image credits: Margherita Caprilli

To put oneself into someone’s shoes means to imagine and identify in the situation or circumstances of another person.

Performing Gender—Dancing in Your Shoes was a three-year audience development project that created bonds between cultural professionals and their local communities in the fields of dance and performing arts through a discussion on gender.

The following films explore some of the project's key themes and artistic practices, as well as ways that artists and arts organisations have collaborated with local cultural policymakers and communities to build projects with deep and lasting impact.

Dance and the Celebration of Personal Identity

Building Communities Through Dance

Co-Design as an Artistic Methodology

Culture, Communities and the City

Building Trust and Embodiment Through Dance

Project Partners

The project's video campaign was commissioned by the British Council and directed by the independent editorial platform Canal 180.

The project was conducted by a network of partner organisations, active in the field of dance, performing arts and in the promotion of LGBTI and women culture in eight European countries.

The organisations in the network are Cassero LGBTI+ Center, Gender Bender Festival, Norrlandsoperan, DansBrabant, KLAP Maison Pour La Danse, Yorkshire Dance, City of Women - Association for the Promotion of Women in Culture, Paso a 2 - Certamen Coreogràfico de Madrid, Theaterfestival Boulevard, SÍN Arts Centre, DAMSLab.