Dance Ireland’s Strategic Plan 2025 – 2028 is a roadmap shaped by deep listening, learning, and engagement with the dance community. 

OUR VISION

is of an Ireland where dance is valued as an art form and respected profession, and is actively, confidently, and accessibly part of people’s lives.

OUR MISSION
We enable the development of dance as an art form, a professional practice, and cultural activity across the island of Ireland.

To achieve this:

• We expertly support all those working professionally in dance.
• We invest in artists and art form development across all forms and practices.
• We build strong infrastructures with the capacity to deliver programmes of support and resources that have national and international reach.
• We are a strong voice for dance, advocating for our members and the wider dance community.

OUR VALUES
Three values inform Dance Ireland’s Strategy 2025 – 2028, guiding how we plan, implement, and deliver our programme and manage our business in support of artists and art form development.

• Sustainability
• Interdependence
• Inclusion

OUR PRIORTIES  

• Deepen Connection
• Build Expertise
• Advance Advocacy
• Foster Innovation