DESCRIPTION

Expect an easy, spacious evening of soft tunes, fluid movement, and permission to simply arrive as you are. A chance to melt into the beat, listen inwardly, and let the dance be cooling, nourishing, and kind. 🌞

THE TEACHER

Known for weaving depth with play, steadiness with wildness, and clarity with compassion, Emma Leech is a certified 5Rhythms® Teacher trained in the God, Sex & The Body map. With 25 years of teaching experience across both Waves and Heartbeat level work. She creates spaces where people can move honestly, whether they are falling apart or rising up.

THE DANCE

The 5Rhythms are a map to everywhere we want to go - inner, outer, forward, back, physical, emotional, intellectual - they reconnect us to the wisdom of our bodies and unleash movement’s dynamic healing power.

5Rhythms transcends dance - movement is the medicine, the meditation and the metaphor. Together we peel back layers, lay our masks down, and dance till we disappear.

The 5Rhythms...

Flowing: fluid, supple, flexible, surrender.

Staccato: percussive, masculine, strong, boundaries.

Chaos: releasing, creative, intuitive, free.

Lyrical: rebirth, grounded, light, empowered.

Stillness: meditative, slow, wisdom, endings.

The fastest way to still the mind is to move the body. https://www.5rhythms.com

THE VENUE

The Main Hall*

Anerley Town Hall

Anerley Road

London SE20 8BD

*a beautiful, characterful space, fully wheelchair accessible, with a lovely wooden floor

GETTING HERE

Anerley is the closest train station, less than two minutes away on foot. There are lots of bus routes that pass by and plentiful parking available - onsite parking costs £2, payable at the machine (card only), or there’s onstreet parking nearby. Please enter via the main door. You are welcome to wait in the lobby if you arrive early.

TIMES

7:00pm Doors Open

7:00-7:15pm Warm-up

7:15pm Doors Close

7:15-9:15pm Led Dance

9:30pm Leaving Time

DOOR PRICE - CASH ONLY PLEASE

Community: £20

Regular: £18

Low income: £15

Concession: £12

ADVANCE PAYMENT

Electronic payment is very welcome, please PayPal dance@thiswayup.info (Friends and Family option please). Or message for bank transfer details. We offer a 10-25% discount on block booking - please do get in touch for more info.

DANCE SPACE ETIQUETTE

We come together to practice 5Rhythms.

We communicate using movement not words.

We are drug- and alcohol-free.

We are adults responsible for our own wellbeing.

We embrace diversity.

We are aware of and respect each others’ bodies and boundaries.

We touch only with mutual consent.

We dance barefoot, in grippy socks or soft dance shoes.

We avoid synthetic perfumes.

We turn our phones off.

We do not take photos/video or use Shazam.

We participate, we do not spectate.

We start and end our dance journey together.

SOUTH LONDON DANCE COMMUNITY

This dance forms part of an ongoing series at Anerley Town Hall.

Please join our Facebook group for regular updates: https://www.facebook.com/groups/southlondondancecommunity