Kokoro Arts supports and promotes the development and work of young artists, facilitates sector-wide discussion and champions inclusion, accessibility and diversity throughout the Wales Dance sector.

We offer support to young artists through 1-2-1 sessions, bespoke advice and feedback, application and CV writing support, sharing monthly opportunities, and ensuring we offer an open door for any questions/concerns they have.  Also, we build and support networks, individually and as a company.

Through the company last year we facilitated dance sector conversations and through that, the Wales Dance Network was formed.  The Wales Dance Network | Rhwydwaith Dawns Cymru continues to bring the Wales dance sector together and we're part of that steering group.  We began an EU Artist Network, to be a support to artists living away from their home countries, and to share opportunities and networks within that group and outside.

Currently, we're working on an incredible Arts Council Wales funded 'Connect and Flourish' project - Emerging Artists:  Access, Inclusion, Connection - which will offer five early career artists the opportunity to collaboratively explore how access and inclusion can be integral to their movement practice.

Along with that, we're working on an Erasmus+ project; a partnership between Finland, Latvia and Wales.  It is a transnational, interdisciplinary project that aims to explore and exchange practices on using creative body-based approaches for social inclusion and community building.

And finally, we're collaborating with a Bermudian organisation on a research and development project.  The History of Us | Ein Hanes Ni explores how artists from different backgrounds, cultures and languages share their artistic process and practice through discussions and dance sessions.

Gundija has led Cross-Cultural Woman - an Arts Council Wales and Lottery Funding supported Research and Development project focused on exploring the relationship between text and movement in the context of sharing stories and perspectives. During the project participants exchanged personal cross-cultural experiences about womanhood, belonging and building connections.

Gundija, representing Kokoro Arts, works for Arts Council Wales as a Creative Agent for their Lead Creative Schools Scheme.

Gundija has co-choreographed and performed Whimsy - narrated outdoor dance theatre work for families and young audiences