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Empowering Dance – The Soft Skills Teaching and Learning Approach was a two year research project that has investigated how soft skills in dance practice can be identified, articulated and shared with others, as well as positively impact the confidence of those engaging with dance practice.

Digital guidebook for dance artists

How we take care of others, deal with uncertainty and complexity and how we negotiate space are just some of the essential human skills, also known as soft skills, that we develop while dancing. These are regarded as some of the most important skills currently needed in society.

For this reason the project has developed a digital guidebook for dance artists, such as choreographers, dance makers and dance teachers, to recognise and communicate the soft skills living in their artistic practice, especially for those working in community and participatory settings.

This resource was created to support the dance artist not only within the dance profession, but also in other fields of work beyond dance. The project builds on the experiences of earlier initiatives (Communicating Dance and Empowering Dance – Developing Soft Skills).

The Soft Skills Teaching and Learning Approach

Project Partners

Empowering Dance is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The project is led by Casa della Danza, Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance, Dansateliers Rotterdam, la Briqueterie, K3/Kampnagel, Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and Roehampton University.