One Dance UK

One Dance UK is the new industry body formed of the bringing together in April 2016 of four key dance organisations: Association of Dance of the African Diaspora (ADAD), Dance UK, National Dance Teachers Association (NDTA) and Youth Dance England (YDE). This initiative came as a result of a three-year commissioned grant by Arts Council England to create a ground-breaking consortium bringing these four leading dance organisations together in a unified “go-to” industry body, recognising the industry demand for radical transformation of its workforce and talent support. One Dance UK combines more than 100 years of expertise in a simplified, strengthened and specialist body nurturing and developing talent and delivering excellence in: - Education - Youth dance - Dance of the African diaspora - Performance - Health and well-being - Management - Leadership and career development - One Dance UK directly benefits in excess of 40,000 people who working in the UK dance workforce, it benefits children dancing in and outside school, and it indirectly impacts on the millions of people who participate in dance and watch performances. One Dance UK provides: - A single voice for dance to policy makers and politicians - A centralised knowledge hub - Policy direction - Industry intelligence - A three year programme of strategic initiatives with industry-wide benefit and promote best practice and nurture talent.