who are we?

Community dance is for everyone - it brings people together to celebrate, to share and to dance together on an equal basis.

The community dance movement in Wales has a history spanning a quarter of a century. For over twenty years a small, dedicated group of community dance practitioners came together to support each other and share ideas. In 1989 the group was formalised as Community Dance Wales, the national umbrella body for community dance in Wales. The gradual and thoughtful evolution of the art form, body of practice and its considered and careful approach has meant that a strong national infrastructure and framework has developed.

Community dance:

• is a way of expressing who you are as an individual and as a group

• enables people to participate in and create work that reflects their community

• is a language for communication

• is a powerful means of exploring and developing cultural identity

• encourages greater self esteem and confidence

• improves peoples' health and well being

• increases employability

Community Dance Wales has a STATEMENT OF SHARED VALUES.

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