Opportunity through
inclusive dance
Indepen-dance is an award winning inclusive dance company for disabled and non-disabled people to enjoy, express, and fulfil their potential through dance. Our mission is to enable participation in high quality arts provision and improve wellbeing, quality of life and provide opportunities for disabled and non-disabled dancers in both the professional and non-professional dance sectors. We provide weekly creative movement and dance classes throughout the year, where participants become lifelong members and join a thriving social network. We also provide bespoke professional training, career development and employment opportunities.
Gathered Together 2024
Performance
Education
Classes
Weekly Classes
Indepen-dance classes are for disabled people and their carers. We work with a skilled team of professional dancers to deliver weekly classes to service users, organisations, day centres, community groups and more. Our weekly classes are split into three categories:
Core Classes
Our core classes are based in Glasgow for our members and run on a term by term basis in Glasgow
Outreach Classes
Our outreach classes are run outside Glasgow for children, youths and families.
Specialised Classes
Our specialised classes run in Glasgow for varying ages and abilities and are open to members and
non-members.
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Day 2 highlights - Thurs 5th photos.
We had some lovely feedback for our workshops and performances:
“Ive never been to such a great community event”
“Amazing performance and so inspiring, a night of pure joy”
“Beautiful performances - dance is for everyone”
There are still tickets available for tonights performance at 7:30pm with Jolt (New Zealand), Right2Dance (Scotland), Marcos Pereira (Spain), Evie Waddell (Scotland).
Ticket link - in bio.
📸: Kris Kesiak
[Image description:
1. Photograph of two dancers - holding onto each other photographed during a dance performance on stage blue lighting.
2. A group of dancers photographed wearing all red stand in a line with their arms together.
3. Photograph of two dancers photographed during a workshop.
4. Two people photographed in a dance studio during a workshop clasping hands, one person has a young child sitting on their knee.
5. A person photographed during a dance performance on stage with blue lighting and a prop of a ‘white door’ on wheels.
6. A group of dancers photographed on stage during a performance.
7. A group of dancers photographed on stage during a performance, two dancers - one person standing and one person on the floor.
8. A group of people photographed during a workshop in a circle.
9. A group of people photographed during a workshop.
10. A group of people photographed during a dance workshop.]
We had some lovely feedback for our workshops and performances:
“Ive never been to such a great community event”
“Amazing performance and so inspiring, a night of pure joy”
“Beautiful performances - dance is for everyone”
There are still tickets available for tonights performance at 7:30pm with Jolt (New Zealand), Right2Dance (Scotland), Marcos Pereira (Spain), Evie Waddell (Scotland).
Ticket link - in bio.
📸: Kris Kesiak
[Image description:
1. Photograph of two dancers - holding onto each other photographed during a dance performance on stage blue lighting.
2. A group of dancers photographed wearing all red stand in a line with their arms together.
3. Photograph of two dancers photographed during a workshop.
4. Two people photographed in a dance studio during a workshop clasping hands, one person has a young child sitting on their knee.
5. A person photographed during a dance performance on stage with blue lighting and a prop of a ‘white door’ on wheels.
6. A group of dancers photographed on stage during a performance.
7. A group of dancers photographed on stage during a performance, two dancers - one person standing and one person on the floor.
8. A group of people photographed during a workshop in a circle.
9. A group of people photographed during a workshop.
10. A group of people photographed during a dance workshop.]
Day 3 of Gathered Together 2024 is underway!
"It is very gratifying to see a festival where all disabilities are represented because segregation according to a type of disability limits us even more.
From the most physical and visible disability to the most invisible such as deafness, each and every one has a different but equally enriching magic for art." - Marcos Pereira
Marcos award-winning solo performance considers how we are our own Sisyphus as we strive to meet expectations throughout our lives in all areas from constant self-demand, which only leads us to become desperate for perfection.
Catch Marcos performing his piece Contemporary Sisyphus tonight as part of Gathered Together 2024 at Tramway
Info and tickets: https://www.tramway.org/what-s-on/
[Image description: a person photographed wearing a black suit jacket during a dance performance on stage with dark light with their head facing in the left direction with their arms open wide.]
"It is very gratifying to see a festival where all disabilities are represented because segregation according to a type of disability limits us even more.
From the most physical and visible disability to the most invisible such as deafness, each and every one has a different but equally enriching magic for art." - Marcos Pereira
Marcos award-winning solo performance considers how we are our own Sisyphus as we strive to meet expectations throughout our lives in all areas from constant self-demand, which only leads us to become desperate for perfection.
Catch Marcos performing his piece Contemporary Sisyphus tonight as part of Gathered Together 2024 at Tramway
Info and tickets: https://www.tramway.org/what-s-on/
[Image description: a person photographed wearing a black suit jacket during a dance performance on stage with dark light with their head facing in the left direction with their arms open wide.]
We really enjoyed being part of Charlie's farewell event, thank you for all the support from Charlie and all at SCLD to our organisation over the years!
We hope you enjoyed our dancing, we sure enjoyed yours!
We hope you enjoyed our dancing, we sure enjoyed yours!
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