Weekly 5 Rhythms Classes & Groups in Bristol
Drop-in Classes (all welcome)
Dates: Weekly on a Friday night, all year round
Times: 8pm – 10:30pm
Venue: Dance Studio 2, Hamilton House, Bristol (see below)
Price: £12 (£10 conc)
Classes continue unbroken throughout the year –
for details of any guest teachers and special classes, join our mailing list.
Guest teachers (2018):
So far, we’ve been delighted to welcome…
Feb 16 – Jean Rankin (from Glastonbury)
Feb 23 – Neil Pinnock (from Shropshire)
Mar 2 – Andrew Holmes (from Stroud)
Aug 10 – Alex Mackay (from Wales)
Aug 24 – Jean Rankin (from Glastonbury)
Aug 31 – Neil Pinnock (from Shropshire)*
and are looking forward to…
Sept 28 – Dawn Morgan (from Stroud)*
(how lucky are we?!? 🙂 )
* Note: guest teacher classes are generally not ‘Sweat Your Prayers®’ or ‘Fundamentals’, even if they fall on those dates. See…
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“Rhythm Circle” – a weekly ongoing closed group
Weekly on a Tuesday night – pre-booking per term essential.
Tuesday sessions run in three ‘terms’ and stop for the summer.
Next term will start in September:
Dates: Sept 11 – Dec 11 * (13 sessions, 1 week half-term break, Oct 30)
Times: 8pm – 10:30pm
Venue: Dance Studio 2, Hamilton House, Bristol (see below)
— the larger studio, with fully sprung floor —
Price: Sept-Dec £136.50/(£123.50 conc) for 13 sessions
Find out more:
- About the Rhythm Circle ongoing closed group.
- Video – Bernadette explains why the Rhythm Circle ongoing closed group.
- Blog post: What’s so special about Tuesdays?.
If you would like to discuss joining us, please contact Bernadette (re process) OR contact Jon (re practicalities/payment and to be notified when spaces become available).
“Awakening the Creative-Self” – a weekly course to Discover & Recover innate Creativity
Next time, we plan to run a longer course, probably in two or three ‘terms’, in an extended format of up to 18 sessions (plus ongoing informal meet-ups in between!)
– as before, 4 hours each, Mondays 10am-2pm.
Dates t.b.c.
Please see the Awakening the Creative-Self page for more details and to join the mailing list for this course.
(The 2016 course was full and fabulous – thank you everyone in our gorgeous group!)
Classes outside Hamilton House
Bernadette also teaches classes outside Bristol, by invitation when the regular teacher is away, and at Festivals and Summer Schools – recent and upcoming dates include:
2018 dates include:
March 26 – Glastonbury (Jean Rankin’s “Dance Your Dream Awake”)
April 14 – Tufnell Park, London (Sue Rickards’ “A Call to Dance”)
April 18 – Exeter (“Barefoot Dance”)
May 13 – Spirit Fest, Bristol
June 25 – Glastonbury (Jean Rankin’s “Dance Your Dream Awake”)
Aug 8-12 – Tribe of Doris Summer School
Dec 5 – Exeter (“Barefoot Dance”)
Venue
Our venue for drop-in classes, the Rhythm Circle ongoing group, Awakening the Creative-Self course, and many other workshops and events is:
In-Alignment Studios,
Hamilton House,
Bristol BS1 3QY
(it’s above The Canteen!)
Hamilton House can be found within the heart of Stokes Croft, just 10 minutes walk from Bristol City centre. It is opposite Turbo Island, on the junction of Stokes Croft, Jamaica Street and City Road.
[Google map link here]
Home of DMAC-UK, it’s a fantastic venue – we’re usually in Studio 2 (sometimes in smaller Studio 1) – both have professional quality Harlequin dance floors.
Workshop & Events Calendar
Workshops, events, programmes, guest teachers and more…
To keep up to date – join our mailing list.
- Sweat Your Prayers, October 26 (drop-in) – and workshop dates newworkshopdates belowv v “Sweat Your Prayers®” – this Friday night October 26, 8pm-10:30pm To sweat is to pray, to make an offering of your innermost self. Sweat is holy water, prayer beads, pearls of liquid that release your past. The more you dance… the more you sweat, the more you pray. The more you pray, ...
- What happened at The Deepening?
… and what’s next? what happened | what’s next? Some reflections (and dates!) from Jon, three weeks on… It’s hard to find the words really … except “Wow!” … so here are some from the participants (and team): “One of the most deeply nourishing and inspirational experiences of my life. An exquisite mixture of deep 5R practice beautifully held by Bernadette, stunning ... - Equinox Dance, Dawn Morgan in Bristol & Last Call for The Deepening Autumn Equinox (drop-in) Sept 21, 8pm-10:30pm When day equals night, and the nights lengthen the fastest – let’s dance our balancing acts, while riding the changes – summer into autumn, light into dark, outside and inside… and, as a “festival of in-gathering”, our gratitude for all of it. 🔗 Where and When (usual place and time). Last Call for ...
- What’s so special about Tuesdays? 5 Rhythms is an enormously powerful practice – and even just as an evening class, people love it, and benefit greatly from it 🙂 … and, as Bernadette explains in this video, there’s so much more… Have you ever wondered about our Tuesday night classes? The course can be difficult to get onto as existing members ...