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PEOPLE DANCING 13 – 15 NOVEMBER 2014 CARDIFF, WALES UNITED KINGDOM

The Foundation for Community Dance present the international event for anyone working in dance, where world-class artists, teachers and leaders will come together for a programme of presentations, workshops and performances.

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WWW.COMMUNITYDANCE.ORG.UK/PEOPLEDANCING Image credits: 1. Foundation for Community Dance Summer School. Photo: Rachel Cherry. 2. Sangeeta Isvaran and villagers at the Centre Valbio, Ranomafana, Madagascar. Photo: Dr Cassidy Rist. 3. Sightseers by Dave McKenna; Dancefest/part of Big Dance Weekend 2014. Photo: Kirsten Jeavons

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PEOPLE DANCING IS THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL EVENT FROM THE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DANCE, DEDICATED TO PARTICIPATORY AND COMMUNITY DANCE, AND SOCIALLY ENGAGED ARTS PRACTICE. Wherever and however you work with people in dance, People Dancing provides an opportunity to share your practice and approaches to engagement across different international, social, economic and political contexts.

Meet other artists, teachers and leaders to watch and talk about their work alongside inspiring and provocative keynote presentations from world-class figures.

FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER, 9.30AM – 8.30PM But is it art?

The artist and participatory practice

Rosemary Lee, Choreographer, UK Cai Tomos, Artist, Wales Bronja Novak Lindblad, Artist, Sweden

Around the World The numerous and various contexts in which people dance

People Dancing will provide opportunities for learning, debate, professional development and international networking through a broad programme of presentations, practical workshops and commissioned performances.

Nori Sato, Japan Contemporary Dance Network, Japan Pegge Vissicaro, Arizona State University, USA Zannah Doan, Pavilion Dance South West, UK Amy Dalton, ArtsNK, UK Milhaiela Filimon, Sf. Vasile Special School for Deaf People, Romania Jean Tokuda Irwin, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, USA Karen Gallagher MBE, MDI, UK

THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER, 1.30PM – 10.30PM Welcome

Nadja Radzewski, TanzTanzgente, Germany

Dr Sara Houston, Chair, Foundation for Community Dance, UK

Clare Reynolds, Restoke, UK

John Griffiths AM, Minister for Culture (Welsh Assembly), Wales Capturing Grace Exploring Dance for People with Parkinson’s

Daphne Cushnie, Specialist in dance and dementia, UK Ruth Pethybridge, Falmouth University, UK

David Leventhal, Mark Morris Dance Group, USA Dave Iverson, Journalist and Film Maker of Capturing Grace, USA Mo Morgan, Dance for People with Parkinson’s, Edinburgh, Scotland

Older People Dancing Perspectives and case studies

Dr Sara Houston, National Teaching Fellow and Principal Lecturer, Roehampton University and Melanie Brierley, Artist Conscious Bodies, UK

Reaching Out Dance companies and participatory practice

Pearl Chesterman, Birmingham Royal Ballet, UK

‘Big Dancing’ Commissioning and taking part in large-scale projects

Luca Silvestrini, Protein and David Massingham, DanceXchange, UK

Cai Tomos, Artist, Wales Zannah Doan, Pavilion Dance South West, UK Kate Wakeling, Trinity Laban Conservatoire, UK

Anna Gillespie, Musical Moving, UK Artists from English National Ballet’s Dance for People with Parkinson’s programme, UK

Fergus Early, Green Candle, UK

Performances

Joanna Young, Wales presenting a new commission installation funded by Arts Council with Powys Dance performed by participants from Powys, Wales Ian Johnston, Scotland, presents Dancer, an Unlimited Commission performance

IRIE! dance theatre, UK and others

Cecilia Macfarlane with Japanese choreographer Manizia, an intergenerational collaboration between Japan and the UK Destino Dance, Ethiopia present work by founders Addisu Demissie and Junaid Jemal Sendi

Karen Gallagher MBE, MDI, UK Cath James, South East Dance, UK Anita Clark, Creative Scotland / Get Scotland Dancing, Scotland Anna Leatherdale, Foundation for Community Dance, UK

SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER, 9.30AM – 2.30PM

Libby Costello, Helen Linkenbagh and Lizz Fort, Royal Academy of Dance, UK

All Day Information Exchange (see back page)

A range of organisations or projects, presented for delegates to browse and network

Heidi Wilson, Dawns Powys Dance, Wales

Welcome

Pauline Tambling CBE, Chief Executive, Creative and Cultural Skills, UK

People and Places Dance with a special focus

Catherine Young, Theatr Felinfach, Wales

Children and Young People Dancing Perspectives and case studies

Linda Jasper MBE, Youth Dance England, UK

Performances

TAN Dance, Neath, Wales presenting a new commission funded by Arts Council Wales working with Onil Vizcaino, Spain

Anna Kenrick and Carolyn Lappin, YDance, UK

Twmpath Dawns (a traditional Welsh ceilidh-style social dance), organised by Welsh National Folk Dance Society

Luke Pell, National Inclusive Dance Network, UK

Professional Practice Education, training and continuing professional development

Diane Amans, Artist and Author, UK Sally Varrall, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales

Participation

and other artists on their work in dance with specific communities

Polly Risbridger, East London Dance, UK

Frameworks and Partnerships Organisational approaches to taking part

FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER, 9.30AM – 8.30PM Welcome

Ruth Till MBE, Vice Chair, Foundation for Community Dance, UK

Performances

Baroness Kay Andrews OBE, Author, Tackling Poverty Through Culture Report, Wales Inés Sanguinetti, Latin American Network Of Art For Social Transformation, Argentina Sangeeta Isvaran, Wind Dancers Initiative, India Addisu Demissie and Junaid Jemal Sendi, DESTINO Dance, Ethiopia

Wieke Eringa, Yorkshire Dance, UK Katy Spicer and Rachel Elliot, English Folk Dance and Song Society, UK Mirain Evans, Wales Millennium Centre, UK Mira Kaushik OBE, Akademi, UK

Nick Capaldi, Chief Executive, Arts Council Wales Transforming Lives How taking part can change communities

Hannah Robertshaw, Yorkshire Dance, UK

Lisa Spaull, Wales, presents a new commission funded by Arts Council Wales with children and their parents from Gwynedd, North Wales created in partnership with Bronja Novak Lindblad, Sweden Plus performances by dance groups from South Wales

Reflections and Reimagining the Future

Donald Hutera, Writer, UK Chris Stenton, Executive Director, Foundation for Community Dance, UK

PEOPLE DANCING IS THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL EVENT FROM THE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DANCE, DEDICATED TO PARTICIPATORY AND COMMUNITY DANCE, AND SOCIALLY ENGAGED ARTS PRACTICE. Wherever and however you work with people in dance, People Dancing provides an opportunity to share your practice and approaches to engagement across different international, social, economic and political contexts.

Meet other artists, teachers and leaders to watch and talk about their work alongside inspiring and provocative keynote presentations from world-class figures.

FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER, 9.30AM – 8.30PM But is it art?

The artist and participatory practice

Rosemary Lee, Choreographer, UK Cai Tomos, Artist, Wales Bronja Novak Lindblad, Artist, Sweden

Around the World The numerous and various contexts in which people dance

People Dancing will provide opportunities for learning, debate, professional development and international networking through a broad programme of presentations, practical workshops and commissioned performances.

Nori Sato, Japan Contemporary Dance Network, Japan Pegge Vissicaro, Arizona State University, USA Zannah Doan, Pavilion Dance South West, UK Amy Dalton, ArtsNK, UK Milhaiela Filimon, Sf. Vasile Special School for Deaf People, Romania Jean Tokuda Irwin, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, USA Karen Gallagher MBE, MDI, UK

THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER, 1.30PM – 10.30PM Welcome

Nadja Radzewski, TanzTanzgente, Germany

Dr Sara Houston, Chair, Foundation for Community Dance, UK

Clare Reynolds, Restoke, UK

John Griffiths AM, Minister for Culture (Welsh Assembly), Wales Capturing Grace Exploring Dance for People with Parkinson’s

Daphne Cushnie, Specialist in dance and dementia, UK Ruth Pethybridge, Falmouth University, UK

David Leventhal, Mark Morris Dance Group, USA Dave Iverson, Journalist and Film Maker of Capturing Grace, USA Mo Morgan, Dance for People with Parkinson’s, Edinburgh, Scotland

Older People Dancing Perspectives and case studies

Dr Sara Houston, National Teaching Fellow and Principal Lecturer, Roehampton University and Melanie Brierley, Artist Conscious Bodies, UK

Reaching Out Dance companies and participatory practice

Pearl Chesterman, Birmingham Royal Ballet, UK

‘Big Dancing’ Commissioning and taking part in large-scale projects

Luca Silvestrini, Protein and David Massingham, DanceXchange, UK

Cai Tomos, Artist, Wales Zannah Doan, Pavilion Dance South West, UK Kate Wakeling, Trinity Laban Conservatoire, UK

Anna Gillespie, Musical Moving, UK Artists from English National Ballet’s Dance for People with Parkinson’s programme, UK

Fergus Early, Green Candle, UK

Performances

Joanna Young, Wales presenting a new commission installation funded by Arts Council with Powys Dance performed by participants from Powys, Wales Ian Johnston, Scotland, presents Dancer, an Unlimited Commission performance

IRIE! dance theatre, UK and others

Cecilia Macfarlane with Japanese choreographer Manizia, an intergenerational collaboration between Japan and the UK Destino Dance, Ethiopia present work by founders Addisu Demissie and Junaid Jemal Sendi

Karen Gallagher MBE, MDI, UK Cath James, South East Dance, UK Anita Clark, Creative Scotland / Get Scotland Dancing, Scotland Anna Leatherdale, Foundation for Community Dance, UK

SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER, 9.30AM – 2.30PM

Libby Costello, Helen Linkenbagh and Lizz Fort, Royal Academy of Dance, UK

All Day Information Exchange (see back page)

A range of organisations or projects, presented for delegates to browse and network

Heidi Wilson, Dawns Powys Dance, Wales

Welcome

Pauline Tambling CBE, Chief Executive, Creative and Cultural Skills, UK

People and Places Dance with a special focus

Catherine Young, Theatr Felinfach, Wales

Children and Young People Dancing Perspectives and case studies

Linda Jasper MBE, Youth Dance England, UK

Performances

TAN Dance, Neath, Wales presenting a new commission funded by Arts Council Wales working with Onil Vizcaino, Spain

Anna Kenrick and Carolyn Lappin, YDance, UK

Twmpath Dawns (a traditional Welsh ceilidh-style social dance), organised by Welsh National Folk Dance Society

Luke Pell, National Inclusive Dance Network, UK

Professional Practice Education, training and continuing professional development

Diane Amans, Artist and Author, UK Sally Varrall, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales

Participation

and other artists on their work in dance with specific communities

Polly Risbridger, East London Dance, UK

Frameworks and Partnerships Organisational approaches to taking part

FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER, 9.30AM – 8.30PM Welcome

Ruth Till MBE, Vice Chair, Foundation for Community Dance, UK

Performances

Baroness Kay Andrews OBE, Author, Tackling Poverty Through Culture Report, Wales Inés Sanguinetti, Latin American Network Of Art For Social Transformation, Argentina Sangeeta Isvaran, Wind Dancers Initiative, India Addisu Demissie and Junaid Jemal Sendi, DESTINO Dance, Ethiopia

Wieke Eringa, Yorkshire Dance, UK Katy Spicer and Rachel Elliot, English Folk Dance and Song Society, UK Mirain Evans, Wales Millennium Centre, UK Mira Kaushik OBE, Akademi, UK

Nick Capaldi, Chief Executive, Arts Council Wales Transforming Lives How taking part can change communities

Hannah Robertshaw, Yorkshire Dance, UK

Lisa Spaull, Wales, presents a new commission funded by Arts Council Wales with children and their parents from Gwynedd, North Wales created in partnership with Bronja Novak Lindblad, Sweden Plus performances by dance groups from South Wales

Reflections and Reimagining the Future

Donald Hutera, Writer, UK Chris Stenton, Executive Director, Foundation for Community Dance, UK

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ABOUT THE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DANCE The Foundation for Community Dance creates and develops opportunities for people to experience dance in all its diversity. Our vision is of a world where dance is part of everyone’s life and makes a positive difference, and our mission is to make engagement with dance important and relevant to individuals, communities and society.

As well as creating new opportunities, we enable life-long engagement in dance and place inclusion, equality and diversity at the heart of all our work. Our organisation, together with a network of over 2,400 members, has led the development of participatory and community dance in the UK and internationally for almost 30 years, helping to create an environment where people of all cultures and abilities all can enjoy dance and all its benefits.

Prices and Booking

For more information and bookings visit

One, two or three-day passes are available, from £70 to £235. Book now and take advantage of the early-bird price, available until Tuesday 30 September 2014.

www.communitydance.org.uk/peopledancing or call the Foundation for Community Dance on +44 (0)116 253 3453

Special discounts apply to all prices for members of the Foundation for Community Dance.

Information Exchange An opportunity to network and share information with up to 400 delegates and co-exhibitors in all areas of participatory dance. Exhibitor places are strictly limited and can be purchased with or without any day delegate passes.

Image credits 4. Big Dance North West Link Up, Liverpool. Photo: MDI 5, 6 & 7. Foundation for Community Dance Summer School.

Photo: Rachel Cherry 8. Ready Willing Able Dance Company, Big Dance Bus, London. Photo: James O Jenkins 9. © Andrew Hazard, courtesy of www.visitcardiff.com 10. Louisa Milburn, FCD Networking Day

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