Movement
Movement

Photo credit: Geoff Dunlop

Expression
Expression

Photo credit: Rachael James

Engagement
Engagement

Photo credit: Rachael James

Music
Music

Photo credit: Rachael James

The Original Spinners is an inclusive community dance company

We bring people across all ages and communities together to give them opportunities to participate in dance and play.

Through the shared experience of movement and expression to music we help create moments of magic that transcend our differences.

Our Story

Performance

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The Original Spinners classes.
The Original Spinners - Courses

Courses & Workshops

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The Original Spinners Roma project.

Dance for Parkinson's

A growing body of evidence points to the real physical, mental and social benefits experienced by people living with Parkinson’s when they dance.

Our aim is to bring people with Parkinson’s and their carers together to enjoy movement, music and self-expression in a non-judgemental environment.

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"It was really beautiful and moving. Be very, very proud."  

Marie Mccluskey MBE

Director at Swindon Dance

"Thank you so much for being part of Bristol Open Stage on Sunday. It was a really evocative piece of work, which really added to the variety of arts seen in Showcase 1.  The feathers/flight sequence was particularly effective. The music choices were great, too."

James Perries

Bristol Old Vic

"A massive well done! You did the city proud." 

Katy Noakes

Arts Officer Bristol City Council

“It makes me feel good, it gives me a workout, it has emotional content and it requires interaction with other dancers. All these benefits enable me to live with a little more ‘joie de vivre’ in my life.”

Class participant

Southmead Dance for Parkinson’s

"I say about the dancing: it’s beautiful, it’s enigmatic, plenty of fun!"

Participant

Misfit’s movement sessions

"One thing I took from Shambala this year was remembering how to play – which is a wonderful thing. It was hitting the clowning workshop straight away that helped me throw off the 'self-consciousness and status anxiety', so... thanks!"

Workshop participant

Shambala Festival

"I need this. When I came I felt a bit low and down but now it’s okay. I’m happy!" 

C Varga

Getting to Know the Roma project

Dance for Dementia

02 June 2020
It was truly our pleasure to deliver a Dance for Dementia and the Frail and Elderly project at Southmead Hospital over the course of six weeks earlier this year, before the pandemic struck. Made to feel so welcome by patients, staff and visitors alike, we were delighted at how the weekly playful dance sessions took everyone – including us – by surprise.
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A Performance From the Heart

17 February 2020
We have been running our Southmead Hospital Charity-funded Dance for Parkinson's group at the hospital for more than three years now and so were thrilled when our participants were given the chance to perform for the public in the hospital atrium on the day dedicated to love.
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