If not you then who? (INYTW) hopes to create an imaginative, liberating project for young people to connect with their local landscapes/environment and develop their understanding of climate change and how it is impacting the environment and their historical landmarks. The project aims to develop young peoples’ understanding and encourage them, through dance and media, to explore ways to raise awareness amongst their peers, across their community and to influence local MSP’s to take action. 

This project delivered a high-quality, interdisciplinary, creative learning experience where children aged 3-5 years learned through and about dance and visual arts, enhancing their development and confidence. Working in partnership with Liz Conacher from the National Galleries and Granton Primary School, 25 nursery-aged children participated in creative dance sessions based on visual art produced by older students in the school. Their movement was developed into a dance film by artist Constant Viguer, and the film will hang in the National Gallery from May to April 2024. This project is designed to engage new audiences in dance and visual arts and challenge views of what dance film is with young children.

Working in partnership with Historic Scotland and Highlife Highlands, Heritage Remixed aims to engage socially isolated young people aged 12-16 from the Highlands of Scotland in dance and to attract young people to Historic Environment Scotland sites in their localities through dance. Ten young people from one of the Highlife Highlands youth clubs worked with a YDance artist to create a dance film based on the history of Fort George in Nairn.