The Work Room

As part of their Embedded Artist role, Mele Broomes is holding sessions for artists in The Work Room studio later this month!

//Body Conditioning and Stretch Sessions//

These open-level sessions are dedicated to strengthening and restoring the body through conditioning, mobility, and stretching exercises and techniques. Sessions will include dynamic movement, mobility work, short periods of rest, and longer held stretches.

📆23 & 24 June | 10.30am - 11.45am
📍The Work Room studio
booking via Outsavvy >>> https://www.outsavvy.com/event/37000/open-studio-with-mele-broomes-body-conditioning-and-stretch-session

//One-to-One Sessions//

These one-to-one conversations and artist support sessions are artist-led and can be used to discuss creative ideas, reflect on artistic goals, navigate challenges within practice, or receive support around developing work and creative processes.

📆23, 24 & 25 June | 2pm – 5pm (1 hour sessions)
📍The Work Room studio
Booking by emailing [email protected]

See more on our website >>> https://theworkroom.org.uk/events/open-studio-with-mele-broomes-one-to-one-sessions

Image Credit: Mele Broomes, DIG, 17 May 2025. Photos by Brian Hartley (still motion)

Our Call Out for Meeting Points IV is now live!

Meeting Points will support four independent choreographers (2 from Munich and 2 from Scotland) to come together to share practice, research ideas and exchange working methods outwith the pressure of production.

It will take the form of two one-week research labs, bringing the artists together in Munich in November 2026 and again in Glasgow, in March 2027.

We are now seeking applications from The Work Room members (details on how to become a member on our website) interested in participating in this project. Selected artists will participate in:

◼️ A research lab in Munich, 9 – 13 November 2026
◼️ A research lab in Glasgow 15 – 19 March 2027
◼️ A series of virtual meetings to prepare, develop and evaluate the project throughout
◼️ An event as part of each encounter, in Glasgow and Munich, to share practice with our wider communities of artists and public

Each artist will receive:

◼️ A fee of £2000 for participating in the project
◼️ Travel, accommodation and per diems for the research lab in Munich, including cover
◼️costs that allow for slow travel or fewer flights
◼️ Tickets for selected performances in Glasgow and Munich

Full details on how to apply on our website.
https://theworkroom.org.uk/opportunities/meeting-points-iv-the-work-room-glasgow-tanzbro-mnchen-munich

***LAST FEW SPACES***

Last chance to book in for EARTH BODIES with Martha Hincapie Charry tomorrow!

“EARTH BODIES”, with an ecofeminist approach, reimagines (environ-)mental care through a decolonial perspective on climate anxiety by fostering biodiverse relationships and a regenerative state. How are our bodies and all our relationships affected by environmental grief?

📆Thursday 4 June
11:30am – 2:30pm
📍The Work Room Studio
Free for members of TWR / £10 / £12

Book via Outsavvy >>>https://www.outsavvy.com/event/35529/martha-hincapie-charry-earth-bodies

The practice/workshop opens channels of sensorial, and embodied encounters, creating a reflection space about the urgency of rewilding our wounded bodies/home/planet. Human and more-than-human ancestral knowledge is invoked in a ceremonial space where participants are free to take off their shoes and get in touch with soil, experiencing an intimate, immersive space.

Presented with support of The Goethe Institute and in collaboration with Dance North as part of RISE 2026.

This workshop is on the occasion of Martha Hincapie Charry's involvment at RISE 2026 as co-curator and facilitator of the protocols required for the indigenous artists.

📸 Martha Hincapie Charry, image by Dieter Hartwig

Image description: Martha is pictured crouching in sand with a soil on her skin and eyes gently closed, holding out a branch.

Guest artist Gabriel Nieto is in Glasgow and leading Pro Class this week!

📍The Work Room Studio – NOTE VENUE CHANGE

📆THURSDAY, 4 June, 9.30-10.45am

This lab focuses on movement composition, physical dramaturgy, and exploration through sequences of phrases in different movement dynamics and practices, as well as bodily research. Participants will explore the relationship between instinct, memory, rhythm, spatial awareness, and choreographic composition.

📆FRIDAY, 5 June, 9.30-10.45am

This movement workshop invites participants into a profound practice of improvisation and embodiment based on listening, presence, rhythm, breath, and instinct. Participants will engage in guided improvisations, energy activation, vocal exploration, and collective movement practices or games that foster freedom, intuition, connection, and creative risk-taking. The workshop is open to anyone interested in embodiment, experimentation, and the poetic possibilities of movement and nature.

See more about the classes on our website>> https://theworkroom.org.uk/events/pro-class-with-gabriel-nieto

And book via Outsavvy>> https://www.outsavvy.com/event/35041/pro-class-spring-term-2026

Pro Class in Glasgow is co-run The Work Room and Barrowland Ballet and these classes with Gabriel are made possible through collaboration with Tramway & Dance North Scotland.

📸Image by Checho Zamora — Gabriel Nieto as Guest teacher at Reves international festival (Costa Rica)

Image description: Gabriel is pictured in motion leading a busy movement class in a basketball court.

1 more week to apply to our new programme of longer-term support: COHORT.

COHORT is a peer-led programme for four dance artists to deepen their choreographic and performance-making practice over 12 months.

Deadline Monday, 8 June, Midnight.

Full details on our website:
https://theworkroom.org.uk/opportunities/cohort-26-27

Image: A group of people are sitting and laying on a floor with yoga mats, and cushions. 'COHORT' is overlaid on top. Image from Crip Ecologies 2024, photograph by Emily Nicoll.

Last chance to apply to our current Artist Residency Programme, offering 1-2 week supported residencies for TWR members, from September 2026 - February 2027.

Apply by tomorrow, Midnight, or 11.59pm.

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Image: Black and white image of two people dancing and smiling behind a set of DJ decks. From TWR 10th birthday party, BEYOND launch, image by Eoin Carey.

Don't forget to book a spot on our workshop series, as part of Glasgow International Festival, and Dance North's RISE, in collaboration with Tramway, Glasgow.

✨Daina Ashbee: Somatic Medicine & Dance✨
📆Wednesday 3 June, 2-4.30pm

✨Martha Hincapie Charry - EARTH BODIES✨
📆Thursday 4 June, 11.30am - 2.30pm

✨emilyn claid - Letting Go of Things✨
📆Sunday, 7 June, 11am - 1:30pm (SOLD OUT/

All workshops are free for members,
£12 / £10 concession for Non-members
📍The Work Room Studio, Tramway

Image: emilyn claid performs with an enormous glittering headdress of metallic foliage, flowers, and antler horns. Image by Dahlia Katz

https://theworkroom.org.uk/events/

We have a lot of opportunities for our members at the moment!

Here is an easy breakdown:

Apply for a 1-2 week residency with our Artist Residency Programme 26-27.
Deadline 1 June

Apply for 12-month longer term support and peer learning programme, COHORT 26/27.
Deadline 8 June

Apply for 1 of 2 international bursary opportunities to either participant in the Visiting Artist Programme (in Albanian Dance Platform or Iridescent Festival, Romania), or Stretch Kedja, in Finland.
Deadline 15 June

Apply for a package of support to assist Early Careers dance artists in navigating the early stages of their careers in Scotland, with Early Career Artist Support Programme 26-27, delivered with Barrowland Ballet.
Deadline 15 June

Links to all on our website, under 'Our Programme'.

Interested in exploring aerial harness in your movement practice?
Want to explore a focus on partnering?

Join Jennifer Paterson and Tess Letham's Open Company Class:
9 & 10 June, 10.30am-1pm
at The Work Room, Tramway

Enjoy the class for free.
Spaces are limited, so make sure to book your spot.

https://www.outsavvy.com/event/36363/open-company-class-jennifer-paterson-tess-letham

This workshop is on the occasion of Jen and Tess's flexible residency at The Work Room at NTS, 9-27 June 2026.

Join us Sunday 31 May, for a sharing double-bill, with Jen Wren & Oxana Banshikova!

12pm, Oxana Banshikova - leds “Unspoken Alignment”
A workshop, creative excercise and discussion

Rooted in Bharatanatyam, “Unspoken Alignment” explores contemporary contexts of personal and collective misalignment. Through movement based tasks and shared goals, participants will engage in collaborative exercises using objects such as chairs or tables while navigating different motivations within a group.

The session is open to all movers regardless of experience or style, accessible movement tools will be provided. This will be followed by reflection and conversation.

2pm, Jen Wren presents - ESPE

You are warmly invited to an open sharing of ESPE, a work-in-progress by Jen Wren.
This session offers a glimpse into the unfolding research and development process, presenting excerpts, ideas, and provocations as they currently stand. Following the sharing, you’ll be invited into a facilitated conversation shaped by specific questions—creating space for thoughtful reflection, dialogue, and exchange that will actively contribute to the future direction of the work.

Book at free place on Outsavvy
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/36583/sharing-double-bill-with-jen-wren-oxana-banshikova

https://theworkroom.org.uk/events/sharing-double-bill-jen-wren-oxana-banshikova