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Our Dance Democracy 2

Thursday 11 & Friday 12 Feb 2021

Building on the success of Our Dance Democracy in 2018, this free of charge two-day online conference will further the debate, extending the dialogue of how artists and academics interrogate the function of dance in the 21st Century.

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NEW! 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: Out Of School

Department for Education releases guidance on Keeping Children Safe in Out Of School Settings in England

New guidance from Department for Education in England

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Open Space

Photo: Jeremy Wong, Operations and Finance Officer, Improbable

Online conversation

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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Disability arts

Commissions open to disabled dance artists

Unlimited's Senior Producer Jo Verrent chats about Unlimited's commissioning round that is open to disabled dance artists.

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Tango in lockdown

The Tango Effect: Parkinson’s and the Healing Power of Dance was published during the COVID-19 pandemic, shortly after the country went into lockdown. Here, we are pleased to share recordings with you that were made by the author, Kate Swindlehurst, from March - July 2020.

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Support for teachers

Dance and physical distancing in – and beyond – primary school settings

In this hour-long webinar, that was held on Thursday 6 August, primary dance specialists Louise Jaggard, Claire Pring and Jo Cone share insights and examples from their new book 'Making a Move' as well as support artists preparing to re-start teaching in the Autumn.

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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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On a mission

On a mission

Listen to dance artist Tamar Dixon talking about her Podcast series, ‘INSiGHTZ: An insight into your dance journey’: a series of interviews, personal stories, experiences and hot topics about dance.

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Creative survival

Invitation to be Curious

A film made with Cecilia Macfarlane and Kirstie Richardson. Made in the first few months of lockdown, this film was created as part of People Dancing’s Summer School 2020 Reimagined programme, an offering of online live and recorded webinars, practice sharings and short films.

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Fact sheets

People Dancing Summer School 2019. Photo: Rachel Cherry

Downloadable fact sheets and legal compliance documents covering a range of subjects.

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Animated magazine

'Passage for Par' by Rosemary Lee, Par Sands Beach, Cornwall 2018. Photo: © Steve Tanner

Receive Animated magazine as part of your membership

Receive the magazine as part of your membership. Written by dance artists and dance/arts professionals, it reflects community dance culture in the UK and beyond encouraging debate, dialogue and reflection on current issues and practice.

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