Brazilian Forró Partner Dance

An introduction and all you need to dance this intimate, lighthearted, easy-to-learn and gentle partner dance from the northeast of Brazil.

Julia's classes are light and welcoming, starting with the basic rhythms and steps and moving on to more complex techniques to get a real feel for this beautiful and sensual dance. Everyone welcome - No skills or partner required!

Julia (the one in yellow) has been teaching Brazilian Forró for over 16 years as part of London's most popular Forró night - "Forró Family".

Blindfolded Blues Dancing

Meet the music and meet your partner with your sense of touch and rhythm in a workshop designed to help you feel the beat deep inside and connect through another. When we can do this we relax and experience a playful joy of expression and unison.

No prior experience is necessary. You don't have to wear a blindfold if you don't wish to. Your safety and comfort is paramount. All welcome.

Neil is an avid dancer and once he overcame his internal nervousness and discovered the joy of partner dance he's been on a mission to help others do the same.

Micro Fusion

Micro fusion is a subset of fusion dancing, danced in partnership and usually in close embrace, where small movements and isolations create a beautiful close connection. It's a wonderful combination of a hug and dance.

After coming to partner dance through blues over a decade ago, David discovered a love for the freedom, connection and expression that fusion dancing brings.

Loop & Line

In CI we are often encouraged to turn away from words and negotiate space through a purely physical language. But words can do so much more. In this lab participants are empowered to progressively test the potential of multi-disciplinary improvisation, through glitching poems and partnered witness scores.

Shaun Hill is a poet, yogi, and movement artist mapping the shifting mysteries of the earth body. He’s the author of warm blooded things (Nine Arches Press) and recently completed an Arts Council DYCP project exploring what improvised movement with living systems can teach us about the ongoing climate crisis.

innerdance ~ somatic sound journey

The eyes remain shut as the heart is awakened in this sacred container of soundscape, expression and energy. Lean into trust and allow the dance of life to direct you as you embrace the unknown.

Marie is always learning how to dance with the ebb and flow of life and loves sharing this journey with others. She facilitates yoga, innerdance and awakened bellydance and delights in helping people take up residence in all of their being as she continually discovers how to do the same.

Dance of Awareness Wave (DoA)

DoA is a way how to connect with yourself and with others through 5 stages - Sensing, Grounding, Expressing, Releasing, Connecting and Completing.

Monika Ptasinska is a registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist. Her passion is the communication through the body on the physical, psychological and spiritual level. She is a certified facilitator of Authentic Movement Discipline, Dance of Awareness approach and Spirit Dance Meditation.

COME DANCE

Come Dance welcomes your freestyle expressive movement. Feel, breathe and let go, together! Rooted in the 5Rhythms and ZeroOne Movement but inspired by other conscious dance practices such as kundalini dance, ecstatic dance, open floor, movement medicine and the like MC uses her own style to bring forth a joyous sensuous deep and fun dance journey that will take you through valleys and peaks leaving you feeling alive and nourished.

Maria-Carin (MC) loves bringing people together through a colourful variety of eclectic and electronic music using tools from 5Rhythms to ZeroOneMovement. Always tending to our vulnerable parts and inviting all of you to come out and play. Let’s go through it all — together. Be it bright or dark as the night, bring it on! Community, nourishment and fun are key.

Human Animal - From Earth To Sky

An ecstatic dance journey with a long slow flow warmup, and sounds that help your body yield, soften and roll. From here the beat touches us our body and the ground. Inviting us up to meet life, the beat and our tribe. From the intimate nature of being with the earth, to landing in as our expression to life and our dancing friends.

Jamus has spent most of his life dancing on one sort of dance floor or another. He has a rich music library with many tastes from techno through ethnic world beats and loves mixing the worlds of electronic with acoustic sounds from around the world. Jamus cut his teeth playing music through his work with Lee Bolton and their Embodied Presence Classes. Jamus also teaches contact improvisation, Somatic dance and anatomy classes and Somatic Yoga. He is a sight-impaired member of The Touchdown Dance Company.

DJ / Dance Facilitator

I grew up in South Africa with rhythm in my bones. Music is my medicine, and my passion for dance has swept me across many dance floors and festival fields. My own dance practice has evolved from wild club nights through 5Rhythms and Ecstatic Dance to a conscious dance that opens the heart and moves the soul.

Again and again, I have felt the power of music move me to my core. My aspiration is to facilitate a space that supports others to move from their own depths, gradually raising the vibes to heights that write ecstasy all over the body! I give full permission for the entire spectrum of feeling and expression, aiming to leave you open and invigorated, touched by the power of love and life that runs through your being.

Come as you are, start where you’re at, and be prepared to embark on a wild ride!

Connect with me: Ecstatic Dance Cornwall on FB

Presence and Contact – Nurturing Presence with Ourselves and Each Other

Explore the potential of mindfulness, meditation, and somatic movement in this playful, creative workshop. Together, we'll nurture self-awareness, emotional sensitivity, and presence — with ourselves and in connection with others. We'll use guided practice, movement and play to develop a deeper sense of presence in our CI practice and beyond.

Dave Spencer is a therapist and facilitator. Dave has trained in a range of meditation, mindfulness, and somatic movement practices for over 20 years. He has a particular interest in how mindfulness, self-awareness and self-acceptance can support a wholesome CI practice. He is passionate about presence, play, and connection.

Embodied Play Fighting

This workshop will offer you an opportunity to explore your body in connection with others.
You are invited to explore embodied connection and non-verbal communication through play. Play fighting is all about connection to your own body and energies flowing through it first. Only from that space you can wrestle and play in a wholesome, connected, delicious way with other beings.

Roy is an accredited counsellor and relationship therapist who draws on his training in Psychosynthesis psychotherapy, Radical Honesty, Non-violent Communication and Wheel of Consent training. He has been facilitating play fighting workshops and consent workshops since 2022 in London, Manchester, Brighton, Nottingham and Bristol as well as festivals in the UK and Europe.

Lemniscatic Dance Journey

A collective movement and dance meditation journey in the form of the infinity wave (figure 8) to fulfil a personal journey alongside a group intention. Participants are called on to move and to witness in this 2-part process with musical guidance.

Movement Director and professional actress with over 20 years' experience in leading physical theatre, shamanic movement practices, devised theatre and ensemble-building workshops. Specialising in creating dynamic, immersive performances and training people to develop authentic connection to body, breath and voice.