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In the News


We have gathered together a number of articles from international news websites which provide society's perspective of the impact of dance on our health and well-being.


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National Sqaure Dancing Month
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2010
The Square Dance Callers Club of Great Britain and the British Association of American Square Dance Clubs have now designated September as National Square Dancing Month  read more

£700,000 Arts Fund Launched to Engage Older People
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2010
A new three year art programme designed specifically to engage older people has been pledged £700,000 by The Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The Atlantic Philanthropies   read more

New Culture Secretary announces changes to lottery funding
Date Posted: 20 May 2010
Charity Times reports that sport, the arts and heritage will get more National Lottery funding, but less will go to the Big Lottery Fund  read more

Déda marks International Dance Day
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2010
Déda marks International Dance Day with a huge event to get the region’s young people dancing  read more

Dance Sector Launches DanceVote 2010
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2010
DanceVote 2010 is the national advocacy campaign to put dance on the agenda of your local political candidates. If you love dance - have danced, dance now, want to dance or love watching dance - this is the campaign for you to join.  read more

Dance Champions
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010
The Dance Champions Group has been brought together at the request of the Secretary of State for Health, with the aim of encouraging 100,000 new adults to take up dance as a regular activity.  read more

Dance 4 Your Life
Date Posted: 27 Jan 2010
Laban and the North Kent Local Authorities Partnership announce the findings of their recent participatory research project Dance 4 Your Life  read more

Be Creative Be Well
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2010
Well London is a three year programme that works with local people across London to enable them to transform their health. As part of the creative strand of the programme, Arts Council England manages Be Creative Be Well and is currently commissioning in 12 London boroughs.  read more

Arts Council England Announces Improved Grants for the Arts
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2009
Arts Council England announced changes to its Grants for the arts programme that will transform the way it serves artists and save on administration costs, which will be reinvested in the arts.  read more

Dance your way to weight loss
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2009
Article from Telegraph.co.uk, 16 February 2009, author Bryony Gordon  read more