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
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DO: Dance for Parkinson’s | Sep-Dec 2025
This is a welcoming class in Elgin for anyone who is part of the Parkinson's community, whether you have a diagnosis or are supporting someone living with Parkinson's. September-December 2025 term …
DO: Culture Cafe – Next Meet Up
Dance North will host a Culture Café to coincide with the Findhorn Bay Arts creative learning exchange The Space Between. …
DO: Autumn Creativity 2025 Forres ages 8+
Dance, Yoga and Movement for children and young people aged 8-11years. Join professional choreographer and dance artist, Sharon* to create an active Autumnal story to share with your family! Open session Tues 7 Oct and 2 Dec- parents …
DO: Autumn Creativity 2025 Fochabers
Want to dance and create your own choreography? Join Debbie's 11-week course. Informal performance for family on the last session. Mondays, 4-5pm at Fochabers Public Institute …
DO: Elgin Youth Dance (Advanced) | Sep-Dec 2025
Develop Your Dance Skills (Ages 12+) in Elgin, Moray. Join our exciting 10-week Contemporary Dance class designed for young dancers to build technique, explore improvisation, and gain performance confidence. Led by Dance North's Ruth Kent and guest …
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 – 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. …
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. …
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. …