{"id":241389,"date":"2025-07-06T00:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T00:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/241389\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T00:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T00:28:10","slug":"north-wales-dancers-star-in-inclusive-we-dance-too-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/241389\/","title":{"rendered":"North Wales dancers star in inclusive We Dance Too Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-05-at-23.31.00-840x449.jpg\" alt=\"North Wales dancers star in inclusive We Dance Too Festival\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Humans Move, a Wales-based inclusive dance company, will perform as part of the We Dance Too Festival at Pontio, Bangor on 11 and 12 July.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by WISP Dance Club to mark their 30th anniversary, the festival celebrates inclusive dance with performances by young people and adults with additional needs from across North Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Two disabled professional dancers from North Wales, Justin Melluish and Giverney H\u00e2f Blomeley, star in Humans Move\u2019s new piece, Let Life Dance. Both began their dance journeys with WISP Dance Club, North Wales\u2019 leading inclusive dance organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Melluish started dance training with WISP aged 11 and has performed at significant events including The Welsh Government\u2019s Disability Strategy Launch. Now a professional actor, performer and dancer, Justin has appeared in the S4C and BBC Wales drama Hidden\/Craith, toured in the UK and Europe, and represented people with Down\u2019s syndrome internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Giverney H\u00e2f Blomeley joined WISP\u2019s Flintshire adult dance group, WISP+, after the pandemic and has since performed in a variety of regional productions. She is a talented and expressive performing and creative dance artist, known for her passion for musical and dramatic theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Giverney thrives in contemporary dance and movement, and also supports productions behind the scenes with scenery and props. Her recent performances include Rocking Horse Media\u2019s Henry House TV pilot, work with Cwmni Open at Theatr Clwyd, and various productions with the North Wales Phoenix Theatre Company.<\/p>\n<p>She was part of the company\u2019s original drama adaptation of David Rudkin\u2019s Burglars, which won the Leverhulme Youth Festival Originality Drama award in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The festival also features performances by community and professional groups including WISP+, Mencap Mon Dance Group from Anglesey, Llwybrau \u2013 Dawns i Bawb, and Dance Collective youth project from Caernarfon.<\/p>\n<p>The 11 July matinee is already sold out for schools, with public performances continuing on 12 July.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spotted something? Got a story? 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