1. Lucia Matos (Doctor in Scenic Arts - Dance) Professor of the Graduate Program in Dance of the Dance School of UFBA – Bahia – Brazi l Interwoven Networks: Articulations of dance in Brazil through the expansion of cultural policies and the constitution of the National Plan of Dance. WAAE Summit 2009 – Newcastle – UK

12. National Plan for Dance Guidelines: Guarantee of access to the teaching of dance as an artistic language from primary to higher education (with 4 actions); Expansion of opportunity in public and private institutions for university education of professionals in dance (with 5 actions); Integration of programs of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education for the implantation of actions that articulate artistic, cultural and educational production in the area of dance (with 7 actions); Promotion of the integration between educational and cultural institutions (with 2 actions); Adoption of strategies of audience formation – (with 4 actions). Formal and Informal Dance Education and the Formation of Audiences for Dance 2 5 3 4 1

16. DECLARATION 1 It is necessary and urgent to implement public undergraduate and graduate courses in dance in Latin American and Caribbean countries with an emphasis on teacher training, as the development of dance depends on the expansion of educational spaces. 2 Funding institutions that support the arts in each country should seek to create multi-national agreements between the Latin American and Caribbean countries to assist in the education and accreditation of dance professionals in undergraduate and distance e-learning undergraduate programs; 3 Funding institutions that support the arts in each country should support the organization of exchanges, artistic residencies, joint research projects between universities and educational centers and/or between independent artists and universities / centers of education and between independent artists; 8th Forum of the RSD, from 16 to 21 of September of 2009, at the Dance School of the Federal University of Bahia - Brazil. We present the following recommendations:

17. DECLARATION 4 Cultural policy of the Latin American and Caribbean countries will provide for specific, structured programs and actions for and in the area of dance, fostering the development of creation, research, training, sharing, recording and archiving, for the diverse configurations of dance; 5 Children and young people should have access to dance through the inclusion of dance as a curricular component in the educational systems of each country, and artists should be present in schools, through projects and extension, to contribute to the aesthetic and creative development of all children and young people. 6 Plans and programs of teacher training should be developed for practicing dance teachers that certify through accreditation experience, artistic trajectories and knowledge.

18. DECLARATION With the intention of advancing the construction of a panorama equal to the task of presenting dance in our region as an area of knowledge, we request support for and responses to this document from those in positions of responsibility for these issues and from the international community in general, in respect to all of the above mentioned points and others to be included through the expansion and deepening of our dialogue.

20. Thank You !