Supporting Organisations

A DanceVote 2010 steering committee was set-up in April 2010, including leading dance professionals from diverse backgrounds (representing teaching, professional dance companies and agencies, youth dance, community dance, and more). They generously offered their advice, financial support and to actively promote involvement in the campaign to their stakeholders. Since the election we have expanded the steering group.

Dance UK, www.danceuk.org, the national membership organisation working on behalf of the dance profession is the central organisation co-ordinating DanceVote 2010.

Matthew Bourne, the world famous choreographer who created the West End and Broadway hit, Swan Lake and choreographed West End shows such as Oliver! and Mary Poppins says: "I'm whole heartedly backing the DanceVote 2010 campaign. It's fantastic that over 1,000 people have already got involved in DanceVote and that so many politicians have pledged their support for dance."

The steering & supporters committee includes:

  • ADAD (the Association of Dance of the African Diaspora)
  • Akademi - South Asian Dance UK
  • Akram Khan Company
  • Arlene Phillips
  • Ballet Boyz
  • Birmingham Royal Ballet
  • British Ballet Organization
  • Directors of the national and regional dance agencies
  • Candoco
  • Council for Dance Education and Training
  • Dance Consortium
  • Dance UK
  • Dancers Career Development
  • Dance Umbrella
  • English National Ballet
  • English Folk Dance and Song Society
  • Foundation for Community Dance
  • Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance
  • Jonzi D Productions
  • National Campaign for the Arts
  • National Dance Company Wales
  • National Dance Teachers Association
  • New Adventures
  • Northern Ballet Theatre
  • Rambert Dance Company
  • Richard Alston Dance Company
  • Royal Academy of Dance
  • Royal Ballet
  • Sadler's Wells
  • Scottish Ballet
  • Scottish Dance Theatre
  • Scottish Federation of Theatre
  • Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company
  • The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs
  • The Place
  • Trinity Laban
  • Vincent Dance Theatre
  • Wayne McGregor / Random Dance
  • Youth Dance England
  • ZooNation

This list is not exhaustive and we welcome anyone who wants to be part of DanceVote 2010 - the more the better!

Dance UK would also like to thank the following additional organisations and individuals who have generously offered dance films for inclusion in the DanceVote 2010 promotional film:

  • ACE Dance and Music
  • Acland Burghley School
  • Alison Golding
  • Arts Council England
  • Ballet Black
  • Big Dance
  • Black Swan Dance Theatre
  • Border Dance Landance
  • Bournemouth University School of Media
  • C-12 Dance Theatre
  • Candoco Dance Company
  • Capital Age Festival
  • Central Council for Physical for Recreation
  • Central School of Ballet
  • Cholmondeleys
  • Dance in Devon
  • Dance South West
  • Dance Umbrella
  • DanceFest 2000
  • Darren Ellis Dance Company
  • East London Dance
  • East Midlands Children's Theatre Consortium
  • English Folk Dance and Song Society
  • Footpath
  • Freewheelers Theatre Company
  • Frontline Dance
  • Goldhay Arts
  • Helen Edwards, Forms of Freedom
  • Hofesh Shechter Company
  • IJAD Dance Company
  • Independent Ballet Wales
  • ISTD
  • Jose Agudo and Claire Cunningham
  • Leicester YMCA
  • LightsMusicAction (LMA)
  • Made By Katie Green
  • Melanie Demers and Laila Diallo
  • Merseyside Dance Initiative (MDI)
  • Morton Bates Arts Service
  • Motionhouse
  • National Dance Company Wales
  • New Art Club
  • Nic Sandiland
  • Power Dance System
  • Richard Alston Dance Company
  • Riverdance
  • Royal Academy of Dance
  • Salamanda Tandem
  • Sarah Dekker
  • Scottish Ballet
  • Shetland Arts
  • Shobana Jeyasingh
  • Springs Dance Company
  • Spritzer Dance Company
  • State of Flux Dancefilm Company
  • StopGap Dance Company
  • Stride, Dance Initiative Greater Manchester
  • The Tell Woman Collective
  • Tilted Productions
  • Touch Di Sky Prodcutionz
  • Two's Company Dance
  • U.C Crew St.Helens
  • Warrington Borough Council
  • Wayne McGregor/Random Dance
  • Welsh Independent Dance
  • Westminister Morris Men
  • Wycombe Swan
  • Yael Flexer
  • YDance (Scottish Youth Dance)

Special thanks to Ivan Chandler of Musicalities Limited, www.musicalities.co.uk, for his help securing the music for the DanceVote 2010 film.