WORKSHOPS

GATHER UP hosts workshops four times a year, inviting celebrated artists from across the UK to share their dance and choreographic practice and current research interests in a spirit of reciprocal enquiry.

These workshops are open to the curiosity of people aged 18+ who work with contemporary dance, movement improvisation, choreography or other movement practices.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:

Photographer: Camilla Greenwell / Dancers: Connor Scott & Temitope Ajose

ABOUT INSIDE OUT OUTSIDE IN:

Theo's workshop starts with a practice that uses guided touch in pairs to encourage moving from the haptic experience. This is followed by group work that establishes a dialogue between the moving body and the imagination to explore transformative states, feelings, sensations and behaviours. The afternoon will be a steady speed, physically low impact and suitable for all who are comfortable with gentle contact, who are curious to play with performance and enjoy group discussion.

ABOUT THEO:

Theo Clinkard is based in Devon and works internationally as a choreographer, theatre designer, performer, mentor and teacher. Following 20 years working as a dancer, he launched his own company in 2012. Alongside designing and directing company works, his commissions include creations for Tanztheatre Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba & Candoco. 

Theo regularly leads intensives workshops including engagements in Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, United States, Cuba, Italy, Finland, Sweden and Norway. He is an Associate Artist at Brighton Dome & Festival and an Honorary Fellow at Plymouth University. 

Theo is fascinated by the communicative potential of the moving body and the empathetic potential of dance in performance. He seeks to create opportunities for memorable connection between audiences and performers through working with attention, the senses and the imagination as a way to generate and articulate a landscape of feelings. 

www.theoclinkard.com

Instagram: @theoclinkard

Who are these workshops for?

Artists and practitioners (18yrs+) working with contemporary dance, improvisation, choreography or other movement practices.

Access:

If you need access support during the workshop or have a question contact us at: info.gatherup@gmail.com

If you are a dancer with a visual impairment and would like to come to this workshop and access our free creative audio description 1-1 support please get in touch to find out more and how to book: info.gatherup@gmail.com

We have a Care Pot available offering cash support towards childcare, parking, travel, access or other extra costs that may surround being able to attend this workshop. Take a read and please be in touch with how we could cover some of your extra costs so that you can come along and participate: info.gatherup@gmail.com

Read our sharing spaces commitment here.

Booking:

Ticket price is pay-what-you-decide with a min. cost of £12.00 + booking fee (which is donated to a Bristol-based charity via Headfirst).

Realise you can’t make it?:

We no longer offer refunds. However, you can put your ticket up for resale or transfer it to a friend using the Headfirst booking system if the workshop is fully booked. If you put your original ticket for resale or transfer via headfirst it will become void and a new, valid ticket will be emailed to the transfer recipient. Transfers can be made up to 24 hours before the event.

Waiting List:

If the workshop places sell out you can add yourself to a waiting list via the headfirst booking link and you will be informed when a ticket is available to purchase.

PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS & CREATIVE RESPONSES:

Below is an archive of the workshops we have hosted.

We have invited a participating dancer to capture an essence of some of the ideas/provocations/explorations shared in some of the workshop through the lens of their own dance practice. All of these responses can be found here, or are linked below.