This is a drop-in session for learning to dance contact improvisation, every Tuesday evening 7 - 9 pm in Oxford. In each two hour session, we'll learn the fundamental skills for dancing contact improvisation including: body awareness/somatics; giving and receiving touch; sharing our centre and weight-giving; distance and levels; floor skills including body surfing; lifts; bridges; and flying. We'll work in duets, trios and ensembles but most importantly we'll have fun!

Suitable for complete beginners and those who have attended our drop in classes or taster session on Tue 10 Oct.

Contact improvisation is a dance which originated in the 1970’s and which has now spread throughout the world. It’s often taught in university dance courses but it’s easy to learn and fun. It’s an improvised dance - a dialogue in movement - which has a fluid and dynamic form, and it’s social dancing; not stage dancing.

Please bring a water bottle and wear loose clothing in which you can move freely. We'll use the MPR (Multi-Purpose Room) on the lower floor of the University Club. All welcome including those not at the University.

Example of dancing contact improvisation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNTwZTK_MCI

(Photo: Pier Corona)

Try a new dance! In this two hour session, we'll quickly gain skills and dance contact improvisation. Suitable for complete beginners and those interested in our short introductory dance course, starting the following week (Tuesday evenings). All welcome including those not at the University.

Contact improvisation is a dance which originated in the 1970’s and which has now spread throughout the world. It’s often taught in university dance courses but it’s easy to learn and fun. It’s an improvised dance - a dialogue in movement - which has a fluid and dynamic form, and it’s social dancing; not stage dancing.

Please bring a water bottle and wear loose clothing in which you can move freely.Note: We'll use the MPR (Multi-Purpose Room) on the lower floor of the Club.

Facebook event for the Taster: https://www.facebook.com/events/10966435...

Map showing venue: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Oxfo...@51.7576177,-1.2504299,17z/data=!4m5!1m2!2m1!1sOxford+University+Club!3m1!1s0x4876c6abee97e5db:0xe4906420b9f4aef1

Tuesday 14 November - Sunday 14 January

PANTO: SLEEPING BEAUTY
Famous Chipping Norton Pantomime!

Sponsored by Kingham Hill School

Once Upon A Time there lived a Princess, her long-suffering Nanny, her doting Fairy Godmother, and grumpy old King Lenny.

On her 18th birthday, the Princess pricks her finger on a spinning wheel and falls deeply asleep. When she wakes up, exactly four hundred years have passed and things have got a whole lot groovier... But who just kissed her? What strange clothes everyone is wearing! And what's that music?!

Heaps of jokes, oodles of fantastic original tunes and a good dash of British History combine to make this a Sleeping Beauty like no other. From the glorious pageantry of the Tudors to the flower-powered freedom of the sixties, Chipping Norton's panto is the most spectacular, the most splendid and the most stupefying funny show of the year.

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"Charming, Old Fashion Fun" * * * *
The Times, 2015

"A treat from start to finish" * * * * *
The Oxford Times, 2016

"Energy and charisma turned up to eleven" * * * *
The Stage, 2015

Get closer to the action!

Take a 20 min tour of the stage and set find out how the show ticks.
Tickets: £2.50, booking essential. Specific performances only, see schedule below. Children must be accompanied.

Child - Free Evenings
For big kids only (over 18s). The atmosphere will be different, but not the content of the show. Please see the schedule for dates.

Schools
If you are bringing a school group to the panto this year you can download a Teacher's Education Pack of activities.

Relaxed Performance
There will be a relaxed performance on Friday 15th December & Wednesday 10th January at 2pm. Tickets: £10.50, carer goes free. This performance is open to all with changes made to be more accessible for people who might find a standard performance challenging, including those with dementia and those with additional needs. Wheelchair spaces limited so booking is essential.

Access
Please let us know your access requirements when booking.

Limited wheelchair spaces available
Induction loop

Theatre Bar Times
The Theatre Bar will be open 30 mins prior to the start of each performance.

Group Bookings

Did last year's office party pull you into a slumber? Fancy waking up this year's office party with a "Prince's Kiss" and some good old flower-powered frivolity? This year, why not...
PARTY IN YOUR PANTO
*Buy 10 tickets and get the 11th FREE* [exc Bands A&B]
- Enquire with our friendly Box Office - General Booking opens Monday 12th June -
Prices start from £11

Prices start from £11
Please contact the Box Office for more information

Monday 9 October, 7.45pm

Anjali Dance Company presents
GENIUS

Anjali celebrates the creative abilities and artistic potential of people with learning disabilities and demonstrates exciting new possibilities in dance through its pioneering work. An exceptional group of dancers perform two dramatic explorations of genius in an inspirational performance full of talent and creative power. Gary Clarke’s Beethoven takes a darkly humorous look at the composer’s personal life and musical works; Lea Anderson has created a stylized exploration of the legend of the vampire Nosferatu.