Compass Dance

Meet The Team

Introducing Sami Coggins

A talented, emerging artist for Compass Dance.

Sami plays a vital role in supporting our Anchor Group, bringing creativity and energy to each session.

Also, as a dedicated performer and emerging artists, Sami is currently working on an exciting solo piece for our upcoming show in March.

Watch this space to meet more of the team and to get behind the scenes content on the lead up to our show.

Project partners
Norwich Theatre
Norfolk County Council
Arts Council England
Musical Keys
NANSA
Collusion
DanceEast
Stepping Stones
Worstead Lodge

📸 Tom Barrett

We are excited to share that we have a performance in the Spring that will bring together our participants and their friends/family to celebrate movement and community.

We'll be sharing a lot of content on the lead up to the show and cannot wait for you to see the amazing work that is going on behind the scenes.

Thank you to our supporters, Norwich Theatre.

📸 Tom Barrett

Image description
This image shows a group of performers on stage, set against a deep blue background. In the foreground, a man with shoulder-length hair, wearing a light-colored shirt and navy blue sweatpants, stands with one arm raised, focused and expressive. To his left, a woman in a cream sweater and pink socks looks on attentively. In the background, a line of performers with arms raised adds depth to the scene, highlighting the collective movement.

Compass Dance Putting disabled dancers at the forefront with professional opportunities and training.

Exciting news!

Compass Dance is now officially a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)! 🎉✨

This new status allows us to focus even more on our mission to spread the joy of dance throughout our local community.

We are sending a huge thank you to our supporters, volunteers, and partners for helping us reach this milestone.

What an exceptional start to 2025!

Happy Holidays everyone!

We want to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude for your ongoing support over the past year.

We are deeply thankful for the opportunity to work alongside such a passionate and inspiring group of partners, supporters, volunteers, carers and participants.

With the festive season upon us, we also want to wish you and your loved ones a joyful and peaceful festive break. May this time bring you moments of relaxation, reflection, and happiness as we look forward to an exciting 2025!

Warm wishes,

Compass Dance

📸 Tom Barrett

We are looking for new volunteers!

As part of our mentorship program we looking for new volunteers to be involved in our showcase in March 2025.

This opportunity is open to anyone interested in gaining experience in dance and disability.

You will work to support our community group of learning disabled adults with rehearsals on Wednesdays from 15th of January to 19th March 2025.
You will then perform with the company on Sunday the 23rd of March.

We will also provide a small series of bespoke mentoring sessions for these volunteers.

Please do pass this on to anyone that might be interested and send your expression of interest to us via [email protected] by 06 January 2025.

📸 Tom Barrett

‘Here More’ collected the voices and stories of disabled people living in Norfolk to create a thought provoking performance.

This project was split into different phases.

Phase one: We created specialised workshops that offered participants a creative outlet for self-expression. Weekly sessions took place in rural residential care homes and community hubs in Norfolk. Each session provided disabled participants a physically uplifting experience which encouraged and supported individuals to share their feelings and stories.

We worked alongside musician David Ross, who captured audio sounds and voices from each place and person involved in the project. The recordings were then transformed into a textured soundscape which beautifully captured the process of the movement workshops.

Phase two: Our participants came together to create a performance that was shared at Stage 2 Theatre in Norwich, using the ideas, themes and a sound-score that were developed in phase one.

We’ll be sharing a snippet of the Live performance of Here More soon, so keep an eye out for that!

Funded by Arts Council England �
Supported by Norwich Theatre, Worstead Lodge Residential Care Home, Oaks and Woodcroft Residential Care Home, Attleborough Community Hub and the Stepping Stones project in Norwich.

Photo by Tom Barrett

Happy neurodivergent week! Our two lovely company directors are proud to be part of this community! And what better week to say-although we’ve been quiet for a while- Compass Dance has lots of exciting projects, classes and workshops set up for this year! So watch this space for more exciting news……coming soon!

It’s show time! We’ve saved the best till last on our week of photo fun! Here’s some pics of the show itself! It’s still available to watch on our website, so check it out https://compass.dance/here-more/

Today we celebrate the stars of the show, our wonderful dance performers! We are so so proud of all you achieved. You are all superstars!!

Let’s take a minute to celebrate our wonderful team, co-directors Gaelin and Rosa and fabulous volunteers Alicia and Sami!

Well done to each and every one of you that performed in the Here More show performed at Stage 2 theatre.
Take a look at some of these rehearsal shoots!

We are still buzzing from last months amazing show titled Here More.
Performed by wonderful dancers from all over Norfolk
We are delighted to share some photos of this fabulous performance! We will be releasing new ones each day this week. Let’s start with some behind the scenes pics!

Todays the day!! The Here More performance sharing will take place at 4pm! Join us for the livestream

Compass Dance Who is Compass Dance? Compass Dance is run by two dance artists, Rosa Kentwood and Gaelin Little. Compass Dance puts disabled dancers at its forefront by nurturing and developing artistic potential. We are anchored by our belief that disabled dancers should have access to professional opportunities....

2 days until the big show, so here’s one last shout out to some more amazing people. Sami Alicia and Mike! Mike and Sami joined us as star performers in our Still Here film. https://compass.dance/stillhere/
Sami now joins us as a developing artist and assistant along with Alicia! You are have special moments on the stage this Sunday! And we can’t wait to see you all shine

Still Here Still Here A new Dance Film from Compass Dance featuring Disabled Dancers from Norfolk. Still Here What’s it all about? Still Here puts disabled dancers in the spotlight. It celebrates human …

Wow! What a day! Well done to everyone for working so hard during our final rehearsal!! We have finished our piece! Want to hear more about the project, Here More?? Check out

Here More Here More Here More collects the voices and stories of disabled people living in Norfolk. Here More live stream Stage One involved specialised workshops that bring together dance and text offering …