Code of Conduct

Please agree to the following before purchasing your tickets

CDC Dance Festival has always been and continues to be a celebration of Black cultures. The festival wouldn’t exist without them. We see Black dance styles as powerful expressions of resistance to oppression and discrimination based on race. Because CDC Dance Festival happens in a predominantly white European setting, we need to acknowledge that everyone has been shaped by systems that encourage racism. 

That’s why we take on the responsibility to actively be anti-racist and to think critically about the spaces we create around the festival. To help everyone share this mindset and to build real community, we organise community sessions (the Black Joy and Refl-action Session) that foster understanding and give people a chance to connect, learn from each other, and be on the same page. We also have trained an Awareness Team that is present at all our events. 

Our goal is to create a safer and braver space, where all participants can have enriching and positive experiences.

In order to achieve this goal we ask everyone to contribute and consider the following points:

• Please use anti-discriminatory language whenever possible, refrain from insults, touching without consensus, reproducing stereotypes or prejudices.
• Be aware of your own boundaries and needs and respect those of others.
• We will react to any form of racism, sexism, discrimination based on gender, sexual preference, religion, ethnic or economic origin and physical or mental impairment.
• We will react to any form of sexualized violence
• If you’re not affected by anti-black racism please refrain from features of cultural appropriation such as Black/African hairstyles
• Be aware that a person may use different pronouns than what you perceive
• Look out for each other, listen to each other and offer your help
• Actively call in the Awareness Team to situations early in the process