Dance and the Child International (daCi)

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Dance and the Child International (daCi) is a non-profit making international organization initiated in 1978 for anyone interested or involved in the growth and development of dance for children and young people internationally. Particular attention is given to the ethnic, gender, physical, and cultural identities and all abilities of each young person within a spirit of international understanding.

As an international organisation, daCi is a fully constituted branch of UNESCO’s Conseil International de la Danse in Paris, with its financial base in Canada and archives located at the University of Surrey, England.

DaCi is managed voluntarily by an Executive Committee and Advisory Board made up of National Representatives, currently from 21 countries. Members include: dance teachers, dance groups, dance artists, educators, artistic directors, choreographers, philanthropists, public school teachers, administrators, policy makers, private dance studio personnel, associations, businesses, corporations as well as dance researchers and scholars.

Every three years, daCi organizes an international conference located somewhere in the world. The 15th conference: Dancing into Communities was hosted virtually July 10-15 2022 from Toronto, Canada.

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    A dance program for toddlers
    (2023) Kralj, Neva
    Even though there has been a growing interest in embodied approaches in education, practical experience has shown that dance and body expression are often neglected in the education system, especially during the toddlers' period, from the first to the third year of life (Geršak, 2015; Kralj & Videmšek, 2019; Zajec, Videmšek, Štihec, Pišot & Šimunič, 2010). The paper focuses on enhancing the toddler's motor, social, and communicative skills with a dance program. The author also addresses why and how we dance with toddlers. In countries, where toddlers attend kindergartens, they are very important environment to promote children’s engaging in movement, learning about themselves, and establishing a relationship with others through movement and creative dance. The author would like to highlight the importance of dance in early childhood and expand on existing approaches to working with young children in kindergarten.

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