Jungle City is a dance company and studio space in Preston offering weekly dance classes, private lessons, community workshops, school incursions and live performances in street and cultural dance. Our mission
Jungle Cityβs mission is to makes space for Every Body Every Day to participate in our innate human need to Move, Create and Connect with people and place through the power of dance as a cu
ltural, educational, celebratory and personal development practice. Through both our in house curated programs and external collaborative projects we endevour to create positive and meaningful connections between diverse communities, promoting the importance of historical and cultural knowledge and respect, and providing professional development and employment opportunities for those who are disadvantaged due to social and cultural inequality. Who we are
We represent a team of highly skilled, culturally diverse dancers and arts practitioners who perform and teach with knowledge and respect for the roots and culture of the dance we practice, and with a purpose to uplift communities through the power of dance. Our team have years of experience in their respective dance forms, with some members originating from the places where the dance comes from, as well as those who are not genetically linked, but have trained over many years with the dance creators in the communities of origin. What we do
We deliver a weekly program of online and face to face dance classes in and around Melbourne, dance foundation courses, private lessons, workshops, performances, mentoring, and community outreach programs for people of all ages, and backgrounds. Our dancers are available individually or as a group for performances, education and entertainment bookings for private functions, school incursions, community programs, small and large scale events, festival or digital projects.