A challenging and generous space to dance.
Going to a dance class can be scary! Unscary Saturdays are inclusive classes open to all ages and abilities, from professional dancers to untrained enthusiastic movers. The aim is to dismantle the unhelpful pressures and sense of intimidation that can often be felt in dance spaces.
This is a chance to try out dance styles that you’ve always wanted to give a go but felt too scared OR that you did long ago but feel out of practice with now. Come with a keenness to explore movement and an openness to try stuff. Children 12 years and under must be accompanied by a participating adult.
This workshop with Saskia and Aamina draws from the foundations of underground street styles – Krump, Whacking, Hip Hop and House – and interweaves Punk philosophy and Somatic practice. We will explore coming up with our own moves in the groove generating game and explore exchanging with each other in a cypher (circle) format. We will also do an exercise drawing on the “3 C’s”: where we Come from, what we Claim and what we want to Continue – to see how this tells our story. Throughout the workshop, we will look at grounding techniques, breathwork and eyeline states, to see how these can make your movement feel good for your body and mind.
In the Roof Studio
Tickets
Pay what you choose
£10 / £13 / £15
Free tickets for under 16s
Free tickets for support Workers, Carers and PAs
This session will be BSL interpreted by Jadeaana Odle.
About Saskia and Aamina
Saskia and Aamina have been growing a co-facilitation practice since 2023. Saskia’s street style foundations cross pollinate with their experience healing from chronic illness – and they centre slowness, sustainability and play. Aamina’s focuses on connection to sound and how to illustrate this through actively learning to listen deeply and allow the body to move itself.
Through the way their methods naturally converse and inform one another, the duo began cultivated a workshop series about storytelling through movement. This idea explores selfhood, lineage and developing your own movement approach, employing Sas and Aamina’s shared ideology of slowness, play and the pursuit of internal understanding through movement.
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.