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Chair of the Board
Chair of the Board pack
Date posted: 30 April 2021
People Dancing, the national organisation and membership body for participatory and community dance, is looking for a new Chair of the Board as our outgoing Chair, Scilla Dyke MBE moves to become a Patron of the organisation.
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Safeguarding: Out Of School
Department for Education releases guidance on Keeping Children Safe in Out Of School Settings in England
Date posted: 21 October 2020
New guidance from Department for Education in England
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Open Space
Photo: Jeremy Wong, Operations and Finance Officer, Improbable
Online conversation
Date posted: 16 October 2020
On Friday 25 Sep 2020 an online Open Space conversation with around 170 people in response to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic took place: Is this actually a great time to make some changes in Dance?
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People Dancing's statement
Black Lives Matter logo
Date posted: 26 June 2020
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Animated magazine
Animated cover image: Vicki Igbokwe teaching an Empowerment Workshop, Aditi retreat
Latest edition out now!
Date posted: 26 June 2020
“What is this elusive thing we call our ‘practice’, our ‘voice’? Do you find it, or does it find you?” Summer 2020
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Online dance delivery
Iona Waite, Education Programme Manager at ACE Dance and Music and Board member of People Dancing
Creative engagement during online dance class delivery
Date posted: 29 April 2020
Iona Waite, Education Programme Manager at ACE Dance and Music and Board member of People Dancing talks with independent dance artist and practitioner, Lucy Haighton about how to enable creative engagement during online dance class delivery.
Iona & Lucy chat
Disabled dance artists
Kate Stanforth in conversation
Five disabled dance artists on issues being faced amid COVID-19
Date posted: 29 April 2020
Professional disabled dance artists and practitioners: Kimberley Harvey, Joseph Issac Powell, Kate Stanforth, Kitty Fedorec and Laura Dajao talk about some of the issues being faced amid COVID-19
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In conversation
Kimberly Harvey
Translation, adaption and inclusion online
Date posted: 29 April 2020
A short film of dance artist Kimberly Harvey and People Dancing’s Director of Engagement Louise Wildish in conversation.
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Facing the challenges
Anna, Dylan and Catherine Zoom meet
Delivering dance classes online
Date posted: 16 April 2020
Join our Director of Learning, Anna Leatherdale in discussion with Dylan Quinn and Catherine Young about the challenges they have faced over the last few weeks of converting their regular classes as independent practitioners into online provision.
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New Chair of the Board
Scilla Dyke MBE. Photographer: Gary John Norman
A continuous flow of change
Date posted: 06 February 2020
As Scilla Dyke MBE takes up the position as People Dancing’s new Chair, Scilla shares some reflections on a continuing life-long journey in and through dance
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New to teaching?
People Dancing's International Conference, Glasgow. Photo: Rachel Cherry
Just graduated? Changing career?
Date posted: 18 September 2019
Join People Dancing’s Associate Artist, 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!
Doing things differently
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Pepperland and beyond
Date posted: 01 May 2019
Dance artist and writer Kate Swindlehurst reflects upon her experience of the opening night of Mark Morris Dance Group’s UK Pepperland tour and the next day Dance for people living with Parkinson's - Looking ahead: a one-day interactive symposium at Sadler’s Wells, London in March 2019
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Online learning
Devised in partnership with Diane Amans
Date posted: 19 October 2018
The Introduction to Leading Dance with Older People online learning programme consists of seven units which learners can work through in their own time.
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Beyond the 'usual suspects'
Martin Wilson - Executive Director, TIN Arts
How 'Great Art' showed the way to 'think beyond, reimagine and challenge'
Date posted: 02 October 2018
In the first of a blog series featuring People Dancing partners from its 11 Million Reasons to Dance Strategic Touring Programme, Martin Wilson of TIN Arts explains how the project went beyond those ‘usual suspects’
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People Dancing Music
Curated playlists for dance practitioners
Date posted: 23 March 2018
Playlists include; Dance with Older People, Contemporary Dance, Dance for Early Years, South Asian Dance Styles, Lindy Hop, Dance for Parkinson's, Argentine Tango, Creative dance and Bollywood.
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People Dancing Podcasts
Diverse presentations and debate
Date posted: 22 March 2018
The People Dancing podcasts are available for you to listen to online. Don't forget to follow us on Soundcloud and iTunes for future content!
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Inclusive images go digital!
11 Million Reasons to Dance, inspired by Chicago. Photo: Sean Goldthorpe
Stunning photographs reinvented
Date posted: 16 March 2018
People Dancing, with funding from digital commissioning body The Space, has developed the online presence of 11 Million Reasons to Dance with a series of short films and enhanced images
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Latest jobs
Green colour
Browse jobs and opportunities in community and participatory dance
Date posted: 15 March 2018
Got a vacancy you want to fill? You can also post your vacancy online
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Our 30 names for 30 years
People Dancing 30 Honorary Life Members
People Dancing marks 30 years with 30 Honorary Life Memberships
Date posted: 14 December 2016
Prestigious awards made at special celebration event hosted by the English Folk Dance and Song Society...
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Date posted: 24 November 2016
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