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About us

Moving Together is a community dance organisation based in Leicester, offering and developing high quality community dance opportunities for participants of all ages and abilities since 2011. We specialise in creative dance delivery and Arts Award programmes and have recently been awarded Trinity Champion Centre status for 2021-2022 as one of the UK’s leading providers of the Arts Award framework. We also have extensive experience in dance delivery for SEND children and young people, dance within Primary and Secondary schools, Dance BTEC and HND delivery, dance for adults over the age of 55, consultancy and employability/development opportunities for building community dance aspirations, education producing for internationally touring artists, and wider dance event management for school trusts.

Meet the team

Emily co-founded Moving Together and has been running the company since it was established in 2011.Along with managing the team of MTG staff, Emily oversees all inner workings of the company whilst delivering on a variety of key projects and strategically directing and developing the business through new partnerships, programmes and methods of participation.

emily@movingtogether.co.uk

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Emily Jackson

Director

Darcy's role encompasses the monitoring and development of participant experience across all programmes of work, managing our placement and employability strand, as well as focusing on evaluating the impact of many of our ongoing projects and partnerships. Darcy is also the company's Designated Safeguarding Officer and SEND specialist, delivering at partner SEND schools and on our Senior Dance Company programme.

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Darcy Kitchener

Head of Engagement

Shannon manages our core partnership with Aakash Odedra Company, developing and overseeing the programmes housed under our role as Education Producers within the organisation. Shannon also leads the management of our key Arts Award programme in affiliation with De Montfort University, our role as practitioners in partnership with Leicester City Council Children's Centres, and delivers on a range of school programmes.

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Shannon Coote

Partnerships Manager

what people say

Claire Wood

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Assistant Head Teacher, Birch Wood School

Moving Together has given our students a real opportunity to try things that they wouldn't normally get to do and it helps to develop those friendships and communication skills that are so important. Their confidence really develops as the year goes on... We couldn't be prouder of our young people.

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Anand Bhatt

Founding Producer of Aakash Odedra Company, Chief Executive at Dance City

ANAND BHATT

Moving Together established itself in Leicester at precisely the right time. A fresh approach to Community dance with very passionate and skilled staff. Their commitment to authentic dialogue, placing participants at the centre of experience and creativity made me want to work with them. And when I did work with them, they always delivered with best quality results.

JOE FLAVIN

Director, The Core at Corby Cube

Joe Flavin

The Core has been working with Moving Together for a number of years to deliver our Over 55’s dance class as well as numerous activity in school settings including arts award and cpd sessions for teachers. With the pressures placed upon the venue due to the Covid 19 lockdown, we are so thankful to the Moving Together team for using their capacity to mobilise a digital version of the classes so quickly to maintain this engagement.

Find out about our current programmes