We Dance / Syncopation Dance 
Dance your Self, Trust your Body. Groove your Spirit.
with Jonathan Brown
Time to move, down, into the maps and landscapes of your body.
I invite you to move, dance, connect with self, body memory, others, the world, and the music.
You will be invited to explore, play with & set your own boundaries.
You DON’T need to “know” how to dance.
(pictures are just for fun, not example of expectations )
Whatever your age / experience / flexibility
WE ARE PAUSED FOR NOW
UNTIL AT LEAST NOVEMBER 2024.
When: 7.30-9.30pm, Every Thursday from 1st Feb 2024 onwards. (PAUSED THROUGH JULY – NOV 24)
Dance from 7.40–9.20pm..
Doors close (and lock) at 7.40pm but press the buzzer to be allowed in till 7.45pm.
Describe what I’m offering in We Dance.
Think of it as…. a three-legged stool.
Leg 1: Dance: movement, a workout, free and alive, expressive and emotional, release, unfettered & unfurling.
(drawn from 26 yrs as a 5R, & other movement work, practictioner/participant)
Leg 2: Community: connection, relationship, seeing and being seen, witnessing, listening, support and being supported, companionship, collaboration, rapport, humanity, (drawn from many years as a community building facilitator/participant).
Leg 3: Creativity: playfulness, exploration, innovation, collaboration, dis-covery, un-covering, experimenting, an archeology of the soul. (drawn from 23 years as a theatre maker, performer, practictioner).
“a sublime dance full of delicate intimate moments & more playful gregarious ones. I felt gently, safely guided… also beautiful music.” Giulia
“It was great to dance with you all I really needed the space to let it all go Thanks for creating this space so well and making it possible in such a funky free way 
looking forward to come again.” Frances. Lewes.
Reminders…
Please don’t talk once in the dance space.
If you need to talk, please take it outside. Thank you.
Please don’t take pictures during the class.
The dance can be therapeutic, but it is not therapy.
Dance MOVES things in you and can bring things up.
Please take care of Your Self and your boundaries, sit out if you need to, say “no” if you need to, leave if you need to, or come and sit next to JB if you feel to.
You need only bring yourself, warm layers and water.
The only *substances* you’ll need will be water, and the dance.
About me?
I’ve been dancing 5R since 1997 in Brighton, London, Glastonbury, Lewes, Devon, Bath, Bristol, Stroud, Oxford, New York, Frankfurt and between.
I’m Artistic Director of award-winning Something Underground Theatre Co, and have both performed and led various aspects of physical theatre, movement and theatre, in a wide variety of settings since 2004.
I was previously a member of Physical Theatre/Fooling theatre companies The “Festival of Fools” and “Theatre of Now” and I’ve worked with all ages, from 5 yr olds to the wizened elders among us.
I’ve performed dance, physical theatre and theatre on stage and in small scale film projects.
I’m a trained group-work facilitator and mediator, trained in the process of Community Building as described in M. Scott Peck’s book The Different Drum, and was formerly a facilitator with Community Building in Britain, the UK’s cousin organisation to Scott Peck’s FCE (Foundation for Community Encouragement) in the USA.
I’ve spent time with/trained with a variety of teachers, including Rusty Myers (lead facilitator with FCE), Martin Prechtel, M. Scott Peck, Robert Bly, Gary Zukav, the CBIB facilitation team, Jonathan Kay, a wide variety of 5R, and other movement and performance teachers, in the UK and beyond.