Teacher training

Illuminate Dance Teacher CPD Day

2 October 2026

A day of inspiration, connection and creative renewal for dance educators.

Step into a full day dedicated to uplifting, energising and expanding your dance teaching practice. Mayflower’s first-ever professional development event for dance educators brings together leading companies, specialist practitioners and passionate teachers from across the UK for an immersive day of learning and connection.

Whether you’re looking to refresh your toolkit, deepen your knowledge or spark new ideas, this event is designed to support and inspire you at every step.

You will have the opportunity to take part in workshops from Rambert, James Cousins Dance, Stop Gap Dance Company and Amy Morvell Dance.

Illuminate Drama Teacher CPD Day

22 January 2027

Now in its fifth year, we are delighted to be working in partnership with Lucy Bellingham from We Teach Drama to produce opportunities and support for other teachers.

Illuminate Drama Teacher CPD Day is a full day CPD with practical workshops from a range of theatre companies. Join us to develop your skills and experience, and take learnings back to your classroom. January 2027 will feature workshops with:

• Complicité: Explore movement, rhythm, space, chorus and the ensemble in the context of teaching Complicité’s approaches to devising. You will encounter games and practical exercises that have grown from Complicité’s rehearsal room, which you will be able to bring back to your work with your students.
• Mike Shepherd from Kneehigh: Hop, Skip and a Jump is a practical session which reflects the practises used by Kneehigh when making work. Delivered by Mike Shepherd, actor/director/teacher and founder of Kneehigh.
• Les Enfants Terribles: Join the Olivier Award-nominated theatre company for a Found Object Design and Manipulation workshop on puppetry in the classroom. Using everyday objects, you’ll explore design elements and construction techniques, followed by a practical puppetry skills workshop, resulting in the animation of your found object puppet.