Our Communities
Since 1994 VDT has delivered a vast range of creative workshops and special projects designed to engage our local communities. Our community participation work if always inclusive, trauma informed and completely free to attend.
I feel more space in my spine
Workshop Participant 2026
I learned how to grow and help build trust in new activities and sensations.
Workshop Participant 2026
Art of Recovery is an ongoing creative health project providing a safe space for women in Brighton to restore space and movement in our bodies, release tension and work together.
In a series of free creative workshops for women, working with Artistic Director Charlotte Vincent in small groups, explored release based floor work to re-find breath, space and alignment in our bodies. We also talked and explored creative ways of capturing women’s stories through talking writing and finding metaphors to express our lived experiences as research towards a sharing of co-created work in November 2026.
Art of Recovery workshops are safe, confidential spaces, designed to build trust and deepen relationships.
Tuesday Mornings were closed, female only sessions, taking place in The Skep at Moulsecomb Place in partnership with RISE domestic abuse charity.
Weds mornings were sessions are open to all women at The Crew Club in Whitehawk, supported by East Brighton Trust and Sussex Community Foundation.
All sessions are led in a trauma informed way, with Safeguarding embedded at every stage of our creative process. Check out our Safeguarding Policy.
To find out more email admin@vincentdt.com or call Gemma Morris on 07525 233 965, or you can use the form opposite.
London Road Network (LRN) is a nascent collective of arts and community organisations working to support meaningful, long-term change, building a cultural heart around London Road in Brighton.
Initiated by Vincent Dance Theatre, Quiet Down There and Dr. Cara Courage, the LRN brings together Phoenix Arts Space, Lighthouse, Sew Fabulous, The Rose Hill, Magnetic Ideals, Radio Reverb, the London Road Area Trust and the University of Sussex.
The aim of LRN network is to identify, develop and expand interdisciplinary, intergenerational partnerships and pathways between cultural and grass roots organisations and the communities who live in, and transit in and out of, the London Road area in Brighton.
In July 2025, funded by Co-Lab at University of Sussex, LRN worked with Digital Media MA Student Julide Es to map the London Road Area, finding out which arts and grass roots organisations operate in the area. You can see the emerging map here.
If you work or live within the Cultural Heart of London Road and would like to get involved, please take part in our LRN Survey and contact VDT Administrator Gemma Morris to register your interest gemma@vincentdt.com
LRN is a partnership project with Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy, with support from University Of Sussex Co-Lab.
Map of the London Road area with landmarks highlighted and outlined in red, forming a heart shape. Includes parks, studios, and community centres.
I learnt to feel safe within my body. Powerful. I don’t do things like this. Participant, Art of Recovery Movement Workshops, June 26.
Doesn’t feel like a pressure to stay. Participant, Art of Recovery Movement Workshops, June 26.
Felt some stress this morning but feeling a massive decrease in stress now. I feel ready for the day now, less tired, more energy and relaxed. Participant, Art of Recovery Movement Workshops, June 26.
Inclusive, relaxing, nourishing . Participant, Art of Recovery Movement Workshops, June 26.
These workshops offer self-motivation, emotional wellbeing and self-confidence. Participant, Art of Recovery Creative Workshops, Feb 25.
Movement based activity was excellent and much needed. Hope to have this as a regular part of the session. Participant, Art of Recovery Creative Workshops, Feb 25.
Coming here has made me realise that I like using my hands and do something creative. Participant, Art of Recovery Creative Workshops, Feb 25.
Both LRN Ethical Fundraising Workshops were extremely useful. They consolidated my existing knowledge while also introducing new ways of approaching collaborative and ethical fundraising. I had already begun drafting an ethical fundraising policy for my organisation, and the workshops were particularly helpful in guiding me through the key steps and considerations needed to develop this work further. Overall, the sessions supported the network in clarifying our next steps and building confidence in how we move forward. Lucy Day, Phoenix Art Space CEO.
Other Participation opportunities:
Schools and Colleges
Workshops for young people aged 11- 19 in mainstream schools and colleges, in special schools and alternative education provision.
Higher Education
Workshops, facilitated screenings and licensing agreements for VDT productions in arts and non-arts Higher Education Institutions
