Sunday 19 June 2011

The Afro-Latin Lounge

Feedback33 is a Professional Dancers' Mentoring Forum set up by Sheron Wray.

An opportunity to take part in various dance techniques with teachers from around the globe. It is a chance to gain insights into the passions, challenges, and experiences of various artists and teachers.

Feedback33 with Shelly Maxwell Thurs 23 & 30 June 2011 @ London Studio Centre

Venue: The London Studio Centre, 42 - 50 York Way, London N1 9AB (adjacent to Lincoln Lounge)

Cuban Contemporary Dance with Shelly Maxwell, Thursday 23 & 30 June 2011 7pm – 9pm (registration 7pm – 7.25pm; class 7.30pm – 9pm)

Shelley's class is a fast paced Cuban technique class merging elements of la technica Cubana with her own unique contemporary flavour. The Cuban technique is loosely rooted in the Graham technique and through additional inclusions of undulations and spinal manipulations forces the dancer to master the shifting of weight through space. The class is highly physical with challenging exercises in the centre and travelling sequences that demand a sense of attack and musical dynamism. The class culminating in a challenging movement sequence to end.

Cost per class

£5 Members / £8 Non-members

Concessions*

£3 Members / £5 Non-members

* Concessions are open to students and to unemployed professional dancers only. ID/proof of status is required. To check if you qualify for the unemployed professional dancer concession, please phone number below.

Annual Membership fee

£10

To book a place on this workshop please email Paula Allen at feedback33forum@gmail.com or phone: 07800959664.

Teacher’s Bio

Founder and choreographer of the MaxwellDanceProject (http://tinyurl.com/63zesj6) Shelley Maxwell trained at La escuela Nacional de Arte in Havana, Cuba where she studied The Cuban Modern Technique (La técnica Cubana). She was a principal dancer for the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica and was a member of the Tavaziva Dance Company here in London. She has performed in the London Production of The Lion King and most recently worked with American choreographer Bill T.Jones in his award winning production of Fela! She holds a MA in Choreography from Laban. Her choreographic movement style is heavily physical with a strong relationship to music.

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CÉU
+ Dj set from D.Vyzor

Mon 11 July Doors 7pm
Jazz Café, Parkway, London NW1

From São Paulo, via New York - the stunning Brazilian singer-songwriter brings her smooth samba-funk, dub grooves and bossa-infused electronica to the intimacy of London’s Jazz Café. Backed by a wonderful live band (keyboards, bass, guitar, drums, accordion - and sample effects) Céu performs songs from Vagarosa (Six Degrees Records). ‘Cool, fresh and wildly original.’ The Guardian

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The UK’s 1st Salsa Open Group Championship (3rd Heat), Featuring Breathtaking Shows from the UK’s Hottest New Talents

Latin Pulse @ Floridita
100 Wardour Street, London, W1F 0TN
Sunday 19th JuneDoors open 5.00pm – dancing til midnight

Live Music through the night with Cuba’s finest, Sones De Oriente & top DJs
Free Salsa Dance classes for all from 6.00-8.00pm, with Salsa Master Elder Sanchez and Find the Rhythm’s Lee Knights plus four world class dance shows.

£10, including dance classes and all entertainment
Cocktails from £4.50
Book Your Ticket in Advance for £8: call 020 7314 4000 sohoe@danddlondon.com www.floridita.co.uk
More: www.londonsalsascene.co.uk Call: 07979 280 283

At last! The pan-Caribbean icon Juan Luis Guerra is coming to the UK with a one-off Greatest Hits show that promises to be the talk of the summer. Juan Luis Guerra - one of biggest and most enduring stars of Latin music for the past quarter of a century is finally coming to London on 22nd June. JLG, with his band 4.40, has sold 30 million albums worldwide, won two Grammy awards and 15 Latin Grammys and of all the biggest stars of Latin music he is the only one never to have appeared in the UK. This truly historic event will see the tropical music superstar cherry-pick from a vast and varied back catalogue for a solid 2 hour show where hit follows hit follows hit …




Hi There,

I am working on Britain 's biggest dance show, Sky One's GOT TO DANCE, which is back for a third series. Davina McCall will host the competition, with Ashley Banjo, Kimberley Wyatt and Adam Garcia returning as judges, as dancers battle it out to win the life-changing sum of a quarter of a million pounds and the chance to become the GOT TO DANCE CHAMPION 2012.

We are now accepting applications and anyone who thinks they have what it takes to come to our auditions- whether they are 4 or 84, whether a soloist or group, a professional or amateur. Whatever their style of dance, whatever their ability, we want to see it! Auditions are in July and August.

Please find our flyer attached; it would be great if you could distribute this to your students/ employees/ dance classes or anyone else you think may be interested in taking part!

Anyone wanting to apply should go to www.sky.com/dance

Kindest Regards, Kerry

Kerry Hunt
Casting AP
GOT TO DANCE

0207 985 1996

kerry.hunt@princesstv.com





JEAN ABREU DANCE & 65DAYSOFSTATIC
Inside
Wednesday 21 September

Fiercely evocative, highly charged dance theatre featuring choreography by Jerwood Award-winner Jean Abreu. This compelling and critically acclaimed production explores violence, incarceration and hope within prison walls.

Joining the dancers on stage for one night only is the guitar/noise/glitch band 65daysofstatic.

More info »

ADAD BLOOM FESTIVAL MIXED BILL
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 September

A mixed-bill evening of moving, rhythm-driven dance of the African diaspora with work from Vocab Dance, Ballet Nimba and Maxwell Dance Project, and the London premiere of Norway-based African and Caribbean company Tabanka Crew.

More info »
Tickets go on sale for Dance Umbrella, Jean Abreu Dance and ADAD Bloom Festival Mixed Bill from today to Southbank Centre Members and Thursday 16 June to all.

For your best chance to secure tickets become a Southbank Centre Member today.

STREET DANCE XXL UK CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sunday 17 July

Be the first to see some of the best street dance talent in the UK! Previous competitors include Flawless and Diversity.

Book tickets / More info »

B.SUPREME: LADIES OF BRITAIN
Friday 15 July

A showcase of exclusive performances and battles featuring the most prestigious British female dancers.

Baila Londres is back next Saturday 25th June
and we have an important dance class update...

Misael Cordero is unable to attend next week, but we are delighted
to announce that the ever popular Damarys Farres will be teaching
for the first time at Baila Londres...
Don't miss her exciting Afro-Rueda class!
9pm-10pm - All levels welcome

Dance classes at Baila Londres are always extremely popular and places can be reserved
by emailing names to info@cubacheche.co.uk or mayunbero@hotmail.com

PLUS DJ Green Papi (ORIENTE STAR SOUND)
on the decks with a top selection of salsa, timba, merengue, reggaeton,
and some late night funky and Caribbean flavas.

And special guest DJ Doctor Jim (Salsa Caribe)
Salsa Caribe's Doctor Jim is one of the UK's most respected latin dance music DJs.
Renowned for his ability to keep dance floors busy with his crowd pleasing selection of cutting-edge
Cuban salsa & timba, latin jazz, and classic Nuyorican salsa, spiced with hip hop, R&B and reggae,
Doctor Jim is a highly experienced DJ who regularly plays at many of the UK's leading salsa venues and events.

One of the hottest Cuban style Saturdays you'll find anywhere in town!
Brought to you by Cubacheche and Timberos de Londres


Doors open 8.30pm
�8 on the door (including dance class)

At Charlie Wrights International Bar
45 Pitfield Street
London N1 6DA

5 minutes walk from Old Street Tube (Northern Line)
Exit 2 North Side, then turn right.

We look forward to seeing you there!
Carlos and Olwen
Cubacheche

We are pleased to announce that thanks to the support of Grassroots Grant and Stoke Newington school our Rhythm Summer School will go ahead this year, here are the details...

Watch last years showreel

“An excellent project which the children love because they learn new skills in a fun way. The end of project show is truly impressive.” Alison Kriel Head Teacher/Parent
“My daughter couldn’t get through the door quick enough, we’ll be back next year!” Parent
"A rare chance to be taught by professional musicians who are excellent teachers....." Adult participant.

Rhythm Summer School for Children
Suitable for complete beginners or intermediate musicians.
Age: 7 - 14yrs
Date: 25th-29th July
Times: 10.00am - 3.00pm
Cost:
£100 (£60 conc') Early bird payment by 4th July 2011
£120 (80 conc') Full Cost After 4th July 2011
We also have 5 scholarship places for gifted children if you would like to apply please email us at the address below.

Rhythm Summer School for Adults
This course will look at Afro-Cuban rhythms and will be taught by David Pattman. It requires participants to have some previous musical knowledge.
Date: 27th-29th July
Times: 10.00am - 3.00pm
Cost:
£100 (£60 conc') Early bird payment by 4th July 2011
£120 (80 conc') Full Cost After 4th July 2011

Where: Stoke Newington School, Clissold Road N16 9EY

Contact:
For more information;
Vicky Jassey 07538682180 or admin@bomboproductions.com

For reservations; reservations@bombopoductions.com.

This event is supported by: Grassroots Grant and Stoke Newington School

www.bomboproductions.com

TRIBE OF DORIS 2011

Many Cultures, One Race

The intercultural summer school, festival and global jamboree returns
9th–14th August - Black Down Hills, Devon

The world’s most vibrant intercultural exchange of acoustic music, dance, song and ceremony returns to its beautiful Devon site once again for its 19th year from Tuesday 9th till Sunday 14th August with a tantalising new line up of workshops and performances, featuring teachers from all pockets of the globe.

This year’s African highlights include renowned polyphonic singer Anita Deaulne of Zap Mama fame; authentic Moroccan Gnawa trance musicians and dancers, Jil Gnawa; African dance and drum legend Nii Tagoe from Baka Beyond; Senegalese drummer Seckou Keita, celebrated African dance teacher Idrissa Camara and Dr Olu Taiwo leading Animal Spirit Dance.

As ever, learning from these and many other amazing teachers will be the core activity bringing 40 + workshops a day in drumming, dance and voice, intermingled with a wealth of open mic performances, spontaneous jams, indigenous ceremonies, fireside gatherings and creative youth activities, in addition to a spectacular roster of evening showcase performances. The youth area proffers a thrilling diversity of activities, from theatre, circus skills, metal work and trampolining to hip hop, rap, poetry and digital recording.

For those that want to relax and revive there’s a wellbeing zone, yoga, tai chi, other movement classes and the ever popular sauna.

Workshop highlights from Africa include: djembe drumming, Sabar dance and drum, traditional and contemporary African dances and songs. Other highlights include Flamenco dance and song, samba reggae, Toltec shamanism, Orisha song, tribal belly dance, derbouka drumming, Egyptian stick dancing, Klezmer dance and Jewish niggum singing. Workshops cater for all levels of experience, from beginners to advanced students.

‘What’s so magical about Doris is its amazing cultural diversity,’ says Siobhan Kierans, one of the festival’s founders. ‘People say they feel at home here, no matter what their cultural roots. The act of learning and sharing through music, dance and ceremony creates a feeling of belonging that you don’t get from passively consuming ‘’other cultures’’ at most world music events.’

The festival’s climax is a spectacular showcase on the Saturday night, when the many workshop groups come together to present what they’ve learnt in a series of vibrant performances.

‘ Doris creates peace and happiness by communing through music, dance and song,’ declared veteran African drummer Adesose Wallace winding up last year’s Sunday morning closing ceremony. ‘This is the future, one tribe.’

For media enquiries please contact Will Gethin:
07795 204 833; will@willgethin.com
Notes to Editors

· Tickets: Adults £220 / Young People 18-21 £150; 11-17 £75 / Children 5-10 £60; under 5 FREE
· 10% discount for groups of six adults or more / families of two adults and four children/young people
· Small green tax of £5 for parking / £25 for campervan/live-in vehicle
· For further information contact Tribe of Doris: www.tribeofdoris.co.uk; 0845 458 0190; admin@tribeofdoris.co.uk


BAMBOCH! The Ultimate Soca Workout
Get fit for summer with Sheba Montserrat's high energy dance - fitness class then relax or party till late at this weekly event hosted by Global Nation. A Soca fusion of carnival music for those seeking the authentic sounds of the Caribbean. An alternative night for capturing the spirit of Notting Hill for clubbers who `don't do clubbing'. Doors open: 6.45 pm Class is from 7.00 -8:00 pm / Event ends: 2.00 am. Door price: £5.00 before 12.00 pm; Concession price: £3.00 with flyer between 9.00 - 10.00pm
Orleans, 259-261 Seven Sisters Road, London, N4 2DD
BAMBOCH! Thursday 7.00–8.00 pm

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