AWA DANCE
Photograph a pioneering festival for teenage girls in Birmingham
We’re AWA DANCE, a feminist charity based in Birmingham focused on empowering girls through leadership and dance. We are preparing our very first Girls in Dance Festival (28 July 2025), a pioneering event for teenage girls that includes dance classes, a panel discussion, a short performance, interactive stalls, and more — all designed to inspire confidence, leadership, and changemaking. You can read more about the festival here: Girls in Dance Festival.
We’re looking for a photographer to attend the entire festival day in person, helping us capture the energy, joy and power of this one-of-a-kind event. You’ll photograph the atmosphere, dancing, interactions, and crucially — at least one strong image of each of the festival’s interactive stalls.
Your images will become part of the visual legacy of the festival and will be used to share its impact with future attendees, partners, and supporters. You’ll be helping us showcase the vibrancy and value of girls taking up space, moving with confidence, and celebrating who they are.
You’ll be supported by our team on the day and credited in any public use of your work.
Mini Project: 9-12 hours
Arts and Culture | Creating | Face to face
Skills requested
Photography Photographing an event/shoot
Charity Details
AWA DANCE (Advancing Women’s Aspirations with Dance) is a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) based in the UK, founded by choreographer Avatâra Ayuso. AWA DANCE is dedicated to the leadership development of women and teenage girls, using the transformative power of dance as the tool to empower their voices.
AWA DANCE sits at the intersection of three areas: Dance + Leadership + Women & Girls issues.
We aim to produce change by offering our participants spaces to grow their leadership skills, with dance and leadership workshops, opportunites for women and our girls in dance festival. We consider ourselves a participant led organisation: we gather data, we listen to feedback, take action and include our participants in the decision making process of our activities.
We are committed to gender equality, intersectional feminism and our DANCE values (Dream big, take Action, Navigate the world, Create an artistic and leadership voice and Empower others). These commitments lead our actions, activities and partnerships.
We are winners of the Acquisition International Non-Profit Awards 2023 as “Most Empowering Women in Dance Charity” and “Most Empowering Women & Girls Advocacy Organisation”
Location: West Midlands
Size of Organisation: Micro
Website: https://www.awadance.org/