DU Dance

Northern Ireland's only dedicated dance development company. Connecting and challenging young people of all abilities through dance.

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Autumn 2026 Newsletter 🍂 - https://t.co/0Jo7QnbuoP

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Summer 2026 Newsletter ☀️ - https://t.co/joJPuMSt7J

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Spring 2026 Newsletter 🌷 - https://t.co/uECK68YKe8

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Autumn 2025 Newsletter 🍂 - https://t.co/WgQWEkuIb0

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Summer 2025 Newsletter 🔆 - https://t.co/YSL8I01Zbm

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Thrilled to receive funding from @ArtsCouncilNI to support Alternative Energies – our community-based dance project benefitting older people in Ballycastle.
Weekly sessions start back this Wednesday!
Read more: https://t.co/p0WBujPN73
#ACNISupported #NationalLottery #ThanksToYou

[Arts Council of Northern Ireland @ArtsCouncilNI]

We have announced funding of £159,999 to support twenty arts and community organisations across #NorthernIreland in delivering a series of community-based arts projects benefitting older people.

The funding is part of the #NationalLottery Arts and Older People Programme, a pioneering initiative funded by @LottoGoodCauses and @publichealthni, which aims to tackle loneliness as-well as promote positive mental health and well-being among older people, through engagement with the arts.

Find out more 👇
https://t.co/2F7VS3dsBR

📸Streetwise Community Circus is one of twenty organisations set to benefit from the Arts and Older People Programme Funding.

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2025 is well underway for Belfast Boys who closed last Friday's AHRC Critical Dance Pedagogy Network event @QUBelfast.

With an energetic & fun-filled performance from the boys, there was no better way to showcase the power and joy of dance! 🙏@aoifepea for inviting us along.

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Suteminis & Sutemos sessions are back for the Spring Term this WEDNESDAY (15th Jan) at Dungannon Youth Resource Centre at 6pm (7-11 yrs) and 7pm (12-18 yrs).

New members are always welcome & no experience is necessary. 😃

Get in touch on [email protected] or 02890 230877.

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On behalf of EVERYONE at DU Dance (NI) we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful new year!

Starring in a bauble (from left to right):
🎄Our Youth Steering Group!
⛄The Board and team!
🎅Dancers at our Day of Dance 2024!

(The office will be closed 20 Dec to 6 Jan.)

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@DanceLimerick @VDurrer @aoifepea @QUBelfast @ucddublin What an attentive audience!

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Sutemos had a ball in Limerick this weekend with partner organisation @DanceLimerick working with @VDurrer & @aoifepea. The group is part of the Youth Dance Matters research, a collaboration between @QUBelfast & @ucddublin.
🙏all for the experience & treating us so wonderfully.

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On Sunday our projects came together for our annual Day of Dance at @CrescentArts to share work, take part in workshops and create a short piece together.
Thanks to the dancers, the audience and all that helped on the day. Check out these stunning photos by Jim Corr!

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Just 5 sleeps now! 🎄🪩🕺💃🧑‍🎄

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Not long now until our annual 🌟Day of Dance🌟 @CrescentArts.

It's always a magical opportunity for all our youth engagement groups to share what they have been working on with family & friends, to dance together and - of course - enjoy a festival treats or two!

[Aoife McGrath @aoifepea]

Delighted to speak at the inaugural @hea_irl #NSRP conference tomorrow, sharing experiences that @VDurrer and I have had co-leading the Youth Dance Matters project in collaboration w/ our wonderful youth dance partners. Excited to hear about other N/S projects @QUBResearchAHSS

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Join a Movement Masterclass with Dr Philip Johnson on 21 December @LyricBelfast.

Philip leads our inspiring Alternative Energies intergenerational programme in Ballycastle. The group thoroughly enjoy coming together weekly to dance, meet new people and devise performances.

[DU Dance @DUDanceni]

Not long now until our annual 🌟Day of Dance🌟 @CrescentArts.

It's always a magical opportunity for all our youth engagement groups to share what they have been working on with family & friends, to dance together and - of course - enjoy a festival treats or two!

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It's Crossed Finger Selfie Day in celebration of The National Lottery’s 30th Birthday & here are our Suteminis showing their support! 🤞
The #Dungann dance project builds community connections & fosters tolerance & respect. It's also a lot of fun! @LottoGoodCauses @ArtsCouncilNI

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One member said: “Since being a part of this group I’ve gotten many opportunities I normally would never get, I became way more confident, I made many new friends and have become more sociable. Overall, I just love dancing and I would never want to lose all of that.”

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👍 It's a massive thumbs up for @BBCCiN from all the past, and current, members of Sutemos and Suteminis. Being involved in this intercultural youth engagement programme has been really valuable for many young people who live in or around Dungannon, Northern Ireland.