DANCE SYNDROME (DS)

THIS DANCE COMPANY

WAS FOUNDED IN 2009 BY JEN BLACKWELL, WHO HAS DOWN’S SYNDROME AND A PASSION FOR DANCE, WITH THE HELP OF LOTTERY FUNDING. BASED IN NORTH-WEST ENGLAND, THE COMPANY NOW HAS 14 DANCERS, A 50:50 MIX OF THOSE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND NON-DISABLED DANCERS. “I LIVE FOR DANCE,” SAYS JEN, “AND I WANT TO SHARE THE FUN.” THE COMPANY IS PERFORMING AT THIS YEAR’S EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL.