Dance Floor — Conscious Dance Night

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A collaboration by Max & Jon

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What is this?

A weekly dance night in Thornbury. Shoes off, lights low, music that moves you.

No steps. No choreography. Just a hardwood floor, a room full of people, and space to move however your body wants to.

Each week one of us hosts, and each of us brings something different. Some nights it's just music and movement. Others might carry a theme, a reflection, or something to try. Whatever's offered, you can pick it up or leave it. It's your dance.

Welcome to Dance Floor.

The Details

Location

Salvation Army Hall

704/710 High St, Thornbury VIC 3071

When

Thursday evenings

7pm — 9pm

Who

Every body, every ability

18+. Sober. No experience needed. Ramp entry. Accessible toilets.

Price

$25

Per session, at the door

Tickets

First dance: Thursday the 16th of April.

Doors at 7

Floor closes at 9

$25 a head

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ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR

The Dance Card

We made dance cards. They're free, they're limited, and they save you five dollars on your next four entries. Come early and pick one up at the door. Bring it back each week, we clip it, you keep dancing.

Twenty on opening night, ten the next week, five the week after. Then they're gone until next season. First season: Autumn 2026. Why? For a little fun.

The Ethos

Respect the space

Screens off. Shoes off. The dance is the high.

Get present, stay present

Leave the outside world at the door. The dancefloor is for being here, now.

Let your body do the talking

We communicate through movement. The silence between us makes the music louder.

What informs Dancefloor

Contact improvisation, authentic movement, 5Rhythms, London club culture, community radio, Buddhist and Christian contemplative traditions, ceilidhs, art therapy, gestalt — we've both spent time in these practices and they've shaped how we think about movement. Dancefloor is us trying to build something new from what we've been given. Wanting to dance, share space, and get some weeknight mind and body exercise.

Who we are

Max

Grew up on Yorta Yorta land in country Victoria. Parents were rock and roll dance teachers and community radio DJs. Fell asleep under tables at dance meetups as a kid, weekends at Falls Creek teaching rock and roll. Contact improvisation and conscious dance for twenty years. Time in Buddhist monasteries across Thailand, India and Australia. Counselling and art therapy.

Jon

Thirty years behind the decks. Began drumming at thirteen, was playing jazz by fourteen. Grew up recording pirate radio, chasing white labels through dodgy record shops, and saving every penny from paper rounds for turntables. Residencies across Manchester. Sound engineering. A deep love of Brazilian music, broken beat, and whatever Patrick Forge was playing. For Jon, DJing has always been facilitation—the technical and the artistic, getting a room to move together.

Acknowledgement of Country

We dance on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung land. People have been dancing on this ground for over 65,000 years, long before the buildings that sit on top of it. This land was never ceded, and the lore that held it for millennia was never recognised in the law that replaced it.

We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. With honesty about the past and care for what comes next.