Participate Dance

Workshops created specifically for dance students and the staff who lead/support them

Helping staff and students cultivate a safer and more inclusive training environment
Providing practical advice and tools to take away, and a supportive and structured space to work through difficult topics
For dance schools, colleges and conservatoires across the country

Photo: P Fysh

Training sessions

For Dance Students & Staff

Designed specifically for dance courses, these sessions make space for students to think beyond the technical skills of their craft and think more expansively about their career. Students will come away empowered with the awareness and confidence they need to navigate the industry as individuals, whilst also understanding how they can become a force for positive change in an inclusive, collaborative space.

We recognise that staff are focussing on facilitating excellence whilst also upholding evolving values of inclusivity and support. Our staff sessions provide space for participants to explore and strengthen their practice. These sessions give staff the tools they need to embed equality, diversity and inclusion across all aspects of their work.

student Sessions

Cultivating Resilient Spaces – For Students

Resilient Dancers: Managing Shame and Perfectionism – For Students

staff Sessions

Introduction to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – for Staff

Leading Resilient Spaces – For Staff

Unconscious Bias – for Staff

“After the sessions, I feel I have gained the tools to navigate my way through difficult situations in the industry. Being able to communicate assertively and stand by my morals is absolutely necessary practice not just for work, but life.”
Third Year Student

“I think this was really useful for us all to take stock and look at the way we teach and how that can affect the students not only whilst in our lessons but also for the rest of their lives.”
Faculty Member

About Participate

Participate is Tonic’s programme of training created specifically for schools, colleges and conservatoires in the performing arts. It’s designed to help both students and staff address a range of topics in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Through a series of workshop-style sessions, we support students to develop resilience, judgement, empathy and respect for one another. Our staff sessions enable faculty to reflect on and respond to the values and behaviours that are increasingly shaping students’ expectations of training and careers.

Since 2018 Tonic have delivered Participate around the country. The popularity of the sessions has demonstrated the great need for them. Read more on Participate’s impact and reach.

Booking and further info

Get in touch or contact our team at info@tonictheatre.co.uk for further information or to discuss bringing Participate to your students and colleagues.

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Tailored to your needs

Participate training sessions are bookable individually or as part of a longer-term package of support. Looking for something specific? Get in touch to discuss.

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All enquiries welcome! If you are interested in booking Participate sessions, or just need some more information, please complete the form below and one of our team will be in touch. Or email us direct at info@tonictheatre.co.uk.

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