Meet our founder and director, and learn more about us!

Based at Tramshed, we are a community dance space for children and families to discover movement, creativity, and artistic expression.
Founded in 2023 by interdisciplinary dance artist and educator Svenja Buehl, we create joyful, inclusive programmes that blend dance, movement, and visual arts. From toddlers exploring through play, to young creatives developing strong technique and artistic expression, every child is recognised as an artist from their very first session.

About Svenja

Svenja brings international experience as a performer, researcher, and facilitator across choreographic, visual arts, and community contexts. Her approach draws on:

  • Contemporary Dance (BA Hons, Trinity Laban Conservatoire)

  • Creative Practice (MFA, Trinity Laban Conservatoire)

  • Dance pedagogy (Lola Rogge Schule)

  • Therapeutic practice (Metanoia Institute, Gestalt approaches)

Her distinctive practice combines technical skill, embodied exploration, and therapeutic awareness - ensuring each child feels supported to grow as both an artist and a person.

Our Approach

We recognise children as creative beings capable of artistic thinking. Through interdisciplinary exploration that weaves together contemporary approaches to dance and movement, and visual arts, young artists develop both technical skills and creative confidence in dialogue with materials, space, and each other.

Our pedagogy follows children's curiosities while building strong foundations, creating what we call a creative ecosystem - an environment where individual expression and collaborative discovery flourish side by side. This approach develops not just physical capability, but the artistic thinking that underlies all creative practice.

This philosophy shapes all our programmes - from our weekly classes where toddlers and grown-ups dance together, to our interdisciplinary Young Creatives workshops that blend movement with visual arts exploration.

Svenja's background in therapeutic practice (Certificate in Therapeutic Skills and Studies, Metanoia Institute, 2022) with particular interest in Gestalt approaches informs our understanding of how embodied learning supports whole-person development, ensuring each child feels genuinely welcomed from their very first session.

Thanks to funding from the Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund, we are currently developing as a Community Interest Company, which will enable us to access targeted funding for making the arts accessible and more rooted in the community, breaking down barriers and creating access to high-quality dance and arts education for all.