Annie’s class uses improvisation scores to empower and be present with our bodies in nonjudgmental and curious ways. Through pain informed practices, the class encourages going deeper into what our bodies can do, rather than further from. You can expect ideas around repetition, resting, and continuousness.
You will start with detailed, sensation-based tasks that introduce movement in gradual stages. Later, you will play with different spatial planes, spontaneity, and accepting whatever dance arises. You will end sharing collectively and jamming with your new found interests!
Annie’s class is rooted in accessibility and particularly encourages anyone who deals with varying capacities to come along.
Annie Edwards (she/her) is a London based dance artist from Brighton. Since graduating from London Contemporary Dance school, her career has spanned international performing (Candoco Dance Company, Boy Blue ent, ZooNation) as well as independent research and facilitation. Most recently she performed a solo in Thick and Tight’s award winning show Natural Behaviour, and is currently co-leading a research collective championing accessibility in higher dance education in Frankfurt.
Stylistically, her influences include contemporary dance, House, and floor work, which form the basis of her principal focus on improvisation practices. She enjoys moving sensitively- with joy and presence. Her approach to movement is rooted in disabled embodiment and works with revealing our bodies information as a way to know ourselves expansively.
Independent Dance is resident at Siobhan Davies Studios. To find out more about accessibility and the amenities available within the building please see here.
If you have any questions about the accessibility of our programme and would like to discuss any specific access requirements, please feel free to reach out to us via email info@independentdance.co.uk or by phone on 0207 091 9650, to speak to a member of the Independent Dance team.
During class, all participants are welcome to take breaks, observe, exit and enter the space as they wish. Lounge areas are available on the first and ground floors of the building. Yoga mats, blocks, cushions and ear defenders are available for use. We also welcome you being in contact if you would like to discuss the option of bringing your access support worker. Please speak to a member of the ID team if you require any assistance.
Prices for classes are kept very low and are subsidised by ID in order to support artists to attend. To keep admin manageable for our small team, we don’t offer refunds if you cancel or can’t attend a class, and we can’t transfer your booking to a different class/event. We hope this is understandable. If a class is cancelled or changed by ID however, we do offer refunds/transfers to everyone who has booked.