5Rhythms Waves dance

Ben Deutsch is leading a 5Rhythms Waves dance session at We Are Wellness on Saturday 12 December, part of a monthly series he runs there. If you've never come across it, 5Rhythms is a movement practice that works its way through five distinct rhythms: Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness. You move through them one after another, and the whole session is built around that progression.

It's not a dance class in the usual sense — there aren't any steps to learn or choreography to get right. The focus is on personal expression and on discovering the freedom that dance can unlock, so you just move however the music takes you. Because of that, you don't need any prior dance experience to join in; it's as much about how it feels as what it looks like.

Ben Deutsch leads the session, and since it's a monthly thing, it's easy to drop into without having to commit to a long course. The venue is We Are Wellness, at 2 North Hill Road in Headingley, LS6 2EN. Entry is free, and you get your place through leedsinspired.co.uk.