Dance with LDC!
Our favorite way to connect with our community is getting to dance together! We offer a variety of low-cost classes and workshops throughout the year. Read more about our offerings and sign up below.
OPEN COMPANY CLASSES
Join us for class, taught by Artistic Director Julia Lawton and rotating company dancers. Class will include contemporary warm up and traveling phrasework, inspired by LDC's movement style and repertory.
NEXT CLASS:
Open Company Class with Julia Lawton
Friday, January 30, 2026
Dancewave: 182 4th Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11217
$15
CONTEMPORARY DANCE WORKSHOPS
Specialized contemporary dance workshops with a specific focus, such as partnering or repertory.
NEXT WORKSHOP:
Partnering & Repertory Workshop
with Alex St-Onge & Julia Lawton
Saturday, December 13, 2025
Battery Dance: 380 Broadway #5
$15
CREATIVE WORKSHOPS
At LDC, our work is grounded in collaboration and creative investigation. Our creative workshops offer our community the opportunity to engage in improvisation and generative exercises in a supportive, low-pressure environment, to spark creativity and build meaningful connections. Our creative workshops are donation-based and include conversation, visual art, writing, and movement.
NEXT WORKSHOP:
Early 2026
More info coming soon
Creative Commissions
Lawton Dance Collective offers educational opportunities for schools and dance centers. Student groups and pre-professional companies may work with Artistic Director Julia Lawton and other LDC Company Dancers on the development of new choreographic work for their performance season. For more information about a creative commission, please contact us directly at julia@lawtondancecollective.com.
*Julia Lawton, Sarah Baghdadi, Erica Caruso, and Katie Jaffie with dancers of the Steffi Nossen Dance Company, The Midnight Oil, Aug. 2025
School Residency / Workshop
Lawton Dance Collective offers specialized workshops for schools and dance centers, catered to the needs and goals of the student community. Taught by Artistic Director Julia Lawton, along with company dance artists, LDC can accommodate a variety of scheduling requests, including single workshops and longer residencies.
LDC's contemporary dance workshop is based on modern techniques and phrasework, built using movement vocabulary from our repertory. As a women-led company, we prioritize a safe, positive learning environment centered around empathy, collaboration, kindness, and community. Workshops may include selections of repertory, creative components based in improvisation/prompt-based creation, floorwork, and partner work.
For more information about our offerings, please contact us directly at julia@lawtondancecollective.com.