Get Moving

Wed 22 April- 1 Jul (10 wks) | 6.45-7.45pm  | 18+ yrs

An open adult dance class for all abilities. The class will explore moving and connecting with your body. Get moving, feel amazing, and express yourself!

Through working with different Dance Artists/Practitioners, you’ll have the chance to develop technique and learn phrases of movement. There will be adaptations to suit your body and dance experience. Plus opportunities to throw yourself into improvisation and create your own movement in a fun and supportive atmosphere.

Important information

The sessions will take place in Studio 1.

22th April – Zoe Gadd
29th April – Zoe Gadd
6th May – Anna Olejnicki
13th May – Anna Olejnicki
20th May – Lucy Nicholson
HALF TERM
3rd June – Orla Collier
10th June – Orla Collier
17th June – Paige Douglas
24th June – Emily Davies
1st July – Emily Davies

There are no sessions during half term 25-29 May.

What do I need to bring with me?

Please come ready to dance in comfortable clothes that you can move in, long hair should be tied back and jewellery removed. Bring your own water in a bottle.

Are there any additional costs?

No

About the tutors

Zoë Leigh Gadd is a dance theatre practitioner and producer with an extensive background in higher education, curriculum design & lecturing in a broad range of institutions across the UK. Driven by imagery Zoë’s approach is interdisciplinary, working from an intuitive, often sensory instinct in a studio context. Zoë founded Dance Ahead in 2008, delivering creative projects and work that is often site-responsive and immersive, exploring audience reception and devising processes. Having trained in Performing Arts, Dance and Academic Practice, collaboration is paramount to Zoë’s approach. Zoe is an Artistic Collaborator with Barcelona International Dance Exchange as well as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Zoë’s classes:

A chance to connect with our bodies internally, externally, individually and collectively. Drawing from an eclectic range of approaches to contemporary dance, improvisation and theatre, along with the people in the room, the sessions aim to inspire curiosity and encourage freedom of expression.

Anna Olejnicki began her professional career working as a dancer and choreographer for fashion shows and commercial events. She started working as a dance tutor before founding Hype Dance Company Limited, a dance education company in Sheffield, in 2004. Her work has taken her across the UK, and overseas, including regular work with Olivier/Tony nominee Jennifer Weber (USA), Renegade Dance Theatre (Germany), and The Royal Ballet School here in UK. She is a festival adjudicator for The British and International Federation of Festivals (BIFF) the Theatre Dance Council International (TDCI) and Miss Dance.

Anna’s classes:

Join Anna as she brings Broadway to Brewery with Jazz Dance. Now’s your chance to be as showbiz as you like. No need for anything other than enthusiasm!

Lucy Nicholson is a professional dance artist and Somatic Movement Educator and Certified Movement Analyst. Her work focuses on bodily awareness, creative practice, embodied communication and movement direction. As well as her freelance practice, Lucy is a member of the University of Lancashire dance research team, contributing to the Choreographies of Care research project. She is passionate about the power of positive and responsive facilitation and the transformative nature of dance & movement in participatory settings.

Lucy’s classes:

Inclusive, friendly and fun, using a system called LBMS that supports bodily awareness, finding wholeness and efficiency, as well as discovering new ways to move and make.

Orla Collier (she/her) is a freelance dance artist, physical theatre practitioner and life model. She is from Kendal and based in Leeds. She graduated with a first-class degree from Rambert School and then completed a MA with distinction at Northern School of Contemporary Dance as part of the post-graduate company VERVE. She has since worked in a variety of interdisciplinary performance projects with companies/artists such as The Knotted Project, Nigel Stewart, Ludus Dance, Wiebke Acton, Displace Yourself Theatre, Interplay Theatre, Jack Philp Dance, and Kennedy Muntanga Dance Theatre. She has also created solo works, such as ‘Are you Local?’ commissioned by Great Place: Lakes & Dales and The Dukes Theatre, and ‘Sometimes I hate going for walks in nice places that look nice’ commissioned by The Knotted Project. Orla’s practice focuses on using her body to express feelings or experiences that can otherwise be difficult to express or accept.

Orla’s classes:

Expect an introspective and juicy session. We’ll start off with a simple warm-up, moving into guided improvisations, and finishing off by learning a short piece of choreography. The guided movement improvisations will introduce you to various textures, imagery, and emotions which are in the final phrase, allowing you to feel them for yourself and relate it to the way you move. The choreography is taken from a solo piece, ‘Are you Local?’, created by Orla and is physically rich with elements of story.

Paige Douglas graduated from the University of Lancashire with a BA Hons in Dance Performance and Teaching in 2022. She has facilitated both contemporary and creative dance sessions across the North West for a range of ages and has been an assistant artist for LPM Dance’s Neuro Moves programme. This is a weekly session for people living with Parkinson’s and their family/carers. Outside of freelance practice, she is also a facilitator artist at Prism Arts. In this role, she supports theatre artists to explore movement and create movement pieces from their own stories. Paige is passionate about the benefits of dance in supporting wellbeing and her sessions are a caring, supportive place to learn dance technique and explore your own creativity. Her movement style is grounded in contemporary technique, with influence from her somatic practice training at university and ongoing ballet training.

Paige’s classes:

Expect technique exercises, movement combinations, creative tasks and opportunities to connect with each other in the space throughout the session. Let’s dance together!

Emily Davies is a previous Brewery Youth Dance member and has been delivering sessions at The Brewery as well as other settings since gaining her Dance degree in 2016. She enjoys sharing her love of dance with those she teaches. Emily’s style of movement is grounded in contemporary technique, creative dance and connecting with people, equally in the studio or with an audience.

Emily’s classes:

Expect a fun and expressive contemporary technique and creative class. Explore moving in a way that feels good to you, enjoying Dance as a way to uplift and enhance wellbeing.

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