About Us
Dawns i Bawb’s vision -
- Everybody can dance
- Through responding to the needs of our participants, we can ensure that dance is accessible to all
- Our priority is to offer high quality, Welsh or bilingual dance provision
- Dance reflects, informs, shapes and influences the cultural identity of Wales giving people a sense of place and an opportunity for non-verbal self expression
- Responding, questioning, challenging and experimenting are at the core of our work
- Partnerships with strong benefits are essential to greater developments and achievements
- Dance has the potential to have a positive and life-affirming impact on the lives of individuals and communities
- Dance can positively contribute to a number of agendas including health and well-being, social inclusion, cultural identity and economy and regeneration
- Risk taking plays an important part in developing a programme of activity that is exciting, relevant, creative and original
- As one of the only Community Dance organisations in Wales working primarily through the medium of Welsh, we have a role and responsibility to maintain a strong and empowering Welsh language dance provision and believe that dance can be a positive medium through which people can explore and celebrate their language and culture
The Team
I started dancing at 11 years of age with a local youth dance group and in 2000 I graduated with a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance from De Montfort University, Leicester.
I have worked in the professional dance sector for over 20 years as a Community Dance Practitioner, Choreographer and as a Company Manager. Community Dance is a great passion of mine and nothing is more interesting or makes me happier than witnessing people of all ages and abilities express themselves through moving. I firmly believe that anyone can dance and I love that Dawns i Bawb offers opportunities for people to discover this.
catherine@dawnsibawb.org
01286 685 220
I was born in Jerusalem, Israel and I moved to Wales 5 years ago. I started dancng during lockdown once a week on Zoom with Dawns i Bawb and I loved it. Dance makes me feel happy, confident, energetic and free. It helps me to express my emotions and it helps with my mental health. To be a part of this team, meet new people continue with my love of dance and learn new things is very exciting for me. I feel very lucky to have this opportunity to be an assistant and to receive 1:1 mentoring from a dance development practitioner.
I enjoy supporting the arts and working through the medium of Welsh and I have previously worked at the Arts Council of Wales for over twenty years as a Development Officer. It is a pleasure and a real privilege for me to work in the arts sector, and it is nice to carry on supporting the arts by working for Dawns i Bawb.
to be confirmed
Lauren Rooney, Madeleine Burnham, Keren Meadows, Eirian Foster, Julie Dorgan, Lucy Hawken, Ellie Davies, Siri Wigdel
Kian Dempsey-Glindon, Seren Haf Davies
Additional Information
Eddie Ladd - Chair
Meinir Wyn Evans - Vice Chair
Sioned Rees-Jones
Dwynwen Llywelyn
Llyr ap Rhisiart
We work in an area of great beauty and inspiration. It is very large and mainly rural with many mountains and valleys. This means a lot of traveling so we can reach remote places and ensure access to dance activity for all.
We also work in an area which has the smallest average income in the UK.
This has a great impact on our sustainability as the cost of delivering activities is higher than other places due the distances to cover, but we also need to remain accessible. It is a challenge and we want to do more, which is why we set up an Apprenticeship Scheme to train more people to work in their community with our support.
North Wales has a distinct regional identity. Welsh is the first language in most of the area and it is essential that we deliver our activities in Welsh or bilingually.
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