Harriet Waghorn - 'Techniques in Partnering Dance' workshop into Jam

This mini workshop is brought to you by Harriet Waghorn, one of the Temenos family, but also a internationally acclaimed Director, Choreographer and Dancer. 

Harriet will help you to explore partner dancing from a completely new perspective. Her extensive professional experience combining contemporary, contact improvisation and ballroom give her a unique approach to partner dancing and she will be sharing her knowledge, passion and skills with you. 

The first hour will be teaching and the second hour will be a jam where FX10K will be providing a spicy Latin set to make sure everyone gets to test out some of the newly learned material. 

Absolutely no previous experience is necessary to attend this session. 

To learn more about Harriet here is an extract from her website. 

London  based artist Harriet Waghorn is an international Director,  Choreographer and Dance Artist. Harriet’s choreographic credits include  Netflix, BFI, Sky Arts, Vice, Nowness and internationally exposed viral  dance films ‘Abaddon’ and ‘Edifice’ which collectively have views of  over 12 million. As a pioneer in her hybrid movement language combining  ballroom and contemporary dance her work exudes passion, sensuality and  connectivity in movement, in 2022 she was nominated for the “Women in  Dance Leadership Award” and in 2021 Harriet was awarded one of 3  prestigious places with Akram Khan Company for Artistic Development in  choreography with her company EDIFICE (co-directed by Carmine De  Amicis). Harriet works in theatre, TV, film and commercials, and has  worked as a choreographer, mentor to artists such as Michaela Cole, Raff  Law and Sadie Frost and with brands including Adidas and The Savoy,  London. Harriet has trained in Motion Capture and studied Film Direction  at NFTS.

Harriet is additionally the co-founder and director of  EDIFICE dance theatre alongside Carmine De Amicis. EDIFICE was founded  in 2015 and creates works for the stage, film and immersive experiences  touring international and throughout the UK. EDIFICE’s unique  combination of ballroom and contemporary makes it different from any  other company working in the UK offering works that challenge ideas of  gender, sexuality, and form.

As  a performer Harriet has worked with  artists including International  artist RAYE, Ekat Bork, The Riptide Movement, Nzobella and companies  including Shobana Jeyasingh and Tavaziva Dance and has performed at The  Royal Opera House, Sadlers Wells, Edinburgh Festival Hall, TATE Modern,  Serpentine Gallery and has toured internationally.