Gentle Tai Chi type exercise followed by Circle Dancing

Tai chi is a gentle, low-impact form of exercise in which practitioners perform a series of deliberate, flowing motions while focusing on deep, slow breaths

Circle Dancing is an ancient tradition, common to many cultures, and we were inspired by other countries when arranging our programmes. We have gathered our dances from various sources, After attending regularly at the Day of Dance at Saltaire, we have managed to arrange visiting instructors who have been really beneficial to us.

Because one of our dancers is a dab hand at choreography we have dances which are unique to our circle. We are always on the look-out for new members and new ideas, the bigger the circle the better. The beauty of this type of dancing is, of course, that you don't need a partner. Just come along and join us.

Anyone of any age, sex, or ability can circle dance and each dance is taught repeatedly!!

The main thing is that it is fun, it's good exercise and we have a good laugh. We get the steps wrong all the time so no one should feel intimidated if they have never done this type of dancing before.

Come along and see if you like it. I am sure you will love it as much as we do.

The exercise group will continue to meet throughout the summer on Monday mornings as usual.

The following poem, written by one of our members, is a good example of what we do.