Dance Mapping - Arts Council England

Respondent G
Region
North West
Age
65+
Do you earn a living through dance?
No - Two roles still active within the area of GCSE dance and I Co-0rdinate the work of a
group of about 30 amateur dancers all over age of 50. Our mission in life is to celebrate and
promote the work of older dancers and choreographers
If you answered yes in the previous question, please could you give an estimate of your
earnings for 2007/08, in the following categories:
Earnings Under £5K £5K - £20K £20K - £30K £30K+
From Dance X
From Arts
From Non-Dance
Please indicate the percentage of you working hours, in one year that you spend in the
following areas of Dance:
Teaching – Informal Sector – 150 hours
Other – examining and INSET - 100 hours
Please tick any of the following organisations that you belong to:
Foundation for Community Dance
National Dance Teachers Association
Laban Guild
Please tell us where you obtained your training
HE Postgraduate Degree in Dance
Which of the following genres best describes your engagement with dance?
Contemporary
Do you engage with any of the following? Tick all you are involved with:
None
What do you think are the challenges for dance in 2008-2012?
Training sufficient appropriately qualified teachers to meet demands of the public sector
Maintaining and developing dance within the public sector, despite pressure from other
curriculum areas Maintaining/extending funding to keep small dance companies alive
Maintaining funding to support community dance projects Without appropriate funding there
will be a skills shortage to support both amateur and professional dance
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