OUR UNIQUE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
FOR DANCING PARENTS
KEEP YOUR DANCE CAREER​
ON TRACK
Dance Mama Live! is an online monthly programme of inspirational, informative and creative activity designed specifically to empower parents working in dance.
Our 2022/23 Season, Back On The Road (supported by Arts Council England) began Sunday 20 November and runs monthly until July 2023, continuing our mission of getting you racing up the road of your career in dance as a parent.
This time we're bringing back in-person sessions which we have all craved over the pandemic years, as well as delivering the nation’s dancing parents the very best content they deserve online and as replays in this digestible programme made for busy working parents.
To truly get you out and about, virtually and in person, each monthly session will be broadcasting from one of Dance Mama's national partners; One Dance UK, Sadler’s Wells, DanceXchange, Fabric, Dance City, East London Dance, Company Chameleon, CScape, Swindon Dance and Clearcut.
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100% of participants who joined us last season
would recommend us to their colleagues
CREATIVITY
re-ignite your dance creativity or drive it further in an empathetic space
CONNECTION
link up with other professional parents in dance online and in real life
COMMUNITY
supporting women beyond dance
INSPIRATION
learn from pioneers in sport, medicine and arts who care deeply about dance parents' futures
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WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?​​​
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We are running a 10-month programme of monthly 1-hour webinars and 1-hour workshops, LIVE and REPLAY from leading dance organisations around England.
Pay as you go for just £20 per live, monthly session (thanks to Arts Council England and our partners), and get ALL replays, a supportive community + more benefits!
10 x 1-hour choreographic workshops from a spectrum of dance makers from our 10 host organisations giving you the opportunity to have space, explore and fuel your creativity on your timescale. All are on Zoom, and 3 will be in person in London, Leeds and Birmingham.
10 x 1-hour webinars from the country’s leading specialists from a variety of backgrounds with proven experience in supporting working parents in physically reliant careers from the arts, elite sport, medicine, psychology, advocacy and more.
Replays are availble after each session for easy access session to watch or listen what you want, when you want. All on YouTube so you can engage on-the-go.
Private Facebook Group to easily access links to upcoming sessions and the library of replay sessions quickly, as well as and connect with other dancing parents.
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Access to 21/22 Season of Dance Mama Live - over 20 hours of bespoke webinars and workshops with world-class specialists at your fingertips.
Discount on our live online courses of weekly technique classes, designed for pre/postnatal parents with professional experience.
Dates & How to Take Part
Sessions generally take place on Sundays between 10am - 1pm - times do vary.
From February 2023, you can access sessions on a pay as you go basis (£20 per session = 1 webinar + 1 workshop) and access all replays.
If you want to come and can't get there live don't worry! Everything streamed and recorded as replays so you don't miss out.
2022
20 November - with Dance City, Newcastle - now a replay
11 December - with FABRIC, Nottingham - now a replay
2023
29 January - with East London Dance - now a replay
26 February - with Cscape & Hall for Cornwall - now a replay
23 March - webinar with East London Dance - now a replay
*NEXT* 26 March - with One Dance UK, Birmingham (in-person and online)
30 April - with Company Chameleon, Manchester
21 May - with Sadler's Wells, London (in-person and online)
11 June - with Dance East
2 July - with Swindon Dance
16 July - with Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds (in-person and online)
GET A TASTE OF WHAT WE DO
‘This is amazing! I wish I had this sort of organisation when I was a young Mum.’
– Etta Murfitt MBE, Associate Director,
Matthew Bourne's New Adventures
Wanna try before you sign-up?
Always good to know what you're in for, especially with so little time on your hands! Here's two beauties from last season...
WORKSHOP
Here's last year's taster featuring special guests, Etta Murfitt MBE (Associate Artistic Director, New Adventures) and Erin Sanchez, Manager of Health, Wellbeing and Performance (One Dance UK) joining Dance Mama Founder, Lucy McCrudden, to give a flavour of the programme.
Photo credits, Etta Murfitt (Stephen Berkeley White), Erin Sanchez (Dani Bower) Lucy McCrudden (Pierre Tappon)