Founded in 2023 by dance artist Svenja Buehl, Woolwich Dance Space focuses on providing high quality, holistic dance and movement classes
for children, young people and families within the
royal borough of Greenwich.
Svenja holds an embodied approach to movement
and dance, in which creativity, curiosity and a positive and encouraging outlook on individual growth and development are kept at heart.
Working internationally within choreographic, visual arts and community-based contexts as a dancer, facilitator, researcher and director since 2008, Svenja has a degree in dance pedagogy (Lola Rogge Schule / 2006 - 2009), a BA (hons) in Contemporary Dance and an MFA in Creative Practice, having studied at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and Independent Dance (2012 - 2015; 2018 - 2020).
She also holds a certificate in Therapeutic Skills and Studies (2022) from the Metanoia Institute,
having a special interest in Gestalt psychotherapy.