Sara’s classes are based on her current artistic practice of ‘bodily listening’ and informed by a range of release-based and somatic practices such as Klein technique, yoga and qigong. Classes will give space for – exploring listening through the body, moving with rhythm, sensation and touch, and playing with flow, resistance and release. The classes are an invitation to practice ‘attention-giving’ in multiple ways and explore listening inwards and outwards through intuition and imagination, as an individual and collective.
There will be improvisational structures, scores, movement materials and pathways to explore through, bringing awareness to how you can move energy, let energy move through you, engage breath and voice, play with gravity and support from the floor, as well as tapping into the in-between, vibrational and relational.
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.
Sara Ruddock (she/they) is a Swedish dance artist based in London, working as performer, choreographer and educator/facilitator.
Professionally active in the field of dance and choreography since 2002, creating and performing solo works as well as collaborative projects with sound/music, performance and visual arts; working as dancer with a range of choreographers such as Deborah Hay (USA), Lena Josefsson/Kompani Raande-Vo (SWE) and Jules Cunningham (UK), performing at venues like Dansens Hus Stockholm, MDT, Sadler’s Wells London, touring in Sweden and internationally.
As educator teaching for many years at DOCH/Stockholm University of the Arts and Trinity Laban and facilitating workshops and classes for movement practitioners and dance professionals in various contexts.
Educated mainly at DOCH/Stockholm University of the Arts, including the Master Programme New Performative Practices. Sara is currently doing artistic research/PhD at Roehampton University, researching listening as embodied and relational practice, being with vibrational and visceral dancing and sounding, with resonance and resistance.