Read, Watch & Listen

People Dancing's leadership of the community dance network provides a platform for exchange, critical debate and peer learning. This helps to expand our members' professional horizons, profile and professional identity.

Our Read, Watch & Listen area reflects this commitment to challenge, support and inspire dance professionals and our partners, including those who just love or want to dance. Featuring new dance projects, skills development, industry initiatives, thought leadership, the sharing of best practice, practical support and sector content that will inform, educate and entertain.

In this section:

Animated magazine

Blogs and Vlogs

Films

Participate newspaper

Contributing to Animated magazine and our blogs, vlogs and podcasts

People Dancing advocate for the power for community and participatory dance in several ways - articles in our twice-yearly magazine, Animated and the blogs, vlogs and podcasts in our Read, Watch & Listen area of the website.

These publishing contributions are both created by and aimed at the glorious variety of creative practitioners and those who support them that make up our important part of the dance profession.

This is our invitation to you… to contribute your voice in your way to People Dancing!

Click on the information sheets provided below to learn more about:

what we need from you, when and how
the various lengths and types of contributions you could make
the wide varieties of dance styles, topics and voices we value from the UK and worldwide
the journey to publication and what it might do for you and your work
the accessible approaches and support we offer along the way.

You do not necessarily have to be a People Dancing Member to contribute or access our publications. We embrace those new to sharing their their work though our channels as much as we embrace those with whom we have long relationships and it is a great way to publicise what you do to our 4,500 plus members and subscribers and share in our 20,000 plus reach on social media.

For full details or to pitch us your ideas please explore the information contained in the two documents below and/or get in touch with Louise Katerega, Head of Professional Development louisek@communitydance.org.uk

Contributors callout for Animated Magazine

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Contributors call out for blogs vlogs podcasts

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Inclusive practice workshop: Thu 24 July

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Inclusive Practice: Collective Rhythms, Individual Stories Performance and participatory practice intertwine at SLiDE Dance. This has been developed with people with moderate access needs including autism and learning disabilities in non-traditional venues with ways for audiences to engage and interact.

Writing effectively about your work: Tue 22 July

People Dancing Summer Intensive 2024. Photographer: Mark Anderson.

Words to Move: Writing effectively about your work From funding applications to academic writing to social media posts - is it challenging to find the right words? Are you looking to connect with your audience, or write a crucial funding application? Then this workshop with Dr. Funmi Adewole Elliott is for you!

Dance with Older People workshop: Wed 23 July

An introductory workshop with Diane Amans in the studio for dancers, teaching artists and community practitioners who want to gain skills, knowledge and experience in leading creative dance with older people.

Sociable Dancing workshop: Wed 23 July

Social folk dancing at Steps for Success conference, Cecil Sharp House 2018. ©EFDSS. Photo: Roswitha

This workshop with English Folk Dance & Song Society (EFDSS) expands your knowledge of folk dances to enhance your toolbox?of dance stimuli, build a shared sense of place, and discover the joys of moving together in sociable dancing!

Gain key teaching skills: Tue 22 & Wed 23 July

The Urban Playground Team © Richard Baybutt.

Join Alister O’Loughlin of The Urban Playground team - Cornwall’s award-winning physical theatre & performance-parkour company - to gain key skills and knowledge to improve your teaching skills for community and participatory dance.

Join Dr. Eline Kieft for a mini retreat: Thu 24 July

After a year of teaching, holding space and giving to others, it's essential to take time to replenish before the summer break. Join Dr. Eline Kieft for a mini retreat that blends movement, nature awareness and creative reflection.

Take charge of your dance career: Wed 23 July

Do you need more of a life/work balance? Is a career decision on the cards? Or are you looking to make a major life change? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then join June Gamble to take charge of your dance career!

Dance in Education workshop: Tue 22 July

Akademi, Plastic Drastic Fantastic, Harrow Arts Centre. Photo: Brian Hartley.

Join Suba Subramaniam, choreographer and Akademi’s Artistic Director for a one-day workshop, designed for dance artists, leaders, students, and teachers. Dive into the dynamic world of South Asian dance and explore its power to address critical issues of today, especially environmental crisis.

Movement in infants workshop: Tue 22 July

From the moment of birth, movement becomes a shared language between parent and child. This workshop, with Mafê Toledo, invites dance artists, students and facilitators to investigate the role of movement in early attachment and development.

Dancing with Parkinson’s workshop: 22 & 23 July

Live Well & Dance with Parkinson's - North Carlisle 2024. Photographer: Rachel Cherry.

This advanced training workshop with Jen Cunningham and Julie Symmonds, for teaching artists with a keen interest in deepening their practice across and within the field of dancing with Parkinson’s offers intensive experiential and practical sessions in the studio.

Dance and law event: Thu 24 July

People Dancing Summer Intensive. Photo: Rachel Cherry.

A unique event where practitioners and researchers from dance and law come together to explore the current complexities of working with consent. Members of the Network including Heni Hale, Anna Macdonald and Jo Fong, and legal scholars including Marie Jacob and Amanda Keeling.

It’s the little things…

People Dancing Summer School 2024. Photo: Mark Anderson.

If you are contemplating attending this year's Summer Intensive 2025, perhaps independent dance artist and educator Claire Pring - who has both delivered and participated in it - can offer some food for thought. Here, writing fresh from a workshop last year, Claire has a moment of realisation about what she values about ‘continuing professional development'.

People Dancing Summer Intensive 22-24 July 2025

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People Dancing Summer Intensive 2025 Join us 22 - 24 July for an inspiring mix of learning, exploration, reflection and connection at De Montfort University Leicester, England