Dance United
Performing ArtsEngland, United Kingdom11-50 Employees
Dance United is a performing arts organization based in London that uses intensive contemporary dance training to support individuals facing marginalization, poverty, social inequality, crime, mental health challenges, or lack of opportunity. Its core offering is rigorous, academy-style programmes across London, Yorkshire, and Wessex that emulate professional dance training and aim to build transferable skills, encourage learning, and help participants achieve qualifications and pursue further education or opportunities, including potential involvement with the company’s own performance ensembles. The organization operates within the performing arts sector and positions itself as a transformative program that blends discipline with personal development to improve life prospects for participants. Founded and located in the United Kingdom, Dance United has grown its impact through its academy model and by supporting international initiatives such as the Adugna Community Dance Theatre Company in Ethiopia. The enterprise emphasizes structured, high-intensity training as a means of delivering measurable educational and social outcomes for its target audience.