MONDAY MORNING CLASs
Our classes support the continuous training and development of experienced movers and professional dance artists. They take place weekly on a Monday morning in term time.
GATHER UP invites different Bristol-based practitioners to lead a block of classes with an intention to host a programme that offers a variety of contemporary dance approaches, techniques and interests.
See below to learn more about upcoming classes and the specific offer from the lead artists.
Time: Studio is open from 9.40am, class time is 10-11.30am, with time to stretch and meet 11.30-12:00.
Location: Bristol Old Vic
Booking: Book in advance to secure your place via Headfirst. Pay-what-you-decide with a min. price of £5.00 + 50p booking fee (donated to a Bristol-based charity via Headfirst).
Realise you can’t make it?: We try our best to price our classes and workshops fairly and offer good value for money. To ensure the viability of our programme we do not offer refunds. However, you can put your ticket up for resale if the event is fully booked or you can arrange to transfer your ticket to a friend using the Headfirst booking system.
Waiting List: When an event is sold out, a waiting list will be set up, should you wish to join it and be informed when a ticket gets released.
Access: Get in touch if you have access needs that we could support you with: info.gatherup@gmail.com
Creative Audio Description: If you are a visually impaired dancer planning to attend a class, you may like to book a free Creative Audio Describer to provide you with 1-1 support during the class. Please get in touch if you would like to request this support.
Care Pot: the Care Pot exists to offer cash support towards childcare, parking, travel, access or other extra costs that may surround coming to these classes. Take a read and please be in touch with how we could cover some of your extra costs so that you can come along and participate.
Rest: Our spaces are rest welcome. There are various benches, seats and corners in the studio or you are always welcome to leave the studio for a break.
Morning Class with Ania Varez
ID: Ania has very short, shaved dark hair, wearing a sleeveless black top and bright orange trousers with blue stripes on the sides. They are crouched on the floor, in the middle of saying something. They are in a bright room surrounded by people copying their movement, with a grey floor and white walls. Photo: Paul Blakemore
ABOUT ANIA:
Ania Varez (they/them) is a Venezuelan dance artist, facilitator and performer based in Bristol. They graduated with honours from the London Contemporary Dance School. Ania makes experimental and collaborative performances, working with other artists of other disciplines and often with communities who have never been in creative spaces before. Their own work has toured internationally (Taiwan and South Korea) as well as in the UK. They are a member of Interval, an artist support network in Bristol.
CLASS INFO:
Ania will share their practice of Flying Low and Passing Through techniques, which have been developed by David Zambrano. These techniques offer people a different approach to go in and out of the floor in spiral, as well as across the space and through people in curved pathways. You can expect to move through different paces, sometimes quite energetically, and to learn some set routines as well as improvised material. We will be looking for clarity, grounding, playfulness and interconnectivity in movement!