Luke’s class will begin gently, looking at ways to mobilise and energise the body drawing from experiential anatomy and partner work. As well as preparing the body you will begin looking at ways to hone your perception and awareness, to find creativity and imagination in your own body.
You will then pull in other resources and inspirations from an indiscriminate myriad of different sources which could include images, text, sounds, memories…..
You will work alone, with partners and within group relations, to attune to a somatic embodiment of your dancing as well as the joy of being together. There will be some time peppered through the session for reflective moments in conversation, writing or drawing.
Luke began training at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and completed his BA Hons degree at Laban. In 2009 he joined post graduate dance company Edge at London Contemporary Dance School.
Professionally he has performed for a variety of companies (Punchdrunk, Flexer and Sandiland, Neve Harrington) internationally alongside working with visual artists performing in galleries (Tate, Hayward Gallery)
His choreographic work has been shown at Canterbury Festival, Saddlers Wells (Damn Fine Dance at Elixir Festival), The Place, Siobhan Davies Studios, Move it 2016 and Arts Depot. He has been commissioned to create work on Loop Dance Company, Damn Fine Dance, Intoto Dance Company alongside making repertoire for student performances.
Luke also has a passion for teaching and has delivered classes and workshops with Rambert, The Place, Independent Dance, Laban, London Studio Centre, Salzburg Academy of Experimental Dance, Shobana Jeyasingh and Candoco.
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.