Classes and Workshops
Dance North’s Participatory Programme offers regular classes, one-off workshops and performance opportunities facilitated by trained dance artists across the length and breadth of Moray.
- Dance North Youth – for young people aged 7-19 who want to explore dance and performance.
- Older people (aged 55+) – dance mixed with gentle standing and seated exercise to increase mobility, strength and fitness.
- Dance for Parkinson’s – a welcoming class for anyone who is part of the Parkinson’s community
DO: Outdoor Family Movement Play
Outdoor Family Movement Play in Grant Park, Forres (July 1, Aug 12, 15, 2-3:30pm). Movement games, yoga, mindfulness for ages 4+. Adult accompaniment required. Meet at Playpark Cafe. …
WATCH: RISE 2025 – Dance North Conversations…RISE 2025
Sit up and listen to our RISE artists in conversation with Māori contemporary dance artist and cultural advocate, Paige Shand Haami, recorded live for our new podcast, Dance North Conversations… …
DO: RISE 2025 – Picnic lunch with DJ Bration
Our family-friendly picnic party returns to the Dancing Green, with a socially conscious and spiritually uplifting roots reggae setlist from DJ Bration. …
WATCH: RISE 2025 – The Perfect Number by Richard Layzell
The Perfect Number by Richard Layzell. In live performance and on film, at the same time, we explore dreams, other living beings, brutality and survival, trees fighting back, how to pose, wearing the wrong clothes, undisciplined golfers, …
WATCH: RISE 2025 – Long Solo 4 – Seke Chimutengwende
Seke Chimutengwende embarks on a one hour performance without a plan. As he faces the empty space, alone, he draws on memory, sensation and imagination to conjure worlds out of nothing. A fusion of dance, poetry, stand-up, …
DO: RISE 2025 – RADIOMATON
A total sensory and immersive experience, RADIOMATON questions the construction of truth, media contamination, fake news and the role of the body in the perception of information. …
DO: RISE 2025 – Regional Artist Network Event with guest artist Rakesh Sukesh
Join Dance North's Regional Artist Network for our biannual gathering, supporting freelance dance artists across the north of Scotland, Highlands, and Islands. In a field often marked by isolation, we cherish the chance to come together and …
DO: RISE 2025 – Acro-balance family workshop with Ashtar Muallem
A fun and interactive acro-oga workshop designed for one adult and one child (ages 3-10), combining circus games and pair yoga techniques. …
DO: RISE 2025 – Dance Jam led by Seke Chimutengwende
Join Seke Chimutengwende in this unique dance jam in exploring the space at Universal Hall with freedom, play, presence and awareness. …
WATCH: RISE 2025 – because i love the diversity – Rakesh Sukesh
In because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it), Rakesh tells the story of his own journey through the powerful semi-improvisational, trance-like movement technique that makes him such an in-demand teacher across the world. …
WATCH: RISE 2025 – Cosmos – Ashtar Muallem et Clément Dazin – La Main de l’Homme
A Palestinian born in Jerusalem, Ashtar Muallem tells her story, her relationship to her country, to her body and spirituality in this funny and moving show. …
WATCH: RISE 2025 – And – Charlotte Mclean
A dance poem about wonder, worries and being alive. A homage to the mothers and grandmothers who have danced before us and the children we are yet to meet, And invites us to consider our view of …
Image credit: Mie Roche-Nishimori
DO: Dance for Parkinson’s | January – March 2025
This is a welcoming class in Forres for anyone who is part of the Parkinson's community, whether you have a diagnosis or are supporting someone living with Parkinson's. …
DO: I Wish Someone Told Me I Can Dance
Join M:ADE's facilitators Lynda and Kiara, along with Dance North’s Ruth Kent, for I Wish Someone Told Me I Can Dance — a space for open conversation, shared reflections, gentle movement, and, above all, support. Together, we'll …