Refresh
Summer Dance Week 2025
Dance with us in summer 2025!
"Taste and See that the Lord is Good" (Psalm 34:8)
Monday 28th July - Friday 1st August 2025
City Church, Cambridge
Join us for a refreshing week of dance and community as we experience God's goodness through moving, creating and reflecting together.
Dance classes and workshops for all abilities, from beginners to advanced dancers. No matter your experience, you'll be welcomed into our creative, faith-inspired week of movement.
Refresh culminates in a performance by workshop participants alongside our company dancers.
Come ready to be refreshed, renewed, and filled with the goodness of God.
What to expect:
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Flexible Timetable:
All participants are able to make their own timetable and choose their level of intensity.
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Technique Classes:
Levelled contemporary and ballet technique classes for all abilities, taught by our team of professional dancers.
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Connect Sessions:
A time to connect with God and with each other through movement and reflection.
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Elective Workshops:
A chance to explore Psalm 34:8 through creative and taught sessions, and to discover new skills.
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Creative Performance Project:
Throughout the week you will work with our team collaboratively to create a new dance work for those that want to perform together on the final evening.
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Refreshing and Creative Environment:
Our dancers warmly welcome everyone to move together, bringing who they are and whatever dance ability they have.
I really enjoyed getting to meet so many Christian dancers from many different places and backgrounds, getting to dance and be creative together and be inspired by one another.
Loved the different spaces for connection with God and each other offered by different teachers.
The week is a blessing. Springs personnel are very sensitive, welcoming and inclusive. The workshops nurture creativity, as does the process of putting together the creative project/performance. It encourages us to remember God's creativity is vast and we have massive potential when in God's hands.
DETAILS
WHERE: City Church Cambridge, 12-14 Cheddars Lane, Cambridge, CB5 8LD
WHO FOR: Suitable for anyone aged 16+, or 14+ if accompanied by an adult
COST: £275 (For the full week including the option to take part in the performance project)
New for 2025! Drop-in rate: If you are looking for a lighter option, pay a £30 registration fee and then sign up to join the classes you want for £15 per class.
All options include FREE ENTRY to the final evening’s event.
(Please note: This is not a residential course so you will be responsible for sourcing your own accommodation)
PERFORMANCE
The course will culminate in a community performance by Springs Dance Company and the Refresh Summer Dance Week Cambridge participants!
Performers are joining us from across the world, to celebrate faith and dance in this joyfully uplifting short performance.
We would love to share this evening with you.
Tickets: £4 adults, £2 children, FREE for Refresh participants. All tickets include a free drink.
ELECTIVES
Each day there are optional classes to choose from based on your training level or interest. Find out more about the sessions here:
Holly’s classes draw on a range of influences, including Release and Cunningham styles. Expect an eclectic music playlist to enjoy dancing to and moments to connect and express through movement. Whether you’re new to dance or an experienced mover, there is something for everyone to be challenged and inspired by.
Dan’s class fuses Graham, Horton, and Limon modern techniques. Explore breath, the deep shapes of Graham, the lines of Horton, and release, swing, and fall of Limon.
“Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see – how good God is” (Psalm 34:8 MSG).
Join Dan and Holly as they introduce the theme for the week, exploring The Message version of Psalm 34 and delving into its imagery to deepen the connection with the text.
Dan's class fuses modern dance techniques. Explore breath, the deep shapes of Graham, the lines of Horton, and release, swing, and fall of Limon. This class is for all abilities.
In this release-based class there will be a focus on finding freedom and expansion in movement. We will move together learning set technical material, but with an emphasis on finding our own individual artistry and expression. A relaxed and fun class that celebrates who each of us are and the joy of dancing together.
We will explore God’s goodness through John 10, “I am the Good Shepherd”. A creative session that invites us to reflect, connect and explore being guided and protected by the Good Shepherd.
Learn set dance material with Holly which reflects on the blessings of life in the everyday, the ordinary and the simplicity of the world around us.
“Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him” (Psalm 34:8)
What does it look like to take refuge in Him? Join Ella and Holly as they examine this question, exploring God’s close proximity to us and how he invites us to continually draw near.
Discover the grace, strength, and discipline of classical ballet in this general level class. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your technique, our welcoming environment supports dancers of all backgrounds. Improve posture, flexibility, coordination, and musicality while enjoying the beauty of ballet. Perfect for those seeking a strong foundation or simply a joyful way to move.
Synaet brings her experience of training at Rambert School to deliver an advanced ballet class emphasising clarity of line, placement and precision along with musicality, expressivity and artistry.
This creative session will explore connection; not created to be alone but for connection and community, with God and one another. Discover ways of lifting and partnering, whatever level of experience, using leverage, timing, shared weight.
Learn set dance material with Velda. Velda’s movement relates to our eyes being opened and having restored sight. The movement considers us seeing the heart of God and His saving grace, extended towards us in all our circumstances.
In this session we will take a pause from our busy lives to reflect and rest in God’s goodness. How do we respond to the invitation to savour and gaze upon?
This general level contemporary dance class invites movers of all backgrounds to explore expressive, grounded, and dynamic movement. The class will focus on musicality, fluid transitions, whilst exploring the freedom, personal interpretation, and expression of contemporary dance. No previous experience required—just a willingness to move and explore.
A fusion class based on release technique, culminating in a choreographed sequence.
Dan’s class is a fusion of modern styles; Graham, Horton, and Limon techniques. Explore the sculpting of the expressive deep shapes of Graham, the powerful lines of Horton, and release, swing, and fall of Limon.
Holly’s classes draw on a range of influences, including Release and Cunningham styles. Expect an eclectic music playlist to enjoy dancing to and moments to connect and express through movement.
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers...” (Psalm 8:3)
Spend time meditating on the goodness of God’s artistry and how he gave us eyes to see and mouths to express the wonder of his creation.
TEACHERS
We are excited to have a wonderful team of Springs teachers joining us for this event:

Ella Fleetwood
Ella is an independent dance artist and maker based in East London. Ella graduated from Trinity Laban with a First Class degree in 2016. Since graduating, Ella has enjoyed performing with Casson & Friends, Made by Katie Green, Luminelle, Springs Dance Company and Kimberley Harvey in collaboration with Great Ormond Street Hospital. Ella regularly performs at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with Eek & Wild, a company she co-founded. Ella teaches in a range of community settings, with inclusivity and play at the heart of her teaching practice. Ella is a lead dance artist for The Place, Sadler’s Wells and Magpie Dance for people with learning disabilities. With her work at Magpie, Ella has led choreographic collaborations with the Royal Opera House and Arts for Disabled Association Hong Kong.

Daniel Cossette
Daniel Cossette is a classically trained mime, touring with Mimeistry International 2000-2002. He launched Ambassador Arts, premiering the shows Say it Loud! and Christmivest2002-2009. Daniel was invited to dance with Ad Deum Dance Company, Houston TX where he danced from 2009-2013, then moved to England and joined Springs Dance Company (2013-present). Dan co-directs Infusion Physical Theatre, Cambridge UK. He has performed in prelude to Dance Houston, Alvin Ailey, Mark Morris, at Project Dance, Resolutions Dance Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and Sprung! He has taught mime, dance, and stage combat for Houston Ballet, the Alley Theatre, and Society for Performing Arts.

Holly Wilmot
Holly is a freelance contemporary dancer, choreographer and teacher. After graduating in 2012 with a dance degree from York St John University, she continued her training as a member of Springs Dance Company’s apprentice programme, Elevate. Since then, she has worked as a performer on a variety of projects for Infusion Physical Theatre, MCDC, E33 Dance Company and Alauda Dance. Other credits include: Fresh: North East, ICON, Resolution, The Brighton Fringe and Project Dance: Paris.
Alongside performing, Holly has taught extensively in schools and community settings for The Place, DanceWest, Artis Foundation and Springs Dance Company. Her own choreography has also been showcased as part of The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Wandsworth Arts Fringe.

Velda Hassan
Velda is a freelance artist whose work spans dance, physical theatre, musical theatre, and acting. Velda graduated from The Urdang Academy in 2008 where she trained in dance and musical theatre, and has since brought her artistry to a wide range of companies including Trikhon Theatre, Sobaka Dance, Springs Dance Company and Ellander.
Velda’s own creative work is deeply informed by her academic background—she holds an MSc in Health Psychology, which fuels her fascination with the inner world of the performer. She is particularly passionate about exploring how emotional and psychological depth can be harnessed to create powerful, resonant performances.
Driven by a desire to be part of meaningful, thought-provoking work that can edify audiences, Velda seeks out projects that reflect her values and challenge both artist and viewer.

Synaet Nin
Synaet recently graduated from Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance where she completed 3 years professional dance training. She graduated with BA (Hons) in Ballet and Contemporary Dance and her training included intense training in ballet/point work, contemporary styles (such as Graham and Cunningham), improvisation and choreography. As part of her training she also worked with well known choreographers such as Darren Ellis, Alleyne Sisters and Darshan Singh Bhuller.
Synaet is originally from Cambodia. She started dancing when she was 14 and came to the UK to study in 2019. She is currently spending time living and working in the UK to establish herself as a dancer, choreographer and teacher before she begins to look at ways of bringing these experiences back to her home country.
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