The programme will use a teaching methodology that is a powerful adaptation of professional contemporary dance training that drives towards a high quality, professionally staged, public performance. The work is tough, tightly focused and extremely disciplined. The young people will not necessarily be trained as dancers; rather, dance is used as a catalyst for radical and lasting personal change. The work succeeds when the complete physical, emotional and intellectual engagement that is demanded allows the individual to feel a real sense of control and purpose, self-belief and pride in achievement.