Publishing History

          

To meet the continuous growth of Dance Floor use globally in JUNE 2014 - 11 years after our first publication - we launched new and updated products, new and easy to navigate websites, and a contemporary distribution system.

NEW PRODUCTS in 2014
   Introduction video on YouTube, to inspire, inform and reach out.
   Professionally made training/learning DVDs, for witnessing the subtlety, depth and clarity of Dance Floor processes.
   3rd edition of the Facilitator's Handbook (includes the newest Dances and the Intention Frame).
   'NVC Dialogue' App for smart phones, puts the 13 Step Dance Floor in your pocket (in English only).

NEW LANGUAGES in 2014
   Spanish Dance Floors are now available, to reach many new communities.
   We created a new document to serve as the basis for an agreement with anyone wanting to translate into new languages. 

NEW HOME-PRINTING OPTIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL QUALITY HARD COPY in 2014
   User Licence system for home printing, to suit a wider range of users.
   On-demand manufacturing of high quality Dance Floor sets.

NEW DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE in 2014
   New ways for everyone to participate in Dance Floor distribution, to maximise our outreach
   A Distributor Licence creates clarity about selling and giving away printed Dance Floors.
   An Affiliate programme enables anyone to become a seller of all the Dance Floor products by linking to our Online Shop. Affiliates benefit financially, but have no financial risk, admin, stock, or effort.

NEW ONLINE SHOP in 2014
   Visit our shop with a new look and new functionality at: www.life-resources-shop.com
•  Website with pages and payment in many languages, for ease of acquiring our products.
   Electronic (downloadable) items, as well as tangible goods.
   A simple low-cost delivery charge per item, to anywhere in the world.

NEW DANCE FLOOR WEBSITE in 2014
   Contemporary look suitable for phones and tablets.
   Dance Floor intro leaflet to download and share (in 8 languages).
   Info on languages, translations and adaptations of Dance Floors.
   Intro video on home page.

We continue to supply our NVC Dance Floors and support materials in 9 languages:
•    English
   German
   French
   Dutch
   Danish
   Korean
   Norwegian
   Swedish
   and now in Spanish

Information about the Dance Floors in other languages is here. 

To purchase our materials visit our Online Shop.

See our YouTube video here: http://youtu.be/KbBw6dXXdDU

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Dance Floors publishing history

1998 - Bridget Belgrave and Gina Lawrie begin developing the Dance Floors for use in their own workshops
2000 - Bridget and Gina share early versions of Dance Floors at an the international NVC 'Giraffe Convention' in Sweden
2001 - Growing interest from colleagues around the world led to a decision to write a Facilitator's Handbook
2003 - Published the 7 original Dance Floors, and the Facilitator's Handbook, in English
2005 - Published in German (7 Dances and Facilitator's Handbook) and French (7 Dances)
2006 - Published 'Connect with Respect' project handbook/film, and the 'Connect with Respect' Dance Floor (in English) 
2006 - Published 7 Dances and Facilitator's Handbook in Danish
2007 - Published 7 Dances in Dutch and  Swedish 
2008 - 
Published 7 Dances in Norwegian
2008 - Published the 'How To Guidelines' - basic information for each Dance, for end users
2009 - Published the 9th (and final!) Dance Floor (in 4 languages)
2011 - Began new media projects: DVDs (with subtitles in 6 languages), Apps for smart phones, and Online Coaching Tool
2011 - Published the 13 Step Dance in Korean, and the How To Guidelines for the Jackal Café (in English)
2012 - First App released, and the two newer Dances now in 6 languages
2013 - Published in Spanish (9 Dances and all support material except Facilitator's Handbook)
2013 - Filled in gaps so all our products are in 6 languages - English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish. (Many of our products are in Norwegian and Danish, and the 13 Step Dance is in Korean)
2014 - Launch of new websites, new DVDs (with subtitles in 6 languages), new translation system, new distribution system  

© 2014 Bridget Belgrave and Gina Lawrie