Professional Development
Rosie Heafford and the Second Hand Dance team are experienced facilitators, working with participants of all ages and abilities. We deliver workshops and lectures in schools, community settings and higher education, offering a range of sessions including dance appreciation seminars, career pathways in dance, practical technique classes and creative workshops.
- Schools workshops
- Family workshops for children and carers
- Choreographic master-class/CPD workshops for artists interested in making work for young audiences (between 0.5 day to 3 days)
If you are interested in finding out more, please get in touch at emily@secondhanddance.co.uk
Mentoring
Rosie is highly experienced in making dance shows for multiple ages and spaces. If you are a performance maker interested in having a critical friend alongside the rehearsal of your next show, please get in touch.
Rosie is currently mentoring Ceren Oran and Moving Borders. Find out more about them and their work here: https://www.cerenoran.com/moving-borders
Workshops and Masterclass
WHAT STICKS?
Sunday 11 October / 2pm
FRATZ Festival, Berlin, Germany
Book Here: https://www.fratz-festival.de/en/tickets-accreditation/onlineticketshop/
Talk with: Lesley Howard, Chloe Mead, Keir Patrick, and Brent Tan
Creating immersive performances reflecting neurodiversity and access
A conversation with the creative team of «The Sticky Dance», moderated by Yama Tessa Hart.
How do we create immersive performances that consider multifarious ways of perceiving, experiencing and participating? What happens during development and what changes once a work goes on tour, enters new spaces and encounters many different audiences?
In “What Sticks?”, we take a look at the artistic processes behind “The Sticky Dance” created by disabled and non-disabled co-directors. We talk about neurodiversity and access, about approaches that work and those that reach their limits. How do artistic, performative and technical perspectives come together in shaping such a work?
Performers Chloe Mead and Les Howard, Company Manager Keir Patrick and Technical Stage Manager Brent Tan join Culture & Change Maker Yama Tessa Hart in a conversation shaped by a range of artistic and neurodivergent perspectives.
An exchange about experiences and hurdles, learning and evolving, open questions and next steps. For audiences, performance makers and anyone curious about how inclusive immersive practice can emerge, grow and change. And, of course: what sticks?
People Dancing's Summer Programme 2026
Wednesday 22 July at De Montfort University, Leicester
The Masterclass Producing, Co-creation & Inclusion in Performance for Children was led by Keir Patrick and Emily Jameson.
Created for facilitators working in participatory practice, this Masterclass explored how to make creative experiences more inclusive for neurodivergent and disabled children. Participants discovered how Second Hand Dance create spaces where children explore freely, make choices about how they engage, and that challenge the traditional rules of performance.
Second Hand Dance subtly challenge the status quo by crafting equitable, playful, shared experiences for children and adults. The creative process is child-led, rooted in non-verbal communication techniques, improvisation, observation, and deep listening. Through practical exploration of our ethos, creative processes, and movement practices, participants were able to deepen their understanding of inclusive connection and meaningful interaction — leaving with tools, frameworks, and renewed confidence to apply this learning directly to their own participatory practice.
Read Rosie's companion blog here: Let Them Disrupt: Children as Co-Creators