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Dance and PMLD Network meeting with Guest Artist Cai Tomos- You’re invited!As part of the ‘Wanna Dance?’ Programme, Ches...
22/10/2026

Dance and PMLD Network meeting with Guest Artist Cai Tomos- You’re invited!

As part of the ‘Wanna Dance?’ Programme, Cheshire Dance facilitate a Dance and PMLD Practice Sharing Network.

The network led by artists for artists, brings together practitioners and professionals from across the UK and internationally who are working with, or interested in working with, people with PMLD to share approaches, knowledge and resources. Together we explore, question, develop and inspire our practice - and each other - to ensure all people with PMLD can have opportunities to experience dance.

We’d like to invite you all to join us for the next Dance and PMLD Practice Sharing meeting:
📆Tuesday 8th December 2026
⏰9:30am to 11am
💻Online

Cai worked with Entelechy Arts’ Ambient Jam and Walking Through Walls in London for many years. He now facilitates Ambient Jam Wales at Galeri Caernarfon in North Wales in partnership with Entelechy and Antur Waunfawr, a leading social enterprise that provides work and training for individuals with learning disabilities in their community.

In this Practice Sharing meeting we will explore with Cai what supports us in our dancing with people with PMLD? What practices do we draw on to support ways of listening... ways of being… accessing presences… being with… moment by moment co-creation…? Ruth and Jane (Wanna Dance? Lead Artists) will be in conversation with Cai and invite group curiosity and discussion too.

To join the meeting, please email [email protected]

We look forward to seeing lots of you there and to hearing your experiences, thoughts and responses to the theme of 'what supports us’.

Image Credit: Vivo Care Choices staff member.

Alt text for image: In the foreground, a blurred body in blue and pink whooshes in front of the camera. In the background, Ruth is laughing as she and Dylan dance together.

Calling learning disabled young people across Winsford and Chester!Join us for Dance Able, dance sessions for young peop...
21/10/2026

Calling learning disabled young people across Winsford and Chester!

Join us for Dance Able, dance sessions for young people (age 11+) with learning disabilities exploring dance, choreography, improvisation and creation.

Dance Able Winsford: Winsford Library, Wednesdays 5:30-6:30pm
https://bookwhen.com/cheshiredance1/e/ev-s2ghe-20261021173000

Dance Able Chester: Blacon Enterprise Centre, Chester, Thursdays 5-6pm
https://bookwhen.com/cheshiredance1/e/ev-sbk99-20261022170000

For any questions or a friendly chat, please email [email protected].

We can't wait for you to join us!

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!In collaboration with Chester International School, Cheshire Dance are excited to announce FREE Ch...
13/10/2026

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!

In collaboration with Chester International School, Cheshire Dance are excited to announce FREE Cheshire Youth Dance sessions💃🕺

These sessions are for ages 13+ and will be based around contemporary dance and creative practice.

All experience levels are welcome but booking is essential as limited spaces are available.

⭐️Cheshire Youth Dance Sessions⭐️
📆 Thursdays starting 5 November
⏰ 4-5:30pm
📍 Chester International School
💰 FREE

To book please email [email protected]

Proudly delivered as part of Cheshire Dance’s NEXUS Programme, supported by Westminster Foundation. Find out more at https://nexusdance.uk

📖 New blog post from Ruth Spencer! 📖What happens when we stop waiting for something to happen and begin to value what is...
12/10/2026

📖 New blog post from Ruth Spencer! 📖

What happens when we stop waiting for something to happen and begin to value what is already there? As dancers, we often look for movement, responses and visible signs of engagement, but there is much to learn from the quiet moments of simply being.

So, what does it mean to dance with someone who falls asleep during a session?

In her latest Wanna Dance? blog, Lead Artist Ruth Spencer reflects on a moment when her dancing partner slept, prompting her to question assumptions about dance, participation and connection.

She shares thoughts on being rather than waiting, the aesthetic value of stillness and shared presence, and what it means to believe that you are enough however you show up today. Through these reflections, Ruth invites us to consider what happens when we stop asking what we get out of an encounter and instead ask what happens between us.

Read the blog here: https://www.cheshiredance.org/you-are-enough-however-you-show-up-today-by-ruth-spencer/

Find out more about Wanna Dance? here: https://pmld-dance.org/projects-1

08/10/2026
Join Cheshire Dance at StoryhouseLive Elders next week for Keep On Dancing🕺💃Presented as part of Storyhouse Elders, next...
08/10/2026

Join Cheshire Dance at StoryhouseLive Elders next week for Keep On Dancing🕺💃

Presented as part of Storyhouse Elders, next Monday, join us for a 60 minute dance session with our professional dance artists who will lead a fun movement session for all abilities- standing and seated options both available!

📆 Monday 12 Oct
⏰ 2-3pm
📍 Storyhouse, Chester
💰 Pay what you can
🎟️ https://www.storyhouse.com/whats-on/storyhouse-elders-keep-on-dancing/

If you love this workshop, join our wonderful existing community who meet every Monday 2-3pm at The Studio for weekly dance sessions: https://www.cheshiredance.org/series/keep-on-dancing-at-storyhouse-autumn-term/

WOW!!! We’ve had an incredible day at NEXUS Together, organised, produced and led by our wonderful Young Leaders (pictur...
27/09/2026

WOW!!! We’ve had an incredible day at NEXUS Together, organised, produced and led by our wonderful Young Leaders (pictured here with NEXUS Programme Manager Emma)!

Keep an eye on our socials next week for exciting highlights from the day📸

A huge THANK YOU to our participants, session leaders, Cheshire Dance Team, audience, family, friends, Theatre Porto for hosting and of course our Young Leaders for making this event marking two years of NEXUS incredibly special🎉

27/09/2026

It’s NEXUS Together day!!

Today, in a fab event organised, produced, and led by our Young Leaders, our different groups from our NEXUS Programme come together for a day of workshops and sharing🕺💃

The NEXUS Programme is proudly funded by the Westminster Foundation, and creates space for young people to connect with themselves, their ideas and others, through dance in the Chester area.

Follow along on our socials today for more🩵

🎉Have you heard? We’re featured People Dancing Animated Magazine!🎉Our Director, Adam, and Creative Director, Jane, have ...
24/09/2026

🎉Have you heard? We’re featured People Dancing Animated Magazine!🎉

Our Director, Adam, and Creative Director, Jane, have written a new piece for Animated, reflecting on Cheshire Dance’s journey, the legacy we carry and the future we are helping to shape. Drawing on 50 years of community, creativity and collaboration, they consider what has been learned along the way, what continues to matter, and how these values can inform the next chapter of our work.

Read and enjoy below⬇️

https://www.cheshiredance.org/out-of-the-box-the-legacy-we-carry-the-future-we-create/

This article, first published in the Spring/Summer 2026 edition of Animated Magazine, is reproduced by permission of People Dancing. All Rights Reserved. See www.community dance.org.uk/animated for more information.

Our Director, Adam, and Creative Director, Jane, have written a new piece for Animated (People Dancing), reflecting on Cheshire Dance’s journey, the legacy we carry and the future we are helping to shape. Drawing on 50 years of community, creativity and collaboration, they consider what has been l...

Our Associate Artists, Jack Evans and Ben Wilson had a brilliant morning class yesterday with our Dance Development Arti...
23/09/2026

Our Associate Artists, Jack Evans and Ben Wilson had a brilliant morning class yesterday with our Dance Development Artist, Josie, who led a session all about movement and the spine🕺

Both Ben and Jack are artists on Talent Develeopment North, which supports disabled dance artists across the North of England with a focus on those who are learning disabled or autistic (18+).

Led by TIN Arts in partnership with Yorkshire Dance and Cheshire Dance, TDN seeks to enable disabled dance artists to create exciting new work whilst gaining industry insight to build connections and explore professional pathways within the dance sector.

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Winsford Library, High Street
Winsford
CW72AS

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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