Dance Included
Take time for yourself, be in your body & connect with new people in FREE monthly facilitated dance & conversation sessions.
When and Where:
Our next phase of sessions for Dance Included will be running from 2:00pm - 5:00pm on Sunday 16 June, Sunday 14 July, and Sunday 4 August.
These sessions will be held at Thomas Deacon Academy, Queen's Gardens, Peterborough, PE1 2UW.
Photo by Lauren Irving
What to Expect:
Each monthly session will include 2-hours of movement led by an artist (with regular water breaks) followed by a 1-hour discussion period facilitated by a speaker.
The movement sections will be mostly improvisation-based, so you can choose how much you move your body. During these moments of dance, the artist will offer movement ideas and exercises for you to follow, however, this is a time for you to connect with your body, so you can participate as much or as little as you like.
While there will be independent dancing, you will not be expected to present anything to the group - though there will be a chance for you to share your moment with others if you wish to. It’s important to note that these sessions do not come with any preconceived ideas about aesthetics there’s no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way that something should look, only what feels right to you.
This is followed by a 1-hour facilitated discussion with a speaker.
Dance Included Session In Action
Frequently Asked Questions:
What to bring:
Comfortable clothing and a water bottle.
Age restrictions:
Dance Included sessions are for ages 16+
Access:
If you have access needs that we can support you with, please let us know when booking your place and we will be in touch to make arrangements.
Dietary Requirements:
Light refreshments will be provided. Please do let us know if you have any allergies or dietary requirements. Donations are welcome to help cover the refreshments.
Tom Roden
Welcome To Dance Included’s New Artist: Tom Roden
Tom Roden is a director, performer and writer working in dance, theatre and comedy. He will be facilitating the sessions between June and August 2024, providing guidance and direction for the movement and conversation elements of the sessions.
A bit more about Tom:
He is co-director of New Art Club, pioneering makers of devised dance theatre. Touring nationally and internationally since 2000 and winners of the Edinburgh Spotlight Best Comedy Award in 2010.
Together with Anna Williams, he is co-director of Anatomical; making interactive family shows including the middle scale ‘Snowed In’ 2022 and ‘The Buildy-uppy Dance Show’ at GDA, ROH and The V&A.
His choreography with dance and theatre companies includes work with Candoco, Scottish Dance Theatre, Ricochet, Reckless Sleepers, Probe, Viv Gordon Company, Stuart Waters and Talking Birds.
He has been a movement director at the world’s leading opera houses, including Billy Budd at Glyndebourne, Babette’s Feast at The Royal Opera House, Magic Flute at Opera North and Dead Man Walking at Welsh National Opera.
Could you be our next artist / facilitator for Dance Included? We’re looking for Expressions of Interest! More information using the button below.
Give Us Your Feedback:
Have you been to a Dance Included session (or several)? We would love to know what you thought of it, and how you have found the programme as a whole.
Take a minute to answer our short questionnaire using the link below to let us know how Dance Included is impacting you.
Steering Group
photo by lauren irving
A new steering group will be formed of 6 participants to influence and make decisions about Dance Included, such as co-designing and evaluating the programme within the context of our wider dance strand.
The success of this group will rely on us all practising effective communication skills, (i.e. being open minded, curious and good listeners) and having a diversity of lived experience (age, background, experience.)
We would also seek to identify how being on the steering group will aid their own development.
The steering group will meet 4 times a year and be paid for their time at a rate of the Real Living Wage (currently £10.90 per hour) for meetings.
To express interest in joining the steering group, please get in touch.