People Dancing are working with a number of partners to develop online courses addressing a range of subjects that community dance practitioners may wish to learn more about. Each online course provides dance practitioners with a chance to learn at their own pace, at a time and in a place to suit themselves.

Please use the links below to find out more information about our online courses and how to purchase them.

Please note: The Volunteering in Dance: Dance with Parkinson's Online Learning Course and the Volunteering Handbook are FREE.

Safer Community Dance Practice Online Course and Assessment

This four-unit online course covers key issues relevant to all community dance artists and will give you the confidence to safely integrate health and safety principles to support your delivery of effective and, ideally, injury free dance sessions, regardless of the age and experience of your participants.

Introduction to leading dance with Older People Online Course and Assessment

Devised in partnership with Diane Amans, one of the leading dance practitioners in this field, the online course stimulates thinking about what it means to grow old, what health issues may (or may not) have an impact on people as they age, and what issues dance practitioners should consider when planning dance sessions with older people.

An Introduction to Leading Dance for Early Years Online Course and Assessment

This course is for those who want to rise to the challenge of working creatively, sensitively and respectfully with Early Years children through dance. It has been designed to help you gain knowledge so that you can feel confident about creating environments where babies, toddlers and preschoolers can explore with their whole bodies and all their senses.

Introduction to Dance for People with Parkinson's Online Learning Course and Assessment

This eight-unit online course, developed by People Dancing, Dance for PD®, and Mark Morris Dance Group in association with the Dance for Parkinson’s Network UK, provides dance practitioners and others with core foundational knowledge about the safe, effective, and creative delivery of dance sessions for people with Parkinson’s.

Risk Assessment for Participatory Arts Practitioners Online Course and Assessment

This short online course, developed by People Dancing, aims to help dancers, dance practitioners and participatory artists understand their legal responsibilities in relation to health and safety at work and provides guidance on what to do in the event that an incident takes place in relation to their class, rehearsal or general practice

Improving Your Teaching Skills for Community Dance Practice Online Course

Developed by People Dancing and co-authored by the Urban Playground Team. This seven-unit online course will support artists to improve teaching skills in their community and participatory practice, and is relevant to artists working with any population or across a wide range of contexts.

Developing Income Streams for Participatory Arts Practice Online Course

This four-unit online course provides participatory arts practitioners with key skills and information about where and how you might generate income for your work. It looks at commercial, subsidised and mixed-income models and pinpoints a range of key skills that help you generate income.

Volunteering in Dance: Dance with Parkinson's Online Learning Course

Created by People Dancing this is a FREE high-quality resource for people who wish to volunteer in a dance session for people living with Parkinson’s.

Volunteering in Dance: The Volunteering Handbook

This FREE handbook has been developed by People Dancing as a resource that offers general guidance on what you may expect as a volunteer supporting community or participatory dance. 

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