Wondering Heights Information

What is Wondering Heights?

A joyful micro-pilgrimage. A mass dance meditation for every body.

A playful, participatory invitation to engage with the moors, with movement, imagination, and creativity. Inspired by Kate Bush and Emily Brontë, this project runs throughout July and August*.

Join in from the moors, your bed, garden, workplace, wherever you are, in whatever way works for you.

  • You can read more about Wondering Heights on the main project page:
    Click Here

*Note that submissions of responses (see below) need to sent to us by August 24th.

The Map

At the heart of Wondering Heights is a beautiful hand-drawn map by Chris Goddard, designed to inspire exploration, imagination, and joyful movement. You can view the map online or pick up a limited-edition risograph print from one of our Bradford hubs throughout July.

Use it however you like, as a guide for a walk on the moors, a prompt for a dance, or a spark for something entirely your own. Let it lead you on a micro-adventure from your home, your garden, or deep into the landscape. The map is there to be used, so please don’t let it gather dust! When you’re finished, recycle it, pass it on, or repurpose it creatively.

  • The online map is available here:
    Click Here
  • Printed maps are available from:
    – Bradford 2025 Ticket Office, (City Park, Bradford)
    – The Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth (BD22 8DR) bronte.org.uk
    – South Square Café in Thornton. (Thornton Road, BD13 3LD) southsquarecentre.co.uk

The Dance

At the core of Wondering Heights is a joyful, inclusive dance inspired by Kate Bush’s iconic Wuthering Heights routine. You can learn the moves by watching our demo videos (available in both seated and standing versions), or by joining a free in-person workshop in Bradford this July.

The workshops are open to all ages (7+), with a focus on access and fun, no dance experience needed, just a willingness to join in.

Whether you choose to perform the dance on a moor, in your kitchen, from your bed, or with a dramatic tea towel in hand, the aim is simple: to create small, beautiful moments of movement, imagination and shared silliness.

  • Watch Online Demo Videos
    Click Here
  • Join a Free Dance Workshop
    – 5th July, 12pm – The Place, Displace Yourself, Bradford City Centre
    – 23rd July, 10am – Mind the Gap, Bradford
    Click Here for FREE tickets

Share Your Wonder

Once you’ve danced, wandered, waved your tea towel or created your response, we’d love to see it!
You can share what you’ve made with us until August 24th 2025 in a few ways:

  • Send your response as a file via our jotform – access it here. It’s kept private unless you give us permission to share it, and it can be whatever you want! A dance, a collage, a recording, a photo or a video of you doing whatever it is that you are able to do, wherever you are…
  • Tag us on social media
    Instagram: @bucylarker
    Use the hashtag #WonderingHeights
  • Pass it on
    Share the map, the video, this page, or just tell someone. The more people taking part, the more joyful and collective this becomes.
  • Want to go one step further?
    Become an Em-Bush-ador and help us spread the word even more.
    Becoming an Em-Bush-ador

Access

Wondering Heights is designed to be open, flexible, and inclusive, a project for every-body. There are many ways to take part: through movement, imagination, walking, resting, or simply dreaming. The dance has both seated and standing versions, and you’re warmly encouraged to adapt it to suit your body and needs.
The map offers two different walking routes across the moors, with route info available to help you decide what works best for you, or you can engage with it from home, your garden, or anywhere you feel connected. We believe access is not one path, but many, and what matters most is choosing the one that’s right for you.

Thanks to access consultant Kelsie Acton for helping shape our thinking around access.

Stay in Touch

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Image description: Shots from the Wondering Heights dance demo videos with one or two women posing in the act of dancing while wearing long red, floaty dresses. In two images they are seated on a bench outdoors, in the the others a single person is in a doorway or crossing a stile on the moors.

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