We feel passionately about supporting children and young people to lead healthier and happier lives and recognised the role that dance played as we emerged from a challenging 18 months. We created this conference with support from the Regional Dance Development Network – a group of dance professionals who are committed to developing opportunities for children, young people and wider communities to dance across Yorkshire.

Dance Futures was a day of workshops, talks and performances that allowed dance professionals to hear directly from young people, about how the pandemic has impacted their relationship with dance, and how organisations and artists were responding to this.