DanceHouse open weekend
- Friday 9 October: An evening of Salsa and sangria from 7.00pm, with classes followed by a party with Salsa Chillout and live band Palenke. Party tickets are £5 or £7 including a Salsa lesson. Click here for more information
- Saturday 10 October: Open top bus parade at 12.00pm from the Cornhill in the town centre to the DanceHouse, with a dancing procession hosted by the comic act New Art Club to James Brown's Get Up Offa That Thing. DanceEast commissioned film maker Heather Eddington to create a DVD of
this dance with instructions which is being given out to schools, local businesses and
keen dancers across Suffolk. If you would like to learn the dance, instructions are available here or call 01473 295230 to receive your FREE Let yourself go! DVD.
- 9.00am - 6.00pm: FREE taster sessions in Egyptian Belly Dancing, Hip Hop, Tots & Co, Ballet and Musical Theatre Dance, plus lots more. These will run on a drop in basis; come along for a quick taster or stay for the whole session.
9.00-9.45am:
Egyptian Belly Dancing, 16 yrs+
9.30-10.15am
: Tots & Co, 1 - 3 yrs + adults
9.30-10.15am
: Musical Theatre Dance, 7 - 11 yrs
10.30-11.15am
: Musical Theatre Dance, 11 - 14 yrs
11.00-11.45am
: Hip Hop, 16 yrs+
1.00-1.45pm
: Family Workshop, Suitable for all ages
1.30-2.15pm
: Street Dance, 18 yrs+
1.30-2.15pm
: Musical Theatre Dance, 14 - 18 yrs
2.00-2.45pm
: Hip Hop, 11 - 16 yrs
2.30-3.15pm
: Sprinkles & Swerve, 4 - 11 yrs
2.30-3.15pm
: Ballet, 16 yrs+
3.00-3.45pm
: Tap, 16 yrs+
3
.30-4.15pm
: Boys Aloud, 10 - 16 yrs
3.30-4.15pm
: Ballet, 7 - 14 yrs
4.30-5.15pm
: Springboard, Suitable for all ages
5.00-5.45pm
: Kids Dance, 6 - 12yrs
5.30-6.15pm
: Contemporary, 16 yrs+
6.30-7.15pm
: Egyptian Belly Dancing, 16 yrs+
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2.00-5.30pm: Live music plus performances by an array of national dance artists.
In the DanceHouse
2.00pm:
Performances opened by New Art Club
2.05 & 5.20pm:
Srishti - Nina Rajarani Dance Creations, excerpt from
Quick!
2.25pm:
Isobel Cohen,
The Great Escape
2.45 & 4.15pm:
Zahara Belly Dance - Henrietta Lewis and dancers
3.05 & 4.35pm:
The Royal Ballet, duet by Viacheslav Samodurov
3.15 & 5.05pm:
Bonachela Dance Company, excerpt from
Soledad
3.35 & 4.45pm:
Sonia Sabri Company, in
Taal
3.55pm:
Tim Blowfield, in
Traces
On display in the Whistler Gallery will be a live dancefilm installation by State of Flux Dancefilm Company, founded by DanceEast Associate Artist Heather Eddington.
Outside the DanceHouse
12.45-1.30pm:
South Suffolk Youth Concert Band
1.30-2.00pm:
East Suffolk Morris Men
2.00-2.30pm:
Flora Wellesley-Wesley, Contemporary dance from Trumpet Creepers
2.30-3.00pm:
Ceilidh,
KQ Trio, East Anglian Traditional Music Trust
3.00-3.30pm:
East Suffolk Morris Men
3.30-4.00pm:
South Suffolk Youth Concert Band
4.00-4.30pm:
Flora Wellesley-Wesley, Contemporary dance from Trumpet Creepers
4.30-5.00pm:
Ceilidh,
KQ Trio, East Anglian Traditional Music Trust
5.00-5.30pm:
South Suffolk Youth Concert Band
- At 6.00pm whisk your children off to the Under 12's Party, and then relax at the Adults Party from 7.30pm.
- Sunday 11 October: Wellbeing Day from 9.30am - 2.00pm. Unwind in free yoga and Pilates classes.
9.30-10.30am:
Pilates, 16 yrs+
9.30-10.30am:
Fitness Yoga, 16 yrs+
10.45-11.45am:
Contemporary, 16 yrs+
10.45-11.45am:
Yoga, 16 yrs+
12.00-1.00pm:
Family Workshop, Suitable for all ages
12.00-1.00pm:
Pilates, 16 yrs+
1.15-2.15pm:
Ashtanga Yoga, 16 yrs+
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