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Inclusive Practice: Collective Rhythms, Individual Stories

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Performance and participatory practice intertwine at SLiDE Dance. This has been developed with people with moderate access needs including autism and learning disabilities in non-traditional venues with ways for audiences to engage and interact.

Words to Move: Writing effectively about your work

People Dancing Summer Intensive 2024. Photographer: Mark Anderson.

From funding applications to academic writing to social media posts - is it challenging to find the right words? Are you looking to connect with your audience, or write a crucial funding application? Then this workshop with Dr. Funmi Adewole Elliott is for you!

Introduction to Dance with Older People

An introductory workshop with Diane Amans in the studio for dancers, teaching artists and community practitioners who want to gain skills, knowledge and experience in leading creative dance with older people.

Sociable Dancing: Teaching and Creating with Folk

Social folk dancing at Steps for Success conference, Cecil Sharp House 2018. ©EFDSS. Photo: Roswitha

This workshop with English Folk Dance & Song Society (EFDSS) expands your knowledge of folk dances to enhance your toolbox?of dance stimuli, build a shared sense of place, and discover the joys of moving together in sociable dancing!

Improving Your Teaching Skills for Community Dance

The Urban Playground Team © Richard Baybutt.

Join Alister O’Loughlin of The Urban Playground team - Cornwall’s award-winning physical theatre & performance-parkour company - to gain key skills and knowledge to improve your teaching skills for community and participatory dance.

The Well Within: a retreat for those who hold space for others

After a year of teaching, holding space and giving to others, it's essential to take time to replenish before the summer break. Join Dr. Eline Kieft for a mini retreat that blends movement, nature awareness and creative reflection.

Taking Charge of Your Career in Dance

Do you need more of a life/work balance? Is a career decision on the cards? Or are you looking to make a major life change? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then join June Gamble to take charge of your dance career!

Plastic Drastic Fantastic: Environmental Dance in Education

Akademi, Plastic Drastic Fantastic, Harrow Arts Centre. Photo: Brian Hartley.

Join Suba Subramaniam, choreographer and Akademi’s Artistic Director for a one-day workshop, designed for dance artists, leaders, students, and teachers. Dive into the dynamic world of South Asian dance and explore its power to address critical issues of today, especially environmental crisis.

The First Duet: a Journey from Birth to Toddler

From the moment of birth, movement becomes a shared language between parent and child. This workshop, with Mafê Toledo, invites dance artists, students and facilitators to investigate the role of movement in early attachment and development.

Advancing Your Practice in Dancing with Parkinson’s

Live Well & Dance with Parkinson's - North Carlisle 2024. Photographer: Rachel Cherry.

This advanced training workshop with Jen Cunningham and Julie Symmonds, for teaching artists with a keen interest in deepening their practice across and within the field of dancing with Parkinson’s offers intensive experiential and practical sessions in the studio.

The Choreography of Consent: Action Research Event

People Dancing Summer Intensive. Photo: Rachel Cherry.

A daylong event where practitioners and researchers from dance and law come together to explore the current complexities of working with consent. Members of the Network including Heni Hale, Anna Macdonald and Jo Fong, and legal scholars including Marie Jacob and Amanda Keeling.

Dance On: Evidencing Dance, Health and Well-being

Hannah Robertshaw, Creative Director, Yorkshire Dance. Photographer: Anthony Dunn.

Hannah Robertshaw, Creative Director, Yorkshire Dance reflects on developing Dance On – an evidence-based dance programme for older adults delivered by Yorkshire Dance and Darts in partnership with One Dance UK and The University of Leeds.