Our outreach team were lucky enough to have a training session with Zoie Golding a few weeks ago. Zoie is the creative director of Zoielogic and led such an amazing session. Zoie is also leading a Dance Masterclass for us on Wednesday for our June CPD session and we can’t wait to get dancing with her again!

Our Monthly CPD is being held on Wednesday 30th June at the University of Surrey. You can book your place on to our monthly CPD session here.

We have been working extremely hard on getting our new website launched and we are pleased to say it’s now LIVE!

We have been working really hard on our brand new website and are delighted that it is now ready for everyone to see, use and benefit from. Our brand-new website sees us take a further step towards our ambition to help re-create and support a local and thriving dance community and we cannot wait for you to see all the fabulous features it now has.

It showcases everything that Dance Woking offer, establishes community links and officially launches our Dance School Directory and Dance Surrey PRO listing. We;’ll be adding more content in the following days so please keep coming back to check what events we have planned for the Autumn.

Why not visit our Dance Surrey Directory – a thriving local dance community that can help get you dancing!

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Zoie Golding, Artistic director of Zoielogic will host an in person masterclass on 30th June at The University of Surrey.

With their mission ‘we challenge perceptions of dance‘ we are delighted to be able to welcome Zoie Golding, Artistic Director, Zoielogic Dance Theatre for a 90 minute masterclass.

Zoielogic Dance Theatre challenge perceptions of dance, who it is for, where and how it is shown. They don’t just make shows for you, they create unforgettable experiences with you .This workshop will offer a real insight into Artistic Director, Producer and Choreographer Zoie, who has has over 21 years of extensive experience in the events and dance sector across the UK and worldwide and her work. She specialises in bringing people together for exceptional and innovative dance experiences, reaching those least likely to take part in the arts and passionately committed to creating significant social change through dance.

Workshop to be held at University of Surrey, Stag Hill, University Campus, Guildford GU2 7XH

University of Surrey, Stag Hill, University Campus, Guildford GU2 7XH.

We encourage you to become part of a connected dance community – with Dance Surrey Directory for Dance Schools and Organisations that support the dance industry or Dance Surrey Pro for individual creatives.

Whether you are an organisation or an individual the membership scheme provides a platform for you to highlight what you do as well as professional development opportunities to support, sustain and inspire dancers, artists, teachers and makers. The programme runs annually and includes a variety of opportunities to network and be part of a thriving dance community, with access to Continuous Professional Development (CPD) throughout the year, discounts to classes, workshops and dance performances.

This is a rebranded directory and will feature dance school listings with more search options to make it easier for those wanting to find a dance school to do so. There is an annual fee to be listed, which will give access to exclusive offers and opportunities to network. Grant funding from Arts Council England’s Project Grants Scheme is supporting the Dance Surrey Directory. To encourage further sign-up we are offering a 10% discount on the annual 12 months membership. To enjoy this discount you will need to join by 31^st May 2021. This is a 12 month rolling membership programme.

There are three membership levels, allocation is on a first come basis.

1.     Bronze (unlimited)
2.     Silver i(limited to 10 Dance Schools)
3.     Gold (limited to 5 Dance Schools)

More Details and to Join: Dance Surrey Directory

Membership to Join Dance Surrey PRO is £25.00/annum, JOIN: Dance Surrey PRO

Monthly Breakfast Briefings – 45-minutes – two members from the dance-listed organisation can attend per briefing. Sign up required.

• This programme has started and is very popular. In April we have heard from Bawren Tavaziva – sharing his experience of growing up a Zimbabwe township and coming to England for the first time and experiencing snow! And how he used his Africa influence as a stimulus for his work and signature movement. This was followed by a CPD where attendees learnt about Bawren’s practise. In May we heard from brand guru Rob Macpherson, his entry into the world of consultancy and his top tips and some tools on how to start thinking about your brand.

Next up will be:

• Zoie Logic – Focusing on getting Boys into Dance & her work in communities

o   Breakfast Briefing 8 June & CPD session 30 June IN PERSON

• Lucy McCrudden – Online Entrepreneur – talks about her inspiration that led to ‘Dance Mama’

o   Breakfast Briefing 6 July & CPD session 13 July ONLINE

Details for August & beyond to be shared soon and will include:

• Amina Khayyam – gives an insight into her work with isolated communities and how she tackles difficult subject areas; her work has featured acid throwing, childlessness and recently domestic violence.

We have just started our monthly Breakfast Briefings which are free to members and give an insight into different experts within the industry including choreographers, brand guru’s, online entrepreneurs to name a few.

“.. I can communicate better my core values…“

On Tuesday Rob gave an insight into his world of brand along with his motivation to join the freelance community and start his own Company called Impakt Consultancy during Dance Woking’s second Breakfast Briefing*

“Attending the Breakfast Briefing with Rob Macpherson has already stimulated many new thoughts and ideas around how I can communicate better my core values and connect more originally with my audiences. Looking forward to going deeper into this next week’ Katie, Dance Surrey PRO member

Join branding guru Rob Macpherson from Impakt Consultancy for an inspirational 90-minute session featuring some top tips and practical tools to help you improve your brand.

Rob will introduce some brand concepts with examples from the arts and commerce, plus some practical exercises you can start before taking back and sharing with your teams. This can help you earn, raise and save money.

Many arts organisations under-appreciate the importance of brand in their audience communications and stakeholder planning (in marketing terms, some can be the least convincing story-tellers). Yet we are all targeted daily with persuasive and action-oriented brand messaging which has hugely impactful benefits for charities and businesses. In this session.

Breakfast Briefing* These are part of a 12 month programme to help support and build a thriving and sustainable dance community in Woking & Surrey. A key aim of ours is to form a better-networked community to help increase communication flow, partnership working and collaboration. They are FREE and only available for Dance Surrey PRO and Dance Surrey Directory members.