Facilitating connection & healing

Carys has experience working with a range of groups to allow people to connect with each other and with themselves. Whether working with student DJs to create and perform at an online festival, running singing and art workshops for children to showcase their talents at Ghana’s Asa Baako Festival, or creating healing spaces for womxn, Carys finds ways to connect with participants’ needs and allows these to be expressed and explored.

Retreats & Dances

Carys is a renowned DJ, performing at clubs and festivals around the UK and Europe. Beyond performing, Carys uses their musical skills to work with communities and facilitate connection. They have led a number of creative holistic retreats with collaborator Claire Horton, working with a number of guest facilitators to tie in movement, creative writing, yoga, nutrition, singing and more. Carys also leads full moon gatherings for womxn, alongside Ecstatic Playground and the Moon Lodge, bringing people together outdoors for ritual, healing and ecstatic dance.

She recently launched Otherworld Nights, a queer night for neurodivergent people and their friends. Recognising the challenges in mainstream nightlife for many neurodivergent people, and after undertaking research with the neurodivergent community to find ways of bringing more safety and joy into clubbing, Otherworld Nights provides a playground for safer connection and dancing.

Carys enjoys leading music and movement sessions for people of all experiences and abilities, using these as a tool for connection and empowerment. She has worked with organisations such as Ecstatic Dance UK, Ecstatic Dance Bristol, Morning Gloryville and Lovejam to lead sober, conscious movement journeys that allow dancers to experience full expression of their bodies and emotions.

Formerly trained as a Zumba® teacher and a Twerk-After-Work™ instructor, Carys’ personal movement practice is now much more free-flowing, with experience in a range of dance styles such as afrobeats, dancehall, commercial and salsa, as well as in aerial circus skills.

Workplace training & development

Carys is also an experienced trainer for freelance musicians, leading practical and interactive training on child protection & safeguarding and diversity & equality in the workplace. Their pilot Youth Leadership Programme with Ark Schools saw them lead a 10-month long training programme, leading invigorating and inspiring sessions on career development, goal and vision-setting, and professional skills.

She also leads a range of staff CPD in health settings, for example on trauma-informed practice, active listening skills, grounding tools, and working with risk assessment and safety planning.

They also provide 1:1 coaching for arts professionals working in learning & participation and event production.