EXPLORING LIFE.
EXPLORING DANCE.
Real pieces about real lives.
We create meaningful dance about all our experiences. An honest look at what it means to be a person in the world today.
CONNECTING THROUGH DANCE. LINK THROUGH EXPERIENCES.
We create a platform for open conversations, collaborations & finding hope.
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE DANCE.
We remove barriers by performing in small, local venues and letting our audience pay whatever they can afford.
WE CAN ALL BE CREATIVE.
Our workshops allow a new generation to discover a love of dance. We come to you, with workshops at schools, festivals, care homes, and libraries.
ASPIRING PROFESSIONALS, FIND YOUR NEW HOME.
We develop and support new potential in every area of dance, from producers to performers to marketing based in and around Worcestershire.
ARE YOU OVER 28 WORKING IN THE WORLD OF DANCE?
Want to feel rejuvenated, inspired and connected? Join our Riverside R&R programme.
TRANSFORMATIVE DANCE.
We believe that we’re all on a journey to develop and grow and that dance can give us a courageous voice to take the next step.
We’re working with young people from four schools in levelling up areas to help make sense of trauma and the stories we tell ourselves to deal with it.
Through this project when we find the courage to look beyond the stories, healing can start to take place.
The pandemic hit everyone hard. We worked with four millennials to create and share a work that spoke to their experiences.
Performed at festivals, ‘Unpatterning’ uses high energy dance music to show the self-destructive patterns we get into and the battle for escape.
‘Constant Falling’ is for those who want a sense of peace and rejuvenation. It’s a chance to reflect on what is most meaningful to your life.
Performed almost entirely in slow motion and half light to a calm, meditative soundscape, it’s a point of beauty in a hectic world.
Our 12 foot scaffolding rig is visiting school playgrounds across the region.
Children who have never danced in their life literally leap at the chance to learn acrobatics, parkour and make a new type of performance.
ALLOWING DANCE TO BE PART OF YOUR STORY.
Help us redefine the story and the value of dance where everyone's unique voice is celebrated.
HOW CAN WE TEAM UP?
Are you aged 28+ working in any area of dance within Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire or the Black Country.
If so, Riverside R&R is for you! We meet once a month for relaxed workshops to rejuvenate, have fun and inspire. And of course a good gossip afterwards!
Stay in touch! Our mailing list includes details of community and professional classes, performance opportunities and upcoming tours.
We want to work with you, whoever you are!
Recent projects include:
Understanding traumatic events and the power of storytelling
Using dance and dogs to deal with the return to school after covid
Boys want to dance too!
Understanding computer science through dance
European Wheelchair Basketball - the road to the paralympics.
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All donations are used to help us foster creativity, provide opportunities, and contribute to the well-being of real people.
