Encounters provided a great opportunity for Dance Woking to showcase some great dance in Jubilee Square, Woking despite the tropical weather the afternoon was well received by shoppers in Woking. Dance Woking’s Community Dance Showcase featured the Chinese Association – Ladies group, First Dance Studios’a Amy Astley’s group, Francesca Louise Dance Company, MoveMe with artistic choreographer Bert Romans leading an interacti
Dance Woking partnered with Woking Borough Council, Sportivate and Thames Valley Housing Association to bring you Parkour (every Friday) at Woking Gymnastics Club from 8pm-9:30pm.
Focusing on building skills and technique in free running and performance parkour
The final session for the summer was on Saturday 17 June, we hope to announce dates for the autumn term very soon…
In the meantime The Urban Playground Team will be at party in the Park on Saturday 9 July in the main field – Futuristic Field by the Dance Woking Encounters tent
They are performing at 12.30pm & 2.45pm
Running Time: 35 minutes
Information: Suitable for all ages – performance parkour
A group of urban explorers discover, beneath canvas tarps, the skeletal remains of a machine that changed the world. Inspired, they shovel coal on the fires of the past… Inspired by classic movie genre STEAM takes the UPG Team on a whistle stop tour through silent movies, the Wild West, James Bond, WWI and the dark future of inner city commuting…
Local young people from Rotate, Dance Woking’s weekly performance parkour group supported by Dance Woking, Art Council England, Thames Valley Housing Association and Woking Borough Council have created an exciting new scene, which will be performed alongside the professional company.
Performance Parkour workshop 3.30pm suitable for 12 plus
To find out where you can see the performance go to CLICK HERE:
Dance Woking has moved office from their home of nearly 10 years at The Lightbox Museum & Gallery to:
Suite 1
2nd Floor
Steward House
14-16 Commercial Way
Woking
Surrey
GU21 6ET
The new office is situated opposite Bill’s. If you’d like to pop in and visit please call to check we are in.
Our new office number is 01483 673271
Email: office@dancewoking.com
The official warm-up event for Party in the Park takes place this weekend in Woking Town Centre.
On Saturday 2 July, Dance Woking is again hosting an interactive taster event in Jubilee Square to delight shoppers and excite partygoers planning to attend Woking’s premier outdoor festival (9 July).
From midday, professional and community dance groups will be previewing their H.G. Wells inspired performances in step with Party in the Park’s science fiction theme, and encouraging you to have a go.
People passing through Jubilee Square this weekend can see
A showcase of community dance talent, at 12noon and 2.15pm, featuring:
• First Dance Studios (Amy Astley)
• Francesca Louise Dance Company
• Street Dance Academy UK- Laci Strike
• Chinese Association Woking
Critically acclaimed performance art from
• Amina Khayyam Dance Co. performing ‘People in the Skies’ – 12.25pm and 2.40pm
• Commotion Dance Co. performing ‘Little Artist, Big Painting’ – 12.55pm and 3.10pm
Take part in free dance workshops
• Learn some Sci-Fi moves with Dance Woking – 12.35pm and 2.50pm
• MoveMe’s Bert Roman will show you just how much you ‘love to boogie’ to T.Rex – 1.35pm and 3.50pm
Responsible for delivering the dance programme at Party in the Park, Sam McCaffrey, Executive Director at Dance Woking, said: “This is the second year we’ve hosted Encounters, which aims to give people a flavour of what’s on offer at Party in the Park on the 9 July in Woking Park.
“Woking is a hotbed for dance and it’s fantastic to be able to showcase both the wealth of talent, and opportunity to participate in dance, that exists locally.
“In Jubilee Square this Saturday, four community groups will be performing the dances they have prepared specially for the Party, so please watch them, applaud loudly, and give them lots of encouragement. You’ll be able to see them again at Party in the Park, performing on the Morrisons Main Stage and in the Encounters Dance tent.
“A real treat for shoppers in the Town Centre this weekend are our two performance acts. Amina Khayyam Dance Co. tours all over the UK and uses Kathak, a type of northern Indian classical dance, combined with mime, as its core narrative. Commotion Dance is planning to draw spectators into its paint-filled world, full of magical movement and daring dance! Watch in awe as the dancers create a visually striking, larger than life painting in the middle of Jubilee Square.
“Everyone’s favourite, MoveMe’s Bert Roman, is back. He’ll be showing you some simple steps to the T.Rex classic, ‘We Love to Boogie’. Join in with him and the Dance Woking instructors to have some fun, learn something, get moving and above all, get in the party spirit!”
Party in the Park takes place on Saturday 9 July, 12noon to 9pm in Woking Park. For further information about this free family event, visit www.celebratewoking.info/partyinthepark
Dance Woking aims to provide more opportunities for local communities to watch and take part in dance and to integrate artist and audience development to support a vibrant dance infrastructure in Woking and Surrey.
Dance Woking aims to provide more opportunities for local communities to watch and take part in dance and to integrate artist and audience development to support a vibrant dance infrastructure in Woking and Surrey.
Dance Woking has for the fifth year produced the community dance showcase for the main stage and Encounters Tent at Party in the Park and this year sees an even greater number of groups taking part, there is an exciting and eclectic mix of dance groups showcasing the diversity and make-up of the Borough with over 300 dancers performing in 30 groups taking to one of the two stages in the Futuristic Field. Compering on the main stage for Dance Woking’s showcase is Lucy Field – Chair of Dance Woking.
The community dance groups have taken the sci-fi theme element to inspire their dance performances in their costume and or music; this year you can expect to see some interesting interpretations of what sci-fi means to the groups. The groups performing welcome new members and if anyone watching on the day is interested in making contact, the details of each dance group can be found on Dance Woking’s new website, which has a new dance directory, sign posting all the different dance companies taking part and how to contact them, www.dancewoking.com
As well as bringing the local dance community together to Woking Park, Dance Woking’s Director, Sam McCaffrey,
‘This year I have really enjoyed the challenge of finding and putting together an exciting sci-fi themed based programme of work, bringing new companies to Woking, the performances are exciting and attention grabbing, a mix of professional dance and theatre companies. I hope the Woking audience enjoy this great opportunity to see such high quality performances for free and enjoy a great family day out.’
