Adult Classes

Chisenhale offers a range of creative and innovative classes and workshops for Dance artists and our local community, advanced or complete beginners.

Our beginners classes are a fun introduction to creative movement. See below for current opportunities:

WORKSHOPS

One day Intensive with Athina Vahla at Chisenhale Dance Space

Gesture -The unfamiliar often lies next to the familiar
Sunday 22nd January 2011, 10am-5pm, £50 full price / £46 concession

Join Athina in this one day intensive workshop exploring physicality through creative choreographic tasks and improvised themes.

The workshop focuses on the importance  of  ‘gesture’ as the initial meaningful body expression preceding  movement composition. It explores different  ways of approaching and looking at the creation of  gestural motifs  and poses questions regarding our intention as makers and our perception of meaning in performance.

During the day you will work on different  ways of instilling choreographic intention in the minutiae of  simple movement gestures as well as exploring how this effects larger  compositional  structures. Thus, developing a Tool Box for artists to enhance  their creative and technical practice as performers and makers.

A rigorous physical  approach will require  participants to be physically active, take risks, be open to  experimentation and work  collaboratively with peers.

‘Athina Vahla is an interdisciplinary artist and teacher specialising in choreography. Underpinning her process is a concern with humanism and contemporary society’.

For further information or to register a place please contact:
Ana Carlsen, Education & Community Development Manager at Chisenhale Dance Space.
Email: ana@chisenhaledancespace.co.uk

CLASSSES

Advanced Contemporary Jazz Dance

Challenging weekly drop-in classes for advanced/ professional level dancers. These classes will increase core stability, strength and flexibility and combine energetic American jazz with expressive contemporary/ lyrical dance.

"Melody Squire’s passion is contagious and she continues to inspire performers and students alike teaching workshops in Spain, Italy, UK and USA"

Click here to view Melody's professional class show reel!

Beginners Contemporary Dance

Join Maddy Wynne-Jones of Tempered Body Dance in a lively introductory Beginners Contemporary Dance Class. This fun class will give you the fundamentals of Contemporary Dance with an overall emphasis on musicality and improved body awareness. This energetic class is a great way to enjoy dance and get fit in an encouraging environment. Suitable for complete beginners or people returning to dance after a break.

Dance and Stretch for Complete Beginners

Chisenhale Dance Space are delighted to offer a Brand New exciting weekly dance class for complete beginners which explores Contemporary, Ballet and Jazz, dance with floor work, stomach strengthening and stretching exercises. Participants will learn fun simple dance routines and exercises; improving their dance awareness/skills, expression, posture, alignment and flexibility.  Join us and learn the difference between these dance styles whilst enjoying dancing and moving.
All ages and abilities welcome!  Why not join us for a one off introductory taster or to secure a place and feel progressive benefits sign up for the whole term