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This intensive will run from Monday 10 to Friday 14 August. Beginner-friendly contemporary technique to help you move with freedom, clarity, and control. Based on the Cunningham technique, these classes sharpen your clarity, coordination, and spatial awareness in a fresh, dynamic way. Designed for improvers, you’ll build strength and confidence through engaging phrases and combinations that develop across the week, so you can really feel your progress. Explore musicality, timing, and independence while challenging your body in new ways. Leave feeling stronger, more connected to your movement, and confident in how you move through space. These classes are accompanied by a live musician. - Enrol for the week for £75 to save and guarantee your place or limited drop-ins for £17 per class. - We encourage you to get in touch with us if you have any access requirements to ensure our classes are delivered in the most inclusive way possible. - Please arrive on time - unfortunately we are unable to accommodate participants who are more than 15 minutes late as the warm-up is an important part of the class. - Unfortunately, we are unable to offer refunds or exchanges, unless there are extenuating circumstances.

AUTUMN: Monday 15th September – Saturday 13th December 2025 (Half term - Monday 27 October - Saturday 1st November 2025) SPRING: Monday 5th January – Saturday 28th March 2026 (Half term: Monday 16 February – Saturday 21st February 2026) SUMMER: Monday 20th April – Saturday 18th July 2026 (Potential CYD SU Show 11th July) Monday classes - Monday 20th April – Monday 20h July 2026 (Half term: Monday 25th May - Saturday 30th May 2026)

Charlie Rockwood Farr and Lynne Taylor are singer songwriters and multi-instrumentalists who first met while on tour with Alt-country-rock band, Liz Frame and the Kickers in 2011. They went on to work together in the Lynne Taylor Band and Halo and the Harlots, finally landing in 2018 as Rockwood Taylor, an edgy Americana duo that calls on a wide range of influences from Woody Guthrie to John Prine, Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt, Nina Simone to Patsy Cline to Patti Smith. The result is a collection of rootsy, gutsy, honest songs that transcend boundaries, taking the listener on a gritty journey through our collective human experience.

Discover a different dance style every day! Our Summer Dance Programme offers an exciting opportunity to discover a fresh dance style every day with a specialist guest artist. Tailored to three different age groups (7-10, 11-14 and 15-18), dancers will learn new routines, level up their skills, explore creative expression, all whilst having fun with new friends in a supportive and friendly setting. Led by inspiring professional artists, participants will develop their technique, explore rhythm, and express themselves in a fun and supportive environment. On selected days, sessions will also feature live musicians, offering a unique opportunity to move and respond to music. Join us on Friday afternoon for a special studio sharing! Family and friends are invited to watch the dancers showcase what they’ve been experiencing and creating. Exact timings and studio details will be shared closer to the event.

Refine your technique working on your strength and artistry! Whether you’re returning to the barre or building your skills, this intensive helps you grow stronger and more confident. We use technique as a tool for expression, not restriction. Through simple visualisation, you’ll understand the “why” behind movements cover essentials like turnout and weight transfer, so you can build a solid foundation. Come as you are and leave with a deeper understanding of your body and more confidence in your dancing. These classes are accompanied by a live pianist. Enrol for the week for £75 to save and guarantee your place or limited drop-ins for £17 per class. We encourage you to get in touch with us if you have any access requirements to ensure our classes are delivered in the most inclusive way possible.   Please arrive on time - unfortunately we are unable to accommodate participants who are more than 15 minutes late as the warm-up is an important part of the class. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer refunds or exchanges, unless there are extenuating circumstances.

A powerful double-bill from two internationally-acclaimed dance artists, performing solo works in the UK for the first time Created in response to the multiple political and geopolitical crises in Lebanon, the body symphonic is a meditation on the body’s place in the struggle against occupation. Lebanese dancer, choreographer and musician Charlie Khalil Prince transforms the stage into a space of resistance in a magnetic solo performance, where the body asserts its agency against erasure. At once a concert and a choreographic offering, the work blurs the line between dance and music; gestures generate sound, while rhythms from virtuoso percussionist Joss Turnbull give rise to movement. Prince draws from both contemporary and folk dances, allowing traditions to fracture and reconfigure into new mythologies. It is a meditation, a purge, a prayer, invoking the possibility of imagined futures. Mouton Noir (Black Sheep) is a solo dance piece exploring the tension between individuality and conformity in a norm-driven society, told through Senegalese dancer Amadou Diop's signature blend of contemporary dance and hip-hop. Using the symbolic figure of the “black sheep,” Diop questions the place of those who refuse to follow the herd, risking exclusion while asserting the freedom to be. Moving between vulnerability and strength, it transforms pain into a vital force and a singular voice.