What does it mean to create performance through the senses? How can movement, play and sensory exploration become tools for making inclusive performance?
This practical workshop offers an insight into the creative process behind Brrr - a new sensory installation with live performance by choreographer Hayley Earlam, created for young audiences aged 10–18 with complex needs.
Aimed at artists, performers, educators, facilitators and anyone interested in sensory performance, inclusive practice or working with audiences with complex needs, the workshop introduces creative movement tools used in the making of Brrr, including play schemas, improvisation and sensory exploration.
Participants will be invited to explore these approaches through movement and play, with space for experimentation, curiosity and reflection.
No prior dance or movement experience is required - just comfortable clothing suitable for movement and a willingness to explore.
Practical information
- When: 17 October 2026, 10:00 - 13:30,
9:45 Registration - For whom: artists, performers, educators, facilitators, researchers and anyone interested in sensory and inclusive performance
- Minimum age: 18
- Duration: 3h 30 (with break)
- Maximum number of participants: 12
- Registration: link
- Language: English with Polish translation
- Venue: Centrum Sztuki Włączającej/ Teatr 21
- Polish Sign Language (PJM): If you require Polish Sign Language interpretation, please let us know when registering.
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The Making of Brrr
Presentation by Hayley Earlam
This presentation offers an inside look at the creative journey behind Brrr — a multi-sensory dance production designed for young audiences with complex needs.
Hayley Earlam will explore how creative consultation and accessibility became integral to the artistic process, functioning as creative collaboration throughout the research, development andcreation of the work.
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About Hayley Earlam
Hayley Earlam is an award-winning dance artist based in Glasgow, Scotland, working across performance, facilitation and creation. Trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, she works as a choreographer, performer, facilitator, movement director, rehearsal director and artist with dance and theatre companies on national and international stages.
She holds a Master’s degree in Education from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (MEd – Learning & Teaching in the Arts), with research focused on sensory performance practice for young audiences with complex needs.
Hayley’s work is rooted in the body’s drive to move and our need to connect with others. She creates sensory-based theatre for diverse audiences, including babies, young children and disabled audiences with complex needs.
Her practice places audiences at the heart of the performance through intensive interaction, creative consultation, and the cultivation of joy and curiosity. In 2018, she was awarded the Scottish Culture Award for Best Dance Performer. Hayley has worked with the likes of Scottish Ballet, Rambert, Anna Newell Theatre Adventures, Marc Brew Dance Company, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Starcatchers, Curious Seed, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Culture Collective, Corey Baker Dance, and Indepen-dance, as well as presenting collaborative works with fellow artists.
She is Co-Founder and Co-Director of Overdrive Dance Company who were awarded the Creative Lives Award for Scotland in 2021 and Young Scot Awards in 2023 for their work engaging with male-identifying young people through dance.
Hayley is driven to offer a safe space for everyone to thrive in movement and dance with a practice rooted in inclusivity and accessibility.
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Co-financed:
- Fundacja British Council
- Co-financed from the funds of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, from the Culture Promotion Fund
- The project is co-financed by the City of Warsaw
With the support of Creative Scotland.
Partner:
- Centrum Sztuki Włączającej / Teatr 21