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Events

We help people feel more of their bodies, leading to more body awareness, freedom of movement, enjoyable expression and connections with others in the group. We run a range of different dance sessions through the school year in quality studios around Totnes. 

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Some of our classes are run as series throughout the year, taking place on set days of the week.

Read about them below.​​​

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Movement for Well-being

A popular online home practice group for women. We've cultivated a strong a supportive group since March 2020.

 

Led by Leela Fisk, Movement for Well-being sessions are welcoming to newcomers, an ideal way to try dance as a well-being practice for the first time.

 

While most of the session is away from the screen, we find that women build strong connections through sharing, moving and dancing freely in their own living spaces.​

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Held fortnightly on Wednesday mornings. Commit for one term. Low cost, and concessions and full bursaries for those in need.

10am – 11.45am, Online via Zoom

The Autumn series is underway. The next series begins in January 2027.​

 

“These sessions are an important part of keeping me sane, connected and feeling supported as a single working parent.”

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Body & Voice: Women's Coastal Landscape Explorations

This series took place April - June 2026, gathering women to move in conversation with the coast. This project is paused for winter and will hopefully resume in spring 2027.

 

Together we will open to the land, to voice and to our senses, awakening our connection with the body, with each other and with nature.  

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This series is open to those curious about - or already practising - movement and dance, creative expression, poetry, song and the pulsing vitality of earth, tide and sky.  
 

Body & Voice was a series of seven day-long workshops and one introductory morning, at various locations on Devon's coastline. Each full day includes morning studio practice and afternoon exploration outdoors.

 

Sessions 1 & 2 are for Women of Colour only - offering room to gather, move and explore in shared lived experience.
Sessions 3–7 are open and inclusive - welcoming all women. 

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"I felt so uplifted afterwards. This really nourished my heart and soul. So necessary for my mental health."

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Family Dance

This was a former Movement for Life project and has now been handed over to a new community group. Get email updates.

 

A vibrant and freeform dance session led by Adam Griffin and Asher Levin, Family Dance Sundays are for bringing together the whole family to play and dance together. All ages are welcome, from babies to grandparents. There are no steps to learn, sessions begin with movement play and grow into dancing with diverse music.

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"It's like dancing in the living room!"​

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Well-Being for Women - in studio

This was a former Movement for Life project now being run by a new team.

Find out more or get email updates.

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This valued series will now be facilitated by three women who have been part of the series for several years and have recently trained with us and Devon School Soul Motion — Emma Piercey Fisher, Harmony Isgolde and Frances Broderick. 

 

This group runs on fortnightly Wednesdays 10.30am – 12.30pm, at Studio 6, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon. 

 

Since 2019, the sessions have supported mothers and female carers looking to shed the cloak of caring for a while to nourish heart and body. More recently, the invitation has been extended to include women recovering from health challenges and all women looking to resource through dance and movement in community connection.

 

"Gold dust for me in my life as a mother"​​​

movementforlife@gmail.com

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Movement for Life

Cotillion, Cott Lane

Dartington

Totnes

Devon, UK

TQ9 6HE

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©2022 by MovementforLife.

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