One of its members, Katy Dymoke, describes the workshops the company run for sensory-impaired people. Dance is perceived as a visual art form which needs to be visually experienced in order to be understood. It apparently depends upon music and, like all physical activity involving skills, cannot happen without the acquisition of full body awareness of precise movement patterns or language.
Dance predates all physical activities other than walking, running and climbing.
Dance has always been used to express feelings, family occasions and events within the community. It has always been a vital part of life, with more than just recreational or high cultural meaning. Dance is therefore not a purely visual form. Increasingly dance education is integrating listening skills into training with less emphasis on the visual and peripheral swing of the limbs, and more emphasis on sensing the source of movement from the centre of the body. The proprioceptive sense informs us of where we are, how we are sitting, standing and our relationship to gravity.