Community Workshops
Participation and communities are at the heart of our work. We can offer a bespoke workshop for your group; whatever you need we can create the solution. Please get in touch for a chat.
Youth dance classes
These classes are creative and fun, aimed at getting young people dancing in high-energy shared experiences.
Classes starts with game-like warm up exercises so that everyone can relax and have fun whilst they ease into dancing. Lîla will lead the group through a series of creative movement sequences that are designed to get the body and imagination fired up.
Emphasis is placed on connecting with the imagery and dynamics underpinning the movement, encouraging confidence in personal interpretation and exploration. These classes are for all young people to get involved and simple enjoy moving, regardless of their dance experience.
Over 50’s classes
Whether this is your first time in a contemporary dance class, or you are an experienced mover, these classes offer a dance experience where you can take part at your own pace, enjoy expressing yourself through movement and keep fit and flexible.
We create a positive and supportive atmosphere where you can share the experience of dancing with others while socialising. Classes provide a balance of creative exercises and learnt sequences that are designed to activate your body and your mind and encourage confidence.
Classes are accessible, open to everyone and movement can be modified to support individual requirements. Personal interpretation is positively encouraged!
We have been leaders in casting local community members in our professional touring work since 2012.
Co-creation workshops – taking part in the making stages
Community cast - joining us onstage as performers
Co-creation workshops
We think that we make better work when we listen to the ideas and perspectives of the communities we work with. We open up our creative processes to welcome people of all ages and walks of life to get involved with our work as we make it! Here your creativity, perspective, and energy, informs the work we make.
What does this involve? You join us in the studio to share in our creative dance explorations, share ideas, and meet our creative team in a fun, welcoming creative environment. Co-creation workshops are normally 4 hours, and you can attend as many as you like.
Co-creation workshops are advertised on all of our social media channels and via our newsletter.
Community cast
The community cast is open to everyone regardless of dance experience or age. The sections we teach are flexible and can be tailored to suit the needs of any group. We can include those with no experience of dance through to dance students and training professionals.
What does this involve? You would perform on stage alongside our professional cast, in front of a paying audience.
How does it work? You come and join cast workshops where you will learn everything you need to know from our professional dancers to be able to perform in our work. This usually takes two days of your time for the rehearsals and then of course you need join us for the performance!
Community Cast workshops are usually organised and advertised in collaboration with the performance venue. Recruitment can be via open call out, or might be limited to a community group, school, college or university that venues want to build a relationship with.
Please note that due to Covid-19, opportunities may be curtailed or cancelled inline with government regulations and the company’s risk assessment.
We’re not currently casting for new productions. Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to hear of community casting opportunities.
Not sure what to expect?
Get a sense of what it is to be part of a Lîla Dance performance as a community cast member, and perform on stage.
Video Music Credit: Burned by Dougie Evans available to buy from our online shop.
Outreach workshops
These workshops are designed with your group in mind!
We know that not every dance group fits into a specific box - and we embrace this in our outreach workshops. We work with you to develop an understanding of your group so that we can conjure up a dance experience that leaves everyone feeling confident and energised with the right level of physical and creative challenge.
Classes can focus on taught sequences, provide lots of space for creative explorations - or a good balance of both of these!
So if you are a university dance tutor looking for an injection of energy for your choreography students, a community organiser bringing together an intergenerational dance event or anything in between - drop us a email and let’s get chatting!
Download a history of our Participation Workshops.
Photo credit: Dougie Evans. Dancers: Carrie Whitaker and Eastleigh and Brighton CAT Satellite Scheme.
“Wow I had a great time - Amy and Joe hit the perfect note between teaching and encouraging, supporting us to have a good time too. I think they got the goods from us with kindness as well as technique.”
— Bunny. Extended cast community participant for The Hotel Experience, Liskeard.
Dancers: Members of The Vivekamayas
Photo Credits: Kai Downham and Dougie Evans
Dancers: Members of The Mayakaras
Dancers: Members of The Mayakaras
Dancers: Members of the Rural Tour Community Cast
Workshop prices
All the professional dancers we work with are trained in the Lîla way. They work with us regularly, attend our professional classes, share our ethos and can teach our repertoire. You can choose to either work with one of our fully trained Lîla associate artists or commission one of our Artistic Directors.If you want one dancer to work with a group who are under 14 years old we can work with up to 20 participants, for over 14s we can work with up to 25 participants. If you have a larger group we can send two dancers and work with up to 35 participants.
One off workshop
(90 minutes)
1 Lila Dancer =£150
1 Artistic Director = £175
2 Lila Dancers = £250
1 Artistic Director plus 1 Lila Dancer = £300
Plus Travel, and where required accommodation.
Half day workshop (up to 3 hours)
1 Lila Dancer = £290
1 Artistic Director = £350
2 Lila Dancers = £340
1 Artistic Director plus 1 Lila Dancer = £400
Plus Travel, and where required accommodation.
Full day workshop
(up to 6 hours)
1 Lila Dancer = £440
1 Artistic Director = £500
2 Lila Dancers = £490
1 Artistic Director plus 1 Lila Dancer = £550
Plus Travel, and where required accommodation.
Get in touch
We can offer a bespoke workshop for your community or youth group.
Whatever you need we can create the solution.