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Don’t dance, because nobody’s watching

Dance is part of the national curriculum and schools are statutorily obliged to provide it. So why is a blind eye being turned to the dramatic decline in dance education at all levels? asks Joe Hallgarten.

Joe Hallgarten
5 min read

Every Friday in the east London school I teach in, there is a whole school ‘whoop whoop assembly’. Led by year 6 children and the headteacher, among the usual achievement awards and reflections there ...

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