EVERY BODY IS A POEM is a class that explores how the body carries memory, and how movement can be resilient, imaginative and liberating. The class moves fluidly between urban and contemporary vocabularies, drawing on grounded groove, floorwork, dynamics, textures and improvisation to access rhythm, power, resistance and release.
You will investigate how physical honesty and grounded presence give rise to poetic expression. Through guided improvisation, floorwork and phrase material, participants explore the spaces between rawness and release, instinct and intention, structure and surrender.
Participants are guided through structured tasks that emphasise efficiency, spirals, breath, musicality and connection to weight, while breaking habits and increasing awareness. Influenced by flying low, floorwork, release technique, house, African dances and Kalaripayyattu, the class aims to reconnect to instinct and playful embodied storytelling, finding honesty in movement and vulnerability in motion.
Rose Sall Sao (she/her) is a Dutch-Senegalese contemporary dance artist based in London, working across performance, choreography and pedagogy. A graduate of Fontys Dance Academy and Northern School of Contemporary Dance, she has performed and toured internationally with artists and companies including Far From The Norm / Botis Seva, Vocab Dance / Alesandra Seutin, Fubunation, Tribe Dance Company and Tom Dale Company, among others.
Her practice integrates urban and contemporary dance forms with poetry, text and voice, creating emotionally charged worlds that explore memory, identity and belonging. Rose’s current choreographic research investigates the body as a poetic archive, treating embodiment as an act of remembrance, resilience and liberation. Alongside her performance and creation work, she teaches across professional, vocational and community contexts.
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.