Angela Dennis somatic movement

28/07/2025

It’s been 5 whole months since 'Free Flowing Threads’ ended: a series of somatic dance & movement workshops I produced as part of the ART YOUR WAY award by New Art Exchange.

Being the perfectionist that I am, I had hoped it would all end smoothly and perfectly, with a peak crescendo of celebration and clarity!

But life isn’t perfect is it?

I got Covid and had to postpone my final session, leaving a long gap before we finished the series. I didn’t get the thorough closure and evaluation I was looking for. And then, I was quietly pulled away from it all back into my other work responsibilities, family responsibilities, and just surviving.

Despite participants coming to this workshop to be supported through somatic dance in the winter months, in actual fact they supported me, with their smiles, quirks, relentless positivity and, most importantly, their authenticity.

On top of this, my 79 year old mum came to every session, moving and participating in her own way. It was a blessing to be able to share my somatic work with her, and connect in a different way.

I have to shout out Olga Andrade for all the marketing wisdom and supporting me through some cringey talking-to-camera moments in the beginning (*shudders), as well as Mari Embodied Enquiry for their ongoing professional supervision.

I’ve learnt so much about myself through this group, and grown in confidence as a facilitator and educator - showing up as I am each time, and meeting the group where they are.

I truly feel somatic dance/movement is a unique, spiritual yet grounded practice unlike anything there is. What a privilege it is to connect and support others in this intimate and embodied practice.

Much love to all the Free Flowing Threads ❤️

Photography by Vicky Coghlan.

31/05/2025

It's a joy to share this brief but rich visual summary of 'The Gathering 2024' curated by Iniva - Institute of International Visual Arts where I shared an embodiment workshop exploring ancestral ‘wave’ wisdom and ritual somatic dance practice.

The Gathering 2024 offered a unique space centring Global Majority UK-based artists and cultural workers to convene in an exploration of restorative practices to build frameworks for stronger relationships and more sustainable arts ecologies. The two-day gathering focused on how we bring rest into our communities.

The Gathering 2024 was produced with Free Form and supported by Freelands Foundation

Film Credits
Directed by Salima Kamara and Nate Agbetu
Camera Operator - Oshane Campbell
Editor - Salima Kamara
Graphic Design - Mohammed Samad
Art Direction - Sunny Formats
Production - Free Form World
Post Production - DOMA Works
Starring Sepake Angiama, Beatriz Lobo, Akil Scafe-Smith, Evie Muir, Exodus Crooks, Maymana Arefin, Foluke Taylor

Special Credit to iniva, 180 Studios, and Freelands Foundation for making this film and programme possible.

The Gathering 2024 offered a unique space centring Global Majority UK-based artists and cultural workers to convene in an exploration of restorative practice...

18/11/2024

‘Free Flowing Threads’ is now underway and I will be sharing some ‘Soma-Snacks’ in between sessions for the participants to try at home. Here’s a clip from the first one: a soothing breath-work practice called Box-Breathing or Square Breathing.

09/10/2024

Movement and dance isn’t just for the stage - it’s for healing, self-awareness, and even professional growth. As a somatic movement educator and dance artist, I’ve seen the incredible transformations that can happen when people connect with their bodies. Dance has helped me to release stress and anxiety in my daily life, and somatic movement has deepened my self-awareness and given me resources to cope with work and modern living.

If you’re not sure what a group somatic movement session with me might be like, here’s a short clip of an online session I delivered in collaboration with the talented creative Nina Ryner ☺️✨

17/07/2024

Now that the summer is here (?) and space in my schedule is opening up, I’m starting to redirect my energy (and excitement!) to the Art Your Way Workshop commission with New Art Exchange I won recently. I will be designing and delivering a series of community somatic dance workshops with the intention to facilitate a healing and nourishing journey throughout the winter months for a small group of women-identified folk.

I’ve always been drawn to the arts and creativity, but withdrew into the visual arts professionally where I could hide and observe others safely. I always had a passion for dance, and eventually, dance and other somatic practices like yoga became the companion and healing balm I needed to piece myself back together when I felt my most confused and alone. Now having gone through a training in somatic movement at , I can recognise how valuable dance and somatic practices are for our individual, collective, and climate healing, in the face of an ever-violent and oppressive world moving relentlessly towards ‘progress’.

I can’t wait to share more about the series as it unfolds 😌 Stay tuned 💚

30/05/2024

Welcome to my page!

I am a multi-faceted artist/facilitator and registered somatic movement educator (accredited by the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association) working across the UK.

My approach to the arts and wellbeing is holistic: I draw from my yoga practice of 10 years in my work, my experience and knowledge of African and Caribbean traditional dance forms, and other, more westernised somatic practices, such as Feldenkrais, Authentic Movement, Body Mind Centering and Continnum.