Participants will explore movement as an instinctual and experiential process, inviting participants to reconnect with their bodies through sensation, awareness and choice. Rather than focusing on fixed choreography, the session centres on responding to internal and external cues, encouraging participants to notice what is happening in their bodies and allow that awareness to guide their movement.
Through a series of open tasks and guided explorations, you will play with pace, shifting between slow, attentive movement and more dynamic responses. Participants will be invited to experiment with how different sensations, impulses and environments influence the way they move and make decisions in the moment.
The session approaches movement as both functional and exploratory, offering a space to develop body awareness, curiosity and personal agency. It is designed as an accessible and supportive environment where participants can explore their own movement language, reconnect with their instincts, and practise responding to what they notice in real time.
Chevon Edwards (she/her) is a dance artist and researcher whose practice centres on embodied inquiry and experiential performance. She is a graduate of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and holds an MA from the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. She has worked with Tavaziva Dance Company, Earth-bound Dance Theatre, and artists including Bryony Ella and Dr. Tia-Monique Uzor, and has been part of the Creative Collective at East London Dance.
Her wider practice explores movement as a tool for self-inquiry, awareness and personal agency. Drawing on contemporary dance, somatic practices and improvisation, she creates spaces that invite participants to connect with sensation, reflection and embodied experience.
She is also co-founder of Touch as Language in partnership with Independent Dance and Rhys Dennis, creating a safe, explorative movement space for artists of the global majority.
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.