Dance and Parkinson’s Norwich has been established since 2011. The company has returned, it has gathered some momentum and added some new ingredients and is growing roots at Copperdot. The offering is an extended practice of dance, involving task specific training, preparation for choreography, company class alongside performance projects and other opportunities. Class is for people at an early stage of Parkinson’s who are independently mobile. We are welcoming people with other neurological challenges but this needs to be discussed with Rachel prior to joining class.

We dance weekly on Thursday’s at 10.00am.

We will be recruiting for a new class to begin in Autumn, please contact us and add your details to our waiting lists.

Please contact Rachel directly via the website to discuss the suitability of the class for you and how you can join.

These lovely classes are back in the New Year. Please express your interest via the contact form and we will contact you with details how to join the classes.

Sessions are currently running on Tuesday evenings. Contact us if you are interested in joining the sessions. It may be that you will need to wait for the next term to begin, depending on your timing of enquiry. There will be one week break in half term (18th February 2025).

Taster sessions will run on Tuesdays 2.30-3.30pm on the 21st May, £10.50 per taster

A 6 week dance course will follow.

4th June to 9th July

£63

In 2023 Katy received a Norfolk Arts Award for her Norwich Breathe dance group and is now launching a second group at Copperdot.

Breathe dance is a dance class that is for your mind and body. Drawing on her expertise and experience as a community dance artist and a dance movement psychotherapist, she aims to create a warm and welcoming class that benefits your whole self.

Please fill out the enquiry form via the website and we will be in touch with you on how to book.

This series of 2 sessions is for those who are already attending classes at Copperdot. Spaces are limited. There will be a mixed program of functional Pilates, including Resistance and Standing Pilates. Sessions will run-on the 20th and the 27th January at 9.30 am- 10.15am. Please email to reserve your space.

A 4-Week Introduction to Matwork Clinical Pilates, run by Physiotherapist Rachel Canavan, this program is for beginners for entry into the regular Copperdot Class Program. Clinical Pilates is suitable for most people but in some circumstances you may need to be seen on a 1:1 basis before entry into classes. Please email the studio to express your interest in the 4 week program. The cost will be £60.00 and you will receive a program. Following the program you will be advised on which class you may attend. Sessions run on the 16th /23rd/ January and the 30th/6th February 2024 at 9.45am.

Every Monday the doors are open and Dancers Connect Network and Copperdot will host Open Studio. Roll about in a big nice space, listen to the soundtrack, do some planning, some collaborating, have a stretch, chat to others. We look forward to meeting a variety of artists, filmmakers, sound artists, photographers. You don’t even have to dance, you can snuggle into the beanbags chat and try out ideas…we look forward to meeting you.

Express your interest and book via Dancers Connect/Yodanga Arts.

https://www.yodanga-arts.co.uk/calendar

Sessions cost £3 per session.

Sessions run from 9.30-11.30am BST starting the 23rd May 2022

We do not run sessions on Bank Holidays.

We love our children however these sessions are not open to the little creatives. We have a number of other classes that they can attend with you instead.

Pushing your practice or training for something specific? This class is for optimising movement and enhancing performance. You will have some Pilates experience already and will be keen to use a variety of equipment. Classes are informed by scientific models for improving performance over time.

Whilst Pilates is inclusive for all, this class is a higher level class that involves high intensity training and advanced Pilates exercises.

We like to chat to you first to determine suitability for classes. We do this to make sure classes are right for you. Please contact Rachel via the online form.

Weekly Thursday Classes - Beginners Pilates (APPI) Clinical Pilates Method, taught by Physiotherapist and Choreographer Rachel Canavan. This class is for beginners and those with injury or longstanding chronic conditions. We target, strength, flexibility, endurance, functional movement patterns and everything to help you be the best you.

You will need to be be assessed to determine suitability and appropriate levels for classes. We do this to make sure classes are right for you. Please contact Rachel via the online form. .

A weekly Thursday intermediate level Pilates class taught by Physiotherapist and Choreographer Rachel Canavan. This is a Clinical Pilates class taught by Physiotherapist Rachel. This class helps to promote functional movement.

We like to chat to you first to determine suitability for classes. We do this to make sure classes are right for you. Please contact Rachel via the online form.

A new class to add to our weekly program. A fabulous friendly beginners adult ballet class with Aleksandra Zinovieva exploring ballet technique, fitness, strength and flexibility. Contact us via the website to book your space.

A fabulous friendly beginners adult ballet class with Aleksandra Zinovieva exploring ballet technique, fitness, strength and flexibility. Contact us via the website to book your space.

Adult Ballet runs weekly at 9.30 am every Wednesday and is a fantastic way to begin ballet.

The Dance of Being

A Retreat, A Wild Conference, A Lab

Three days of movement classes, workshops, talks, meditation, film screenings & time together

To meet us in the swell between being and action

Join in person in Norfolk, UK or via livestream, wherever you are

Our days will be a spacious rhythm of movement classes, workshops, talks, meditation, film screenings and being together. Calling on the embodied intelligence of dancing, as a way to meet troubled times. Guided by a beautiful, alchemic team of philosophers, dancers, osteopaths, anthropologists, yogis, Rolfers and writers. To meet us in the space of potentiality between being (presence, attention, connectedness) and action (doing, direction, movement).

This series of labs began in 2021, this is the first open fully to the public. Birthed from a radical, fugitive, earth wide movement of professional women dancers called ‘Sanctuary on the Fault Line’. A space that allows dance to be a powerful contributor in meeting troubles times. A space to allow us to slow down and gently flee, to find new perspectives, to liberate ‘the dance’ in all of us, helped by a it’s feminist ways.

For dancers we hope ‘The Dance of Being’ will re-orient you into the beauty of your worth, strengthen you for your work, from gentleness. For others we have expanded the simplicity of dancing, so it can reach and nourish you also, aid you in your life and your work.

We are excited to welcome as contributors this year, John Stirk, Yoga Teacher and trained Osteopath; Barbara Kane, 4th generation Isadora Duncan Legacy Dancer; Bayo Akomolafe, philosopher, writer, activist, professor of psychology, and executive director of The Emergence Network; Hayley J S Matthews, Dancer, Rolfer, leader of the pack at Sanctuary on the Fault Line and curator of the lab, and Andrew Sanger, Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher and Scholar of Dance and Anthropology.

Together we will meet the potential of slowing down in body and mind; the alternative dance of possession; strength, length and lightness; the tremendous force of dynamic movement through the expressive body; liminality, communities of practice and alternative futures and ‘being the dance.

Please see the schedule via the link. Spaces are limited, so book early.

https://www.ensembledance.org/the-dance-of-being

The beginning of recovery. This journey is for the Post Natal period and up to 1 year following.

The program began on Saturday the 3rd of December and continued on Saturday the 10th December from 9.30- 10.30am. These two sessions detailed the workshop on the Post Natal body, run by Physiotherapist Rachel Canavan. The two initial sessions were for mothers to focus on themselves, learning technique and analysing their practice to aid recovery. The basics of Pilates was taught to the group in the sessions and a series of Post Natal exercises/ assessments were covered, some of the program exercises were specific to individuals.

Rachel has over ten years experience of working in this field and brings personal experience of rehabilitation following the births of three children. She has had to achieve significant levels of recovery to continue to teach both Pilates and dance. Rachel is inspired to help mothers achieve levels of recovery that exceed their own expectation.

Following feedback from some of the initial sessions we ran, some parents wanted an opportunity to focus on their personal rehabilitation, without bringing their child to an initial session. The format for the delivery of the program is to support some of these requests. Workshops offer an opportunity to deliver a large amount of information, so that you are well prepared before you begin weekly rehabilitation. If however, childcare is difficult for these sessions you are still welcome to bring your baby. We want to be as inclusive as possible.

Workshop sessions run slightly differently than a pilates class at Copperdot.  This allows a different space and time for feedback and correction. Elements of the class will be taught, however, the specific program created on the Saturdays will be followed during each session. This will support both personal practice within the workshop and then at home.

The delivery is intended to be a cost effective opportunity for inclusion into the program.

Workshop Sessions begin in January 2023. The next workshop is coming soon.

Workshop sessions will then run in a weekly format and begin on the 11th January 2023, the sessions are taught by Physiotherapist Rachel. The sessions will be an opportunity for you and your baby to be together, for you to practice and receive instruction whilst doing the program of exercises at your own pace with feedback.

The weekly workshops will be on Wednesday’s at 11.00- 12.00, in the sessions there will be additional creative opportunities for you to involve your baby in your rehabilitation if you wish. These opportunities may support bonding, communication and playfulness between parent and child.

The weekly workshops will be charged in monthly blocks and are £7.50 per session if you have attended the initial sessions.

If you are unable to join the initial sessions or need to start later, you can also book a 1:1 session which will introduce you to the program, you will then be able to access the workshops. You may also wish to engage in additional 1:1 Physiotherapy sessions, as part of a further rehabilitation journey.

Following your rehabilitation you will then be able to enter Pilates Classes at Copperdot.

Please express your interest online and we will be in touch.

A super friendly mini ballet class for (3-5 year olds) with Aleksandra Zinovieva exploring ballet technique, balance, strength, coordination, musicality and playfulness. Contact us via the website and we will get back to you shortly.

A friendly beginners children’s (5-7 year olds) ballet class with Aleksandra Zinovieva exploring ballet technique, balance, strength, coordination, musicality and playfulness. Contact us via the website and we will get back to you shortly.

Pushing your practice or training for something specific? This class is for optimising movement and enhancing performance. You will have some Pilates experience already and will be keen to use a variety of equipment. Classes are informed by scientific models for improving performance over time.

Whilst Pilates is inclusive for all, this class is a higher level class that involves high intensity training and advanced Pilates exercises.

We like to chat to you first to determine suitability for classes. We do this to make sure classes are right for you. Please contact Rachel via the online form.

Weekly Thursday Classes - Beginners Pilates (APPI) Clinical Pilates Method, taught by Physiotherapist and Choreographer Rachel Canavan. This class is for beginners and those with injury or longstanding chronic conditions. We target, strength, flexibility, endurance, functional movement patterns and everything to help you be the best you.

We like to chat to you first to determine suitability for classes. We do this to make sure classes are right for you. Please contact Rachel via the online form. .

Massage and Movement Course - Led by a children’s Physiotherapist

The perfect opportunity for developing quality time with your baby and learning how to support their growth and development.

Massage is a powerful tool for bonding, relaxation and stimulation of muscles.

Ideal for babies from 6 weeks old who are not yet crawling or babies with special needs.

With Debra's extensive physiotherapy experience in child development , you will benefit from being led through massage and movement with an holistic and eco-friendly approach in a structured environment.

Course cost £75.00 for 5 sessions
Express your interest on the drop down menu and we will contact you with the details.

The next series will be starting on the 20th October and running until the 17th November. We look forward to meeting you.

Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinics with Rachel Canavan, Chartered Physiotherapist and APPI Certified Clinical Pilates Instructor. Rachel has completed training in Pilates for Dancers, Standing Pilates, Ante and Postnatal Pilates, Advanced Shoulder Rehabilitation, Managing Osteoporosis with Pilates, Pilates for Spinal Surgery, Kids and Teen Pilates and is currently training in the barrecontrol method.

Rachel is a fully qualified Senior Activity & Health Practitioner L4 PSI and established and has taught Dance and Parkinsons in Norwich for over ten years. Rachel is able to help with injury rehabilitation, treatment for pain and musculoskeletal conditions, mobility problems, neurological rehabilitation and falls prevention.

Please enquire via the website for availability.

Children’s Yoga sessions for Summer Holidays with Alysha, a block of 4 sessions, two Wednesdays and two Fridays in August. Booking is essential as spaces are limited. The child and parent Yoga session is for up to 4 people, for children between 2-6 years old.

1.30pm-2.30pm

Sessions will be a pre-paid block of £40, please express your interest via the website and we will contact you.

In September these sessions will continue on Wednesdays at 1.30pm for children under 6 years old. This is a popular session and spaces need to be pre-booked. We look forward to meeting you.

Baby Reflexology - Feel Good Babies with Sarah Groves

Join Sarah in a safe and friendly space to learn simple Reflexology techniques to support your little one’s wellbeing.

Suitable from 4 weeks.

• Build connection

• Nourish your bond

• Boost their immunity

• Ease digestive discomforts

• Improve sleep

• Soothe teething

• Create calm

• Support their development & growth

• PLUS, it is enjoyable & fun!

Use simple Reflexology techniques on your little one.  Through Reflexology you can support your children’s health and wellbeing naturally, you can nourish your connection and bond, you can nurture their growth and development.

Please contact us via the website if you would like to participate and we will be in touch as soon as possible.

We have started our first classes, … we had such a lot of fun. Weekly Tuesday sessions in the studio with a guilt free opportunity to exercise with your baby, it’s a new collaboration, two choreographers meet and we play, we learn, we grow, we start to build the best you again, helping your body recover through Postnatal Pilates (APPI Clinical Postnatal Pilates) with Physiotherapist Rachel.

This will also be an exciting chance to learn to play with your baby through choreographic practice, pilates and dance training. We are so excited to begin offering this program. The class studio sessions (with babies) will run on Tuesday’s at 2.00pm and will be 45 minutes long, these are workshop sessions. At the beginning of the program there will be a clinical session without babies, led by Physiotherapist Rachel Canavan to introduce you to the techniques used in the weekly sessions. This longer session will run on a Saturday morning at the beginning of the program.

For all our classes please fill out the enquiry form via the website and we will be in touch with you as soon as possible. We like to chat to you first to determine suitability for classes. We do this to make sure classes are right for you.

These classes will begin again soon. We look forward to the work Gaelin will bring to Copperdot.

Please contact us via the website if you wish to participate in the classes.

We are honoured to have Cadenza Company at Copperdot. There will be many new exciting details to share soon. There will be some new additions to the program and even some exciting collaborations to look forward to in the New Year, keep watching.

We are honoured to have Cadenza Company at Copperdot. There will be many new exciting details to share soon. There will be some new additions to the program and even some exciting collaborations to look forward to in the New Year, keep watching.