Touchdown Dance was founded in 1986 at Dartington College of Arts and
continues to run to this day with the legacy from Steve Paxton and Anne
Kilcoyne and the many others who sowed the seeds of inclusive practice. They are still running inclusive dance and arts workshops and projects in the
Northwest of England and around the UK and abroad.
There are 3 visually impaired and 2 sighted dancers currently in the
company and many artists contributing as teachers, leaders and
practitioners in their work such as the 5 year National Lottery Reaching
Communities funded project.
Embody-Move delivers the Body-Mind Centering(R) Licensed program in the UK,
and operates under the umbrella of Touchdown Dance.
They are seeking board members with experience in charity/company law,
marketing, academia or general interest in supporting our charitable
objects, research and publications etc. Their beneficiaries include children,
young people, adults and elderly of all abilities with a range of support
needs (mental health, exclusion, disability, etc) as well as exclusion from
participation in creative arts activity. They have a book published by Intellectbooks.com that is being used as a text
book in University/academic contexts, "Inclusive Dance the Story of
Touchdown Dance" by Dr Katy Dymoke.