Cheshire Dance

Dance Able Chester (Cheshire Dance's NEXUS Programme)
2026-03-05 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-26 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-19 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-12 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-05 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Blacon Enterprise Centre, 14 The Parade, Blacon, Chester, CH15HN
Dance sessions at Blacon Enterprise Centre for young people with learning disabilities age 11+, exploring dance, choreography, improvisation and creation!
Come and join us, Thursdays, 5-6pm from January 7th 2026.
Everyone welcome- pay £5 on the day. No need to book!
For any questions or a friendly chat, email lesya@cheshiredance.org.

Dance Able Winsford (2026)
2026-03-04 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-02-25 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-02-11 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-02-04 17:30 - 18:30 | Cheshire Dance: Winsford Library, Winsford Library, High Street, Winsford, CW72AS, United Kingdom
Dance sessions at Winsford Library for young people with learning disabilities age 11+, exploring dance, choreography, improvisation and creation!
Come and join us, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30pm from September 2nd 2026.
Everyone welcome- pay £3, £5 or £7 on the day. No need to book!
For any questions or a friendly chat, email lesya@cheshiredance.org.

Dance Able Winsford (2026)
2026-03-04 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-02-25 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-02-11 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-02-04 17:30 - 18:30 | Cheshire Dance: Winsford Library, Winsford Library, High Street, Winsford, CW72AS, United Kingdom
Dance sessions at Winsford Library for young people with learning disabilities age 11+, exploring dance, choreography, improvisation and creation!
Come and join us, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30pm from January 6th 2026.
Everyone welcome- pay £3, £5 or £8 on the day. No need to book!
For any questions or a friendly chat, email lesya@cheshiredance.org.

The Spotlight Project (2026)
2026-03-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-03 19:00 - 20:30 | New Images Youth Centre, Nixon Drive, Winsford, CW7 2HG, United Kingdom
Calling all Young People in Winsford aged 11-18!
Join us for The Spotlight Project – fun, friendly and active sessions to get you moving.
Take part in dance & movement workshops every Tuesday evening, 7pm-8:30pm
The Spotlight Project is the chance to try something new, meet new people, get active and have fun. Beginners welcome, this group is for all abilities and high school ages- no booking needed.
All sessions are FREE! What’s more, there’ll be snacks, time for chats and the opportunity to do something different on a Tuesday night at New Images, Winsford Youth & Community Forum.
For any questions or queries, pop over a message to classes@cheshiredance.org.

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Live Well Dance Hazelmere (2026)
2026-03-03 11:30 - 12:30, 2026-02-24 11:30 - 12:30, 2026-02-10 11:30 - 12:30, 2026-02-03 11:30 - 12:30 | Hazelmere, Hambleton Way, Winsford, CW7 1TL, United Kingdom
Live Well Dance – Hazelmere
Join us at Hazelmere, Winsford!
Dance & movement classes for ages 50+. Join us to have fun, get active and meet others with an hour of moving and dancing for health and falls prevention. No experience needed!
No need to book, just show up- come along and join the fun!
Pay £3 or £5 on the day!
Tuesdays, 11:30am-12:30pm, 23rd September- 16th December (no session 28th October).
Hazelmere, Hambleton Way, Winsford, CW7 1TL

Please get in touch if any questions, call 01606 861770 or email us at classes@cheshiredance.org.

Move and Connect Chester (2026)
2026-03-03 09:30 - 11:00, 2026-02-17 09:30 - 11:00, 2026-02-03 09:30 - 11:00 | Storyhouse, Hunter St, Chester, CH1 2AR, United Kingdom
Open Level Contemporary Dance Classes in Chester. Everyone welcome, classes are accessible to all level, abilities and experiences.
Ranging from guided improvisation to more formal dance exercises, we awaken our bodies to find ease and flow, to listen to sensations within and to play with the physical possibilities and personal expressions that arise.
Classes will be led by experienced Chester based professional dance artists with a focus on making these sessions fun, inclusive and accessible for all. Please come and join us and bring a friend – alternate Tuesdays at Studio by Storyhouse.
For more information, contact Bettina Carpi at: bettinacarpi@hotmail.com.
Pay £3/£5/£8 depending on your individual circumstances, cash or card accepted.

Keep on Dancing at Storyhouse (2026)
2026-03-02 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-02-23 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-02-09 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-02-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Storyhouse, Hunter St, Chester, CH1 2AR, United Kingdom
Cheshire Dance in partnership with Storyhouse brings you Keep on Dancing – a weekly dance session as part of Storyhouse Elders, a series of events celebrating ageing creatively.
This new community will give you a special opportunity to work with us to learn, rehearse and collaborate. PLUS, there’ll be some great performance opportunities too.
In the weekly sessions you will be inspired by events, activities and shows happening in the wider Storyhouse programme and will become immersed in the Storyhouse community.
The sessions take place in ‘The Studio’ by Storyhouse on Northgate Street every Monday from 2-3pm.
No need to book, just come along and join the fun!
Pay £6 or £8 per class. Card and cash payments accepted.

For more information or to chat with us about these sessions, drop us an email at: classes@cheshiredance.org

Inquiring Bodies: "Liveness" with Guest Artist Jo Fong
2026-02-28 09:30 - 17:00 | University of Chester, Kingsway Campus, Chester, CH2 2LB
Inquiring Bodies is an event by dance artists, for dance artists, which creates a mutually supportive environment for exploration and open dialogue. We aim to create a safe and supportive space where both participant artists and Guest Artists can offer, share and investigate together.
For 2026, we welcome Jo Fong as our Guest Artist.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
“I like this phrase “We are consenting to explore the unknown”. My work has led me to questions like what is community? What does diversity look like? Can the body tell us something about consent? What are the positives around uncertainty or the unsolved? I’m in a constant state of learning and unlearning and yet there is a part of my practice which acknowledges my experience, my language, the work of relating and an inherent body intelligence that is experimenting in trusting its choices. I’m enjoying the layered, the unknown and the effortless.
In terms of choreographic languages, I draw on a wealth of influences, from somatic and improvisation techniques, self-generating prompts and tools or games that explore relationships with our bodies, spaces between people, play and working with objects. For me, it’s about the possibility for liveness, presence. My work is about creating the conditions so that liveness can occur.” – Jo Fong
ABOUT JO FONG
Jo Fong is an award-winning director, choreographer and performer working in Dance, Theatre, Film and Live Art. She lives in Wales and her creative work reflects the need in these times for people to come together. Her artistic practice is an evolving, collaborative approach which puts ideas around belonging or forming community in the forefront.
Some recent highlights include collaborations with artist Sonia Hughes; Nettles: How To Disagree? presented at OFFTA, Montreal 2025, Neither Here Nor There was presented as part of Wales in Edinburgh. Sonia and Jo led on a number of film, digital and walking projects called What Will People Need?, The Sun’s Come Out, Come Rain or Shine, and To Tell You The Truth for Dublin Theatre Festival. How Shall We Begin Again? was presented at Wales Millenium Centre 2023 and Siobhan Davies Studios London 2022, Ways of Being Together at Chapter Arts Centre 2019 and Shoreditch Town Hall 2020. A Brief History of Difference was created with DAR of Das Clarks. Sons and Mums was created with Everybody Dance in Malvern, a beautiful collaboration with six men who have autism and their mums.
Jo is currently contributing to research with a number of projects; IcoDaCo European Collectives project, The Choreography of Consent and The Agency of Matter – No Despair together with artist Deborah Light. She recently initiated a project called Making a Clearing inviting Wales’ freelance Global Majority dance artists to come together this winter. In January 2026, Jo will be heading to New York’s Under The Radar festival with The Rest Of Our Lives which was created in 2019 with clown and circus artist, George Orange. Jo and George’s 100th performance will be in Pontypridd this February. Find out more about Jo on her website: jofong.com
Inquiring Bodies is for experienced dancers/movers who are keen to explore and enquire together as a group. Places are limited to ensure we can hold space for authentic enquiry and exploration.
For any questions or queries, please contact: jane.mclean@cheshiredance.org.

Step Into Capoeira (2026)
2026-02-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Theatre Porto, Whitby Hall, Ellesmere Port, CH65 6QY
Capoeira for home education!
A session from Cheshire Dance for all primary schools ages who learn outside of mainstream education.
Capoeira sessions that explore the Brazilian artform that mixes martial arts with dance, acrobatics and music.
Pay per session (£5 only).
No sign up fees or contracts; all abilities welcome.
Term Time only, Mondays 10-11am at Theatre Porto in Ellesmere Port.
For more info, contact Cheshire Dance on 01606 861770 or email: classes@cheshiredance.org.
