September News 2023
Dear friend,
As I sit here writing this, I'm looking out the window to a giant blue sky and the golden sunshine! Lush! I really hope you are enjoying these Summertime rays as we skip towards Autumn.
We are back! Hello!
We are picking up from our pause with huge joy to be co-leading a third 2-year programme of dance practice and development in Bristol.
This means we are moving into our 5th year of this growing dance community and we feel very much that it's lead not only by us, but by you and your care, feedback and participation in our programmes. Here's to you, your dancing practice and your dance work being the very wonderful reason that we are keeping going!!
Weekly Monday Morning Class returns next week on 11th September.
It will be so great to see you in the studio! Info on class teachers, dates and a shift to a NEW BOOKING SYSTEM below (please note we will no longer take payments on the day).
We are very excited to be hosting a workshop with Bakani Pick-Up on Saturday 7th October at Bristol Old Vic. Booking is open here!
Our Library of People re-opens up too. The Library of People is a collection of humans working with dance whom you can meet, in person or online, for advice and support.
Would you like to talk through the development of a project? Do you need someone to be a sounding board? Are you facing big questions in your practice? Do you need support with an application? Would you like signposting to contacts and opportunities for your work?
This FREE service is available for artists working with dance, choreography and movement in the South West region.
More info here and be in touch with us to arrange a meeting time.
And a quick note, watch this space for news on our next Response Pot call-out!
With love and a hope to see you soon,
Laura, Laïla and Katherine
Team GATHER UP
Booking open!
11th September - Morning class with Vicki Hearne
18th September - Morning class with Vicki Hearne
18th September - Open Practice
25th September - Morning class with Laïla Diallo
2nd October - Morning class with Laïla Diallo
7th October - Workshop with Bakani Pick-Up
9th October - Morning class with Divija Melally
16th October - Morning class with Divija Melally
16th October - Open Practice
*Please note, to attend any of our activities that require booking a ticket, you can only book your space in advance. We will not be accepting card or cash payments on arrival to the studio.
Kalanga - A Workshop with Bakani Pick-Up
7/10, 11.30-5pm
Bristol Old Vic
More info and booking link here
Bakani Pick-Up by Stuart Allen (FABRIC).
Book now via Headfirst
We have moved all of our ticket booking over to Headfirst
If you type 'gather up' into the search bar, our upcoming morning classes, open practice sessions and workshops will be listed.
Headfirst is a non-profit, Bristol-based event promotion and booking system and we are very excited to be supporting this organisation. All booking fees attached to tickets to attend our activities will be donated directly to Bristol-based charities via Headfirst. Yay!
If the activity that you are trying to book on to is fully booked, you can add yourself to the event waiting list via Headfirst.
If you realise you can't make it along to a session that you have booked on to, you can put your ticket up for resale or arrange to transfer your ticket to a friend or to someone you don't know via Headfirst transfer ticket system.
We really encourage you to pass on your space as soon as you know that you cannot attend, so that another dancer can gain access to the activity!
We are due to update our refund policy on our website, but here is a quick note to say: from now on, we cannot offer refunds if you cancel or do not attend.
All tickets now have pay-what-you-decide option with min. ticket price kept low. We appreciate and are sending huge thanks in advance for any additional cash contributions that you make over the next 2-years as this will be a huge support in keeping our programmes going and growing. Thank you!