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Reclaiming 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 recent flying visit to Glasgow, where he joined us for People Dancing’s second international conference, to write our latest blog. Here he explains his quest to recover something that’s in danger of being lost… our natural instinct to move.

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Glasgow 2017

People Dancing International Event 2014. Photo: Rachel Cherry

International Conference: Glasgow 2017

People Dancing’s second international conference was held at Tramway, Glasgow, on 3-5 October

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In praise of... "bird-scarers"

Alison Williams and Julia Melton at the Edinburgh dance for Parkinson's class

Keeping birds' nests out of our hair - the gift of dance volunteers

At People Dancing’s International Conference, in Glasgow on 3-5 October, one of the three conference themes will be ‘Dance for people living with Parkinson’s’. A conference panel speaker, Dr Alison Williams, who is currently working with the University of Edinburgh, teamed up with a fellow member of her dance for Parkinson’s class, Julia Melton, to blog for us in praise of volunteers...

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Jonnie Peacock on Strictly

Louise Wildish - Producer & Director, 11 Million Reasons to Dance

Johnnie Peacock being on Strictly will better reflect our society

Paralympian Jonnie Peacock featuring on this year's Strictly will reflect a more truthful representation of our society, blogs People Dancing's Louise Wildish, Producer & Director of our strategic touring programme 11 Million Reasons to Dance...

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Inclusive beauty of Parkour

Alister O'Loughlin, The Urban Playground. Photo by Rachel Cherry

How Parkour can breathe life into communities

People Dancing caught up with Performance-Parkour (2PK) specialist Alister O’Loughlin at this year’s Summer School, following his session as part of the Exploring different dance techniques for your practice course.

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Dance, learning & Parkinson's

Miriam Early, Scottish Ballet. Photo by Christina Riley

"...by dancing with people living with Parkinson's, we come to understand ourselves better"

Dance practitioner Miriam Early has always loved what she does yet admits to going a bit sulky whenever it came to any serious self-analysis of her craft. But that’s now changed… and she’s discovered a beauty she never thought she’d find.

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New online learning course...

New online learning course

Preparing for Safer Dance Practice - an online course that will give any dance leader the knowledge they need to successfully integrate and manage health and safety principles.

Safer Dance Practice>>

Voice and Presence

Louise Katerega. Pic by Benedict Johnson

20 minutes to change our world

Louise Katerega is producer of Voice and Presence, the first collaborative project as an Associate Artist of People Dancing. Voice and Presence sets out to acknowledge, amplify and celebrate the voice of women of colour in participatory dance...

An introduction>>

Living with Parkinson's?