Why We Speak Dance
From the lived experience of Europe’s dance organisations, EDN's campaign addresses policymakers to highlight choreographic arts as vital to social, democratic, and cultural life.
Choreographic work carries embodied knowledge developed through years of physical practice, cultural transmission, and somatic research. As knowledge shaped by sustained practice and exchange, it both reflects and reimagines the questions and challenges facing our societies. Yet, choreographic arts remain marginalised in policy, undervalued in funding, and vulnerable as a profession.
EDN’s campaign, launched at the time of the EU's Culture Compass consultation, aims to translate the sector’s lived experience into tangible pathways for policy change.