latest jobs

Browse the latest jobs and opportunities in dance and post your vacancy at no cost to the advertiser.

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