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For teachers, artists, students, practitioners, leaders and choreographers.

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Organisation Membership

For dance companies, libraries, arts organisations, schools and universities.

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Higher Education Membership

For lecturers, course leaders and those running higher education and university dance programmes, designed specifically with their dance students in mind.

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Wed 30 Oct: Student online gathering!

Takeshi Matsumoto. Photo: Rosie Heafford

WTH is ... community dance? Understanding community dance is essential to surviving and thriving in dance. Discover the opportunities it brings with People Dancing Higher Education team and guest speakers from Second Hand Dance. Ideal for any year group, particularly first years!

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Wed 6 Nov: Two Early Years Dance Events!

People Dancing Summer Intensive 2024. Photo: Mark Anderson

Join us for our Early Years Dance Network events, which offer a choice of a practical in-person event held in London with Liz Clark and Jasmine Pasch or a more informal networking event on sector initiatives for early years dance held online with Louise Wildish.

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Approaches to Dance for Early Years Qualification

‘Vitolda Klein’ – Vitolda Klein (Unsplash)

The Level 4 Certificate Approaches to Dance for Early Years is a single unit qualification that introduces dance artists to key issues that may affect the delivery of dance sessions for children aged 4 years and under.

Professional Qualifications

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

People Dancing has developed qualifications which enable dancers, teaching artists and community practitioners working in participatory settings to evidence their skills and knowledge.

Jobs and opportunities

People Dancing in the Summer. Photo: Rachel Cherry.

Here you can browse jobs and opportunities in community and participatory dance.

Dance in the Dark – new beginnings

In this blog Kath Kimber-McTiffen talks about her new research & development project, Dance in the Dark and how she finds ways to continue to challenge and develop her own practice of making work for Early Years and families.

Approaches to Dance with Older People Qualification

People Dancing Summer School. Photo: Rachel Cherry.

The Level 4 Certificate Approaches to Dance with Older People is a single unit qualification that introduces dance artists to key issues that may affect older people who participate in dance.

Risk Assesment Qualification

The Risk Assessment for Participatory Arts Practitioners - Level 2 Award is a single unit qualification which requires you to develop your understanding of the processes involved in a risk assessment for participatory arts activities.

The single most important thing we do

Claire Pring, People Dancing's Summer Intensive 2023. Photo: Rachel Cherry.

Whilst attending People Dancing's Summer Intensive, Dance Specialist, Claire Pring took some time to step back, view her practice and to mull, consider and ask herself some big questions.

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A choreography of parenting

Anita Clark, Director of The Work Room in Glasgow, Scotland, frames the voices of parent-artists contemplating or navigating the complexities of resuming their practice alongside the care and raising of children.

F-ing Good Zine

F-ing Good Provocation is a zine (project as well as a practice) that celebrates the 20 artists of East and Southeast Asian diaspora involved, who live, create and contribute to the vibrant arts landscape of the UK and beyond.