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Beverley Glean, Artistic Director IRIE! dance theatre and Rosie Lehan, Dance Lecturer at City and Islington College and freelance practitioner, retell their journey to the USA, Jamaica, Cuba and Ghana to look at cultural diversity and African and Caribbean dance forms in dance education

Dance and Diversity is an action based research project that looks at the place of cultural diversity in dance education and practice with particular reference to African and Caribbean dance forms. Phase One (2004-2005) of the research focused on practice in the UK. Armed with key findings from Phase One, such as: 'a lack of expertise in the field', 'no discourse' and 'not enough interest in the forms to warrant inclusion in formal education', Phase Two as described here aims to broaden the base of the research by examining International models of practise and open a forum for the sharing of ideas.

In this article we seek to present snapshot images of many of our encounters, describing an experience that was exhilarating, thought-provoking, at times exhausting but always exciting as we planned our next interview and negotiated flights, buses and trains, travelling to and through the USA, Jamaica, Cuba and Ghana.

Before we recount our tales it is perhaps interesting to reflect on the last issue of Animated in which the question of diversity and an intercultural dialogue was raised, as this remains key to the mission of the Dance and Diversity project. The mission of the project is to promote equality within dance education and practice to reflect the needs of very diverse communities currently living in the UK. Amongst our main concerns are young people and the future of their training, so for us it was key to be able to examine a range of provision and examine traditional models of practice against different criteria in very different institutions.