Seek joy and pleasure in being in your body and dancing with others this autumn.
Feel Good is a dance and movement space where we’ll come together to ask what it means to ‘feel good’. How can we use dancing as a way of moving towards feeling good (or maybe just a little better) in our full selves; body, mind and spirit?
Hosted by THIS AND and facilitated by Renée Bellamy, this is a communal space to tune into yourself, move and connect with others in an environment that aims to be non-judgmental and rooted in a spirit of fun, curiosity and experimentation. Prompts will guide you towards listening inward, relating outward and focussing on what your dancing feels like to you, rather than what it looks like.
Each session will vary, reflecting the unique constellation of people in the room. Open to all adults — come as you are, however and whoever you are. Beginners are especially welcome. :-)
These sessions came from thinking about bedroom-dancing and it’s potential as an ephemeral, radical and celebratory act, as a quiet act of resilience and reclamation of our bodily selves — particularly for those whose bodies are politicised and as a method of re/connection to others. These sessions look to bring this thinking into a communal space with honesty and hopefulness. What happens when we do this together? What can these constellations of dancing people make possible?
What to wear/bring:
Wear clothes you feel comfortable moving in and bring water. There is a water filter machine available for use in the Lounge area.
Access:
- Chisenhale Dance Space is based on the second floor of a warehouse building, accessed by stairs only. There are 40 steps from the entrance to the main facilities (lounge and studio spaces). There is an uninterrupted bannister on the right-hand side of the staircase.
- There is one step into both the Performance and Research Studios.
- Our facilities are also accessible via our external fire exit located in the Performance Studio and is a straight line of 40 steps with a bannister along both sides.
- Please get in touch if you need to use this exit to enter the building or if you have any other access needs you would ike to discuss.