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Wednesday moving

A local, welcoming space for discovering dance and movement together, every Wednesday during termtime. Hosted and curated by Olly Otley and Galit Criden, a bespoke line up of renowned dance artists share a variety of methods to playfully release and reconnect to your body. These are joyful sessions for every body and no experience is necessary - we welcome non-dancers who want to get off the mat and move with other people.

"One of the most welcoming, nurturing, nourishing and fun places I know. I come tired after a long day and I leave energised and happy."

"Every week it's a bit different but it's mostly about being gently invited to explore freely your body in movement. I usually start off feeling a bit self conscious, then about half way through I feel like my heart might burst with happiness and gratitude that I'm here doing this. I cycle home, relaxed and singing to myself, with a smile on my face."

"Very joyous, freeing, empowering and connecting!"

Round Chapel Old School Rooms

Powerscroft Road, Hackney E5 0PU

Wednesday evenings · 6:45-8pm


You can contact Galit here with any questions or to be added to our WhatsApp group.

Our next day retreat

Retreat

Our second movement retreat will take place as the clocks go back. As the light changes, take the time to move towards winter with us. Together, we'll slow down and soften, drawing inwards but remaining connected to the things that matter - our bodies, nature, each other.

Hosted and led by Wednesday Movers Galit, Olly and Rosalind, the day includes somatic movement and dance practice in our stunning studio overlooking the marshes, an outdoor adventure, a warm and nourishing lunch, and time to connect and reflect.

This day is for anyone who wants to move inside and out, no experience necessary.

Pre-book your place here !

Prices and booking details here soon...

Upcoming dates and facilitators

It really helps us if you commit to a block of sessions.

The cost for a full 7 week term is £85, or £72 when the term is 6 weeks. Book a block here.

Alternatively, a drop-in class costs £14 - book below alongside your preferred date, or pay in person on the day.
10 / 9 / 2025 · Galit Criden
Galit's RESET movement method blends elements of somatic practices, contemporary dance, disco, and free improvisation. It's designed to take you on a transformative journey where you tap into your own power, explore movement and experience a sense of liberation.
17 / 9 / 2025 · Darcy Wallace
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Darcy is a British-Australian director, choreographer and contemporary dance artist currently exploring the transitional experience of (m)otherhood. She is centering a methodology of care, looking at elements of metamorphosis, pregnancy, guilt, sexuality, and the duality of an individual movement experience and the collective energy of a group. Her workshops are designed to build strength and stamina but, more importantly, provide participants with the space to explore individuality, expand in confidence, access new ways of approaching movement, and find collective joy. This class will start with a somatic warm up, drawing from yoga and Feldenkrais practices. From there, Darcy will lead an improvisation that engages the whole body and its senses, into movement. There will be some choreography that applies the tools and information that we've shared during the improvisation.
24 / 9 / 2025 · Olly Otley
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As a community dance artist and forest school leader, Olly brings a natural playfulness and a love of nature to her work. Olly moves because it makes her feel good and her mission is to share that feeling with others. She teaches a mix of image-based guided improvisation and simple skill-building sequences. This season we'll look at qualities of touch and the manipulation of our bodies in space.
1 / 10 / 2025 · Olly Otley
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This week we'll continue to explore themes and material visited in Olly's class the previous Wednesday. All welcome, whether or not you've attended the first session.
8 / 10 / 2025 · Manuela Albrecht
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Manuela is a Brazilian movement artist, facilitator, performer, researcher, and mother. Drawing from physical theatre, contemporary dance, somatic practices and her lived experience of samba and the Brazilian carnival, she channels movement into nurturing creativity, curiosity, inventiveness and self-expression. Informed by the playfulness and celebration of her previous Wednesday Moving sessions, we'll explore storytelling through the body through both individual and group improvisation.
15 / 10 / 2025 · Rosie Noctor
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Rosie is a dancer, a creative and a mother of two. She welcomes you into her class with grounding practices, mindful awareness and focused breathing. The class integrates somatic practices, formal contemporary dance techniques and inspiration from the Ilan Lev Method. "During my class I hope to create a metaphorical cocoon in which you can have a direct experience of your body and mind in its current state, however you come".
22 / 10 / 2025 · Franziska Boehm
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Franzi, a German movement artist, Skinner Release Technique teacher and performative researcher in London, takes great joy in integrating her musical background into her movement work. "I sing a sound which could become a melody, a process of sensing, or a movement...it's the flexibility offered through mult-formed-expression that excites me". For this visit, Franzi will be teaching Skinner Releasing Technique class 4. SRT is an approach to dance, movement and creative process that has evolved from the simple principle that when we are releasing physical tension, we can move with greater freedom, power and articulation. It is is a playful and generous approach to dancing, developed in the 80s in the US by Joan Skinner. Each of the 15 introductory classes consists of poetic imagery, supported by music and some guided touch. Each class ends with a few moments of writing or drawing.