2026
Photo: Elias Hill
January 2026
Taiwan
2 – 3: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
5 – 11: Dance Forum Taipei, Taiwan
(5 / 6 / 11 Open workshop)
Co-teaching & performing with Charlie Brittain
Contact: Chiung Fei [email protected]
China
13 – 22: Dali, China
Co-teaching & performing with Charlie Brittain
Contact: Lynn [email protected]
South Korea
23 January to 2 February: Busan, S Korea
Co-teaching & performing with Charlie Brittain
Contact: Ganesh [email protected]
March 2026
UK
8 March: London, UK
https://www.cigoldsmiths.com/
Link to workshop: https://bookwhen.com/cigoldsmiths/e/ev-sc968-20260308110000
April 2026
Switzerland
10 – 13 April: Emerging Body. Montreux, Switzerland
Aikido & Dance co teaching with Patrick Cassidy
Contact: www.aikidomontreux.com
Portugal
15 April: Aorca Primavera Dança festival in Lagos.
Solo performance Subterranéa performed by Kirstie Simson
Website: www.aorca.pt
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aorca.pt
Switzerland
23 April: Tanz Haus Bern, Switzerland (14.00 – 17.00)
Contact: [email protected]
25 – 26 April: Basel, Switzerland
Contact: Charlotte [email protected]
27 – 29 April: Lichtensteig, East Switzerland
Creating Improvised Performance – a performance training & research / 3-module program with Kirstie Simson
https://ciglobalcalendar.net/event/creating-improvised-performance-with-kirstie-simson-812889
Facebook: https://fb.me/e/1Ui3F8x8A9
Contact: [email protected]
Apply here: https://forms.gle/SzK5WPnRkYk5dbBD6
May 2026
Italy
1 – 3 May: Venice, Italy
Teaching with Charlie Morrissey
https://facebook.com/events/s/workshop-con-kirstie-simson-e-/1430702245331069
Contact: Carla Marazzato [email protected]
11 – 17 May: Gaia Terra, https://www.progettogaiaterra.com/en/home-english/
Appy – the link
Contact Priscila: [email protected]
Netherlands
29 – 31 May: Arnhem Aikido Dojo. Arnhem, Netherlands
Co-teaching & performing with Charlie Brittain
Contact: Ronnie Stevens [email protected]
June 2026
France
8 – 14 June: Saint Pierre de Frugie, Dordogne, France
Co-teaching with Laura Doehler
Contact Laura Doehler [email protected]
Greece
15 – 20 June: Oikia Karapanou, Perivola, Aegina Greece
Co-teaching & performing with Charlie Brittain
Contact Daphne [email protected]
July 2026
Hungary
14 – 18 July: Három Kincs Völgye, Bátonyterenye, Hungary.
Web: https://haromkincsvolgye.hu
Contact Grégory [email protected]
August 2026
Switzerland
11 – 15 Aug: Lichtensteig, East Switzerland
Creating Improvised Performance – a performance training & research / 3-module program with Kirstie Simson
https://ciglobalcalendar.net/event/creating-improvised-performance-with-kirstie-simson-812889
Facebook: https://fb.me/e/1Ui3F8x8A9
Contact: [email protected]
Apply here: https://forms.gle/SzK5WPnRkYk5dbBD6
UK
17 – 21 Aug: Practicing Places. Ty Sanctaid studio at Trefacwn in Pembrokeshire, West Wales
Co-taught with Simon Whitehead
EDGES – of Land and Sea – of Skin and air – of Earth and Sky – of inside and out – of life and death – of sacred and matter. .
https://www.may-nard.org/our-work-practicing-places
Contact Stirling Steward: [email protected]
Italy
25 – 30 Aug: Genova, Italy
Co-teaching & performing with Charlie Brittain
Contact Valeria Chan [email protected]
September 2026
UK
4-6 September: Community Central Hall in Maryhill, Glasgow
Co-teaching & performing with Charlie Brittain
Contact: Anne [email protected]
8 – 13 September: Dance North, Findhorn, Scotland
Co-teaching & performing with Charlie Brittain
Contact: Jon Davies [email protected]
Germany
22 – 27 September: Berlin, Germany
Co-teaching & performing with Charlie Brittain
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PAEXPdEw97dHSMtuvS9kF2GE36C0ih0X/view?usp=sharing
Contact: Yin Haolong [email protected]
October/November 2026
Montreal, Canada
31 October – 8 November
Kirstie is teaching a mix of different classes.
Contact Stephanie Gaudreau: [email protected]
London, UK
Friday 20th November
Co-teaching & performing with Charlie Brittain at Morley college, London. Event sponsored by the Emergence Foundation. Class 2 – 5pm. Performance 7pm
For information & booking check ‘events’ on Emergence Foundation website: https://emergencefoundation.org
December 2026
Switzerland
2 – 6 December: Lichtensteig, East Switzerland
Creating Improvised Performance – a performance training & research / 3-module program with Kirstie Simson
https://ciglobalcalendar.net/event/creating-improvised-performance-with-kirstie-simson-812889
Facebook: https://fb.me/e/1Ui3F8x8A9
Contact: [email protected]
Apply here: https://forms.gle/SzK5WPnRkYk5dbBD6
Websites
2025
Gentle Dancing Workshop & Sharing
One-Day Workshop
Saturday December 7 11.00 – 17.00 with Charlie Brittain & Kirstie Simson
Gentle Dancing Sharing Work Performance
Kirstie Simson | Charlie Brittain | Chris Lechner
Sunday 8th December 15.00 @ TANZhAUS Bern
More info: https://kirstiesimson.com/working-collaborations/
Registration: https://www.sportsnow.ch/go/tanzhaus-bern/workshops/114283?locale=de
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March 6 – 7. 2 x 2hr workshops Universal Hall, Findhorn Scotland
Contact: [email protected]
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April 11 – 14. Montreux, Switzerland
With Patrick Cassidy (Aikido)
Friday 11/Saturday 12/Sunday 13/Monday 14 midday
Aikido & Dance: Emerging Body, Opening Heart & Still Mind
Contact: [email protected]
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April 18 – 20. Edinburgh, Scotland
Contact: [email protected]
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Asia Tour with Charlie Morrissey:
April 28-30. CI Festival Tokyo, Japan
Teaching alongside Charlie Morrissey
Contact: [email protected]
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May 2 – 5. N.Okayama, Japan
Teaching alongside Charlie Morrissey
Contact: Moé Kishida [email protected]
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May 9 – 13. Beijing, China
Teaching alongside Charlie Morrissey
Contact: [email protected]
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May 18. Practicing Places (online) day-workshop (afternoon & evening sessions)
Co-teaching with Simon Whitehead
Contact: Stirling [email protected]
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May 24 – 25. Warsaw, Poland
Contact: Angelika Mizinska – [email protected]
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May 30 – June 2. Orvieto, Italy
Contact: [email protected]
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June 6 – 11. Portugal
Contact: Barbara & Darshana [email protected]
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June 13 – 18. Berlin, Germany
Contact Nadja Raszewski [email protected]
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June 27 – 29. Geneva, Switzerland
Contact: [email protected]
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July 14 – 17. Budapest, Hungary
Contact: Gregory Chevalier [email protected]
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July 21 – 25. Practicing Places workshop (in person) Abercych, Wales
Co teaching with Simon Whitehead
Contact: Stirling Steward [email protected]
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Aug 8 – 10. Bern, Switzerland
Co teaching with Charlie Brittain and Chris Lechner
Contact: TBA (For now [email protected])
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Aug 25 – 30. Spain
Contact: Immersiones Contact Improvisación [email protected]
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September 4 – 7. Genova, Italy
Contact: Valeria Chan [email protected]
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September 12. Copenhagen, Denmark
One-Day workshop & evening jam
Contact: Laura: [email protected]
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Mexico Tour with Charlie Brittain
September 19 – October 12. Yucatan, Mexico
Co-teaching with Charlie Brittain
Including Teaching/Performing in Tulum & Merida
Schedule & contact TBA. (For now [email protected])
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October 21 – 26 Toulouse, France
Contact: Alice Nouchimowitz [email protected]
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November 15 – 23, iDance Taiwan
Contact: Yen-Fang Yu [email protected]
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2026
January 2026 3-Week intensive workshop for Teachers. Chiang Dao, Thailand
Co-teaching with Charlie Brittain
Exact dates TBC
Contact: [email protected]
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Websites
Kirstie Simson: kirstiesimson.com
Charlie Morrissey: http://www.charliemorrissey.com
Charlie Brittain: https://www.charliebrittain.com