Movement for Women in Chester

Fallen Angels Dance Theatre (FADT) aims to support women in recovery in Cheshire West to build self-esteem, confidence and friendships. We are seeking women to take part who are in recovery from addiction or living with a mental health condition. There are two options to join our Movement for Women in Chester this year..

All sessions are relaxed, creative, and inclusive.

WEDNESDAY | 1-2 Tomorrow’s Women, City Centre

A drop in session to support women in recovery in Cheshire West to build self-esteem, confidence & friendships. Refer yourself here.

FRIDAY | 10-12 Holy Trinity Church Hall, Blacon

Workshops to support women in recovery in Cheshire West to build self-esteem, confidence & friendships. Here is an outline of the session:

10-11am Welcome, have a cuppa, and chats whilst exploring creativity

11-12pm Movement session.

Refer yourself here.

Previous Projects

2022 -23 Project: Shadow Dance and Taster Projects

In 2022/23 the project was peer led, driven by the vision of FADT participants who have experienced how transformative it is for women to come together to explore their life experiences through multi- media forms i.e. Movement, writing, sound, spoken word, art.

We explored movement, & shadows to create metaphors and moving stories, a small group of women performed and shared their creativity at Storyhouse Women: https://www.storyhouse.com/ in March 2023.

The year-long project reached out to different individuals and groups with the aim to connect, and share ‘an emotional release’, ‘a safe place to feel free’ and an endorsement that ‘we are enough as we are’ participant

2021 Project: EveryBODY Can

Our 2021 project was documented here Watch the project film below:

Film: First Take Films. Photo: Kat Hannon

2020 Project: Empowering Women through Dance

Fallen Angels Dance Theatre (FADT) and Chester Sexual Abuse Support Service (CSASS) joined forces for the first time in 2020 with the aim of supporting women to build confidence and friendships. The women taking part have experienced sexual violence, mental health challenges or are in recovery from addiction.

The ‘Empowering Women through Dance’ project was due to culminate in a shared performance at Storyhouse Women Weekend but the national lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus meant the event was cancelled.

Undeterred, the group of 12 women continued to dance via Zoom in workshops led by FADT Executive Director Claire Morris and CSASS Outreach Manager Kathryn Kirk. As soon as lockdown restrictions were eased in the summer, small groups met in a socially-distanced way at Grosvenor Park in Chester.

Six of the dancers met for the first time in person at Storyhouse’s Garrett Theatre, which has been prepared for artists to work at a safe two-metre distance from one another, and successfully produced this film:

Claire Morris said: “Many of the dancers in our group found life even more challenging than normal during lockdown so it was very important that we kept the project going.

“Learning to dance together via Zoom was very rewarding and it was a joy to be able to meet at last in person.

Feedback from the dancers has been very positive, describing the project as ‘an emotional release’, ‘a safe place to feel free’ and an endorsement that ‘we are enough as we are’.”

Plans are in place for the next women’s project at Fallen Angels…. Empowering Women: Dance and Body Image.

Watch our project film below…