WHO WE ARE

Latch is a community dance practice rooted in the belief that movement belongs to everybody.

We work with people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, creating opportunities to move, play, explore, connect and create, in schools, early years settings, libraries, community spaces, health settings and wherever people are.

Our work is about much more than learning dance steps. We use movement as a way to build confidence, connection, communication and a sense of belonging. Sometimes that means creating a space for a child to explore what their body can do. Sometimes it means a parent and baby finding a moment of connection together, a group of teenagers discovering that dance can be theirs, or a community coming together through movement.

We believe dance doesn't need to look a certain way, happen in a studio or require people to see themselves as 'dancers'. It can be playful, messy, quiet, energetic, joyful, curious or completely unexpected.

We don't believe work should happen to communities. It should happen with them.

Latch creates spaces where people can arrive exactly as they are, find their own way into movement and leave feeling that they belong.

WHAT WE OFFER

Latch is based in Mid Wales and works across Powys and beyond, creating and delivering movement and dance opportunities wherever they are needed.

We work with schools, early years settings, community groups, libraries, health and wellbeing organisations and families, and we can shape our work around your setting, your people and what you want to achieve.

Bring Latch into your school
We can deliver creative dance and expressive arts sessions within your curriculum, develop bespoke projects with your pupils, or work alongside teachers to explore how movement can support learning, wellbeing, creativity and physical development.

Work with us on a project
Have an idea but aren't sure what it could look like? We love collaborating. We can work with schools, organisations, artists and communities to develop and deliver projects that respond to the people and place you're working with.

Bring movement into your early years setting
We offer playful, child-led movement experiences for young children, as well as training and creative development for early years practitioners. Sessions can support physical development, communication, confidence, exploration and connection.

Create something in your community
We can work with you to establish community dance sessions, workshops or longer-term programmes, bringing movement into existing community spaces and creating opportunities for people who may not otherwise access dance.

Book training or CPD
We deliver practical training for teachers, early years practitioners and other professionals, exploring movement, creativity and physical development in ways that can be taken straight back into everyday practice.

Come and dance with us
Latch also runs its own regular classes and community sessions across Mid Wales. These are open to people of different ages and abilities, with a focus on connection, creativity and enjoyment rather than getting everything 'right'.

WHERE WE WORK

We are based in Mid Wales and work across Powys and throughout Wales, travelling to schools, settings, communities and organisations to deliver work.

If you have an idea, a space, a group of people or simply a feeling that “we could really do with some movement here”, get in touch.

You don't need to have a fully formed project. We can work it out together.

HOW WE WORK

There isn't one way to move, and there isn't one way to participate.

Our practice is playful, responsive and rooted in the people we are working with. We don't arrive with a fixed idea of what a session needs to look like and expect people to fit into it. We listen, observe, adapt and respond, often changing our approach in the moment depending on the people, the space and what is happening in front of us.

We create low-pressure, failure-free spaces where people can explore without worrying about getting it 'right'. There is no expectation that everyone will move in the same way, and participation can look different for everybody.

We use movement to support connection, communication, confidence and regulation, drawing on playful exploration and an understanding of how bodies learn, develop and respond to their environment. We think about what people need in order to feel comfortable enough to participate physically, emotionally and practically.

That might mean adapting a game for a child with additional needs, finding a different way for a parent and baby to move together, giving a teenager the freedom to make their own choices, changing the pace of a session because the group needs something different, or simply noticing when the plan needs to go out the window.

Access isn't something we add afterwards. It is part of how we think from the beginning.

Most importantly, we work with people. We are interested in what participants bring, what they notice, what they want to explore and where their ideas take us.

Because sometimes the most meaningful movement happens when we stop trying to make people fit the dance, and start making the dance fit the people.

LET’S WORK TOGETHER

If any of this connects with you and you’d love. to collaborate or hire us for your event/ school, please get in touch!