About us

Boy jumping in the air. Still from Boy (c) Peter Anderson and Rosemary Lee

Generating exceptional experiences in dance

We are the national development agency for dance in South East England. Our mission is to ensure a thriving ecology for dance in the South East, enhancing conditions for more, bolder and better dance. We aim to raise the profile of dance and will work with partners within and beyond the region to achieve this. Artists and audiences are at the heart of all we do. We listen to, challenge and champion their needs and aspirations.

Our aims are:

To increase access to dance

To increase participation in dance

To raise the profile of dance

To provide artistic and strategic leadership for dance

To encourage learning and workforce development in dance

To operate an effective dance organisation

Our projects range from offering unique, in depth opportunities for participants to engage in meaningful, life enhancing experiences of dance, to large scale community projects targeting key community groups, to producing, commissioning and distributing an extensive catalogue of award-winning dance films in collaboration with some of the world's most acclaimed directors and choreographers.

We want to be at the heart of dance development in the South East of England.

We are a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.

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