{"title":"Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse books published by People Dancing and our friends.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"thinking-aloud","title":"Thinking Aloud","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Search of a Framework for Community Dance. A digitised scan of this pre-digital archival publication from 1996.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eThinking Aloud was the first in a series of interventions to be made by the Foundation for Community Dance, intended to continue to help to widen and deepen critical debate about the purposes, processes and power of dance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eThe papers contained within the document are offered to develop the debate about community dance as it is currently perceived, not to provide rigid definitions or limit diversity of practice. They are born out of the values and experiences of the individual contributors, underpinned by a commonality of vision and commitment which is unequivocal in its belief in the power of dance to inspire and transform people’s lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eThe community dance framework offers a new statement of the defining values of community dance. It is not by any means a conclusive definition, but it represents the journey so far in working out a new and comprehensive account of community dance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eIn the five chapters, we outline the framework of the defining values of community dance and discuss aspects of the four core areas that make up community dance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eThis is done in the spirit of debate. We have been animated by the confluence of ideas we have exchanged as well as by the diversity of our different opinions. Much of what we have to say needs to be clarified and explained, argued over, disagreed with, abandoned or revised. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eWe hope this statement will stimulate everyone who reads it and will help to develop further the whole debate about community dance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"People Dancing Training Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58533608194383,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/4910\/6511\/files\/bookcover.png?v=1787310446"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/4910\/6511\/collections\/books_collection.jpg?v=1787309131","url":"https:\/\/peopledancing.myshopify.com\/collections\/books.oembed","provider":"People Dancing Training Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}