The Dance Movement was a dance charity based in Surrey that existed
to help people connect through participating in dance. The Charity was
motivated by the belief that when people come together to
create, perform, watch and be involved
in dance, their lives can be enriched and changed for the better. This
website is an archive of the Charity's work that was created under the
tenure of the Programme Director Rachel Deadman and Company Dance
Artists Nicky Norton, Cherie Brennan, Grace Black and Sarah Covington.
Why did The Dance Movement (TDM) Close?
TDM
ran as a project funded organsation and relied heavily on funding from
trusts and foundations to survive. The precarious nature of project
funding and stress associated with keeping an organsation going in this
way took its toll on the Programme Director and following a relocation
to the North West of England she decided to step away from The Dance
Movement. The Board of Trustees felt that without Deadman's expertise
and driving force to keep the ship sailing coupled with the completion
of an 18-month dance programme funded by ACE, Dance Transformations,
the Charity had reached a natural conclusion.
