Details of all upcoming and future events led or organised by me.
Contact me to find out more or to make a booking.
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Monday 31st March 2025
Sun, Moon and Standing Stones
A new dance suite from Judy King
The Great Hall, Hexham Abbey, Beaumont Street, Hexham, NE46 3NB and Hexham Abbey, Hexham NE46 3NB
Come and join me and dance this newly created suite of dances created by me
and choreographed by many different people.
An intriguing and exciting theme danced in two stunning settings: surely this is one NOT to be missed!
Cost: £295
This includes light lunches Friday - Monday and teas, coffee and biscuits throughout. Evening meals are eaten in local restaurants or pubs and are .....
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Sunday 13th April 2025
Circle Dance Teacher Training Foundation Course
The Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6JS.
This course is for people who may want to start teaching Circle Dance and for existing
teachers to further develop their skills. My aim is to equip participants with the skills,
knowledge, expertise and confidence to teach Circle Dancing.
In planning this course, I have included many of the things I wish I had known when I embarked on my own Circle Dance teaching career all those years .....
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Sunday 27th April 2025
Back to our Roots
The Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Rd, Cirencester GL7 6JS
It seems the desire for dancing traditional dances is resurfacing - so come and join me for the third year of dancing Back to our Roots.
With the myriad of contemporary dances in our repertoire, have we lost sight of our roots? Is our dancing tree in danger of being top heavy and toppling over?
Come and join me for a weekend where we go back to our roots: where we immerse ourselves in .....
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Thursday 8th May 2025
Taking Time
Come and join me for Taking Time - a six day jigsaw puzzle, walking, dancing, water colours, poetry, crochet and knitting delight.
Glenthorne Conference Centre, Grasmere, Cumbria, LA22 9QH
Once again, my idea is that we enjoy 6 days together sharing the good things in life! Doing jigsaw puzzles together; walking in the magnificent surroundings that only The Lake District can offer; Circle Dancing in a lovely square room with a wooden floor; knitting or crocheting if that is what you like to do; playing with water colours; sharing poetry, chatting, enjoying each other’s company and .....
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Monday 16th June 2025
Our Offering is Peace
A dance suite by Judy King
The Blackbourne, Blackbourne Road, Elmswell IP30 9UH and St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury Saint Edmunds
"May your eyes have visions of peace: may your hands do the work of peace:
may you hear or make music to feel peace:
may you dance your own inner expression of peace."
We will begin the workshop on the 13th at 2.00 p.m. in The Blackbourne dancing
until 6.00 p.m. Arrival is from 1.15 p.m.
We will be dancing between 10.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday .....
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Monday 21st July 2025
Gratitude
We will be dancing for and with gratitude in the glorious space that is The Lady Chapel of Wells Cathedral
In Wells United Church and the Lady Chapel in Wells Cathedral
To be able to dance in the majesty of Wells Cathedral and in the beauty and peace of The Lady Chapel offers us an experience that goes beyond words - apart from one: Gratitude.
We will learn the dances in the beautiful space that is Wells United Church. Sunday morning will be free time allowing you to either attend a service in Wells United Church or in the Cathedral - or walk - or window .....
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Friday 26th September 2025
A day to celebrate the life of Mandy de Winter
Little Wenlock Village Hall, Shropshire
Come and join me between 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. to celebrate Mandy. This year will be seven years since she died!! Her energy, spirit and love lives on in us all and we will come together to celebrate this remarkable dancer, musician and friend. We will also enjoy listening to the incredible harmonies of Hanna, Miri and Diane as they will give us an acapella singing concert to remember.
ALL .....
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Sunday 19th October 2025
ARMENIAN DANCE WEEKEND with Shakeh Major Tchilingirian
Little Wenlock Village Hall, Shropshire
We now all know what a special teacher, dancer and person Shakeh is.
So this is a dance experience NOT to be missed. Her teaching goes far beyond the steps. She simply embodies everything that she shares and takes us into the world of Armenian dance and culture weaving her personal experience and deep knowledge with an intent that takes us beyond what we might dream is possible. Her teaching .....
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Monday 27th October 2025
Earth/Gaia
The Great Hall, Hexham and The Abbey, Hexham, NE46 3NB
This is an extraordinary opportunity to dance underneath a seven-metre replica of planet Earth created by artist Luke Jerram which is suspended from high above. The globe features detailed imagery of the Earth’s surface, compiled from NASA’s Visible Earth series. The artist says, “I hope visitors to Gaia get to see the Earth as if from space; an incredibly beautiful and precious place. An .....
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Sunday 9th November 2025
Into the Stillness
Brigsteer Hall, near Kendal
“All you need is deep within you waiting to unfold and reveal itself.
All you have to do is be still and take time to seek for what is within and you will surely find it “ Eileen Caddy
My choice of dances and their accompanying texts will touch both the stillness and the sacred within and surrounding us.
Cost to include two lunches £162
Please book with a £54 deposit to Miggy Scott ()
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Sunday 21st December 2025
Celebrate the Winter Solstice
with Judy King
Little Wenlock Village Hall, Malthouse Bank, Little Wenlock, Shropshire, TF6 5BN
“No one knew the name of this day;
Born quietly from deepest night,
It hid its face in light,
Demanded nothing for itself,
Opened out to offer each of us
A field of brightness that travelled ahead,
Providing in time, ground to hold our footsteps
And the light of thought to show the way.”
John O’ Donohue from To Bless the Space Between Us
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Monday 26th January 2026
Time Runs Like a River
A new dance suite by Judy based on the book by Emma Carlisle
Wells United Church and Wells Cathedral
“Time runs past like a river. The seconds drip by like drops.
Each minute trickles, an hour ripples, but time never slows down and stops.”
My choice of dances will reflect the magnificence and beauty of both buildings that we will be dancing in - exploring the concept of time through our movement and at the same time hopefully touching both the stillness and the sacred within and surrounding .....
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Monday 9th February 2026
To Bless the Space between Us
with Shakeh Major Tchilingirian and Judy King joined by Hanna Lawrence and Shira
Little Wenlock Village Hall, Shropshire, TF6 5BN
“Awaken to the mystery of being here
And enter the quiet immensity of your own presence.”
John O’Donohue
You are warmly invited to come and join Shakeh and Judy for what will be a special four days
of dance, song, friendship and discovery!
Both Shakeh’s and Judy’s teaching goes far beyond the steps and both take you to a depth of understanding of the movement and .....
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Monday 16th March 2026
Celebrate the Light
The Great Hall and Hexham Abbey, Beaumont St, Hexham, NE46 3NB
“No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.” Paulo Coelho
Come and join me to celebrate the light! A perfect time of year as the days are getting longer and the light returns to us.
Cost: £260
This includes light lunches Friday - Monday and teas, coffee and .....
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Sunday 19th April 2026
Back to our Roots
The Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Rd, Cirencester GL7 6JS
It seems the desire for dancing traditional dances is resurfacing - so come and join me for the fourth year of dancing Back to our Roots.
With the myriad of contemporary dances in our repertoire, have we lost sight of our roots? Is our dancing tree in danger of being top heavy and toppling over?
Come and join me for a weekend where we go back to our roots: where we immerse ourselves .....
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Wednesday 21st October 2026
Dance holiday with Shakeh Major Tchilingirian and Judy King
Taroudant, Morocco
La Maison Anglaise
Shakeh and Judy are absolutely delighted to be leading their first dance event together in the beautiful space that is La Maison Anglaise. Enjoy some exquisite dancing with these two special teachers; relax in the gorgeous gardens; refresh or cool off in the stunning pool and generally bask in the beauty of the remarkable buildings which combine traditional and innovative sustainable design for .....
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Monday 15th March 2027
Renewal
Wells United Church and The Lady Chapel, Wells Cathedral
Join me for a new suite of dances in these two beautiful dance spaces.
At this time of year where the earth wakes up, the light returns and there is a sense of renewal, I will be revisiting some of the most loved dances from all of my previous suites. We will rediscover them anew.
To be able to dance in the majesty of Wells Cathedral and in the beauty and peace of The Lady Chapel offers .....