Welcome to the AWA DANCE Research Page

At AWA DANCE, we are continuously striving to improve our services, reach underrepresented groups and create equitable opportunity for all. In order to do this, we are willing to research to collect data  and to measure our impact to instigate change in the UK dance sector & wider society. We want to:
1)  produce better data to inform our actions
2)  encourage transformative thinking and action to progress
3)  create better opportunities to empower women and girls
We build data by:
- monitoring and evaluating our programmes to improve implementation and build evidence
- Collecting qualitative and quantitative data to report facts and measure impact
- Partnering with leading research organisations to get qualitative and quantitative data on the UK dance sector

We are interested in partnering with individuals and organisations that share these aims. Contact us if you want to start a conversation with us

By age 7 girls are already less active than boys and this disparity widens as they move from childhood into adolescence, yet dance is one of the top activities among girls with 22%taking part (Youth Sport Trust: Girls Active Survey)

Dance has been found to bring enhanced self-esteem and greater capacity to deal with everyday problems for girls (Duberg, 2013)

63% of girls surveyed want to see a greater focus on building girls’ skills and confidence to be leaders (Girl Guides: Girls Attitudes Survey 2020)

In 2017, Crystal Pite was the first woman to choreograph for Covent Garden's main stage in two decades.

An ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND study found that dance helps young people build confidence and discover what their bodies are capable of. (ACE 2018)