To accompany the upcoming show Roots of Lives at Riley Theatre, NYAKO’s Babacar Mane & Shelly Ohene-Nyako will be hosting a workshop suitable for students and professional dancers aged 16+
This workshop will offer participants tools on how to find their own personality in space and within their movement. Choosing movement qualities of fire, earth, air, water in defining themselves. With aspects of repertoire from Roots of Lives.
Suitable for Parkinson’s and other neurological conditions
An energy boosting, medium intensity dance class that infuses specific exercises for the body and mind with the playfulness of dance. Seated and standing variations.
Classes are designed to help you:
Delay progression of Parkinson’s symptoms
Join a supportive community
Increase range of motion
Improve walking, strength + endurance
Develop new neuropathways from the mind to body
Help improve posture, balance, coordination and flexibility
Suitable for Parkinson’s and other neurological conditions
An energy boosting, low intensity dance class that infuses specific exercises for the body and mind with the playfulness of dance. Seated and standing variations.
”My mental and physical health has improved significantly since starting dancing with Ascendance”
Classes are designed to help you:
Come and move with us! Whether you are new to dance or have experience. With seated and standing variations, dive into expressive choreography and collaborative performance making. Classes are relaxed, creative and open to every body.
Classes are designed to help you:
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Performances at Transform 25 co-presented by Transform and Leeds School of Arts.