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Two’s Company a workshop led by Anjali Dance Company

SiD is hosting a one day inclusive dance workshop led by Anjali Dance Company.
On Monday 11th March 2024. 10.30am – 3.30pm at The Hive, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE.
Cost £30

Join Contact Dance Company for a one-day creative & skills based dance workshop led by Anjali Dance Company. This workshop offers an exceptional & inspiring dance experience. It is open to dancers who are D/deaf, disabled, neurodivergent or non-disabled people who have dance experience.

Anjali dancer Lauren Payne will perform a co created duet alongside dance artist Beatrice Perini. They will then deliver an inspirational workshop based on the themes contained in the work using Anjali’s team-teaching methodology.

Anjali Dance Company celebrates the extraordinary creative potential of people with learning disabilities. Established in 1995, Anjali Dance Company create and perform dance works, in collaboration with world-class choreographers.

Anjali have performed at venues throughout the UK, including the Royal Festival Hall, Sadler’s Wells and the Royal Opera House in London and at venues in Europe and Mexico. 

Contact Dance Company are an inclusive dance company produced by Shropshire Inclusive Dance. CDC meets to explore and experience dancing together, to express artistry through dance and to create powerful contemporary dance performance.

How to Book
Please email officesidance@gmail.com to request a place on the workshop, if places are available we will then send a booking form with payment details.

About the venue.
The Hive is a friendly accessible venue in the heart of Shrewsbury. The venues facilities are all based on the ground floor, entrance into the building is via a ramp set up on request.

Access Information

Any Questions  

For more information, or to talk to us about what you might need to be able to access the workshop, please email SiD’s Co artistic director Ray Jacobs at directorsidance@gmail.com or call 07788577040 (Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

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Tom N Rob Guest Workshop – Tuesday 5th December 2023

SiD is hosting a one-day workshop led by

Tom N Rob on Tuesday 5th December 2023 
10am – 4.30pm at the Gateway Centre, Shrewsbury SY1 1NB
Cost – £30 

Join Contact Dance Company for a one-day workshop led by Tom N Rob. 
Tom and Rob (Tom Bright and Rob Hemming) are dance theatre artists who make and perform dance, celebrating their shared love of dance, theatre, laughter and improvisation. Their combination of physical energy, partner work, great dancing and comedy has wowed audiences wherever they perform. 

The workshop is open to Contact Dance Company dancers and people who are D/deaf, disabled, neurodivergent and non-disabled, who have previous high level dance experience. We would particularly like to reach out to dancers based in Shropshire or the West Midlands who don’t regularly dance with SiD. 

In the workshop, Tom N Rob will be sharing how they dance and make dances together through their non-verbal creative practice. On the day you will also get to watch their most recent short film ‘Happy Okay Mate’ which will inform some of the workshop content. The workshop will explore Partner skills, improvisation and creating work in duets and small groups. They will give an insight how to use these tools for choreography.

Contact Dance Company are an inclusive dance company produced by Shropshire Inclusive Dance. CDC meets to explore and experience dancing together, to express artistry through dance and to create powerful contemporary dance performance.

How to Book
Please email on officesidance@gmail.com to request a place on the workshop, If places are available we will then send a booking form with payment details.

About The Venue. 
The workshop will take place at The Gateway, Chester Street Shrewsbury.  

  • The Gateway is an accessible venue. There are a range of facilities including lifts to all floors, wide corridors and electrical opening entrance doors. 
  • There are 3 Disabled Parking Spaces  

The venue is close the train station and town centre car parks. There is some on street parking close to the venue.

More information can be found here:
https://hlnsc.ac.uk/apprenticeships/the-gateway-adult-and-community-education- 

Any Questions  

For more information, or to talk to us about what you might need to be able to access the workshop, please email SiD’s Co artistic director Ray Jacobs at directorsidance@gmail.com or call him on 07817194644 

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SiD’s next guest workshop Tom N Rob: Dancing Together

A one-day workshop led by Tom N Rob 
On Tuesday 5th December 2023 
10am – 4.30pm at the Gateway Centre, Shrewsbury SY1 1NB
Cost – £30 

Join Contact Dance Company for a one-day workshop led by Tom N Rob. 
Tom and Rob (Tom Bright and Rob Hemming) are dance theatre artists who make and perform dance, celebrating their shared love of dance, theatre, laughter and improvisation. Their combination of physical energy, partner work, great dancing and comedy has wowed audiences wherever they perform. 

The workshop is open to Contact Dance Company dancers and people who are D/deaf, disabled, neurodivergent and non-disabled, who have previous high level dance experience. We would particularly like to reach out to dancers based in Shropshire or the West Midlands who don’t regularly dance with SiD. 

In the workshop, Tom N Rob will be sharing how they dance and make dances together through their non-verbal creative practice. On the day you will also get to watch their most recent short film ‘Happy Okay Mate’ which will inform some of the workshop content. The workshop will explore Partner skills, improvisation and creating work in duets and small groups. They will give an insight how to use these tools for choreography.

Contact Dance Company are an inclusive dance company produced by Shropshire Inclusive Dance. CDC meets to explore and experience dancing together, to express artistry through dance and to create powerful contemporary dance performance.

How to Book
Please email on officesidance@gmail.com to request a place on the workshop, If places are available we will then send a booking form with payment details.

About The Venue. 
The workshop will take place at The Gateway, Chester Street Shrewsbury.  

  • The Gateway is an accessible venue. There are a range of facilities including lifts to all floors, wide corridors and electrical opening entrance doors. 
  • There are 3 Disabled Parking Spaces  

The venue is close the train station and town centre car parks. There is some on street parking close to the venue.

More information can be found here:
https://hlnsc.ac.uk/apprenticeships/the-gateway-adult-and-community-education- 

Any Questions  

For more information, or to talk to us about what you might need to be able to access the workshop, please email SiD’s Co artistic director Ray Jacobs at directorsidance@gmail.com or call him on 07817194644 

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Dance into the autumn with SiD’s weekly inclusive dance classes !

SiD is excited to start a new term of weekly inclusive classes. We are offering a range of classes for everyone who loves dancing !

There are just a few places left on each course, please contact us if you would like to book a place or have a free taster class to see if the class is right for you. Classes begin on Wednesday 27th September but we are still open to new participants, throughout the term.

The classes are led by experienced dance artists and supported by dance specialist support workers, which allows us to give people of all abilities a positive, enjoyable and inclusive dance experience.

Every Wednesday during term time we offer the following classes.
CREATE – a class where participants can be supported in moving together.
THRIVE – a space where participants learn dance skills, make dances together and learn sequences.
CONTACT COMPANY CLASS – A space for experienced dancers to learn contemporary dance sequences, increase movement skills, enjoy creative partner work and create dances in duets , trios and small groups.

If you are interested in these classes please contact us on officesidance@gmail.com we can then discuss the right dance opportunity to suit you.

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SiD is looking for young trustees to help steer us towards a bright and creative future.

If you have a passion for the arts and for contemporary dance in particular, a commitment to accessibility and inclusion, and would like to get involved in supporting our organisation, we would love to hear from you!

Shropshire Inclusive Dance (SiD) is a creatively driven contemporary dance company that enables people of all abilities to express themselves through dance and explore their own creativity in our weekly community classes, our dance company, our youth projects, and other special projects. We are based in Shrewsbury, but we work with people across the whole county and beyond

We would like our board to better represent our users and that’s why we would like to find a young person to become a trustee to ensure that different views are represented in our decision making going forwards.

Please follow this link for more details.

Please follow this link for a full information pack

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Updraft – Dancing, falling, flying & letting go 

A one-day dance workshop led by
Annie Hanauer

On Tuesday 3rd October 2023, 
10am – 4.30pm at The Gateway Centre, Shrewsbury, SY1 1NB
Cost £30

 
Join Contact Dance Company for a one-day workshop led by Annie Hanauer, an internationally renowned disabled dancer, choreographer, and teacher. The workshop is open to people who are D/deaf, disabled, neurodivergent and non-disabled and have previous dance experience. We would particularly like to reach out to dancers based in Shropshire or the West Midlands who don’t regularly dance with SiD.

Annie’s workshop will explore themes and movement ideas from her new dance solo, Updraft, which looks at the body in relation to landscape and ideas of flying, falling, and letting go. We will explore these themes and ideas on our own and in groups through improvised movement, partner work, touch, drawing and writing. 

Introducing Annie

Annie is passionate about the power, wisdom, and creativity of disabled people, and discovering different ways of moving into full-bodied dancing.

Annie’s work’s A space for all our tomorrows, which looks at utopia through a disability lens, and Updraft, a solo dance with live music exploring the body in relation to landscape, are currently touring Europe. 

She has choreographed works for Theatre Münster, Candoco Dance Company, Mobius Dance, Ramped, Zurich University of the Arts, and the University of Minnesota. Annie regularly leads inclusive workshops and professional classes internationally.

Contact Dance Company are an inclusive dance company produced by Shropshire Inclusive Dance. CDC meets to explore and experience dancing together, to express artistry through dance and to create powerful contemporary dance performance.

How to Book
Please email us to request a place on the workshop, If places are available we will then send a booking form with payment details.

About The Venue.

The workshop will take place at The Gateway, Chester Street Shrewsbury. 

  • The Gateway is an accessible venue. There are a range of facilities including lifts to all floors, wide corridors and electrical opening entrance doors 
  • There are 3 Disabled Parking Spaces 

The venue is close the train station and town centre car parks. There is some on street parking close to the venue.

More information can be found here:
https://hlnsc.ac.uk/apprenticeships/the-gateway-adult-and-community-education-centre/

Any Questions 

For more information, or to talk to us about what you might need to be able to access the workshop, please email SiD’s Co artistic director Ray Jacobs at directorsidance@gmail.com or call him on 07817194644

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SiD’s Summer Celebration 2023 and Food Festival Performance on Film

SiD shared a fantastic night of dance film and dance performances with a packed audience at The Hive in Shrewsbury.

Groups from SiDs weekly classes and its new project for 16 – 30 yr olds Darwin Dancers, shared amazing dances on film and on stage.

The evening culminated with the premiere of SiDs new professional touring piece
‘Here There Everywhere’

The new work choreographed by Siobhan Hayes and performed by Mervyn Bradley, Chander van Daatselaar, Beth Gardiner and Anna Belyavin was immensely enjoyed by the appreciative audience.

Below is a film of the evening created by Calum Barre capturing the unique atmosphere, commitment, skills and creativity of all the dancers involved.

Contact Dance Company performed Here There Everywhere to appreciative audiences at The Shrewsbury Food Festival. The work really captured the attention of festival goers, audiences literally stopped in their tracks to watch this powerful & unique work. The short film clip below was created by film Maker Calum Barre to support future touring of this eye catching inclusive dance show,

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Here There Everywhere

SiD is excited to announce the creation of an
entrancing new dance performance 
‘Here There Everywhere’

The new work will be made during an intensive rehearsal period in June and performed to the public later in the month at The Shrewsbury Food Festival and SiD’s own Midsummer Celebration.

Performed by SiD’s Contact Dance Company
‘Here There Everywhere’ will comprise of three ‘pop up’ dance performances made specifically for outdoor events and festivals.

The new dances will catch festival and event goers by surprise with energetic, poignant and playful dances, which literally pop up in unexpected places.

SiD has commissioned choreographer Siobhan Hayes and designer Heidi Luker to choreograph and design this wonderfully unique new work.

Within Here There Everywhere the dances will be delving into the question
‘What do we think we’re searching for?’
Power, Love, Escape, Freedom…
This inclusive and delightful mini-series will invite you to reflect on the question “What is your Utopia?”

The diverse and skilful cast comprises of Contact Dance Company member’s Mervyn Bradley, Beth Gardiner and
Anna Belyavin joined by guest dancers, Maiya Leeke and Chander van Daatselaar.

SiD is very excited to be making this new work and sharing it to a wide range of audiences, hopefully at events near you.

(images created by Gary Lindsay – Moore / Arron Fowler / Ray Jacobs

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Shropshire Inclusive Dance (SID) is seeking two D/deaf, physically disabled or neurodivergent dancers.

SiD is seeking two dancers who are D/deaf, physically disabled or neurodivergent, to join our inclusive performance company
Contact Dance for SiD’s Pop Up performance project.

The dances will be made with our inclusive performance company, Contact Dance, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The dances will be performed outdoors within urban, rural, festival and conference settings.

SiD is committed to inclusive dance practice. Since 2012, we have delivered distinct, exemplary, creatively driven dance projects and weekly classes that promote community cohesion and inclusion.
SiD’s core values are inclusion, respect, quality, connection, artistry and enjoyment.

Terms: We are offering a total freelance fee of £2,250, plus agreed, travel, accommodation reimbursement and support with access requirements.

Days: 14 days total, to include:
Introductory workshops, dates in March & April 2023 (2 days total).
Devising and performance period from May 31st – June 24th, 2023
(3 days per week).

Additional performance dates:
You will be asked to perform at 3 events, during summer 2023 (dates yet to be confirmed). You will be required to attend a re-rehearsal day and paid an additional fee for this work.

Deadline for applicants 5pm, 30th January, 2023
Applicants will be shortlisted and selected candidates will be asked to attend a creative audition in Shrewsbury on 21st February 2023.

To find out more information or to apply for the post please read or download the application packs below.

Full dancers commission description



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Easy read dancer commission summary with supporting images



Commission video description with captions (please note the commission deadline has been extended to 30th January since this video was made)