Transforming lives through dance
Based at the striking Jerwood DanceHouse in Ipswich, DanceEast's vision is a world where everyone can benefit from the vital and life-enhancing power of dance.
Operating across the East of England and beyond, their mission is to create new and exciting ways for people to move or be moved, through participating in, experiencing, or producing dance at its very best.
The organisation promotes dance as an avenue for self-expression, discovery, and fulfilment; to enhance health and wellbeing; and as a tool to unite people and communities.
Three core values drive DanceEast forwards:
A passionate pursuit of quality
A commitment to make dance compelling
Inclusive and accessible for everyone
A determination to focus effort and investment where it has the greatest impact
From their purpose-built home on the Ipswich waterfront, they provide the inspiration, infrastructure and resources to deliver outstanding participatory activities, education and training.
The organisation presents one of the UK's most diverse and exciting dance performance programmes, whilst nurturing talented artists, practitioners and companies.
They also play a sector-leading role in shaping the future of dance, including pioneering the application of new technologies.
Through these activities, DanceEast's impact is felt locally, regionally, and nationally: they give more people the chance to experience and create the highest quality dance, for the greatest benefit of all.
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