Autumn workshop with Mark

The Autumn workshop with Mark will run at Fetternear Hall 21st - 24th October. Paolo is finalising the schedule for 121s and group sessions, so if you want to book one of those then please let him know as soon as possible.

Aberdeenshire January workshops

The first workshops of 2020 with Caroline in Aberdeenshire are this weekend, 17-19th January. All sessions, except weapons, are at Balvack.

Friday 6:30-9:30pm: Weapons, Fetternear Hall - entry via the "front" door not the kitchen
Saturday and Sunday sessions are 1-4pm & 5:30-8:30pm.


The price is £20 (concessions £12) per 3 hr session. Please bring food to share on Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch with your instructor if you need travel directions or feel free to contact me with any other question.

REVISED - September workshops, Aberdeenshire

UPDATE 5 Sep:  Friday will be weapons practice, sharing hall cost; Saturday afternoon meet-up at Anneke's; no Sunday sessions. Click here for info.

The next workshops with Caroline in Aberdeenshire are this weekend, 6-8th September. The Weapons session is at Fetternear Hall, all other workshops are at Balvack. Great River students of any level are particularly welcome to the Saturday sessions.

Friday 6:30-9:30pm: Weapons
Saturday 1-4pm: Short Form, and related study
Saturday 5:30-8:30pm: Partnerwork
Sunday 1-4pm: Long Form
Sunday 5.30-8.30pm: Advanced Studies and Dance

The price is £18 (concessions £12) per 3 hr session. Please bring food to share on Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch with your instructor if you need travel directions or feel free to contact me with any other question.

Dates for all the 2019 workshops are available here.

Unfix Festival

This festival next weekend in Glasgow looks great. Dark Mountain friends Dougie Strang and Charlotte DuCann are performing. I have only just read about it, hence lack of notice...

Paul Michael Henry - Butoh Dance

November Aberdeenshire workshops

Aberdeenshire workshops with Caroline are this weekend, 9-11th November.
The Weapons session is at Fetternear Hall, all other workshops are at Balvack. Great River students of any level are particularly welcome to the Saturday sessions.

Friday 6:30-9:30pm: Weapons
Saturday 1-4pm: Short Form, and related study
Saturday 5:30-8:30pm: Partnerwork
Sunday 1-4pm: Long Form
Sunday 5.30-8.30pm: Advanced Studies and Dance

The price is £18 (concessions £12) per 3 hr session. Please bring food to share on Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch with your instructor if you need travel directions or feel free to contact me with any other questions.

Thursdays at Monymusk starting 9th August

Here's the rota for the next block of Thursday sessions. As usual we'll be in the Small Hall 7-9pm and Large Hall 9-10pm at Monymusk except where listed. The price is £35 for 10 weeks or £5/week.

09-Aug Sandy   Main Hall 7-10pm 
16-Aug Scott     Small Hall 7-10pm
23-Aug Anneke  Main Hall 7-10pm
30-Aug Davina   Main Hall 7-10pm
06-Sep Marie
13-Sep Janet
20-Sep Paolo
27-Sep Sandy
04-Oct Scott
11-Oct Anneke

 If you can't make the session that you're due to lead then please contact someone on the list to arrange a swap.

April workshops

The Aberdeenshire workshops with Caroline are this weekend, 13-15th April.
The Weapons session is at Fetternear Hall, all other workshops are at Balvack. Great River students of any level are particularly welcome to the Saturday sessions.

Friday 6:30-9:30pm: Weapons
Saturday 1-4pm: Short Form, and related study
Saturday 5:30-8:30pm: Partnerwork
Sunday 1-4pm: Long Form
Sunday 5.30-8.30pm: Advanced Studies and Dance

The price is £18 (concessions £12) per 3 hr session. Please bring food to share on Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch with your instructor if you need travel directions or feel free to contact me with any other questions.

Aberdeenshire March workshops

The next workshops with Caroline are this weekend, 9-11th March. The weather is set to improve by the weekend so roads should be ok, but I'll post on this blog if there are any changes.

The Weapons session is at Fetternear Hall at 6:30pm, all other workshops are at Balvack. Great River students of any level are particularly welcome to the Saturday sessions.

Friday 6:30-9:30pm: Weapons, including Sabre for beginners 6:30-7:30  (£5).
Saturday 1-4pm: Short Form, and related study
Saturday 5:30-8:30pm: Partnerwork
     plus    8:30-9:30pm: Introduction to dream work. More info here
Sunday 1-4pm: Long Form
Sunday 5.30-8.30pm: Advanced Studies and Dance

The price is £18 (concessions £12) per 3 hr session. Please bring food to share on Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch with your instructor if you need travel directions or feel free to contact me with any other questions.

September Workshops in Aberdeenshire

This months workshops with Caroline are this weekend 15-17th September.

The Weapons session is at Fetternear Hall at the earlier start time of 6:30pm, all other workshops are at Balvack. Great River students of any level are particularly welcome to the Saturday sessions.

Friday 6:30-9:30pm: Weapons, including Sabre for beginners 6:30-7:30  (£5).
Saturday 1-4pm: Short Form, and related study
Saturday 5.30-8.30pm: Partnerwork
Sunday 1-4pm: Long Form
Sunday 5.30-8.30pm: Advanced Studies and Dance

The price is £16 (concs available) per 3 hr session. Please bring food to share on Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch with your instructor if you need travel directions or feel free to contact me with any other questions.

Also, weather permitting, there will be a mushroom foraging day on Monday 18th September. Let Caroline or me know if you'd like to come along.

The final workshops of 2017 with Caroline are 10-12 November and 8-10 December. The Autumn Intensive at Fetternear Hall with Mark is 14-16th October. All the details are here.

Thursdays at Monymusk

We'll be restarting our weekly sessions at Monymusk next Thursday 17th August. 7-9pm in the small room then 9-10pm in the main hall as usual. £35 for a 10 week block or £5/week. Anyone who has been to an intensive or is studying Long Form will be welcome.

June workshops, Aberdeenshire

This month's workshops with Caroline are this coming weekend 2-4th June.

As usual, the Weapons session is at Fetternear Hall at the earlier start time of 6:30pm
Great River students of any level are particularly welcome to the Saturday sessions, which will be at Anneke's place in Finzean. We'll be out in the garden, weather permitting !
The Sunday workshops are at Balvack.

Friday 6:30-9:30pm: Weapons, including Sabre for beginners 6:30-7:30  (£5).
Saturday 1-4pm: Short Form, and related study
Saturday 5.30-8.30pm: Partnerwork
Sunday 1-4pm: Long Form
Sunday 5.30-8.30pm: Advanced Studies and Dance

The price is £16 (concs available) per 3 hr session. Please bring food to share on Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch with your instructor if you need travel directions or feel free to contact me with any other questions.

All the dates for the 2017 Aberdeenshire workshops are available here

May workshops, Aberdeenshire

This month's workshops with Caroline start tomorrow, 5th May, at 6:30pm with sabre/weapons at Fetternear Hall. All the info on the workshop schedule is available here.
It's lovely and sunny today so perhaps we'll get to work outside again at the weekend for the 3rd consecutive month !

May Aberdeenshire workshops with Caroline

This month's workshops with Caroline are this coming weekend 5-7th May. All workshops are at Balvack, except for Weapons which is at Fetternear Hall (please note the earlier start time of 6:30pm). Great River students of any level are particularly welcome to the Saturday sessions.

Friday 6:30-9:30pm: Weapons, including Sabre for beginners 6:30-7:30  (£5).
Saturday 1-4pm: Short Form, and related study
Saturday 5.30-8.30pm: Partnerwork
Sunday 1-4pm: Long Form
Sunday 5.30-8.30pm: Advanced Studies and Dance

The price is £16 (concs available) per 3 hr session. Please bring food to share on Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch with your instructor if you need travel directions or feel free to contact me with any other questions.

All the dates for the 2017 Aberdeenshire workshops are available here

Nafisah Baba - a great young dancer

Just had he accidental pleasure of watching the BBC Young Dancer Grand Final on BBC2 tonight. Go and watch it on iplayer. Nafisah Baba won, my favourite by far, she danced with so much strength and emotion it brought tears to my eyes. I have enjoyed contemporary dance since I was about 14 both on TV and in theatres when I could afford it, but some years don't get to see any. During my teens Channel 4 used to have a thread called 'Dance on Four' and I saw DV8, The Cholmondleys and the Featherstonhaughs, Michael Clark and many more, which made a huge impression. Tonight it was a joy to see such a creative and distinctive dancer get some prime time on our screens. Her piece for the duet section was stunning, felt like they were dancing from my own feelings. Congratulations to her and all the finalists. Now I will have to go iplayer and watch all the heats...

First poetry with Kate Tempest, now awesome dance on BBC2. Very happy for my license fee to pay for this. More meaning in the finalists' movements tonight than a whole day of politicians' rubbish. 

April Aberdeenshire workshops with Caroline

This month's workshops with Caroline are this coming weekend 7-9th April. All workshops are at Balvack, except for Weapons which is at Fetternear Hall (please note the earlier start time of 6:30pm). Great River students of any level are particularly welcome to the Saturday sessions.

Friday 6:30-9:30pm: Weapons, including Sabre for beginners 6:30-7:30  (£5).
Saturday 1-4pm: Short Form, and related study
Saturday 5.30-8.30pm: Partnerwork
Sunday 1-4pm: Long Form
Sunday 5.30-8.30pm: Advanced Studies and Dance

The price is £16 (concs available) per 3 hr session. Please bring food to share on Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch with your instructor if you need travel directions or feel free to contact me with any other questions.

All the dates for the 2017 Aberdeenshire workshops are available here

Aberdeenshire Thursday sessions

Here's the rota for the next block of Thursday sessions. As usual we'll be in the Small Hall 7-9pm and Large Hall 9-10pm at Monymusk except where stated. The price is £35 for 10 weeks or £5/week.

23-Mar    Scott
30-Mar    Davina
6-Apr      Janet
13-Apr    Marie
20-Apr    Paolo  Bar 7-9, Large Hall 9-10pm (please enter by back door)
27-Apr    Sandy
4-May     tbc (Monymusk not available)
11-May   Scott
18-May   Davina
25-May   Janet

If you can't make the session that you're due to lead then please contact someone on the list to arrange a swap.

March workshops with Caroline, Aberdeenshire

This month's workshops with Caroline are this coming weekend 10-12th March. All workshops are at Balvack, except for Weapons which is at Fetternear Hall. Great River students of any level are particularly welcome to the Saturday sessions.

Friday 7-10pm now 6:30-9:30: Weapons, including Sabre for beginners  (£5).
Saturday 1-4pm: Short Form, and related study
Saturday 5.30-8.30pm: Partnerwork
Sunday 1-4pm: Long Form
Sunday 5.30-8.30pm: Advanced Studies and Dance

The price is £16 (concs available) per 3 hr session. Please bring food to share on Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch with your instructor if you need travel directions or feel free to contact me with any other questions.

All the dates for the 2017 Aberdeenshire workshops are available here

February workshops, Aberdeenshire

This month's workshops with Caroline are this coming weekend 10-12th February. All workshops are at Balvack, except for Weapons which is at Fetternear Hall. Great River students of any level are particularly welcome to the Saturday sessions.

Friday 7-10pm: Weapons, including Sabre for beginners 7-8pm (£5).
Saturday 1-4pm: Short Form, and related study
Saturday 5.30-8.30pm: Partnerwork
Sunday 1-4pm: Long Form
Sunday 5.30-8.30pm: Advanced Studies and Dance

The price is £16 (concs available) per 3 hr session. Please bring food to share on Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch with your instructor if you need travel directions or feel free to contact me with any other questions.

All the dates for the 2017 Aberdeenshire workshops are available here

January workshops, Aberdeenshire

The first workshops of the year with Caroline are this coming weekend 13-15th January. All workshops are at Balvack, except for Weapons which is at Fetternear Hall. Great River students of any level are particularly welcome to the Saturday sessions.

Friday 7-10pm: Weapons, including Sabre for beginners 7-8pm (£5).
Saturday 1-4pm: Short Form, and related study
Saturday 5.30-8.30pm: Partnerwork
Sunday 1-4pm: Long Form
Sunday 5.30-8.30pm: Advanced Studies and Dance (more info available here).

The price is £16 (concs available) per 3 hr session. Please bring food to share on Saturday and Sunday. Get in touch with your instructor if you need travel directions or feel free to contact me with any other questions.

All the dates for the 2017 Aberdeenshire workshops are available here

Aberdeenshire Thursday sessions

Here's the rota for the first block of Thursday sessions of the year. As usual we'll be in the Small Hall 7-9pm and Large Hall 9-10pm at Monymusk except where stated. The price is £35 for 10 weeks or £5/week.

12-Jan    Scott        Main Hall 7-10pm
19-Jan    Davina 
26-Jan    Janet
2-Feb     Marie        8-10pm only (Small Hall)
9-Feb     Paolo 
16-Feb   Sandy       8-10pm only (Small Hall)
23-Feb   Scott
2-Mar     Davina
9-Mar     Janet   
16-Mar   Marie

If you can't make the session that you're due to lead then please contact someone on the list to arrange a swap.