July 'Toe tapping'

Dance in Devon is the countrywide dance development agency for Devon. They firmly believe in the benefits of dance to health, general wellbeing and quality of life. They run projects with children and young people, older people, community groups and their website has full details of the ways you can get involved by:

joining a regular dance class in one of over 20 styles
taking part in a workshop run by an experienced dance practitioner
taster sessions held at festivals and events like Exeter Respect

Their Vision is to create a county where people's lives are enriched and energised through dance. Their Mission is to inspire, celebrate and develop high quality dance that benefits the people of Devon and beyond.

For all Dance in Devon related information please visit the website by clicking the image below:

Types of Dance

There are over 20 different dance styles on offer in Devon, to find a dance class for a specific style visit the Dance in Devon directory page. There are classes for all ages and abilities from Torridge to Teignmouth and Tavistock to Tiverton.

African
Ballet
Ballroom
Belly Dance
Breakdance
Creative
Contemporary
Dance and Disability
Dance and Older People
Early Years Dance
Flamenco
Folk
Hip Hop
Historical
Lindyhop
Improvisation
Indian
Jazz
Jive
Salsa
Social Dancing
Street Dance
Tango
Tap
Youth Dance
Zumba

Events

There are dance classes happening every single day in every part of Devon, for up to date detailed information visit the Dance in Devon What's On page.

Friday 16th July 2011 - 7.30pm - The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington
Dance Performance Platform for Young People

Once again Dance in Devon are supporting The Plough Arts Centre to offer a great youth dance performance opportunity. Last years performance gave an opportunity for 90 young people from the area to show contemporary, street and break dance to each other and to a public audience. once again there will also be a piece performed by young people who will be spending a week on WORK-X - a dance experience week at The Plough led by a young contemporary dance graduate.

For further information on this event please contact Cathy Richards from Dance in Devon via email or 07816 047650.

Clubs

There are dance clubs associated with schools, community centres and village halls all over Devon, log onto the Dance in Devon website to find out what is happening near you!