Opportunities for professionals

Whether you’re a teacher, performer or artist developing your craft, MOVE offers opportunities for professional development and growth within Canterbury’s vibrant movement arts community.

Classes for professionals

Choreographic Research & Contact Immersion

A high-intensity class for professional dancers to push their physical limits.

Regular Movement Practice

A nurturing movement practice blending repetition, reflection, and embodied awareness.

Creative Movement for Circus Artists

A playful, skill-building class blending choreography, improvisation, and circus performance techniques.

Hair Hanging Workshop

An intensive workshop series for aerialists exploring hair suspension safely and creatively.

Private Lesson

One-on-one or duo sessions for tailored guidance in aerial arts and circus performance.

Cyr Wheel Workshop

A dynamic Cyr wheel workshop exploring balance, flow, coordination, and confident circular movement.

Duo Trapeze Workshop – Static and Single point

A dynamic duo trapeze workshop exploring trust, timing, connection, and shared aerial creativity.

Aerial Silks Workshop

An advanced aerial silks workshop deepening technique, control, and expressive movement quality.

What MOVE offers professionals:  

1. Workshops and training courses

Develop your skills with specialised training opportunities designed for artistic movement professionals. From technical rigging courses for circus to teaching development, we offer professional development that hits the industry standards, and then some.

2. Studio bookings

MOVE provides spaces for artistic movement artists to develop their practice, create new works, or collaborate with others. Our studios can be booked for just about any movement practice.

3. Residency opportunities

We offer residencies to support emerging artistic movement professionals to develop their craft, with access to our spacious studios and guidance from experienced artistic and technical tutors. Keep an eye on our news to see what creative residencies pop up!

4. Teaching opportunities

Interested in sharing your expertise? We’re always looking for qualified tutors across all movement disciplines to join our growing community of educators.

Ready to take the next step?

Professional enquiries

Community kōrero

“MOVE has given our young people confidence and strength they never knew they had. The tutors create such a safe space for everyone to explore and grow."

“I can’t believe we just hung in the air at work! I thought so much more would be involved in the set up for a circus workshop and so I honestly dismissed how accessible this would be but now I see how it can be”

"I really enjoyed the opportunity to do this now that I’m older. The help and instruction at the 3 ‘levels’ worked well for confidence building. I felt very safe."

“The residency week has changed the way I think about my movement both on and off aerials. Going forward, I will be thinking a lot more about the journey to each pose rather than just getting there. It has also given me some tools to help me explore different movements myself”.