Dance Manifesto 2006

The NCA has produced a Dance Manifesto in partnership with Dance UK that sets out key priorities for the sector and aims to change the way that Government thinks about dance.

At an NCA advocacy meeting in September 2005, the NCA was given a clear mandate from the dance sector to bring its concerns together into a strong lobbying document. A process of extensive consultation with dancers and dance organisations followed, to ensure that the document produced spoke with the united voice of the whole dance industry.

The Dance Manifesto was presented to the Minister for Culture, the Rt Hon David Lammy MP, on July 10 by Darcey Bussell, Jonzi D and Arlene Phillips. It was launched on July 20, at City Hall, as part of Big Dance Week. Dance practitioners and professionals gathered alongside those from the wider arts and political sectors to celebrate the document.

The Dance Manifesto identifies four overarching ambitions for dance in the UK, stating that it should be:

• Supported and developed as an art form
• An integral part of every young person's education
• Available for everyone to watch and participate in
• A sustainable and healthy profession

Click here for the Dance Manifesto.

Click on the ambitions above for details on the NCA's ongoing Dance Manifesto campaign

For information on how the Dance Manifesto developed please see:

Minutes of NCA advocacy meeting, September 2005

Dance delegation, March 2006

NCA briefing paper, Dance Manifesto, January 2006

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