Performing Gender – Dancing in your shoes was a three-year audience development project aimed at developing a bond between cultural professionals and their local communities in the field of dance and performing arts throughout a discussion on gender in the European dance system.

The partnership project has now launched a series of resources aimed at understanding the impact of the project on the lives of the people and the organisations who took part in this extraordinary three year programme.

The resources include a Handbook on the whole experience made thanks to the qualitative and quantitative research of the University of Bologna, 5 documentary films made by British Council and, finally, the recommendations that the project partners deliver to cultural operators and policy makers locally, nationally and to the European Union.

Short films

Five shorts films about the Performing Gender project were screened during the Brussels summit and are now available on Youtube. The films investigate the key themes and artistic practices of the project and explore the different ways that artists and arts organisations have collaborated with local cultural policymakers and communities to build projects with deep and lasting impact. Watch the films here

The Recommendations

A series of 5 recommendations have been created by the Department of the Arts (Unibo) research team and reworked by the British Council and the Performing Gender partners. These recommendations aim to share expertise and knowledge.  Read the recommendations here.

The Handbook

A Handbook has been created by the research team affiliated with the Department of the Arts of Bologna University and its cultural laboratory, DAMSLab. In depth contents are aimed at policymakers and cultural organisations. View the handbook here.