Dance Journey Weekends
Dance Connection Training and Dance Journey Weekends began at the end of October 2020. The Dance weekends allow a deeper immersion into movement, expression, communication and being residential are wholly nourishing - delicious meals, beautiful locations and social time.
Julia Hope Brightwell,
aka 'Jewell'
Delicious Meals
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Our weekends start on Friday evening with dinner, followed by a welcome meeting & dance session.
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Each day there are dance components and learning components.
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Fresh, clean country air. No noise pollution and located within beautiful natural surroundings, with places to relax, walk and socialise.
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Saturday night entertainment option
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Finishing Sunday afternoon about 4:30/5pm, with the last meal being Sunday lunch.
Contact: Julia aka Jewell on danceconnectionwessex@gmail.com
Weekends can be enjoyed as an immersion in the Dance Connection methods and exploration of your own expression and movement capacity. The central focus is 'partnering your body' - listening to what it wants - moving with sympathy to its capacity and needs. Dance Connection values our interdependence and interconnection and we will explore: ways of empathically communicating; and dances that connect us to nature, Yin/Yang, The Elements and movement vocabulary & expression.
To access the Teacher Training Programme you must attend 100 hours of Dance Connection practice - day workshops, classes, blocks and Dance Journey weekends (including at least 4 weekends).
27th-29th November 2026
with Julia Hope Brightwell
Non-Residential £260; Residential £330;
non-refundable deposit £80 holds your place (unless host cancels - full refund given)
Music is an integral part of the Dance Connection form and sometimes we get the best out of its effects when exploring Musicality and being the music - letting its effect move the body, rather than moving in a habitual way.
Tribal Dance is not only about the whole group sharing the experience, but often involves rhythm that creates a trance-like effect - allowing edges to soften and a sense of one-group-moving to emerge.
**Only for experienced Dance Connection dancers.**
For more details email Jewell:
Deposit (plus booking fee)
Residential (plus booking fee)
Next Dance Journey Weekend: Musicality, Being Danced & Tribal Dance
Non-Residential (plus booking fee)
Want to pay in instalments?
Contact Jewell via email
*** Each weekend takes about a month for Jewell to prepare so bookings will close on the 31st October 2026 - if we have enough we will go ahead. If cancelled full refund given minus card fee (which is deducted via WIX at source)***
Testimonials
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Wow what a weekend. I've never felt so connected to my body, myself and all living things as much as I did during the weekend. It was a beautiful held space and safe exploration of the hero's journey and the challenges we may go through in our individual lives in different ways. After the weekend it was as if different pathways were still landing within me, in that I would hear music from within as if parts of my body were still absorbing in all the energy releases and shifts I experienced from the weekend. I would definitely recommend and I would love to do another weekend. Thank you.
Emily, holistic therapist, Dorset.
I was compelled to write to you tonight to express my deep gratitude for the beautifully crafted weekend, Dance Connections has enriched my life. The Heroic Journey was deeply moving for me, the journey of self-awareness that I have been winding my way along for the past 18 months was concentrated….distilled…..and encapsulated this weekend. What you have created is truly a beautiful thing which I am just beginning to understand. I was challenged, had to go to somewhere I had been avoiding for many years, but in your hands…your confident presence, knowledge and knowing, I felt able to begin a new journey. Thank you.
Alasdair, Outdoor Educator, Dorset