Loft, Old Fire Station, 40 George Street, Oxford OX1 2AQ
Justice in Motion has a history of dance practice and performance as well as regular classes held around the city.
With Dancin’ Oxford we present a series of dance workshops over 10 hours in a multitude of styles to try from Bachata and Tap Dance to Bollywood and Contemporary. Taking place every hour on the hour, the last session is an opportunity to let yourself go in a freestyle DJ set where you can combine all the dance moves of the day.
This Deca’thon is a fundraiser for Justice in Motion so get involved in as many sessions as you can (clear your diary!).
Please give a donation on the door towards each session you attend. (suggested £5-10 per session), and get others to sponsor you dancing for as many hours as you can.
We move, to move you… so let’s get moving!
Donate on the door, no pre-booking.
No experience required. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle.
This event is programmed as part of the 10 Years in Motion – Exhibition
The ballet class will be an open level class and we will focus on the movement of the arms and the use of our upper body. We will start with some barre exercises followed by centre work, combinations across the floor and a cool down. Ballet shoes are always preferable to wear. Modifications will also be provided.
Hara is a professional dancer/dance teacher originally from Greece based in Oxford. She has been a teacher with various dance schools in Athens, Wales and England while participating as a dancer with various dance companies. Currently she is an MA second year student with Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. Hara is a co-founder of Pro Dance Oxford and she is also offering adult dance classes at the Old Fire Station in Oxford.
Suitable for complete beginners, Lexi from tap-dance+ company Sole Rebel will be teaching a few basic tap steps and some fun musicality games, alongside a short routine to get your rhythm flowing! Tap shoes not essential
Lexi Bradburn is a founder member of Sole Rebel since 2010 – collaborating in partnership with Artistic Director Hannah Ballard for performances, events and educational programmes, now as ‘Associate Director’. Sole Rebel prides itself as being a female-led performance company that moves to its own beat, with tap dance at its heart: presenting tap dance in unexpected ways, collaborating with other artists and creating its own rhythmic theatrical language.
Lexi currently runs 14 weekly adult tap courses across London, Oxford and Online, across four levels. In 2020 she won ‘this year’s outstanding teaching award’ through Morley College for her efforts teaching through lockdown, and creates classes regularly described as “(my) absolute highlight of the week”!
Links:
Instagram @sole_rebel_uk
Facebook @SoleRebelUK
This is going to be an energetic Bollywood dance session open to all levels and ages. Bollywood, which is usually inspired by a variety of dance styles, is a fun way to get moving! You will get to experience a bit of everything — some drama and expressions, the meaning and context of the song and of course, the dance moves! 🙂 No prior experience is required.
Originally from Kolkata, India, Kavya Iyer is a dancer, events manager and programme coordinator, currently based in Oxford, UK. Trained primarily in the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam for 26 years, she has also actively pursued other genres such as Bollywood, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Bhangra. Her yoga practice, along with her love for reading, conversations, travelling, and learning new languages have also deeply influenced her work and ideas. Kavya is passionate about making South Asian dance more accessible and understandable to wider audiences.
Links:
instagram.com/kavya.ir/
We will have a warm up and stretching session, and then Nikita will cover breakdancing basics such as toprock, footwork and some freezes.
And as a cherry on top we will have a little jam in the circle where everyone will be able to improvise and have fun with it!
Nikita’s father was a breakdancing teacher back home in Russia and a founder of the biggest breakdancing school in their town at the time. Students from the school opened their own schools recently.
Instagram @_monkita_
The inclusive dance session is an opportunity for disabled and non-disabled people to dance together. It is open for people of all physical abilities and is fun, creative and a great way to get moving. Everything can be done seated or standing and can be taken at your own pace so come and join us and discover your inner dancer…
Jane is a choreographer and community dance artist working with movement to create open and accessible opportunities for performers, community members, and collaborators that acknowledge and interrupt invisible structures of hierarchy existing within our culture. Her choreographic work invites people to consider ideas and concepts from alternative perspectives as a way to imagine and create a more open and flexible world.
Her community practice is person-centred and encourages people to explore their potential at their own pace and develop their physicality, building self-awareness and confidence by being creative and expressing their imagination. Currently she is a Supported Artist at The Mill Arts Centre, Lead Facilitator for Silver Shakers, a group for people 50 + and a Dancer in Community Residence in Barton.
Krystal Dawn Campbell is a freelance physical performer, creator and collaborator. She has worked and continues to work with various UK dance companies and independent artists, using her physicality and creativity to create live and filmed performances. She also choreographs, directs and performs in her own works.
Krystal’s professional training involved three years full time on the BA Hons Contemporary Dance programme at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, graduating in the summer of 2019 and going straight into the Jasmin Vardimon UK Summer Intensive six week professional development programme. She continues to pursue the development of other physical skills, firstly for the love of movement, but also with a view to broaden her creative palette.
Lindy Hop is a joyful and sociable partner dance with deep roots in the African American communities of New York in the first half of the 20th century. Lindy Hop spread across the world during the Swing Era of the 1930s and 40s and Lindy Hop is now a global phenomenon, with thriving swing schools teaching from Stockholm to Seoul (and Oxford, of course!).
Oxford Lindy Hoppers is a non-profit community-based swing dance group founded in 2008 with a mission to get the people of Oxford swing dancing as much as possible!
The class will be a super easy and fun introduction to lindy hop. We’ll cover the basic rhythms and teach a few simple moves. Lindy hop is partnered but no need to bring a partner unless you want to. We will switch around during the class.
No requirements, our motto is: if you can walk you can dance 😊
Eleanor and Al are scientists by day and swing dancers by night. They have both been dancing for over 15 years and teaching together for nearly 10.
https://www.oxfordlindyhoppers.co.uk/new-to-lindy-hop/
Sergio is from Spain, the birthplace of the new wave of bachata called “Sensual Bachata”. He has been dancing Latin rhythms for over 10 years. He started teaching bachata in Oxford almost five years ago, running regular classes and creating a new bachata community in Oxford.
His classes focus on social dancing aspects of leading and following. Fascinated by the magic of non-scripted dances, he presents un-choreographed demonstrations that are orientated towards the origins of the dances. He runs regular classes in Oxford, Swindon and Leamington Spa. He is a regular guest teacher at many events around the UK, such as Bachata Spice in London, LTP Party and Bachakiz in Notthingham, Salsa on the Pier, Late & Latin in Bristol, Salsa del Sol in Cheltenham and many others.
Sergio is an event and live music promoter, as well as a DJ. He organises regular social dancing nights in Oxford, in addition to DJ’ing at many bachata and salsa parties around the UK.
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/TheBachataSensei/
https://www.instagram.com/thebachatasensei/
George has over 18 years experience in Parkour, being one of the early adopters when the sport landed in the UK from France. Known for his raw and explosive style, George has traveled the world meeting parkour communities, has placed 5th in the World Freerunning Championships, performed in film, TV and live performance, and coaches through London Parkour Academy.
He joined Justice in Motion in 2018 as a performer for ON EDGE without previous theatre experience and has learnt on the job as well as attending workshops by David Glass and Gaga.