Dance Mama

It may be week 3 (almost half way - whoop!) but it’s not too late to join our FREE Summer Holiday Survival Challenge as you can start it at any time.

This week we are mining our brains for anyone we can think of that can help our creative idea flourish.

In just, FIVE MINUTES a week, Dance Mama’s specially brewed formula will help you check in with yourself, your project ideas and keep that creativity on check whilst the playdates, catch ups, fun in the sun, Netflix viewing and domestics continue…

Click link in bio to get started! ☀️

🏅 Because the summer holidays can feel like your own personal sports event….

It’s not too late to join our FREE Summer Holiday Survival Challenge as you can start it at any time.

We’re in week 2 and it’s got us dreamin’ (just like the Everley Brothers).

In just, FIVE MINUTES a week, Dance Mama’s specially brewed formula will help you check in with yourself, your project ideas and keep that creativity in check whilst the playdates, catch ups, fun in the sun, sports viewing and domestics continue…

Click link in bio to get started! ☀️

www.dancemama.org/challenge

😎 Turn ‘survival’ into ‘thrive all’ !

It's back!

Join our challenge across the summer to help your creative ideas keep ticking along whilst you are spinning all your family life plates.

In just, FIVE MINUTES a week, Dance Mama’s specially brewed formula will help you check in with yourself, your project ideas and keep that creativity on check whilst the playdates, catch ups, fun in the sun and domestics ensue…

Click link in bio to get started! ☀️

www.dancemama.org/challenge

Happy 25 years Trinity Laban Dance Science Trinity Laban what a gift to raise awareness and impart knowledge on perinatal dance science research with the Professor Angela Pickard Rachael Kuik | Pelvic Health Physiotherapist Niamh Dempsey | SOMA who continue to inspire me everyday.

✨ It is a privilege to work with such amazing women and be loud and proud about the collegiate work of our Research Advisory Group, The Active Pregnancy Foundation Aoife McGrath Ali Duffy Surrey Sports Park, and the work of all the people gone before - standing on the shoulders of giants ❤️ NIDMS

Last slide - yes, that’s a pelvis model in a bag officer!

🌻 And that’s a wrap on Dance Mama Moves Surrey 2025/26 programme in partnership with Surrey Sports Park with Laura Harvey Todd Atma Alchemy big thanks to our participants, our venues, RoyalSurreyMNVP Royal Surrey NHS Trust and of course Sport England without whom it would not have been possible. ✨We are thrilled to return return in the Autumn thanks to National Lottery Good Causes and wish all our participants a safe and relaxing summer ☀️

📣 Funding Success 🎉

We are thrilled to announce, thanks to National Lottery Good Causes , we have been awarded Awards for All funding for Dance Mama Moves Surrey 2026/27.

This will enable us to build on the important work that we have been delivering in partnership with Surrey Sports Park, University of Surrey of Surrey from September 2026.

We will continue delivering FREE access our specialist perinatal movement and wellbeing programme, currently supporting 100+ perinatal women in .

MORE INFO + BOOK VIA BIO

This funding will enable a further 36 week delivery period September 2026 - July 2027 to the current year.

Our programme offers four free, weekly, in person classes (including babies),
🧘‍♀️ Pregnancy and Postnatal Yoga Atma Alchemy ),
💃🏻 Postnatal Dance Laura Harvey Todd
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🏊🏽‍♂️ free swimming for expectant mothers.
Sessions include social time with refreshments, creating space for peer connection, informal support and signposting.

We help vulnerable women to access specialist support early, reducing barriers and improving wellbeing across the perinatal period.

“Tension, strain and previous injuries cropped up postnatally, but Dance Mama has kept me moving in a positive way accounting for all of these so I can rebuild my physical strength safely.” - participant

❤️ Super proud for my daughter and her brilliant cast members in tonight’s finale of Raising The Barre Rebecca Jackson Rhoda McGaw Theatre Woking 🩰🎩 masterminded by uber Rebecca Williams Eleanor Julie and stage managed by super Simon Williams with the rest of the amazing creative and production team 🤩 Talented, inspiring, skilled and caring teachers = fantastic opportunities for young people to express their creativity, build community and beaming! What a gift 🎁 thank you team RJDA

🧁Happy Birthday Dance Mama!

Today is our birthday as a CIC marking 4 years as a non-profit, backed with 12 years as a movement.

In celebration check out via links in our bio on
💫 Our 3 new Directors coming aboard the good ship Dance Mama this month Sara Macqueen-Radford Alexandra Desvignes Solomon Karmegam
🎯 Our impact report to see what great work we are doing
💃🏻 How you can get involved as a professional Silver Member and as local new Mum who wants high quality, specific dance lessons
📚Our recent inclusion in Alice Marshall (Vale) 's book

Huge thanks to our brilliant members, our fantastic team including: Laura Harvey Todd , Katie Mason , Chloe Power , our Directors, Research Advisory Group Members, the barefoot accountant , Surrey Sports Park , Atma Alchemy , Sport England , Canterbury Christ Church University │ CCCU Dance Education CCCU - BA Dance Education and BA Dance , International Parenting and Dance Network Aoife McGrath Ali Duffy , , One Dance UK NIDMS , istddance , People Dancing UK , British Association for Performing Arts Medicine PiPACampaign The Active Pregnancy Foundation MaternalMentalHealthAlliance , anyone I have unintentionally missed and EVERYONE who has supported us this year including friends and family - we literally cannot do it without you!

🎉 This June is our birthday month and we are excited to introduce to you three, new Dance Mama CIC Directors…

Finally, Solomon Karmegam joins our Board, who has brilliantly given an interview in time for

“Dance and parenting share a common foundation — growth, patience, discipline, and community. Creating ecosystems where both can coexist is essential. “

Solomon Karmegam is a senior workforce transformation leader and the Director of Workforce Management at ISS UK & Ireland, where he leads large-scale change programmes that drive operational efficiency, governance, and people capability across complex service environments.

Solomon is also the founder of Solomon , a grassroots dance organisation established to nurture talent, discipline, and creativity. Through both his professional and dance leadership journeys, Solomon is passionate about inclusion, mentoring, and enabling individuals and communities to thrive through structure, purpose, and opportunity.

👋 Welcome Solomon!

🔗 head to the link in our bio
🔍To read Solomon’s story
💃🏻To find out more about our mission and our team head to the link in our bio