Riding High with GDance’s Community Dance Company!

VIA Community Dance Company at Gloucester Carnival (photographer: Leyla Ozkan)

VIA Community Dance Company, managed by Gloucester based arts charity GDance, is riding high after their performance at Gloucester Carnival in July.

The company of dancers, who meet weekly at Gloucester’s Milestone School, made up a vibrant community cast in GDance’s professional production All Fall Down, which also involved a dancing horse!

On October 10, VIA will join 200 other dancers and London-based company Avant Garde as part of a Flashmob dance at Gloucester’s Fanzone in The Docks.

VIA brings disabled and non-disabled dancers together, who range from age 8 to 40+, to create and participate in high profile performances.

Past accolades have included first prize at Cheltenham Performing Arts Festival (in 2014 and ’15!) and performing as part of the Olympic Torch celebration event at Cheltenham Racecourse in 2012.

The opportunities enjoyed by VIA have had a huge impact on its members.  Volunteer Kellie Peattie said:

“GDance has changed my life and improved my confidence through gaining new dance skills and socialising with dancers with different needs.”

In order to continue this valued opportunity to dance at so many public celebrations, VIA community dance company needs support.

Donations can be made to GDance’s 20^th Anniversary Appeal – visit www.gdance.co.uk or, to find out more about the Appeal or about VIA, contact Charlotte Newman (charlotte@gdance.co.uk).

VIA at Rugby Celebrations rehearsal with Tony Adigun (credit: GDance)