Maiden Voyage Dance are delighted to have commissioned good times never seemed a new durational performance installation from Vasiliki Stasinaki & Sarah Gordon which will be presented as part of Belfast International Arts Festival 2023. Running around in circles on the terrace holding a big white flag. Trying to skateboard. Jumping into a puddle. A […]
We are looking for adult women of all ages and abilities to join our new Belfast Movement Group starting in Autumn. Building on the success of the Belfast Movement Choir the new group will be a celebration of the joy of creativity and moving together. It is accessible for women with all levels of dance […]
Maiden Voyage are currently in rehearsals for a new work by London based choreographer Sarah Golding. We will be opening up company class led by Sarah and rehearsal director Sandy Cuthbert. Classes are for professional dancers or dance students and will take place in the Helen Lewis studio, Crescent Arts Centre. Book Contemporary class with […]
There is a spellbinding ambience to Clara Kerr’s dance installation Line Of Life, commissioned by Maiden Voyage Dance for our viewing pleasure at the 2023 Young At Art Belfast Children’s Festival. Blending her performance of the very moves she choreographs with rhythmic booms, soothing melodies and stripped-back, arresting graphics, Kerr, along with the production team, […]
Erik Kaiel’s Haiku, performed by Gerard Headley, Rosie Mullin and Maeve McGreevy for Maiden Voyage Dance at the Ulster Museum as part of the Young At Art Belfast Children’s Festival 2023, has been described as an “ode to friendship”. While I would say that this is certainly the case, I would also perceive it to […]
A SENSE OF PLACE-THE PLACE OF MOVEMENT SERIES Through this somatic movement series, you will be given the opportunity to explore how moving from a deeply felt experience of the living body can stimulate creativity and facilitate wellbeing and self-awareness. The inner and outer lives of the mover are under investigation. Somatic practice and the […]
Maiden Voyage Dance celebrates 21 years of dance with two new commissions. Maiden Voyage Dance which is this year celebrating 21 years of commissioning and creating dance for theatre, public spaces and young and family audiences is set to return to the Belfast Children’s Festival in March this year with two brand new pieces of […]
Somatic movement education explores the creative and transformative aspects of movement and lived body experience. Somatic work aims to explore how moving from the felt experience of the living body can stimulate creativity and facilitate wellbeing and self-awareness. BODY STORIES In this programme we will develop our somatic movement through experiential anatomy and imagery, with […]
We are inviting women across the city to join us for the next phase of Belfast Movement Choir. Funded by Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund in partnership with Business to Arts the Maiden Voyage Dance Belfast Movement Choir is an intergenerational project which focuses on movement for health and wellbeing for women in […]
On 27th September 2001 Maiden Voyage Dance was incorporated as a limited company. We are 21 years old today! In that time we have commissioned 22 Full length/Mixed Bill Dance productions 5 New works for young audiences 12 Dance Exposed works for public spaces 8 Digital Dance Commissions We are grateful to work with so […]
Somatic movement education explores the creative and transformative aspects of movement and lived body experience. Somatic work aims to explore how moving from the felt experience of the living body can stimulate creativity and facilitate wellbeing and self-awareness. BODY STORIES In this programme we will develop our somatic movement through experiential anatomy and imagery, with […]
Maiden Voyage Dance is celebrating the conclusion of the first phase of Belfast Movement Choir. Re-Emergence, screened at the Strand Arts Centre on Thursday 23 June was the culmination of over two years of work by 100 participants from the Belfast Movement Choir, which brought five groups of women and girls from across the city […]
We are delighted to be performing with Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble on Friday 17 June at 7.30pm at Queen’s University Belfast Sonic Arts Research Centre This is the second (of many we hope!) collaborations between Maiden Voyage and Hard Rain and and we will be performing with the last piece in the evenings programme, Schoenberg’s Chamber […]
Somatic movement education explores the creative and transformative aspects of movement and lived body experience. Somatic work aims to explore how moving from the felt experience of the living body can stimulate creativity and facilitate wellbeing and self-awareness. BODY STORIES In this programme we will develop our somatic movement through experiential anatomy and imagery, with […]
Last night we ran our final Maiden Voyage Belfast Movement Choir session. Our groups from across Belfast have spent this week reflecting on the project after two days of performance for a final dance film, Re-emergence, filmed in Ormeau Park on Sunday 8th May directed by Jennifer Rooney. Funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and […]
We are inviting women across the city to join us for the final term of the Maiden Voyage Dance Belfast Movement Choir. Funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, this is an intergenerational project which focuses on movement for health and wellbeing for women aged 18 and above across Belfast. The Movement Choir has groups in […]
Put a bit of magic into your weekend as MORF goes digital! Friday 11th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th March at QFTPlayer MORF, created by David Ogle with a score by Brian Irvine explores the magical in the everyday, as two dancers find themselves embarking on a ‘suit safari’ creating familiar animals from their suit […]
Created in lockdown for BCF21 Online, Turnabout returns in person for BCF22, sharing its messages of hope, where we find it and what to do if we lose it. Free Performances Sat 12 March – Belfast Cathedral 2.30pm, 3.30pm Sun 13 March – 2 Royal Ave 2.30pm, 3.30pm This beautiful music and dance performance choreographed […]
Maiden Voyage is delighted to present a Flying Low and Passing Through Masterclass with dance artist, choreographer and teacher Lucia Kickham. Date: Saturday 26th Februray Time: 14.00 – 16.30 Location: The MAC, Belfast Cost: £10 Book here Flying Low is a dance technique developed by Venezuelan dance artist David Zambrano. It’s main focus is the […]
We are excited to invite 3 to 6 year-olds and their grown-ups to join us on a ‘suit safari’ in our new show MORF, which will premiere at The MAC as part of Belfast Children’s Festival on 5 – 6 March. Exploring the magical in the everyday, MORF sees two dancers use ordinary suit jackets […]
Curated by Ryan O’Neill, Maiden Voyage Prodance returns with a range of Contemporary, Ballet and Conditioning sessions. These are in studio classes on Tuesdays from 10.00 – 11.30 am at Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast. Book here 18th January – Contemporary technique with Ryan O’Neill 25th January – Contemporary technique with Ryan O’Neill 1st February – […]
These monthly workshop sessions are appropriate for movers and dancers of all abilities who wish to awaken their relationship to mindful movement within the natural world, connecting to the elements and the seasons Saturday January 29th 10.00-11.30 Victoria Park This session will explore Connections and Authentic Movement – Book Saturday February 12th 10.00-11.30 Musgrave Park […]
We are inviting women across the city to join us for the second year of the Belfast Movement Choir. Funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, the Maiden Voyage Dance Belfast Movement Choir is an intergenerational project which focuses on movement for health and wellbeing for women across Belfast. Despite its name, Movement Choirs are not […]
These monthly workshop sessions are appropriate for movers and dancers of all abilities who wish to awaken their relationship to mindful movement within the natural world, connecting to the elements and the seasons. You will be invited to discover your own personal responses to movement through guided explorations: the somatic work aims to explore how […]
Curated by Ryan O’Neill, Maiden Voyage Prodance returns for Autumn/Winter 2021 with a range of Contemporary, Ballet and Conditioning sessions. Following a consultation with regular particpants we will be offering six online classes via zoom and six live classes at the Crescent Arts Centre. Online classes are only available to block book and you will […]
Prodance February/March 2021 Classes continue with a range of conditioning, ballet and contemporary sessions. All classes remain free for NI-based professional performers out-of-work due to the pandemic. For those with means, a nominal charge of £25 applies to access live class and catch up recordings for the 12 week term. The programme is curated by […]
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