Welcome to Dance Woking’s Winter Shorts Programme of activity, opportunities to watch, perform and get dancing.

WATCH: Professional dance companies supported by funding from Arts Council England’s Grants for the Arts Scheme, enabling us to bring professional dance companies to Rhoda McGaw Theatre. Starting in October we present Avant Garde’s Fagin’s Twist, based on the untold story of the notorious and complex villain Fagin p4. Wearing silent disco headphones H2Dance invite you to interact in Strangers and Others, an interactive performance p6. Scottish Dance Theatre bring an exciting Double Bill of high energy, humorous and engaging work, p7. Amina Khayyam Dance Company return with ONE using costume, music, movement to show the magic of Kathak, p9. Finally Commotion Dance with their festive show ‘Where Is Christmas?’

PERFORM: Dance Woking presents amazing work by community dance groups through various platforms including Young Dancemakers, a showcase for schools & colleges, p8; LEAP new work by emerging choreographers, p10; Innovate, a contemporary based dance platform.

GET DANCING: For details of dance classes and workshops, p13.

Dance Woking is committed to continuing to reach new audiences, develop and nurture talent and present work that we hope will inspire and encourage further audience engagement with dance.

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Avant Garde Dance and The Place present Fagin’s Twist

Tuesday 3 & Wednesday 4 October, 7.30pm

Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking

Fagin’s Twist is coming to Woking in October, it’s currently on at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and here is the first review FIVE STARS*****

A tale you think you know unravels and explodes

Fagin’s Twist is the untold story of a notorious and complex villain, it imagines Fagin’s youth, driven by greed and ambition in the face of overwhelming poverty. The streets are a place of little comfort and fairy-tale endings are hard to find in this poignant coming-of-age-tale.

See Dicken’s Oliver Twist in a new light as Tony Adigun’s Avant Garde Dance flips your expectations of five familiar characters, with their unmatched contemporary hip hop style

To book tickets 0844 8717645

On line HERE

Dance Woking is hosting its annual contemporary led community dance platform ‘Innovate‘ on Saturday 18 November 2017 at Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking.

This is a contemporary dance platform showcasing some of the best local dance groups in Woking & Surrey,

Expressions of Interest are now open. For more details click HERE

Dance Woking is pleased to announce Scottish Dance Theatre will be performing their Double Bill Dreamers by Anton Lachky and TutuMucky by Botis Seva on Thursday 26 October as part of their Autumn tour.

Interviews with Choreographers Anton Lachky and Botis Seva about their work:

Tickets are now on sale and available through Ambassador Theatre Group Box Office:

To book online click HERE

To Call the booking office 0844 8717645

To find out more about this fantastic Double Bill click HERE

Party in the Park – Saturday 8 July 2017

This year, the party will be ‘Rockin’ All Over the Park’ as Woking pays tribute to the late, great Rick Parfitt from Status Quo.

Woking is celebrating the life and achievements of two of the greatest musical exports ever to come out of the town by throwing a retro 60s and 70s themed party, and everyone is invited! This year’s theme was chosen in honour of Rick Parfitt from Status Quo who tragically died on Christmas Eve 2016 and celebrates the achievements of Paul Weller’s world famous band The Jam.

The Woodstock of Woking offers something for everyone with a smorgasbord of music, dance, drama, comedy, workshops, great food and other cultural activities, from a wide range of local bands, professional artists and community groups. Dance Woking will be once again curating the dance element featuring an eclectic mix of local dance groups and professional dance companies, giving visitors a chance to watch, perform and take part.

Event Programme guide Party in the Park programme guide

Encounters – Saturday 1 July – Woking Town Centre 12noon to 4.30pm

This year, the party will be ‘Rockin’ All Over the Park’ as Woking pays tribute to the late, great Rick Parfitt from Status Quo. Get ready by learning the flashmob medley, we will be performing as pert of the warm-up celebrations in Woking Town Centre on Saturday 1 July at 3pm; there will be sessions from 12noon to help you learn this fun routine.

Woking is celebrating the life and achievements of two of the greatest musical exports ever to come out of the town by throwing a retro 60s and 70s themed party, and everyone is invited! This year’s theme was chosen in honour of Rick Parfitt from Status Quo who tragically died on Christmas Even 2016 and celebrates the achievements of Paul Weller’s world famous band The Jam.

Dance Woking has commissioned Emma Brewer to create a Flashmob Medley for 2017 that celebrates this years theme with the focus on two decades, the 1960’s and 1970’s; we pay tribute to Rick Parfitt of Status Quo who passed away on 24 December and The Jam who celebrate 40 years since the release of their hit single ‘In The City’.

Click on the video to learn the moves!

Also to help you we have notes Click Flashmob notes 2017 to down load

Rockin’ All Over the Park!

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Time: 11.30am to 9pm

Date: Saturday 8 July 2017

Location: Woking Park

 Woking is celebrating its musical legacy by throwing a retro party, and everyone is invited!

Woking’s Party in the Park 2017 will be ‘Rockin’ All Over the Park!’ in tribute to The Jam and Rick Parfitt from Status Quo. Get into the groove with a swingin’ 60s and psychedelic 70s theme and enough free entertainment to fill a pair of platform shoes!

From 11.30am to 9pm on Saturday 8 July 2017, families are invited to chill out at Woking Park. Dig out your tie-dye, fire up your flares, flick back your hair and get ready to indulge in a whole day of love, peace and rock ‘n’ roll at Woking’s favourite summer party!

The ‘Woodstock of Woking’ offers something for everyone with Dance Woking curating dance, top acts on the Seymour’s Main Stage, the Children’s Zone, Freedom Leisure Sports Zone, shopping at the Chill Out Field and heaps more! The New Victoria Theatre Big Screen is back and this time it’s bigger than Audrey Hepburn’s beehive!

It will be groovier than a smoking hot lava lamp and cooler than a bowl of pink Angel Delight.

CLICK ON POSTER TO GET DANCE Schedule of HERE

Dance Woking is preparing for a fun afternoon on Saturday 1 July.

Running Time: 12noon to 4.30pm

For Full Dance Programme Click HERE

Come and join The Ragroof Players at 3.10pm for a fun afternoon of a 100 years of dance crazes in 100  minutes!

Dance Woking are working with members of DeVyne Dancers to create choreography to perform at our cultural celebration event ‘Different Pasts, Shared Future’, in partnership with Woking Borough Council for National Refugee Week.

The group are working with Dance Woking artist, Emily Neighbour, over 4 weeks to create a piece and will have an extra rehearsal on the 19th June before performing. Using the theme of home and obstacles that can be faced before a home is created, the group are exploring three key themes of borders, travel and shelter. We checked in to find out how they are getting on…

‘The group are working really well together and are looking forward to performing at the event. So far we have looked at the themes of borders and travel and have created a lot of great material to use. We will spend the next few rehearsals refining and tweaking what we have created as well as looking at our last theme of ‘shelter’. We are using scarves for the performance, so have also spent some time getting used to working with a prop!’ Emily Neighbour

DeVyne dancers meet every Tuesday afternoon for Creative Dance sessions at The Vyne Community Centre in Knaphill. They work with a range of different dance artists throughout the year, and have a close connection with Dance Woking, participating and attending many of our workshops and performances. Their sessions are aimed for the older person, and they are always open for new members! Find out more information here.

Different Pasts, Shared Future                                                                                                            Tuesday 19th June, 6pm – 8pm                                                                                                                 H.G. Wells Conference & Events Centre

This event is FREE and open to all!

More Information for the event here

The video highlights are finally ready to share; as we prepare for 2017 we hope you enjoy last years highlights from Dance Woking!

Click HERE for highlights

Programme details Party in the Park Dance Woking Programme 2016

Dance Programme Woking Park will once again feel the force of celebration as it gets set to host one galactic-sized birthday bash in honour of HG Wells! From 11.30am to 9pm on Saturday 9 July, Families can enjoy a meteoric day of time travel, space age fun, dance, live performances and the return of the Ambassadors big screen, showcasing the people’s choice of sci-fi blockbuster. Dance Woking has once again programmed the dance element of the day, which features over 300 dancers from 30 different community dance groups from around Woking & Surrey, as well as 8 professional dance theatre companies. Dance Woking has provided opportunities to watch, perform and take part in dance.