{"id":23735,"date":"2018-01-26T14:24:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T14:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=23735"},"modified":"2018-01-26T14:24:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T14:24:02","slug":"charitys-community-projects-get-nursing-homes-schools-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/26\/charitys-community-projects-get-nursing-homes-schools-dancing\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity\u2019s community projects get nursing homes and schools dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RUBICON Dance in Adamsdown is a quirky place with an interesting history featuring nuns, Princess Diana and a theatre company.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The former Church of St Germans mission was run by four nuns and served the community during the inter-war years.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After becoming derelict the building was sold to Arts Council Wales in 1963. Since then it has been used as a theatre company and a school for children from the traveller community.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The dance studio as it is known today, was reopened by Princess Diana in 1982.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even before it was a dance company, this building had always been at the heart of the community in Adamsdown, and it strives to connect and reach out\u00a0 today.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adam Lloyd-Binding, centre coordinator, said:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe teach in about 25 schools in Cardiff and about five or six schools in Newport. We have started to branch out into the Vale as well,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMainly we teach a range of styles in schools, including street dance because that is what the kids see on TV and in films and so they want to learn how to do that but it\u2019s also an opportunity for them to improve their health.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They teach everything from street dance to ballet to traditional Indian dancing such as Bharata Natyam at their Adamsdown centre.<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23757\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/rubicon-dance-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/rubicon-dance-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/rubicon-dance-293x160.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/rubicon-dance.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23757\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/rubicon-dance-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/rubicon-dance-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/rubicon-dance-293x160.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/rubicon-dance.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As well as their school programs, the over 50\u2019s and 60\u2019s groups are proving particularly popular.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe currently have some over 50\u2019s and 60\u2019s classes that we hold at various other community centres and hubs in Cardiff,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe also go into nursing homes and teach some elderly classes, which are mainly about getting active and moving.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adam believes that these sessions are vital to the wellbeing of the residents in these care homes, \u201cThere is the massive social element to the classes and there also great health benefits,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThese go a long way to help with loneliness in these elderly communities and it makes such a difference just to give them something else to do and someone else to talk to.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The classes in elderly communities attract about 15 people per session and as they are free for their residents, Rubicon has to fundraise in order to provide them.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nIt costs Rubicon around \u00a3275 per session to fund the classes for the elderly communities they support for a whole term.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Part of the funding this year will come from the \u00a325,000 Cash for Communities scheme run by Media Wales<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other funding comes from Arts Council Wales, who grant money to a wide range of companies such as the Welsh National Opera and smaller community projects.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adam has worked at Rubicon for 10 years, during that time the global banking crisis and recent austerity measures have reduced funding available to community outreach programmes.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe still charge for classes but we are funded about half and half between ourselves and the money from Arts Council Wales,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe use this funding to subsidise the cost of our classes so we are often cheaper than most dance studios.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUBICON Dance in Adamsdown is a quirky place with an interesting history featuring nuns, Princess Diana and a theatre company. 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