Contemporary Introduction with Simone Sistarelli
Autumn 2025
About Contemporary Introduction with Simone Sistarelli
Classes start on Saturday 20 September and run until Saturday 13 December 2025 (excluding Saturday 1 November due to half term)
Jump, spin and glide across the floor with contemporary dance.
This course is aimed at complete beginners and offers an introduction to contemporary dance in an encouraging and laid-back group setting, with opportunities for creative development of your own style. Live music from Bobby Demers will help inspire your movement throughout the class.
Simone will guide you through the basics of core contemporary dance vocabularies and techniques. There will be opportunities to try out a range of contemporary dance skills from moving across the floor to simple springs and jumps. You will leave confident and ready to take your next step into contemporary dance.
Class details
- Enrol for the term (12 weeks) for £187 to save and guarantee your place or drop-in for £17 per class (concessions available)
- We encourage you to get in touch with us if you have any access requirements to ensure our classes are delivered in the most inclusive way possible. You can find an outline of our access information here.
- Please arrive on time - unfortunately we are unable to accommodate participants who are more than 15 minutes late as the warm-up is an important part of the class.
- Unfortunately, we are unable to offer refunds or exchanges, unless there are extenuating circumstances. You can read our booking Terms & Conditions here.
About your teacher
Simone Sistarelli is a dance artist, musician, social entrepreneur, author and public speaker. She is the founder of Popping for Parkinson's, a project that transforms Parkinson's patients into Popping dance students, a twice TEDx Speaker and was awarded in the Universal Hip Hop Museum Hall of Fame for her contribution to Hip Hop Culture and by the UK Government as a Point of Light outstanding volunteer. Simone has a BA in Contemporary Dance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and an MSc in Dance Psychology from the University of Hertfordshire.