This class will look at practices of care through movement, listening to and tending to our needs. You will work with music-making through the body and voice and make use of materials (those of our bodies, our clothes, and other items you might choose to bring with you). There will be a rest zone designated in the studio to restore energy and introduce crip practices.
Access
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 9665, to speak directly to a member of the Independent Dance team. Alternatively, you may phone the main reception at Siobhan Davies Studios on 0207 091 9650.
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.
Cancellations and refunds
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.
Kat Hawkins (they/them) is a researcher-artist who tries their best to navigate the slippiest of experiences – being a human. Their interdisciplinary work seeks to uncover multiplicities and their application in the world, through film, language, movement and kinaesthetic experience. The(ir) queer and crip experiences keep coming to the surface in it all and they are influenced and shaped by the teachings of Disability Justice thinkers, and trauma-informed modalities and methodologies.
They are a PhD researcher at the Centre of Dance Research (C-DaRE), Coventry University, partnered with Candoco Dance Co., uncovering how the role of an understudy can introduce care into contemporary dance settings for disabled artists.