Blackpool Bops is a two-year dance development project, initiated by Blackpool Council and supported by Arts Council England North West and the North West Development Authority.

The aim is to create a community dance infrastructure in Blackpool that provides dance activities for everyone in the borough, be it one-off ‘taster’ sessions or long-term projects.

There are two strands:

1. To set up sustainable programmes of work with young people and other members of the community. The plan is for these programmes to become self-supporting.

The service welcomes enquiries from all sections of the community and seeks to create sustainable partnerships with anyone who is interested in dance and its many possibilities.

2. To develop a community dance practitioner network and to encourage artists to live and work in Blackpool.

To date, Blackpool Bops has worked with Barnardo’s, the Education Service, Grange Park Residents’ Association, the Teenage Pregnancy Unit, and the Youth Service amongst others.