“…giving visual shape to the transforming power of the dancing body, and the dancing imagination.” quote by permission Judith Mackrell (Guardian dance critic/reviewer)
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We meet on Sunday afternoons, from 2 - 4.30pm, usually fortnightly, at The Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Didsbury, Palatine Rd (see our current list of dates for 2012).
We usually work in four session blocks at a cost of £50 per block (non-returnable). We currently have limited new member availability for Spring 2012.
Click here to view the dates for Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter 2012.
Click here find out more about Wise Move Dance.
View the Wise Move Dance Gallery
The Wise Move Dance Group (photo Karen Hesmondhalgh)
Wise Move Dance was formed in 2009 by Sue Gregson and Bethan Rhys Wiliam, having been inspired by Sadlers Wells’ Company of Elders.
We are a self-funded contemporary dance group based in the North West of England, open to women and men of 50+ to explore different styles of dance, and work to perform original pieces choreographed by Bethan Rhys Wiliam.
We meet on Sunday afternoons, from 2 — 4.30pm, usually fortnightly, at the The Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Didsbury, Palatine Rd (see our current list of dates for 2010-2011).
We work in four session blocks at a cost of £50 per block (non-returnable). We currently have limited new member availability for Autumn 2011.
Click here to view the dates for Spring & Summer 2012.
Click here find out more about Wise Move Dance.
View the Wise Move Dance Gallery
Videos
These videos show our playful side! They are 1 minute long and are our response to a Cornerhouse Manchester lottery funded project, to give a ‘dance’ take to 5 Olympic sport categories. We had a lot of fun, so hope you like them! To see the rest of the videos, click here.
“I always wanted to dance — Wise Move has given me the chance to express myself.”
“Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the inner most part of the soul and lay forcible hands upon it, bearing grace with them, so making graceful him who is rightly trained.”
“Music has properties to heal, to cure, to dispose the spirit, to uplift, to liberate, to give a sense of being transported to another dimension in a different world”
“Fun, friendship, and frolic — what more can a girl want from a dance class!”
“I found a new part of myself!”
“Friendship, laughter, and creativity — great fun! ”
“Having a chance to use my body as a means of self expression has been a revelation.”
“Always wanted to dance – enjoying every minute, with lots of laughter”