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.


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.

A young white non-binary dancer wearing a cream T-shirt carefully cradles a black female dancer who wears a bright orange top and leans back into their meaningful embrace.

THEO CLINKARD

INSIDE OUT OUTSIDE IN

June 2025

a black and white picture of Ania. They have a shaved head and is captured mid-movement, amongst many people.

ANIA VAREZ

FLYING LOW & PASSING THROUGH

April 2025

A figure in a bright blue top stands on jagged, dark grey and lichen yellow rocks, arms extended toward the bright blue sky high above.

KYRA NORMAN

DEEP TIME MOVING

April 2025

DIVIJA MELALLY

HOME: BODY

April 2025

Jennifer Lynn-Crawford

February 2025

Akshay Sharma

October 2024

KIRSTie sIMSON

June 2024

Annie Pui Ling Lok

April 2024

BAKANI PICKUP

‘KALANGA’

October 2023

EVERYWHERE HERE

March 2023

January 2023

image Camilla Greenwell

September 2022

Anushiye Yarnell

AN ARRAY OF OPPOSITES

June 2022

STARTING FROM A PLACE OF COMFORT

January 2022

WHY BRING ATTENTION TO A MOMENT LIVED?

September 2021

SIMPLE SCORES

January 2020

HOW DOES THE DANCER SPEAK?

September 2019

THE IMPROVISATIONAL PERFORMER

June 2019

TOGETHER

March 2019