Dare2Dance Company

08/09/2026

OPEN CALL: PERFORMERS AGED 55+

Dare2Dance Company is looking for dancers, actors, performers and anyone aged 55+ who is passionate about movement and would love to perform.

You don’t need professional experience, just curiosity, commitment and a willingness to create, learn and perform together.

Our performing group creates original work and performs at festivals, theatres and community venues across London and beyond. We have several exciting projects and performance opportunities coming up.

Based in Barnet, North London.

Interested? Contact Maga:

[email protected]
WhatsApp: 07469 731801

Please share with anyone who might enjoy joining us!

04/09/2026

Exciting news for families in High Barnet!

Our new Move & Connect classes are starting soon! Come and enjoy dance, movement, music, singing, games and creative play with your little one.

For children aged 10 months-5 years and their carers. A joyful opportunity to move, explore, learn and connect together!

Tuesdays, 10:30-11:15
Starting 15 September
Wesley Hall, 9 Stapylton Road, Barnet EN5 4JJ

Your first trial class is FREE, then £8 per class.

Spaces are limited-book through Happity:
https://www.happity.co.uk/schedules/dare2dance-company-barnet-wesley-hall-move-connect

Or WhatsApp: 07469 731801

We can’t wait to welcome you!

04/09/2026

Creative Dance for 55+ is back in High Barnet!

Join us for a welcoming weekly class combining creative dance, movement, exercise, strength, balance and breathwork.

No previous dance experience is needed. Come as you are, move at your own pace and enjoy dancing with a friendly community.

Thursdays, 2:15-3:15pm
Wesley Hall, 9 Stapylton Road, High Barnet EN5 4JJ

First class FREE
£7 per class when paying for the term or half-term
£9 drop-in

To book or ask a question, message Dare2Dance or contact Maga on 07469 731801.

Please share with anyone who might enjoy moving, dancing and meeting new people.

08/08/2026

We’re delighted to share some good news!

Dare2Dance Company CIC has been awarded through the Space2Grow Fund to support the next stage of our early years work in Barnet.

This funding will help us continue developing Move, Play & Grow, our early movement programme for young children and their parents/carers, using movement, art and creative play to support communication, confidence, physical development and connection.

A huge thank you to Young Barnet Foundation and the Space2Grow funders for believing in our work and helping us make these sessions accessible to local families.

We’re looking forward to another year of moving, playing, growing and connecting together.
Photo credit: Cheniece Warner

Maga Radlowska - Judd

08/08/2026

A new season of movement, creativity and connection is coming to Barnet.

Dare2Dance welcomes children, families and adults aged 55+ to dance, play, build confidence and enjoy moving together.

MOVE, PLAY & GROW- NEWSTEAD CHILDREN’S CENTRE
Mondays, 10:30-11:30am from 14 September
A free 13-week programme: movement, art and healthy snacks, for young children and their parents or carers. Booking is essential, as places are limited. Awarded grand by Young Barnet Foundation , Space2Grow

MOVE & CONNECT - WESLEY HALL
Tuesdays, 10:30-11:30am
From 15 September
Creative movement for young children and their parents or carers. Move, play, explore and connect together. Drop-in sessions available.

D2D CREATIVE DANCE 55+ WITH LIVE MUSIC - WESLEY HALL
Thursdays, 2:15-3:15pm start from 10th of September
A welcoming class combining creative and contemporary dance, mobility, strength, balance and self-expression, accompanied by live music. Join us as a drop-in or book for the term.

Your first D2D Creative Dance 55+ class is free.

And coming in February half-term: BeWell Family Dance Festival 2027 at artsdepot, a joyful day of performances and creative workshops for the whole family.

To book or ask a question, send us a message.

Photo credit: Cheniece Warner

Movement is for every age and every body.

08/08/2026

African Dance at the 3rd Be Well Family Dance Festival 2026

What an incredible energy this workshop brought to artsdepot!

Led by Nii Boye Owoo & Nii Kwartey Owoo, families came together through African dance, traditional rhythms and live drumming moving, stomping, clapping and responding to each other across generations.

This short trailer captures some of the joy, rhythm and shared energy that filled the room and later spilled onto the stage for our fantastic festival finale.

Thank you Nii Boye and Nii Kwartey for bringing such wonderful energy to BeWell, and thank you to every family who joined in.

Film & edit: Jack Judd

Organised by Dare2Dance Company CIC
Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund
With support from artsdepot and Middlesex University

Led by Nii Boye Owoo and Nii Kwartey Owoo, this African Dance works...

08/08/2026

A look back at the 3rd Be Well Family Dance Festival 2026! Over the next few posts, we’ll be sharing short videos from each of the workshops that filled artsdepot with movement, music, creativity and families dancing together.

From toddlers and their grown-ups to parents, grandparents and children of all ages, BeWell was about experiencing different cultures and dance styles together.

Our workshops included Mediterranean Fusion, Bollywood Dance, Street Dance & Hip-Hop, African Dance, Groove Together, and Art & Movement for Under-5s, led by our wonderful artists:

Nii Kwartey Owoo, Claudia Massera, Michael Joseph (MJ), Archita Kumar, Maga Radlowska - Judd & Nadia Lord.

And here is our festival trailer capturing just some of the energy of the workshops, performances and the incredible finale when the whole theatre got up and danced!

A huge thank you to everyone who took part and made the 3rd BeWell such a special day.

Festival video & workshop trailers created by Jack Judd.

Organised by Dare2Dance Company CIC
Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund
With generous support from artsdepot, , Young Barnet Foundation

Highlights from the 3rd Be Well Family Dance Festival, held at arts...

08/08/2026

Our Maga is looking forward to being part of Outside the Exhibit in Stevenage this autumn!

With the BEEE Creative Maga will be working alongside visual artist Anji Archer, bringing together creative movement, art, storytelling and play at Stevenage Museum.

Open to all ages, completely FREE and no previous experience needed.

First workshop: Saturday 5 September, 10am-12pm.

Come along, get creative and join us!

07/08/2026

What an amazing end to our year! Now we definitely deserve our summer break.

These photos show just a few of the wonderful groups Maga Radlowska - Judd and/or Dare2Dance Company have been dancing and creating with this year.

From Contemporary Dance 55+ at artsdepot and Creative Dance 55+ with live music, to teaching Middlesex University dance students, working with children and their grown-ups, asylum seekers, community workshops, performances, festivals, and our recent summer school with students from Hainan, China it has been a full year of movement, connection and creativity.

Big thanks to the The National Lottery Community Fund to support our regular classes.

Different ages, different bodies, different experiences but the same joy of moving together.

A huge thank you to everyone who has danced, performed, experimented, laughed and created with us this year.

Now for a little rest before we start again in September!
Young Barnet Foundation
artsdepot
Middlesex University
The Remarkable Dance Company

07/08/2026

Real voices. Real impact. Classes for people over 55+, lead teacher Maga Radlowska - Judd

At the end of this academic year, I asked our dancers to tell us what the classes actually mean to them what they enjoy, what has changed, and what keeps them coming back.

Their words say it better than we ever could:

“The classes are helping me (re-)learn to move, to bend, to balance, to experiment in how I might try using my body differently.” - Carolyn

“I always feel much brighter at the end of the hour.” - Jackie

“I find the classes a real tonic.” - Carolyn

“Feeling that I really was dancing!” - Carolyn

What comes through again and again is that Dare2Dance is about much more than exercise. It’s about movement, creativity, confidence, live music, friendship, wellbeing and belonging.

Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences with us, and to everyone who has moved, danced, created and laughed with us this year.

We move. We connect. We thrive together.