The Wanna Dance Programme is a partnership between Cheshire Dance, Vivo Care Choices and the University of Central Lancashire.
Wanna Dance was developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic as a way to enable people with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD) to take part in dance activity.
Wanna Dance has been developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic as a way to enable people with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD) to take part in dance activity.
The Wanna Dance programme is based on the principles of joining, amplifying and connecting one-to-one with a partner's movement.
Cheshire Dance developed Wanna Dance in collaboration with Vivo Care Choices and Ruth Spencer from the University of Central Lancashire.
Discover the Wanna Dance programme and how we will work with the person that you care for. Gain an insight into how the participant might benefit from dancing with us and find out about how we monitor and record their experience. To save a copy of this information, you can also download an information sheet below.
Staff members can find out about how we will work with the service user and how they can support us to ensure we offer the best experience possible for them and the person that they care for. To save a copy of this information, you can also download an information sheet below.
Wanna Dance involves 20 minutes of focused one-to-one dancing with a Dance Partner with PIMD at Vivo Care Choices Centres.
Wanna Dance involves recording and reviewing session observations and experiences so that - over time - an individual movement profile can be created for each Dance Partner. More information can be found in our Resources Hub.
To enable Vivo Care Choices staff to:
If you're interested in understanding more about the Wanna Dance programme, please download the Evaluation Report here. It includes information on how the programme works in practise and outlines the aims and the outcomes of the pilot project in 2021.
WANNA DANCE Evaluation (pdf)
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