United We Dance NWA hosts several inclusive community dances a year. Most dances are casual and encourages everyone to dress as they wish. Throughout the year we may have themed dances that incorporate special decorations, delicious drinks, and unique food menus.
Our last dance of the year is a Prom-themed event and we ask individuals to dress nicely, in whatever they have.
There is no RSVP needed for any United We Dance NWA event. We welcome all!
While we are geared towards adults, children are welcome to attend with a chaperone.
There is no cost to our attendees! Thanks to our wonderful sponsors we are able to provide this event free to the public.
We provide food at two of our major events. United We Dance NWA provides fresh fruit at the Hawaiian Dance and a fall themed banquet at the October Fall Formal event.
We want our guests to be comfortable. Please wear appropriate fitted clothing that you can dance in.
To offer the safest and most comfortable atmosphere for all atendees, we do not use any strobe lighting at our dances. We encourage any of our participants with a sensitivity to loud music or noises to bring ear plugs. We also offer a quiet environment to congregate in if you find yourself overwhelmed.
Every donation goes directly toward our events. We use the money for food, decorations, venue rental, equipment, and more. United We Dance NWA is 100% ran by volunteers. There is no paid staff for these events. Every dollar donated goes right back into our events for the community.
Community Inclusion is about creating opportunities for increased presence and participation in the community for all individuals. Community Inclusion demands that we encourage everyone to expect nothing less than that which individuals living without disability look forward to in their lives. It is with Community Inclusion in mind that we remove any barriers or obstacles that may prevent someone from feeling welcomed to our dance.
We are happy and honored to have the presence of the police at our dances. The Fayetteville Police Dept, as part of their community outreach, has partnered with UWD to provide an officer at the dances for our safety and building community relationships with our participants and the police. We wanted to help build relationships and connections so that individuals with developmental disabilities in our community could have a positive experience with law enforcement. We have a wonderful police force in Northwest Arkansas that embraces Community Policing and we value the opportunity to provide positive interactions with our dance participants.
By attending the dance, the dancer assumes all risk and danger incidental to being at the dance, and all other activities, promotions or events at the dance before, during or after the dance including, but not limited to, the danger of being injured by equipment, objects or persons entering the dance (“Risks”), and further acknowledges that attendance at the Dance is voluntary, and hereby releases, to the furthest extent permitted by law, the United We Dance NWA Group of personal property resulting from such Risks or any incidents associated with crowds of people. Every dancer in attendance grants United We Dance NWA, and its authorized sponsors permission to utilize the dancer’s voice, image and likeness, in whole or in part, in any media whatsoever, in any Event broadcast, transmission, reproduction, photograph, video and/or audio sound recording or any United We Dance NWA advertisement or promotion.