with Laura Doehler.
Programmed by Siobhan Davies Studios.
Discover and create through explorative movement.
This class encourages moving with ease, personal expression and joyful creativity. It draws on Release Technique and Somatics, two areas of Contemporary Dance.
Creative Contemporary sessions will fine tune your awareness to your weight, breath and the flow of movement. Guided by a singular idea or anatomical focus, you will gradually find complexity and depth in your dancing; playful exploration will inspire confidence to expand on form, rhythm and dynamism. We will then share and enjoy our creative discoveries together through partner work and group dances.
This class is suitable for beginners, as well as those with experience.
What to expect
Our expert teachers will guide you through:
- improvising
- learning movement phrases
- playing with choreographic tasks
- dancing and creating with others.
All classes start with a warm-up, and end with a cool down.
autumn TIMETABLE
Wednesdays
6.30 – 8.30pm
23 Sep – 2 Dec*
*no class 4 Nov
PRICES
Drop In
£13, General
£15, Pay-it-forward
£10, Bursary
Full Term
£117, General
£135, Pay-it-forward
£90, Bursary
Full Term tickets include a 10% discount. They are available until Tuesday 29 September, following the first class of term.
What will you get out of this class?
Participants have said:
“The teacher creates and holds a really containing and expansive environment so we can feel confident enough to explore new ways of moving and relating.”
“The class allows me to explore, express and experience the changing physical nature of my capabilities.”
“I love learning about movement in a more fundamental way; challenging my preconceptions about what dance and choreography is each session.”
Teacher
Laura Doehler
Laura is a London based dance artist and a co-director of Exit Map, a platform for collaborative and participative processes to cultivate meaningful connections between people and our surroundings. She teaches contemporary dance, performance making and contact improvisation in higher education and independently across a variety of organisations and independently across Europe.
ACCESS AND AMENITIES AT SDS
Siobhan Davies Studios is mostly accessible, with lifts to all floors. There are two accessible parking spaces available on site which can be booked in advance. Blue Badge parking is also available nearby on West Square and Garden Row (for a full map visit the Southwark Council website). Our main door is power assisted.
Amenities include:
- Changing facilities*
- Communal showers*
- Toilets / wheelchair accessible toilets
- Kitchen: tea and coffee making, fridge, and microwave
- Snack Bar: We have a small selection of bars, drinks and food available to buy from the front desk.
- Shops: The closest shop is Superway Supermarket on Garden Row (4 min walk), the closest supermarket is Sainsbury’s on New Kent Road (7 min walk). We also recommend the Art Cafe which serves sandwiches, jacket potatoes and meals (3 min walk).
* Our changing facilities and showers are not fully accessible. Our closest publicly available and fully accessible changing facility is at The Castle Centre, a leisure centre 0.3 miles away from the studios. You can find full details of their features here.