AWA DANCE (Advancing Women’s Aspirations with Dance) is a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) based in the UK, founded by Choreographer Avatâra Ayuso. AWA DANCE is dedicated to the leadership development of all women and girls, using the transformative power of dance as the tool to empower their voices.
We are also a network of creative, confident and inspirational female leaders that contribute to the progress of the dance sector and 21st century society, by sharing and embodying our five core DANCE values: Dream big, take Action, Navigate the world, Create an artistic and leadership voice and Empower others.
Welcome to AWA DANCE,
the charity where women and girls thrive as creative leaders! We are here to support all women and girls in the UK dance sector, offering a platform for them to become the leaders they want to be. Allowing them to lead from within (who are you, what are your values, what does the experience of your body tell you about yourself and your reality), to impact the world we live in.
The idea for AWA DANCE came about a few years ago as I was fascinated with the amount of incredible women and girls I met through my work as a Choreographer across the world. Despite the amount of talent and drive I was seeing, something was not right, I found myself asking “what stops women and girls from developing their full potential as leaders in the dance sector?”
This was the start of our journey!
AWA DANCE is an inclusive charity that champions all who identify as women regardless of their assigned sex at birth:
– Cis Woman
– Trans Woman
– Non-binary
– Genderfluid
– Intersex
– Gender Expression
– Genderqueer
– Any other expression that identifies you as a woman