Photo by Dan Martin 2021 Would you like to volunteer on our Arts on Call project? You will join our lovely artists delivering outdoor dance and music performances to care home residents and to individuals on their streets/parks and gardens. Please email Martha via administrator@danceindevon.org.uk if you would like to volunteer or find out more. Please note, you may need to provide your own transport between locations (travel contributions will be offered to our volunteers) and you must adhere to current Covid-19 government guidance. The dates and areas we have this autumn/winter are as follow ..read more

Elder Tree befriending service, based in and around Plymouth, has 36 weekly Active Lives classes for exercise and movement to music for over 50s. The mix of social engagement, advice and light exercise contributes significantly to improving the self-esteem and promoting the continued independent living of our beneficiaries. For viewing the timetable and booking classes please go to the Elder Tree website: https://eldertreeplymouth.co.uk/pages/active-lives/98 OR call the office on 01752 227447. The post Elder Tree in Plymouth appeared first on Dance in Devon - A charity for happier and healthie ..read more

Dance in Devon presents 'Come Dance With Me' as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival. Returning to the Festival for the 3rd time, we are hosting a family-friendly tea dance event with live music and dancing, celebrating Agatha Christie’s love of dance and sense of adventure. Come and join us for an afternoon of social dancing and live music at this celebratory event in Torquay! We are delighted to be entertained by the fabulous Drat Pack who will provide funky tunes for us all to dance away to. Plenty of opportunities to do your own thing. You will also be entertained by our comm ..read more

Dance in Devon and CEDA are pleased to present: Screen Play: Moving Portraits Dance in Devon and CEDA worked together through Spring on a second collaboration, this time for screen. The film, part of CEDA’s I’mPossible arts project and Dance in Devon’s All Aboard! project, was created by working with individual performers at CEDA’s Claire Milne Centre and at people’s homes. The aim of the film was to capture feelings of being in and coming out of lockdown and to explore individual’s movements choreographed for the screen. Director: Sue Smith Film: Frankie Hocking & Poppy Payne Sound: Holly ..read more

Dance in Devon seeks an experienced Freelance Interim Director to lead the charity through a period of transition. Deadline: 1pm on Friday 25th June 2021 Information Pack The post Freelance Interim Director – We Are Recruiting appeared first on Dance in Devon - A charity for happier and healthier communities ..read more

Dance in Devon is recruiting! We want to hear from you if you love dance and feel strongly about the power of dance to enable social and cultural transformation. We have recently welcomed Dr Chris Turner as our new Chair and we are now inviting expressions of interest from people who are interested in joining our Board of Trustees. You will help keep our organisation relevant and responsive to changing circumstances.  We are looking for people who share our values and may bring with them skills in; freelance dance practice, finance, fundraising/sponsorship, HR, law, communities, digital c ..read more

Image Credit: Eve Burton / IJAD DanceDance in Devon is delighted that as part of our Arts Council England supported project, Future Dances, we are supporting Devon-based dance artist, Daisy Harrison, with a bursary place to take part in the Open Online Theatre programme with IJAD Dance Company this Autumn.IJAD Dance Company IJAD Dance Company, based in London, is leading the exploration of movement, science and technology. Through engagement and research, they collaborate with communities and create opportunities for all. Open Online Theatre (OOT) IJAD Dance launched Open Online Theatre after ..read more

Plymouth Dance and Dance in Devon are pleased to announce that we have both received Arts Council Emergency Response funding. Hall For Cornwall, Plymouth Dance and Dance in Devon have worked closely since 2010 to proactively support freelance dance artists who live and/or work in Cornwall, Plymouth & Devon. As Peninsula Dance Partnership we create a larger scale of activity and a higher profile for dance, strengthening its place in the Peninsula’s cultural programme.   Plymouth Dance and Dance in Devon, in consultation with H ..read more

To all our communities, partners, artists and supporters, we hope you are keeping safe and well in these unsettling and challenging times. The Dance in Devon staff are now working from home and all of our face to face delivery has now paused, in-line with government guidance.  At this time of physical isolation, it is important that we still retain a connection to our local communities and to our dancing communities, online and in a virtual capacity, as far as we can. There has been a surge of activity to get alternatives in place to support those who need it most and to keep people feeli ..read more

On the 19th January 2019 we spent a joyful day of La Bayadere inspired dances with families at Paignton Library and Dartington Arts. Children and carers were invited to join in together, we introduced sensory stimuli to encourage independent movement, free expressive movement and guided choreography. Thank you to Dance Artist Lizi Eringa and to Paignton Library and Dartington Arts for partnering with us on this workshops and to all the families that took part. You are all an inspiration! The Barn Cinema at Dartington are showing a live screening of Bolshoi Ballet La Bayadere tomorrow (20th Jan ..read more