Tramway 1, 7:30PM

Indepen-dance presents Flux and Flourish – a new work charting memorable moments from key choreographies by Indepen-dance.

Young 1’z presents Turn-Styles – a collaborative contemporary dance that draws inspiration from games and our relationship to the roles we play within them.

Evolve presents Moonlight – inspired by the music of Glenn Miller, the dancers created movements based on how the music made them feel.

Inspire will create two dance works for Gathered Together – Together! and Parade.
Everyone loves to get up and dance to party classics with all the well-known dance moves. From YMCA to 5,6,7,8 and Agadoo to The Macarena, Together! has been adapted to show these party classics in another light. Parade (working title) is a work-in-progress and explores themes of carnivals, parades and marches.

Tramway 4, 3:30PM & 6:00PM

Barrowland Ballet presents a work in progress of Wee Man, a highly physical performance by six men and six teenage boys exploring the rules of masculinity understood by the wee men and older men in the cast.

Wee Man is accompanied by a sound score by composer Luke Sutherland and text created with the poet Kevin P. Gilday.

Tramway 1, 7:30PM

Clifftop Intergenerational Dance Company presents Threshold, which explores past, present and future themes in our own lives, asking the dancers (and the audience) to think about what doors might open or close.

Barrowland Ballet’s Wolf Pack presents Like Blood, which explores why and when we dance and celebrates the feeling of connection that can be felt through dancing together. Through their time creating and performing together, Wolf Pack have become like a family – Like Blood.

Denis Santacana and Victor Fernández (Spain) present the award-winning Encuentros, one of the most successful works of this duo, in which contemporary dance and flamenco present a simple story of a meeting between two people.

Paragon’s M3 will perform a new vibrant and energising piece that reflects their personal passions, tragedies and joys that they have experienced in their lives.  Paragon musicians have created original music with the dancers and will perform live on stage.

Light Sound Friends Dance Company (South Korea) presents a brand new work, Puzzle. South Korea’s leading inclusive dance company’s work is a playful trio, blending a range of dance styles.

Tramway 1, 7:30PM

Jolt (New Zealand) presents Whakapapa
Devised by and performed by six dancers from their own stories, each story dispels the disability label and explores ideas of identity, and connection to culture, history, and ancestors through dance, text and film. 

Right2Dance presents Wonderland
Created by Move It, a creative dance class for young people of all abilities, this piece is inspired by Alice and her journey to Wonderland.  

Marcos Pereira presents Contemporary Sisyphus
Sisyphus was condemned to push a rock to the top of a mountain from which it always fell, for all eternity. Marcos Pereira’s 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. 

Evie Waddell presents A conversation between hands and feet
A multidisciplinary performer/creator working in contemporary dance, Scottish step dance, singing and BSL, her piece will explore movement influenced by her own minority languages – Gaelic, BSL and Scots – and the cultural practices and context that come with them.

Indepen-dance, LPM Dance (England) and ConCuerpos (Colombia) present a ‘Work in Progress’
Based on the concept of a post-apocalyptic reinterpretation of the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel, this work will showcase the strength and fluidity of movement across a spectrum of abilities and cultures.

Tramway 1, 5:00PM

Y Dance’s Horizons presents Trick of the Eye
Horizons is Y Dance’s Glasgow-based inclusive youth dance company for dancers aged 12-25, years. Trick of the Eye is about how we all see things through our own lens, sometimes because of illusions and sometimes because of ignorance. These varying perspectives can impact how we experience the world around us.

Indepen-dance’s Adult Performance Company presents Golden Offering
Created by Aya Kobayashi with the dancers of Indepen-dance’s Adult Performance Company, this new work explores their individual unique qualities. Full of emotion, the piece sends out a powerful message to people and the world above and below. 

Ephemeral Echoes: A collaboration between Indepen-dance (Scotland), LPM Dance Company (England) and Con Cuerpos Dance Company (Colombia)
Choreographer George Adams will create a new dance work with dancers from the three organisations creating a post-apocalyptic reinterpretation of the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel, and showcasing the strength and fluidity of movement across a spectrum of abilities and cultures.

Dance Your Socks Off with Wils McAslan – The Work Room, 9:30AM – 10:00AM

This workshop is the perfect introduction to dance classes for your wee ones aged 0-5 years and their grown-ups. Always hugely popular … come along and find out why.

Braving Waves with Veera Suvalo Grimberg – St Ninian’s Church, 10:00AM – 12:00PM

Veera Suvalo Grimberg will lead a workshop in which, together, you will explore movements and sounds taking inspiration from water and animals.

Embrace Me Wholeheartedly with Laura Morales – Tramway Studio, 10:00AM – 12:00PM

Hugging is often done in conjunction with an act of love or care. This workshop starts with the embrace as a motor of connection between bodies. We will transform the duration of the embrace into a song, starting upright in the centre of the space and ending up on the floor after having turned and jumped without separating. The meeting of two bodies, the weights and anchor points, will make an embrace into a dance. Let’s embrace each other until the song is over.

Dance Your Socks Off with Wils McAslan – The Work Room, 10:15AM – 10:45AM

This workshop is the perfect introduction to dance classes for your wee ones aged 0-5 years and their grown-ups. Always hugely popular … come along and find out why.

Move presented by Lyn Cotton – The Work Room, 11:00AM – 12:00PM

This presentation will focus on Jolt Dance Company’s dance tutor training programme. Jolt’s Move programme provides regular, ongoing training for dancers with intellectual disabilities to become dance tutors and assistants. The Move programme has resulted in employment as teachers, assistants and disability leaders in Jolt classes, facilitators in workshops and residencies and external employment by other inclusive arts companies, rest homes and schools.

Workshop with Aya Kobayashi – The Work Room, 12:15PM – 1:45PM

The class starts with giving space to breathe, land or ponder then offering some images or small questions to navigate an explorative journey. Using various imageries, somatic exercises, or looking at other species or other art forms as hints or metaphors, we explore the anatomical potential and find the connections in things we live with. We will enrich our embodiment and feed into your practice. The class welcomes all practitioners. Aya cares about the journey of each class and within the inclusive facilitation, will move with openness and playfulness to cultivate the moving body together.

Wairua Auaha – Creative Spirit with Jolt Dance Company – Tramway Studio, 2:00PM – 4:00PM

This workshop will empower dancers’ imaginative responses through engagement and connection to music.

Dance with Hands and Contact by Marcos Pereira – St Ninian’s Church, 2:00PM – 4:00PM

This workshop focuses on dance with sign language and contact movement. Marcos was born deaf into a hearing family in Madrid.

Immerse Yourself in Scottish Traditions with Evie Waddell – The Work Room, 2:00PM – 4:00PM

Immerse yourself through dance, song & language, including British Sign Language. In this workshop. Evie Waddell is a multidisciplinary performer/creator working in contemporary dance, Scottish step dance, singing and British Sign Language (BSL).

Body Awareness & Imagination with Dai Matsuoka – Scottish Ballet, 2:30PM – 4:30PM

Based on the basic exercises of the Butoh dance, Matsuoka will share tasks to release tensions and invite participants to observe their own bodies, to become more aware of how we can create, express and diversely communicate through the body. Dai Matsuoka (Butoh Master) is a Butoh dancer and choreographer based in Tokyo.

Body Awareness & Imagination with Dai Matsuoka – Scottish Ballet, 10:00AM – 12:00PM

Based on the basic exercises of the Butoh dance, Matsuoka will share tasks to release tensions and invite participants to observe their own bodies, to become more aware of how we can create, express and diversely communicate through the body. Dai Matsuoka (Butoh Master) is a Butoh dancer and choreographer based in Tokyo.

Encontrádonos with Denis Santacana and Victor Fernández – The Work Room, 10:00AM – 12:00PM

Moving, rhythm and creativity taught by Denis Santacana and Victor Fernández. Denis trained in classical and contemporary dance and has worked as a performer with different companies and creators. Since 2013, he has run his own company with Flamenco Dancer, Victor Fernández.

Braving Waves with Veera Suvalo Grimberg, Artistic Director of Danskompaniet Spinn – The Work Room, 2:00PM – 4:00PM

Veera Suvalo Grimberg will lead a workshop in which, together, you will explore movements and sounds taking inspiration from water and animals.

Encontrádonos with Denis Santacana and Victor Fernández – Scottish Ballet Studio, 2:00PM – 4:00PM

Moving, rhythm and creativity taught by Denis Santacana and Victor Fernández. Denis trained in classical and contemporary dance and has worked as a performer with different companies and creators. Since 2013, he has run his own company with Flamenco Dancer, Victor Fernández.

Completion of the Body Through Puzzle with Light Sound Friends Dance Company – Tramway Studio, 2:00PM – 4:00PM

Our thoughts, bodies, time, and space are always interconnected at every moment. We aim to experience this organic relationship, first by separating it and then exploring each piece in various ways, combining them to shape a new form of ourselves. Through separation and combination within happenings, we seek to feel the transformation into a freed and expanded playful body. In this workshop, we will closely observe and reflect on the moment in which the fragments of life harmonise.

Wake Up with Wils McAslan – Tramway Studio, 10:00AM – 10:45AM

A great start to the weekend as Wils leads this class of fun and accessible moves.

Movement Jam by Penny Chivas with Nicolette Macleod – The Work Room, 10:00AM – 12:00PM

An opportunity to move, dance, witness, listen and play with practices derived from contact improvisation. Penny will lead a warm-up into improvisational scores working with proximity, with options for touch, leading to an open jam space. With suggestive somatic soundscapes from Nicolette, you’ll be supported to dance individually and together.

Universal Moves – St Ninian’s Church, 10:00AM – 12:00PM

A workshop exploring the collaboration process, including improvisation, between Indepen-dance (Scotland), LPM Dance Company (England) & ConCuerpos Dance Company (Colombia).

Cèilidh Dance with Indepen-dance – Tramway Studio, 11:00AM – 12:00PM

In this workshop, you will learn some of the dances that you’ll enjoy later at the Gathered Together Farewell Cèilidh.

Access All Arts – a Presentation by Jacqueline Homer and Julie Barratt of DADAA – Tramway Studio, 12;15PM – 1:00PM

Through its programmes and projects, it advocates for change; influencing the national conversation around arts, disability, equity, and inclusion.

Walking & Rolling Tour – Clyde Clock at Buchanan Bus Station, Saturday 1:30PM – 2:30PM

Meet at the Street at Tramway.

Join a walking and rolling tour of Glasgow’s southside including the Pollokshaws Country Park, including real highland Cows! You can experience all of this with us for FREE!

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