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Open Sessions

A studio at Sadler's Wells
A public-facing programme of sessions open to all.

There will be opportunities along the way for dance artists to engage with open sessions as part of this programme, alongside public programmes from both the Rose Choreographic School and Academy Breakin’ Convention. This is where we will share information about these sessions so, please check back regularly.


 

Rose Choreographic School

Find further information about (In) Company Morning classes, curated by Lorea Burge as part of their research within the Rose Choreographic School.


 

Artist-Led Sessions

Find further information and booking links below about this bi-monthly programme of sessions devised and delivered by artists for artists. We’ll add upcoming sessions to this page over the coming months, so please check back.

Nathan Crossan-Smith - Creating layered dramaturgies: Lyricism, movement and creative access [in person]

9 December 2025
The session will be a celebration of the possibilities of layering and connecting movement phrases, scores and paths with poetic texts and lyrical flows, drawing on Nathan’s work in this area over the last ten years.

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Jessica Carter - Literary Worlds: Creating Movement Inspired by Literature [in person]

27 January 2026
In this workshop, participants will explore ways creating movement based on literary source material. Jessica will be sharing her methods of generating movement based on literature. Jessica’s approach to movement creation is based on the disabled and neurodivergent sensory experience; however everyone can use these methods as a choreographic tool.

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Vanio Papadelli & Esther Sabetpour - Kinaesthetic Stories: Body, Image, Words

3 February 2026
The session offers a space to reimagine identity and memory through guided somatic movement, witnessing scores, free writing, and partner-curated self-portraits. Together, you’ll explore past and present stories rooted in the body and a felt sense of place.

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Eva Recacha & Alberto Ruiz Soler - Sound Dramaturgy

17 February 2026
This exploration is part of their creative journey towards the making of their new show, SUR, a piece about friendship and migration currently in R&D stage. To make the work accessible, they have been exploring and developing a new way of working with sound and text, which they have named Sound Dramaturgy.

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Ranjini Nair - Structures of Power: The navarasas and performing emotion in times of crisis

3 March 2026
Rooted in the framework of the navarasas, or nine emotional states, this workshop invites participants to explore how these fundamental emotional states, such as wonder, fear, anger, compassion, and peace, can become tools for making sense of the unequal and fractured world we inhabit.

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Sidney Barnes - Phantom Phrases

24 March 2026
Phantom phrases is a workshop for professional dancers who are physically nostalgic, haunted by phrases once rehearsed, troubled by gestures once discarded, or can hear the whispering fragments of movements that linger quietly beneath the surface.

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Divija Melally - Home: Body

31 March 2026
This workshop will offer a combination of Divija’s ongoing research around the stories our bodies carry, human connection, and ‘Home’.

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Disabled Artists Programme

Find further information and booking links below for monthly alternating in-person practical sessions and one-to-one support sessions.

Read more about the Artist Development Programme at Sadler’s Wells.

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