Social Value of Movement and Dance
Authors(s), Creator(s) and Contributors: Sport and Recreation Alliance
Publication Date: 25/04/2024
Categories: Articles / Interviews, Evaluation / Reports
Introduction
The Sport and Recreation Alliance, alongside the 26 members from its Movement and Dance division, and a consortium of academic professionals specialising in research on movement and dance, have published a report articulating its overlooked social value.
Movement, dance and exercise are understood to have significant benefits for physical and mental wellbeing, and many clubs serve as pillars of their community, but is often overlooked as a form of physical activity. Perhaps because movement and dance straddles the arts and sport sectors, it does not get the funding, attention or support it deserves, when looking at its contribution to national strategic objectives for sport and recreation.
The research, undertaken by the Alliance, builds on our 2021 report and demonstrates and evidences the hugely important contribution of movement and dance, through the unique social value it creates. The report also identifies the support required to bridge the gap between the cultural contribution of dance and the lack of recognition, investment and support given its contribution to strategic objectives.
