CPD: Different Dances Part II | Creating Supportive Spaces For Neurodivergent Dancers with Jess Glenny (01 Nov 2026)

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Continuing Professional Development

Different Dances Part II | Creating Supportive Spaces For Neurodivergent Dancers

with Jess Glenny

Sunday November 1st 2026, 11:00 AM UTC

6 AM EST- 12 PM CET - 2 PM MSK - 10 PM AEDT - Nov 2nd 00:00 AM NZDT

This workshop builds on Different Dances Part 1, inviting further exploration of ways in which we might optimise our teaching and our dance spaces to better include neurodivergent dancers.

Neurodivergent dancers can expand our dance floors with their out-of-the-box movement, enthusiasm and originality. They can also bring mutual miscommunications that challenge us as teachers to expand our understanding, and sensory issues that require us to become more nuanced in our attention to the physical environment.

In part 2 of this workshop, we will be focusing on more of the common challenges neurotypical people experience in conscious dance classes. The intention is not to provide ready-made solutions but to offer some context for what might be happening for your neurodivergent dancers, and to invite curiosity about how you might be able to move forward in a way that serves everyone on your dance floor.

There will be plenty of time for discussion, so please bring your questions, along with any personal experiences you’d like to share – as either teacher or dancer – of neurodivergence on the dance floor.

Both neurodivergent and neurotypical teachers are very welcome to this workshop.

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About Jess

I am autistic, dyspraxic, hyperphantasic, synaesthetic and hypermobile, and for as long as I can remember I have been embodying these experiences in movement.

I first came to conscious dance in 2001, through the 5Rhythms. I began teaching my own approach to conscious dance in 2010, and graduated as an Open Floor teacher in 2016. My dance background is eclectic, and all sorts of influences show up in my approach to holding dance space, from Authentic Movement, through explorations in independent dance, to practices of sounding, drawing and writing.

I am also an Elder Yoga Teacher, a Registered Yoga Therapist, and a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist, with specialisms in complex trauma, and in genetic joint hypermobility. I am the author of three books – The Yoga Teacher Mentor, Hypermobility on the Yoga Mat, and Ravelled Up: A Journey Into Embodiment. I also offer one-to-one mentoring to movement teachers and therapists.

For more about me, go to https://www.embodyyogadance.co.uk/about-jess

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This event is free for ICMTA members. Open to non-members teachers of conscious movement for a fee.

This event will be recorded and made available to those registered, and to all ICMTA members through our website.

If you're not a teacher of one of our recognised schools, please let us know at info@icmta.com if you would like to attend.

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This is one of regular Continuing Professional Development events held by the ICMTA. Find more about these sessions here.

If you are a member, you can watch the recordings of the previous sessions here.

Let us know if you have a suggestion of a theme or topic you would like us to explore next time, or if you have an expertise in a subject that could be of interest for your colleagues - conscious movement teachers - and you would like to hold one of these sessions.

End of Year Community Gathering 2026 (01 Dec 2026)

Tue, 01 Dec 2026 19:00:00 GMT

End of Year Community Gathering 2026:

Let Presence Be Your Present!

A time for connection - presence as a present

December 1st
7 PM UTC

8 pm CET / 2 pm US Eastern / 11 am US Pacific / 8 am NZ (Wednesday, 2 December)

2 hours, on Zoom

Before the year ends, we will come together once more, simply to be with each other. All ICMTA members are warmly invited to a relaxed time among colleagues, in a small circle.

You are welcome simply to be there. Come as you are, with a cup of tea if you like.

For ICMTA members only
Hosted by the ICMTA Events Circle and Kaia Hawkins from the Board.
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Would you like to share something?

Your presence is enough but if you would like you could offer:

A poem or a favourite piece of music
An inspirational reading or short story
A short meditation or movement practice
A practical tool or embodied exercise
A recipe, a joke, a movie recommendation or a moment of reflection
Anything else that brings connection or joy

Please tell us by 1 November 2026 what you would like to share and about how long it will take (up to 10 minutes). A rough idea is enough. Write to info@icmta.com (Lina, Office) or cpd@icmta.com (Sonja, Project Manager).

Giving Tuesday

1 December is also GivingTuesday, a worldwide day of giving. It is a good day to come together and to contribute. More about this closer to the date.

We look forward to seeing you.

Your ICMTA Events Circle

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CPD: Different Dances Part II | Creating Supportive Spaces For Neurodivergent Dancers with Jess Glenny (01 Nov 2026)

End of Year Community Gathering 2026 (01 Dec 2026)