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Taliesin's Dance Days kicks off this weekend (Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 July) featuring a diverse range of dance including world-class international acts plus home-grown talent from Swansea's community dance groups.  

Born out of a world-wide network of festivals of dance in urban environments, Dance Days will take place at Castle Square and in and around the Museum showcasing more than 50 performances in addition to a full programme of international dance films.  

Performing inside the Museum will be the County Youth Dance Company (Wales), who will explore the potential of the gallery space to make a piece that responds to the collections.  

"We're delighted to be supporting the Taliesin with this year's Dance Days festival," said Head of Museum, Steph Mastoris.  "This is the festival's fourth year in Swansea and it really draws the crowds in - with such a diverse range of performances, there's something for everyone."   

Taliesin Arts Centre's Sybil Crouch explains the motivation for the festival: "Taliesin has developed an audience for dance over the past 14 years and we are always looking to do new things and develop the interest in dance in the city. Building on our commitment to showcase and celebrate contemporary dance, together with our commitment to international work and to develop audiences, we planned Dance Days.

"Thanks to a lot of hard work, and some of the best weather Swansea has ever seen, the last three events were great successes. This year we've got greater involvement with our partners at the National Waterfront Museum, enabling us to host more companies throughout the building and grounds, and from the City and County of Swansea who are providing us with staging in Castle Square - helping to give performances there a really high profile.

"By taking dance out of a theatrical space, and by involving community dance groups as well as artistes of international renown we can create a real thirst for dance in Swansea. We're now just hoping for some more of that sunshine, but have also planned plenty of sheltered performances just in case!"  

For more information about Dance Days visit www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk or contact Stella Patrick, Marketing Manager on 01792 602429.

Admission to Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales sites is free thanks to the support of the Welsh Assembly Government.

Amgueddfa Cymru operates seven national museums across Wales.  These are National Museum Cardiff, St Fagans: National History Museum, the National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon, Big Pit: National Coal Museum, Blaenafon, the National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre, the National Slate Museum, Llanberis and the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.