Dancing with Echoes Workshop

Dancing with Echoes grows out of a recent research and development process exploring connection, body, and movement across distance using hybrid approaches. Rooted in disability dance, this workshop explores how we can improvise together to build collective, hybrid ensemble movement—whether we are sharing the same room or connecting through a screen.

Dates & Location

  • Dates: September 14, 15 & 16, 2026

  • Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT

  • Format: Hybrid (In-Person & Online options available)

Registration & Fees:

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  • Cost: FREE

  • Location: In person at The Dance Centre & online via Zoom

This workshop is open to dancers and movers of all experience levels and ability—no prior background in dance or improvisation is required. Disabled and non-disabled participants are

Access Details

We are committed to creating a welcoming and accessible space. Access measures in place for this workshop include:

  • Relaxed Environment: Moving, stretching, stimming, entering/exiting, and taking breaks whenever you need to are always welcome and supported.

  • Captions: Captions will be enabled for online participants on Zoom.

  • Scent-Reduced: For in-person attendees, we ask that you arrive free of fragrances or scented personal products.

  • Individual Support: We encourage you to share any additional access requirements (broadly understood) when you register so we can best support your participation. We are unable to provide one-on-one support.

Harmanie, a wheelchair dancer, is in mid-turn, her hair fanning out in front of Kelsie, a standing dancer, projected three times Harmanie’s size on a screen.

Facilitator Bios

Harmanie Rose is committed to inclusive movement and authentic representation. She brings a deep practice in somatic movement, contemporary improvisation, and accessible dance spaces to her work as a choreographer and facilitator.

Kelsie Acton is a researcher at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, an access consultant, and an occasional dancer whose work focuses on accessibility, particularly relaxed approaches to practice and performance.

Harmanie a manual wheelchair users gently cradles a screen in a box called Echo. In the Box (in Echo) Kelsie with long curly hair looks up and out of the screen as if she can see into Harmanie's eyes.