Upcoming events
DANCE OR COOK WITH ME
Come Dance Stroud
COME DANCE
with MC Gala from Come Dance Stroud
A free-form dance space
All bodies welcome
No experience needed
Fortnightly Sundays
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Doors open at 10:15 AM
Upcoming Sundays
5 April – Trinity Rooms
19 April – Lansdown Hall
3 May – Trinity Rooms
17 May – Lansdown Hall
7 June – Trinity Rooms
14 June – Lansdown Hall
Summer break. We'll continue in September!
Price
£15 at the door
£12 concessions
First time? Pay what you can.
Venues
Trinity Rooms Community Hub
Field Rd
Stroud GL5 2HZ
&
Lansdown Hall
Lansdown
Stroud GL5 1BB
Contact
comedancestroud@gmail.com
mcgala.com
Contact
comedancestroud@gmail.com
mcgala.com
Dance with MC online! One hour guided dance journey, movement practice.
DANCE WITH ME ONLINE, FRIDAYS ONCE A MONTH!
Join Maria-Carin Gala and the global dance community (you!) for a 1-hour passionately guided dance practice — a space to MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, and EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
Join Maria-Carin Gala and the global dance community (you!) for a 1-hour passionately guided dance practice — a space to MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, and EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
Who it’s for: All bodies, ages, genders, levels, and backgrounds. Even if you think you can’t dance, just come as you are, move however you want — unapologetically you.
What to expect:
- Short arrival check-in
- Guided movement journey with music and prompts to help you drop in
- Music to support a journey of deep listening, flying high and letting loose, with heartfelt rhythms to regulate, but never too safe with enough surprise
- Space to move your body, mind, and soul
- Closing together to ground and integrate
When: Fridays 5:30-6:30 pm GMT (Use https://www.worldtimebuddy.comto find your timezone)
Where: Online (Zoom)
Contribution: £10
Sign up / How to join: Purchase 'Dance with MC online' on my website and receive the Zoom link with all details needed to join. The Zoom link will be in the downloadable PDF but I will also send the link out again on the day via email.
Get your tickets here: https://www.mcgala.com/cookbook/p/dance-with-mc-online-once-a-month
NEXT DATE: 16.1.26
Finish the working week with a full body dance and glide into your weekend slightly more alive and released!
16 JAN
20 FEB
20 MAR
17 APR
22 MAY
19 JUN
Please reach out if there’s a way I can make you feel more welcome or if you have any questions.
I look forward to dancing with you!
MC
NOTE:
You’ll need to click on the cart in the TOP RIGHT CORNER of my website to get to the CHECKOUT to finalise your payment for the ticket.
Come Dance Stroud with MC GALA
COME DANCE
with MC GALA from COME DANCE STROUD
A free-form dance space
All bodies welcome
No experience needed
Fortnightly Sundays
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Doors open at 10:15 AM
Upcoming Sundays
5 April – Trinity Rooms
19 April – Lansdown Hall
3 May – Trinity Rooms
17 May – Lansdown Hall
7 June – Trinity Rooms
14 June – Lansdown Hall
Summer break. We'll continue in September!
Price
£15 at the door
£12 concessions
First time? Pay what you can.
Venues
Trinity Rooms Community Hub
Field Rd
Stroud GL5 2HZ
&
Lansdown Hall
Lansdown
Stroud GL5 1BB
Contact
comedancestroud@gmail.com
mcgala.com
Free 20 minute Movement with MC monthly online!
Free 20-minute movement session with MC, once a month, online! Join the mailing list to receive the Zoom link in your inbox. Wednesdays 8:30 AM London time. See you there!
Come Dance Stroud
COME DANCE
with MC Gala from Come Dance Stroud
A free-form dance space
All bodies welcome
No experience needed
Fortnightly Sundays
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Doors open at 10:15 AM
Upcoming Sundays
5 April – Trinity Rooms
19 April – Lansdown Hall
3 May – Trinity Rooms
17 May – Lansdown Hall
7 June – Trinity Rooms
14 June – Lansdown Hall
Summer break. We'll continue in September!
Price
£15 at the door
£12 concessions
First time? Pay what you can.
Venues
Trinity Rooms Community Hub
Field Rd
Stroud GL5 2HZ
&
Lansdown Hall
Lansdown
Stroud GL5 1BB
Contact
comedancestroud@gmail.com
mcgala.com
Contact
comedancestroud@gmail.com
mcgala.com
Dance with MC online! One hour guided dance journey, movement practice.
DANCE WITH ME ONLINE, FRIDAYS ONCE A MONTH!
Join Maria-Carin Gala and the global dance community (you!) for a 1-hour passionately guided dance practice — a space to MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, and EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
Join Maria-Carin Gala and the global dance community (you!) for a 1-hour passionately guided dance practice — a space to MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, and EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
Who it’s for: All bodies, ages, genders, levels, and backgrounds. Even if you think you can’t dance, just come as you are, move however you want — unapologetically you.
What to expect:
- Short arrival check-in
- Guided movement journey with music and prompts to help you drop in
- Music to support a journey of deep listening, flying high and letting loose, with heartfelt rhythms to regulate, but never too safe with enough surprise
- Space to move your body, mind, and soul
- Closing together to ground and integrate
When: Fridays 5:30-6:30 pm GMT (Use https://www.worldtimebuddy.comto find your timezone)
Where: Online (Zoom)
Contribution: £10
Sign up / How to join: Purchase 'Dance with MC online' on my website and receive the Zoom link with all details needed to join. The Zoom link will be in the downloadable PDF but I will also send the link out again on the day via email.
Get your tickets here: https://www.mcgala.com/cookbook/p/dance-with-mc-online-once-a-month
NEXT DATE: 16.1.26
Finish the working week with a full body dance and glide into your weekend slightly more alive and released!
16 JAN
20 FEB
20 MAR
17 APR
22 MAY
19 JUN
Please reach out if there’s a way I can make you feel more welcome or if you have any questions.
I look forward to dancing with you!
MC
NOTE:
You’ll need to click on the cart in the TOP RIGHT CORNER of my website to get to the CHECKOUT to finalise your payment for the ticket.
Rumble Festival Part 1
I’m so excited to be Djing and holding space for your DANCE journey at this wonderful little big festival called RUMBLE, run by the most gorgeous Julia who will make you feel welcome and at home.
Here is the Instagram post advertising my spot:
Another first for Rumble is to welcome the gorgeous Maria-Carin who offers and holds heartfelt and wild, wonderful dance journeys inviting us all to move through all aspects of life as it arises.
MC holds regular dances in Stroud, and we are delighted for her to be joining us this year in Chesham..!
MC Gala will be joining us for Rumble Part 1!
💜 Part 1: 30th July - 3rd August
Get your tickets here:
Free 20 minute Movement with MC monthly online!
Free 20-minute movement session with MC, once a month, online! Join the mailing list to receive the Zoom link in your inbox. Wednesdays 8:30 AM London time. See you there!
Come Dance Stroud with Adam Barley
COME DANCE
Only today with Adam Barley! MC is away.
A free-form dance space
All bodies welcome
No experience needed
Fortnightly Sundays
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Doors open at 10:15 AM
Upcoming Sundays
5 April – Trinity Rooms
19 April – Lansdown Hall
3 May – Trinity Rooms
17 May – Lansdown Hall
7 June – Trinity Rooms
14 June – Lansdown Hall
Summer break. We'll continue in September!
Price
£15 at the door
£12 concessions
First time? Pay what you can.
Venues
Trinity Rooms Community Hub
Field Rd
Stroud GL5 2HZ
&
Lansdown Hall
Lansdown
Stroud GL5 1BB
Contact
comedancestroud@gmail.com
mcgala.com
Come Dance Stroud
COME DANCE
with MC Gala from Come Dance Stroud
A free-form dance space
All bodies welcome
No experience needed
Fortnightly Sundays
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Doors open at 10:15 AM
Upcoming Sundays
5 April – Trinity Rooms
19 April – Lansdown Hall
3 May – Trinity Rooms
17 May – Lansdown Hall
7 June – Trinity Rooms
14 June – Lansdown Hall
Summer break. We'll continue in September!
Price
£15 at the door
£12 concessions
First time? Pay what you can.
Venues
Trinity Rooms Community Hub
Field Rd
Stroud GL5 2HZ
&
Lansdown Hall
Lansdown
Stroud GL5 1BB
Contact
comedancestroud@gmail.com
mcgala.com
Contact
comedancestroud@gmail.com
mcgala.com
Dance with MC online! One hour guided dance journey, movement practice.
DANCE WITH ME ONLINE, FRIDAYS ONCE A MONTH!
Join Maria-Carin Gala and the global dance community (you!) for a 1-hour passionately guided dance practice — a space to MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, and EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
Join Maria-Carin Gala and the global dance community (you!) for a 1-hour passionately guided dance practice — a space to MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, and EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
Who it’s for: All bodies, ages, genders, levels, and backgrounds. Even if you think you can’t dance, just come as you are, move however you want — unapologetically you.
What to expect:
- Short arrival check-in
- Guided movement journey with music and prompts to help you drop in
- Music to support a journey of deep listening, flying high and letting loose, with heartfelt rhythms to regulate, but never too safe with enough surprise
- Space to move your body, mind, and soul
- Closing together to ground and integrate
When: Fridays 5:30-6:30 pm GMT (Use https://www.worldtimebuddy.comto find your timezone)
Where: Online (Zoom)
Contribution: £10
Sign up / How to join: Purchase 'Dance with MC online' on my website and receive the Zoom link with all details needed to join. The Zoom link will be in the downloadable PDF but I will also send the link out again on the day via email.
Get your tickets here: https://www.mcgala.com/cookbook/p/dance-with-mc-online-once-a-month
NEXT DATE: 16.1.26
Finish the working week with a full body dance and glide into your weekend slightly more alive and released!
16 JAN
20 FEB
20 MAR
17 APR
22 MAY
19 JUN
Please reach out if there’s a way I can make you feel more welcome or if you have any questions.
I look forward to dancing with you!
MC
NOTE:
You’ll need to click on the cart in the TOP RIGHT CORNER of my website to get to the CHECKOUT to finalise your payment for the ticket.
Free 20 minute Movement with MC monthly online!
Free 20-minute movement session with MC, once a month, online! Join the mailing list to receive the Zoom link in your inbox. Wednesdays 8:30 AM London time. See you there!
Together A dance weekend workshop with Adam Barley and MC Gala
TOGETHER — a ZeroOne movement weekend dance workshop in Stroud, UK with Adam Barley (ZeroOne) and Maria-Carin Gala (Come Dance Stroud and mcgala.com)
You are warmly invited to join a weekend of dance, connection, movement meditation and community.
We are over the moon to bring this collaborative weekend to you, particularly because of the challenging times we are in, and the personal challenges we've faced over the last two years.
Together we will learn and use the principles of ZeroOne Movement to move through our inner and outer terrain to explore and discover magic and mystery of our dancing bodies.
Surrender to the dance, relax, release, rejuvenate, replenish into this experi/ence/ment.
Give a little to the glue of community, learn from each other, see deeply and love what's here.
Light, dark, focus, fun, breath, love.
No dance experience necessary; this is a dance movement lab.
For all bodies, abilities, genders and backgrounds.
TIME AND DATE:
11 April, Saturday 10 am - 5 pm (with a 1.5 hr lunch break)
12 April, Sunday 10 am - 5 pm (with a 1.5 hr lunch break)
LOCATION:
Trinity Rooms Community Hub, Field Road, Stroud GL5 2HZ
PRICE:
Sliding scale £165-195
We have a limited number of each ticket type.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.
We look forward to moving with you,
Maria-Carin & Adam
Come Dance Stroud
COME DANCE
with MC Gala from Come Dance Stroud
A free-form dance space
All bodies welcome
No experience needed
Fortnightly Sundays
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Doors open at 10:15 AM
Upcoming Sundays
5 April – Trinity Rooms
19 April – Lansdown Hall
3 May – Trinity Rooms
17 May – Lansdown Hall
7 June – Trinity Rooms
14 June – Lansdown Hall
Summer break. We'll continue in September!
Price
£15 at the door
£12 concessions
First time? Pay what you can.
Venues
Trinity Rooms Community Hub
Field Rd
Stroud GL5 2HZ
&
Lansdown Hall
Lansdown
Stroud GL5 1BB
Contact
comedancestroud@gmail.com
mcgala.com
AbunDance - a movement laboratory by the sea
AbunDANCE — A Movement Laboratory in Cyprus 27–29 March, 2026
What happens when passionate dance facilitators stop waiting for permission and create something together?
For years, a group of us — students and collaborators of Adam Barley — have been dreaming of exactly this: a co-created, co-led retreat where we collectively hold space, listen to what wants to unfold, and offer our gifts together to help you find and celebrate yours.
This is that dream made real.
Over the last couple of years, we knew it was time to step up. So we did — and AbunDANCE in Cyprus was born.
What to expect:
Three days of movement practice held by a team of passionate facilitators, infused with tonnes of joy, heart, and a fierce dedication to dance. This isn't a performance — it's a living experiment in collective awakening and community support.
We're offering sliding scale pricing so that cost is less of a barrier to being here.
Spaces are limited.
If this is calling to you, trust that feeling. [Book your place here →]
Questions? Reach out directly — we'd love to hear from you. mc@mcgala.com
Dance with MC online! One hour guided dance journey, movement practice.
DANCE WITH ME ONLINE, FRIDAYS ONCE A MONTH!
Join Maria-Carin Gala and the global dance community (you!) for a 1-hour passionately guided dance practice — a space to MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, and EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
Join Maria-Carin Gala and the global dance community (you!) for a 1-hour passionately guided dance practice — a space to MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, and EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
Who it’s for: All bodies, ages, genders, levels, and backgrounds. Even if you think you can’t dance, just come as you are, move however you want — unapologetically you.
What to expect:
- Short arrival check-in
- Guided movement journey with music and prompts to help you drop in
- Music to support a journey of deep listening, flying high and letting loose, with heartfelt rhythms to regulate, but never too safe with enough surprise
- Space to move your body, mind, and soul
- Closing together to ground and integrate
When: Fridays 5:30-6:30 pm GMT (Use https://www.worldtimebuddy.comto find your timezone)
Where: Online (Zoom)
Contribution: £10
Sign up / How to join: Purchase 'Dance with MC online' on my website and receive the Zoom link with all details needed to join. The Zoom link will be in the downloadable PDF but I will also send the link out again on the day via email.
Get your tickets here: https://www.mcgala.com/cookbook/p/dance-with-mc-online-once-a-month
NEXT DATE: 16.1.26
Finish the working week with a full body dance and glide into your weekend slightly more alive and released!
16 JAN
20 FEB
20 MAR
17 APR
22 MAY
19 JUN
Please reach out if there’s a way I can make you feel more welcome or if you have any questions.
I look forward to dancing with you!
MC
NOTE:
You’ll need to click on the cart in the TOP RIGHT CORNER of my website to get to the CHECKOUT to finalise your payment for the ticket.
Cook with MC online once a month! 14 MARCH 2026
Cook with MC once a month online! Recipes from her plant-based and gluten-free cookbook Lick Your Plate. Learn to make healthy but delicious foods to fuel, nourish and satisfy.
Free 20 minute Movement with MC monthly online!
Free 20-minute movement session with MC, once a month, online! Join the mailing list to receive the Zoom link in your inbox. Wednesdays 8:30 AM London time. See you there!
Come Dance Stroud
GET YOUR TICKETS ON THE DOOR £15 (£12 concessions)
GET YOUR TICKETS ON THE DOOR £15 (£12 concessions)
MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
WHAT:
1.5 hour passionately guided free-form expressive dance practice space, with Maria-Carin Gala, and community.
WHEN:
10:30 am - 12 pm
WINTER & SPRING DATES:
4 JAN
1 FEB
1 MAR
5 APR
3 MAY
7 JUN
WHERE:
LOCATION:
TRINITY ROOMS COMMUNITY HUB, FIELD ROAD, STROUD,
GL5 2HZ
no need to book, just rock up as you are
Cash on the door
£12-15 sliding scale
WHO:
Maria-Carin Gala from COME DANCE STROUD
To sign up to the mailing list send an old-fashioned email: comedancestroud(@)gmail.com, it works wonders. If you don't hear from me you might have gotten lost in spam, so please write again or tell me in person.
WHY:
Come as you are; partner or not, dance however you want, unapologetically, you. Free yourself, explore, pray, express, make art through dance.
Drop into this dance movement practice space, passionately and compassionately held, so that you can express and let all that needs to move through you. Creatively dance you.
Providing enough safety, facilitation and delicious music to nourish your dance journey in good company. For me this is dance therapy, and you're welcome.
MC (Maria-Carin)
Dance with MC online! One hour guided dance journey, movement practice.
DANCE WITH ME ONLINE, FRIDAYS ONCE A MONTH!
Join Maria-Carin Gala and the global dance community (you!) for a 1-hour passionately guided dance practice — a space to MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, and EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
Join Maria-Carin Gala and the global dance community (you!) for a 1-hour passionately guided dance practice — a space to MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, and EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
Who it’s for: All bodies, ages, genders, levels, and backgrounds. Even if you think you can’t dance, just come as you are, move however you want — unapologetically you.
What to expect:
- Short arrival check-in
- Guided movement journey with music and prompts to help you drop in
- Music to support a journey of deep listening, flying high and letting loose, with heartfelt rhythms to regulate, but never too safe with enough surprise
- Space to move your body, mind, and soul
- Closing together to ground and integrate
When: Fridays 5:30-6:30 pm GMT (Use https://www.worldtimebuddy.comto find your timezone)
Where: Online (Zoom)
Contribution: £10
Sign up / How to join: Purchase 'Dance with MC online' on my website and receive the Zoom link with all details needed to join. The Zoom link will be in the downloadable PDF but I will also send the link out again on the day via email.
Get your tickets here: https://www.mcgala.com/cookbook/p/dance-with-mc-online-once-a-month
NEXT DATE: 20.2.26
Finish the working week with a full body dance and glide into your weekend slightly more alive and released!
20 FEB
20 MAR
17 APR
22 MAY
19 JUN
Please reach out if there’s a way I can make you feel more welcome or if you have any questions.
I look forward to dancing with you!
MC
NOTE:
You’ll need to click on the cart in the TOP RIGHT CORNER of my website to get to the CHECKOUT to finalise your payment for the ticket.
Cook with MC online once a month! NEXT UP SATURDAY 14 February 2026
Cook with MC once a month online! Recipes from her plant-based and gluten-free cookbook Lick Your Plate. Learn to make healthy but delicious foods to fuel, nourish and satisfy.
Free 20 minute Movement with MC monthly online!
Free 20-minute movement session with MC, once a month, online! Join the mailing list to receive the Zoom link in your inbox. Wednesdays 8:30 AM London time. See you there!
Come Dance Stroud
GET YOUR TICKETS ON THE DOOR £15 (£12 concessions)
GET YOUR TICKETS ON THE DOOR £15 (£12 concessions)
MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
WHAT:
1.5 hour passionately guided free-form expressive dance practice space, with Maria-Carin Gala, and community.
WHEN:
10:30 am - 12 pm
WINTER & SPRING DATES:
4 JAN
1 FEB
1 MAR
5 APR
3 MAY
7 JUN
WHERE:
LOCATION:
TRINITY ROOMS COMMUNITY HUB, FIELD ROAD, STROUD,
GL5 2HZ
no need to book, just rock up as you are
Cash on the door
£15 or £12 concessions
WHO:
Maria-Carin Gala from COME DANCE STROUD
To sign up to the mailing list send an old-fashioned email: comedancestroud(@)gmail.com, it works wonders. If you don't hear from me you might have gotten lost in spam, so please write again or tell me in person.
WHY:
Come as you are; partner or not, dance however you want, unapologetically, you. Free yourself, explore, pray, express, make art through dance.
Drop into this dance movement practice space, passionately and compassionately held, so that you can express and let all that needs to move through you. Creatively dance you.
Providing enough safety, facilitation and delicious music to nourish your dance journey in good company. For me this is dance therapy, and you're welcome.
MC (Maria-Carin)
MOVE IT! A dance workshop with MC
MOVE IT! A Dance Workshop
with MC Gala from Come Dance Stroud
Saturday 24 January 2026 | 10am–4pm
NEW LOCATION due to smaller size of group. (The venue is close to Trinity Rooms, (a 2-3 minute walk), which you will receive upon booking, any questions contact me: mc@mcgala.com)
If you feel the calling to move your body and be guided in your dance practice, come along to MOVE IT!
This is a free-form expressive dance workshop where you get to listen to and follow your body in your unique way. With guidance and holding, I'll provide a container for you to make art out of it all—to be held while life moves through you.
Come with whatever is alive in you that day. Whether gloriously alive or numbed out, heavy or bright, sticky or smooth, ecstatic or deeply grieving—we're going to focus on the physical movement practice, so all those states of being can do what they will. Our focus stays with the physical movement.
This focus is a fantastic practice for times when we get lost in our heads and stories. Let the body do the work and trust it. Moving on purpose has its magical purpose, which we'll experience together. May we let the healing in.
We'll spend the day dancing, sharing, connecting, eating, resting—and definitely moving our energy system, our body, our spirit, together.
Details:
Sliding scale: £35/45/55
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible venue with free parking out front and nearby
Contact: Please reach out if you have any access needs or questions about how I can make you feel welcome
I look forward to dancing with you and co-creating a MOVING day together!
Move. Breathe. Feel. Express. Dance — Together.
New Years Eve Celebration 25/26!
✨ Dance, Sing & Celebrate Into 2026! ✨
Join us at Lansdown Hall in Stroud for a magical New Year's Eve journey: Including Cacao 💃 Dance with MC🎵 Heart-Opening Kirtan 🔔 Plenty of other treats
Tuesday 31st December, 8pm-1am Lansdown Hall, Stroud, GL5 1BB
Let's release 2025 and welcome 2026 with movement, song, and connection!
Here's an outline of how the evening will look:
8:00-8:30 pm - Arrival & Cacao with intention-setting
8:30-10:00 pm - Dance Journey with MC
10:00-10:30 pm - Sound Bath/Integration (optional break)
10:30-11:45 pm - Kirtan (singing)
11:45 pm-12:05 am - New Year Countdown & Brief Releasing/Welcoming Ritual
12:05-1:00 am - Celebratory Free Dance
We can't wait to welcome you! Tickets are tiered, starting at £30; there are 15 tickets available at each price (£60 on the door)
More about Maria-Carin: Maria-Carin, also known as MC, welcomes your free-style, expressive movement onto the dance-floor to feel, breathe, and let go—together. Using a vibrant mix of eclectic beats, she creates an open and colourful held container for exploration. She weaves her unique dance facilitation style into a rich, embodied, sensuous, delicious, real and playful experience to leave you feeling deeply nourished, more alive and connected.
More about Siôn: Siôn has been leading Kirtan for over six years, sharing the beauty of sacred mantras and devotional music to help people open their hearts and connect with their innate wisdom. Trained as a yoga teacher and deeply immersed in spiritual practice, Siôn travelled to North India to study with a renowned teacher who encouraged him to bring these ancient chants back to the UK. His Kirtan sessions create a warm, inclusive space where participants can experience the healing power of mantra, music, and community.
Any questions? Please don't hesitate to reach out. You can find us here:
MC GALA www.mcgala.com - www.facebook.com/mcgala01 - www.instagram.com/mcgala01/
SIÔN JONES www.yogawithsion.co.uk - www.facebook.com/yogawithsion - www.instagram.com/yogawithsion/
Winter Solstice Dance Kirtan
✨ Winter Solstice Celebration — Dance & Kirtan ✨
Saturday 21st December | 6–9pm | Lansdown Hall, Stroud
Join us for a heartwarming Winter Solstice celebration — an evening of Kirtan, Dance, and Community Connection as we gather to honour the longest night and welcome the returning light.
This special evening will feature:
🕯️ Come Dance — led by MC Gala
🎶 Kirtan (Sacred Chanting) — led by Siôn Jones
🍰 Festive Treats & Warm Drinks
As the year turns, we’ll come together to celebrate light in the darkness — through movement, music, and joyful community spirit. The solstice is a time for reflection, renewal, and gratitude; a moment to connect with others, release the old, and set intentions for the year to come.
Doors open at 6pm for tea and connection.
Event runs 6:30–9pm at Lansdown Hall, Stroud.
You’re warmly invited to bring your whole self — to sing, dance, and celebrate the turning of the seasons in good company.
More about Maria-Carin: Maria-Carin, also known as MC, welcomes your free-style, expressive movement onto the dance-floor to feel, breathe, and let go—together. Using a vibrant mix of eclectic beats, she creates an open and colourful held container for exploration. She weaves her unique dance facilitation style into a rich, embodied, sensuous and deep, light and wild, real and playful experience to leave you feeling nourished, more alive and connected.
More about Siôn: Siôn has been leading Kirtan for over six years, sharing the beauty of sacred mantras and devotional music to help people open their hearts and connect with their innate wisdom. Trained as a yoga teacher and deeply immersed in spiritual practice, Siôn travelled to North India to study with a renowned teacher who encouraged him to bring these ancient chants back to the UK. His Kirtan sessions create a warm, inclusive space where participants can experience the healing power of mantra, music, and community.
Any questions? Please don't hesitate to reach out. You can find us here:
MC GALA www.mcgala.com - www.facebook.com/mcgala01 - www.instagram.com/mcgala01/
SIÔN JONES www.yogawithsion.co.uk - www.facebook.com/yogawithsion - www.instagram.com/yogawithsion/
We look forward to celebrating with you,
MC & Siôn
Come Dance Stroud Sunday mornings!
MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
1.5 hour passionately guided dance practice space with Maria-Carin Gala, and community.
Come as you are; partner or not, dance however you want, unapologetically .
TIME:
10:30 am - 12 pm
AUTUMN WINTER DATES 2025:
7.9, 5.10, 2.11 & 14.12 further dates TBA
LOCATION:
TRINITY ROOMS COMMUNITY HUB
FIELD ROAD, STROUD
GL5 2HZ
no need to book, just rock up as you are
the usual tenner at the door, concessions available
COME DANCE STROUD!
To sign up to our mailing list email: comedancestroud(@)gmail.com
MC (Maria-Carin)
NOURISH 1-Day Dance Workshop with MC
NOURISH 1-Day Dance Workshop with MC GALA, Stroud, UK!
You’re invited to dedicate a day to freeform expressive dance exploration, rather than just a weekly class; on this special day, dive deeper than usual into our inner world and the ways we relate and find nourishment, through movement-based practice.
Together we’ll move what’s alive within us, learning from each other, reconnecting with ourselves and the earth, and finding the nourishment we need at this time to be the human we are called to be.
There will be time to dance wildly, time to rest, share conversations if desired, as well as delicious food, and space for you to be gloriously you, in all shapes, textures and colours.
Location: TRINITY ROOMS COMMUNITY HUB, FIELD RD, STROUD, GL5 2HZ, UK
Sliding scale: £55/45/35
Time: 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
TICKETS: https://dandelion.events/e/nourishdaydanceworkshop
Further info:
Wheelchair accessible venue.
Free parking out front or nearby.
Sofas for resting if desired.
Contact me if you have any access needs or how we can make you feel welcome.
I look forward to dancing with you and co-creating a nourishing day of movement and connection.
MC
MOVE BREATHE FEEL EXPRESS, DANCE TOGETHER!
Mums and Bubs Come Dance
MUMS AND BUBS COME DANCE!
Welcome to the new Wednesday morning MUMS & BUBS DANCE class in Stroud!
Facilitated by Maria-Carin Gala from Come Dance Stroud, plus guests.
Local new mothers asked for a dance class like this, so here it is.
Here is the Facebook link to invite others: https://www.facebook.com/events/1071256961888751/1071256971888750/
TIME:
10-11:30 am
DATES:
10 SEPT
8 OCT (one-off different time 12-1:30 pm)
12 NOV
10 DEC
LOCATION:
Trinity Rooms Community Hub, Field Road, Stroud, GL5 2HZ
PRICE:
Sliding scale £7/£10/£12 at the door
No need to book, just come on the day
You are warmly invited to come with your baby and have the opportunity to move your body to groovy tunes that are slightly quieter to accommodate little one’s ears and perhaps tired mummies ones too. Don’t worry though, the music choice is for grown-ass humans who love to dance!
Guest facilitators such as Iona McNeil will be offering her passion for bringing us together in a safe, playful and connected way. This is going to be a lush combo.
May this be a time and space for you to honour your body, mind and soul, and at the same time still tend to your newborn or little one. Perhaps even introduce them to the sway of your hips and find each other's rhythms.
Extra info:
Dads, carers, nannies, grandparents or any grown-ups caring for babies are of course welcome. We assumed that it will be mostly mothers and their new borns who will attend due to the natural tendency for babies to want to be close to their mothers. Let's see how this project unfolds and we will endeavour to accommodate the community need. Thank you for your patience while we grow together.
Small children are welcome if they can play on the side, or by all means join in the dance! Do bring them along but please keep a close eye on them, as we won’t and we want everyone to be safe.
There is a sofa area for relaxing or for children to play.
There is also a little pocket park right next door which is nice in warmer weather if you need a moment of escape.
There are a few parking spots out front but parking in nearby streets is easy and free.
Contact me if you have any access needs or how we can make you feel welcome.
This is not just for dancing but also for meeting other mothers or carers, having time away from daily life chores, and moving from your head into your body in good company guided by delicious music. Community coming together.
A kind of movement prayer that aims to nourish and satisfy but also ignite and fuel. Oh and it’s good exercise too!
TIMING
10 am arrival (landing music and settle in)
10.15-10.3 am guided movement (with Iona)
10.30-11 am free dance (DJ MC Gala)
11-11.30 am social time, shared snacks
See you there?
MC
PS: Please help us spread the word and share this event with other parents, thank you
Come Dance Stroud Sunday morning!
MOVE, BREATHE, FEEL, EXPRESS — TOGETHER!
1.5 hour passionately guided dance practice space with Maria-Carin Gala, and community.
Come as you are; partner or not, dance however you want, unapologetically .
TIME:
10:30 am - 12 pm
AUTUMN WINTER DATES 2025:
7.9, 5.10, 2.11 & 14.12
LOCATION:
TRINITY ROOMS COMMUNITY HUB
FIELD ROAD, STROUD
GL5 2HZ
no need to book, just rock up as you are
the usual tenner at the door, concessions available
COME DANCE STROUD!
To sign up to our mailing list email: comedancestroud(@)gmail.com
MC (Maria-Carin)
Autumn Equinox Dance & Kirtan
We're back with another Dance and Kirtan event! Get your tickets here.
Join us to celebrate the AUTUMN EQUINOX on Sunday evening, September 21st with KIRTAN & DANCE !
This event will include Come Dance (led by MC Gala), Kirtan (led by Siôn Jones) and delicious treats.
From 6:45pm arrival and a prompt 7pm start - 9pm at The Trinity Rooms Community Hub, Stroud, GL5 2HZ.
You’re warmly invited to join us for an intentional celebration of the season.
Come to be yourself, enjoy yourself, sing and dance your socks off in good company.
More about Maria-Carin: Maria-Carin, also known as MC, welcomes your free-style, expressive movement onto the dance-floor to feel, breathe, and let go—together. Using a vibrant mix of eclectic beats, she creates an open and colourful held container for exploration. She weaves her unique dance facilitation style into a rich, embodied, sensuous and deep, light and wild, real and playful experience to leave you feeling deeply nourished, more alive and connected.
More about Siôn: Siôn has been leading Kirtan for over six years, sharing the beauty of sacred mantras and devotional music to help people open their hearts and connect with their innate wisdom. Trained as a yoga teacher and deeply immersed in spiritual practice, Siôn travelled to North India to study with a renowned teacher who encouraged him to bring these ancient chants back to the UK. His Kirtan sessions create a warm, inclusive space where participants can experience the healing power of mantra, music, and community.
Any questions? Please don't hesitate to reach out. You can find us here:
MC GALA www.mcgala.com - www.facebook.com/mcgala01 - www.instagram.com/mcgala01/
SION JONES www.yogawithsion.co.uk - www.facebook.com/yogawithsion - www.instagram.com/yogawithsion/
We look forward to celebrating with you,
MC & Sion
Green Earth Awakening Camp 2025
Hi humans, I’m delighted to announce, especially the state that we’re all in, that I’m holding space for dance / movement at the @greenearthawakening camp organised by @buddhafielduk this year 10-14 September in the UK! 😍🥳🤩 We’ll be diving into our bodies to move, feel, express and be—together!
Thanks for inviting me @movincoco ❤️🔥 i couldn’t think of anything more important right now that I’d like to attend, and besides hanging with you and the other humans will be lush.
This is an intimate gathering to reconnect, reflect, resources ourselves and take action for a better world. I say YEAH!
I’ll be offering a couple of dance workshops and am looking forward to being amongst like-minded people that care about the earth and each other.
Perhaps this will change the direction of my path, and maybe yours?
Come and join?
@comedancestroud my regular Stroud classes will be infused with the medicine of this gathering. Fab. Thank goodness.
MC
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE
MC is DJing at SIMPLICITY a movement retreat in Czech with Jakub Moulis & Co
My dear dancing friend and colleague Jakub is putting on SIMPLICITY a Summer Movement Retreat in Czech, where you are invited to drop all those exhausting masks and ‘just be’ yourself without expectations, much rest and play included, and so much more. I’ll be DJing for some of the sessions and look forward to being close to my homeland Slovakia and in the middle of the summer in good company with others that want to dance together.
Want to come? Get your tickets here.
Check out the Facebook event here.
Check out Jakub here.
‘In these times, we often make things too complicated for ourselves. Our system is overwhelmed by advertisements, social media, the many roles we willingly take and play, and the lack of rest, sleep and self-care.
Join us for a journey into a space where you can throw all this away, slow down and nourish yourself. In simplicity - with no masks, no pressure, no expectations. Just you, nature, healthy delicious food and a good company, music and your body knowing exactly what it needs.
With the help of movement and dance practice and nurturing the body, we will immerse ourselves in the present moment and the freedom that doesn't follow current trends.’ -Jakub.
DJing for Sensual Summer Sleepover Temple Nights with Shanti & Hugs
I’m delighted to be DJing for the second time for Shanti and Hugs temple night experiences. This one is a celebration of the summer:
Sensual Summer Sleepover - a weekend of Temple!
Mid-Summer loving for the Temple community, with Hugs & Shanti.
Welcome to Sensual summer sleepover. This Temple weekend will be dedicated to a time of sensual unwind - nature loving with your erotic being in sacred s*xuality, through meditation, movement, and embodied pleasure play. We will have timne to sit round the fire and eat together, taking time out to unwind and relax in community.
Sensual Summer Sleepover will be held at EarthHeart Centre, in the beauty and softness of nature of the Forest of Dean. EarthHeart has an exquisite, dedicated temple, built in devotion to love, sacred s*xuality and spirit, in alignment with nature. The temple is breath taking.
Dance Kirtan Cacao
We're back with another Dance, Kirtan and Cacao event!
Join us on Friday evening, July 11th for a SUMMER GATHERING with KIRTAN, DANCE & CACAO!
This event will include Come Dance (led by MC Gala), Kirtan (led by Siôn Jones) and delicious cacao served at the door.
From 6:30pm - 9pm at The Trinity Rooms Community Hub, Stroud
You’re warmly invited to join us for an intentional celebration of the season.
Have fun!
Be yourself!
Sing and dance your socks off!
Connect to yourself, each other and the planet.
More about MC: Maria-Carin (MC) welcomes your freestyle, expressive movement onto the dance floor to feel, breathe, and let go—together. Using a vibrant mix of eclectic beats she creates an open and colourful held container for exploration. She weaves her own unique dance facilitation style into a rich, embodied, sensuous and deep, light and wild, real and playful experience to leave you feeling deeply nourished, fully alive and connected.
More about Siôn: Siôn has been leading Kirtan for over six years, sharing the beauty of sacred mantras and devotional music to help people open their hearts and connect with their innate wisdom. Trained as a yoga teacher and deeply immersed in spiritual practice, Siôn travelled to North India to study with a renowned teacher who encouraged him to bring these ancient chants back to the UK. His Kirtan sessions create a warm, inclusive space where participants can experience the healing power of mantra, music, and community.
Any questions? Please don't hesitate to reach out. You can find us here:
MC GALA www.mcgala.com - www.facebook.com/mcgala01 - www.instagram.com/mcgala01/
SION JONES www.yogawithsion.co.uk - www.facebook.com/yogawithsion - www.instagram.com/yogawithsion/
https://dandelion.events/e/summergathering
Come Dance Stroud
COME DANCE STROUD!
Dance freestyle unapologetically you! Express, feel, breathe, let go — together.
NEXT UP!
Sunday mornings 10:30am-12pm
LAST SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE SUMMER
July 6th
no need to book just rock up as you are
the usual tenner at the door
TRINITY ROOMS COMMUNITY HUB
FIELD ROAD, STROUD
GL5 2HZ
To sign up to our mailing list email: comedancestroud(@)gmail.com
MC (Maria-Carin)
MC is DJing at Emerging Hearts Contact Improv dance camp UK 23-30 June
This will be my first time at the Emerging Hearts Contact Improv Dance Camp in the UK, and I’m more than delighted to be bringing my COME DANCE STROUD journeys, explorations, movement experiences to the party. I’ll also be offering morning stretch and awaken sessions. I’m not a well seasoned contact improv pro but after my daring and nourishing expanding time at Arrabida Dance Lab in Portugal earlier this year, I’m really looking forward to diving into this touch and movement based practice and co-created gathering. See you there?
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