- Affirm and promote the value of dance in society
- Assist dance artists inrealising their artistic ambitions
- Make it possible for people to extend and enhance their experienceof dance
- Strengthen dance and other arts organisations countrywide so as to secure the basis of a vibrant and stable dance community
- Ensure the Arts Council works effectively
Achieving these goals
We are actively seeking to work together with the dance community and others to achieve these goals. We have identified a number of priority areas that need to be addressed if we are to make progress. These are, the need for: better support for dancers anddance production companies; improvements in professional development and training for dance artists; the establishment of an archive for dance, drawing on the experienceof organisations already active in this area; specific support for young dancers and emerging dance artists; and better opportunities for dance education and vocational training in Ireland.