Classes and Training Courses 2026–27

Breathing Space — with Meditation Dance Company

Performance Dance and Art Project at Sadler's Wells East and The Place

Breathing Space: A Meditation Dance Research Project
A transformative experience of pure dance.

Meditation Dance School's Breathing Space Project is now accepting applications for Autumn 2026.

Open to professional and student dancers, non-dancers, and multidisciplinary artists.

This project offers everyone the opportunity to explore the stories from which we can create our own dance. You will be guided to make your own choreography and have the opportunity to perform in Breathing Space.

We will guide participants through dances that release and relax the stresses and tensions held in the body and mind. This dearly held armouring can feel like a protective shield that is keeping us safe. Instead, this impenetrable shell needs to be softened, because it gets in the way of what is necessary for our development and our creative ability to live the life we know is possible. Once this armour is dissolved, we can at last get out of our own way, and the stories we most need to express will be revealed.

Our process involves looking beyond the horizon, close observation, and deep engagement with the present moment.

Meditation Dance brings awareness to breath, sensation, feeling, thought, and movement. It helps us to be prepared, awake, and at ease with what is revealed to us in the present moment.

The movements made are the invention of each individual, and are uniquely theirs.

We bring all that we have ever been, all that we are, and all that we may yet be, into our present form and lived moment.

The 12-week project meets weekly in the evening for two and a half hours.

The first hour is a Meditation Dance class, followed by one and a half hours of performance project work and rehearsals.

Project Details

Fees

To cover studio costs, the project is £200 for the full 12 weeks, to be paid in advance and no later than 12 days before the start date.

If you cannot pay, please apply for a gifted place. We are offering 5 gifted places. No dancer is turned away for lack of funds.

If you are able to contribute more, your generosity will gift a place to another dancer.

Places are limited to 14 to preserve the intimate, collaborative nature of the work.

To book, please email us with a little about yourself. Thank you for your interest.

Meditation Dance Self-Regulation Course

As dancers, we all share a common fear: getting injured and having to take time off to recover.

This is Meditation Dance School's innovative way to train. Marita has developed Meditation Dance exercises that can instantly improve your fluidity, balance, stamina, and core strength, while also decompressing your spine.

With these exercises, you can sustain a full practice or even a three-hour performance without exhausting or injuring yourself.

By learning Meditation Dance's self-regulation method, you can unlock your full potential as a dancer.

You can rest whilst you dance.

What if dance is the way to wellbeing, health, and joy?

Dance is like true love… it doesn't have to feel like bashing your head against a wall.

Regular Classes

Fees

To cover studio costs, the course is £200 for the 12-week term, to be paid in advance and no later than 12 days before the start date.

If you cannot pay, please apply for a gifted place. We are offering 5 gifted places. No dancer is turned away for lack of funds.

If you are able to contribute more, your generosity will gift a place to another dancer.

To book, please email us and tell us a little about yourself. Thank you for your interest!