Our Flow! Women's Aid
We were thrilled to receive funding from Women's Fund for Scotland to deliver Flow! style dance and spoken word workshops to women recovering from violence in Dundee. We worked in partnership with Dundee Women's Aid and the Women's Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre in Dundee on this project. The women involved felt empowered by the opportunity to write and perform their own spoken word, giving their opinions a voice. Through the exercises in the workshops, the participants became choreographers, working directly with our Artistic Director, and building skills in listening and decision making whilst also enabling the women to reconnect with their bodies and gain a sense of self confidence.
I really didn’t think that this kind of workshop was my kind of thing, I can’t believe how much I actually enjoyed it and got really involved. It was so empowering and made me feel like my opinion and ideas really mattered. This does not usually happen to me where I feel respected and part of something. I really enjoyed how the words we thought of could create something so wonderful and then when the movement was added it was like our words came alive. I really enjoyed this experience and I'm glad I pushed myself to take part.
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Participant
This project was funded by the Women's Fund for Scotland, administered by Foundation Scotland.
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