Stevie hit play on an electro tune, and the group on the stage began dancing. About a minute later, at Mr Walsh's behest, Stevie fired up another tune, of a different genre, and the group stopped and in seconds improvised a new dance.

While it's an activity plenty of people in and around Orange may have done while they were young, for this group - who all live with disability and access needs, such as Down Syndrome - it's one of the first time they've had the chance to run around creatively.

Kegan Wilson, Katrina Brennan, Stevie Morphett Jones, Stephanie Ward, Jason Roberts, Nikki Gordon, Lottie Graham and Maddie Writer took part in the all-day workshops held during May, and will have the chance to take part in eight more free sessions this year.

The sessions were organised by co-directors Dean Walsh and Andrew Batt-Rawden as part of a program which began at Riverside Theatre Parramatta in 2010, which through the work of Alison Richardson became a performance space for people living with intellectual disabilities called the Ruckus Ensemble.

They had been asked to come out to Orange by Leah Morphett and Simonn Hawke of Lolli Redini, who Mr Walsh said had been integral to helping them set sessions up.

Mr Walsh said the idea was to "challenge the notion people with disability, particularly intellectual disability, can't ever dream of becoming professional level, higher calibre artists in the performing arts".

One of the Ruckus performers, James Penny, was at the workshop in his second trip to Orange, having done workshops with Mr Walsh at Anson Street School and other schools in the area when they visited several years ago.

Mr Penny is an artist who performs on stage in Sydney and Mr Walsh said having him at regional workshops was "incredible" for people in Orange living with intellectual disabilities.

"They used to look up to the Ruckus guys, they go 'well obviously I do have a future, this is something for me'," Mr Walsh said.

"The benefit is it gives them agency they don't otherwise get anywhere. It gives them creative agency."

The sessions have been funded by Arts Out West and the Orange Regional Arts Foundation, and are aiming at holding an on-stage performance, called Second Nature!, towards the end of the year.

The group will be holding an event to show off their process and progress, with a question and answer session about the group.

It will be held on Sunday, June 16 at 4:00pm, running until 5:00pm at the CWA Hall. RSVP to workshops@dean-walsh.com.