Open Practice is an hour for moving, for dancing and for doing your own thing in the company of others to an eclectic playlist of sounds changed daily.
Every Mon - Fri, 9 - 10am
Wainsgate Chapel
The playlist starts at 9am and runs for 60 minutes (doors open at 8.50am).
The suggested minimum donation is £3.50 or pay what you can
No booking required, come as often or as little as you like.
It’s ok to arrive late, or to leave early, but please do so with consideration for the other people in the space.
Open Practice is a shoe*, chat and phone free space. The toilets downstairs double as changing rooms. *Indoor footwear is fine. Outdoor footwear to be left at the door.
a simple idea:
Find a space in the room and stick to that space. It’s your own little island in a room full of islands, or your own swimming lane in a pool full of swimmers. (You may need to renegotiate your space as more people fill the room)
To support the experience, here are some thoughts and guidelines that have come out of the 5 years that this has been happening and being developed by many moving bodies…
Open Practice is a space for exploring, bringing attention to, developing, and sustaining your own way of moving whilst others are doing the same - in their own way.
So doing something for yourself, and taking care of your own thing; being completely engaged in what you’re doing, is a simple way to support and be supported by everyone in the room.
Open Practice is a space for moving alongside rather than with or to the others or in contact with them, so again, please keep to your space.
Curiosity supports practice.
Including all of the different ways that movement appears and is experienced; feeling your way into things, taking your time and resting, are all part of what you might get into.
Open Practice started as a means of supporting professional dance artists to develop and sustain their practice.
It is open to all no matter what your movement experience and it continues to be a space for exploration in which many ways to moving can happen alongside each other.
