Move Dance Feel - Cultureforhealth.eu

Project title

Move Dance Feel

Description of initiative

Move Dance Feel is a project developed between April 2018 and April 2019 in collaboration with three leading cancer support organisations across London. The project was open to all adult women aged 18+ and offered free, weekly dance sessions centered around artistic practice, where women could come together "to dance instead of talk about their cancer.

Further information on the initiative

Link to website

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being

Mental health

Quality of social relations

Quality of services for specific groups

Keywords

cancer, dance, movement, connection, interaction, women

Target group

Not targeted to a specific group

Cultural field

Dance

Timeframe

2018 - 2019

Sources of funding

Arts Council England, Wimbeldon Foundation, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

Participants reported a rich spectrum of well-being enhancement, and they also reported that attendance had a profound impact on their stress and anxiety levels.
In the evaluation phase it was measured the subjective well-being and it was found that 42% of participants had a meaningful increase in scores across the year and 54% of participants remained at a stable score across the year.