Representation in Dance Education (RIDE) Resource

We are proud to be part of the RIDE (Representation in Dance Education) resource for teachers and students. It was created by One Dance UK’s Decolonising the Dance Curriculum roundtable and is free to download.

Since 2020, we have taken an active role in helping shape this resource and advocating for a wider inclusion of global majority artists in the school curriculum while also highlighting dance works directly dealing with colonialism and imperialism. Through this work, we have worked with fellow dancers and choreographers across the country, liaised with exam boards, Department of Education consultants and curriculum specialists.

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RIDE aims to support teachers and educators in delivering authentic, diverse and inclusive content. Teachers will also be able to find Global Majority artists and companies local to them to support the delivery of dance in their school.

This resource showcases Global Majority dance work through three distinct areas:

• Dance Works
• Artists, workshops and Continued Professional Development (CPD)
• Music List

”We are hoping that by highlighting more diverse dance works, students and teachers will not only discover new dance vocabularies, styles and choreographers but be encouraged to look at different historical perspectives and to know the world as being comprised of equitable narratives.”

– Shobana Jeyasingh CBE (Roundtable member)