Dear All,
Thanks so much for your continued support of our community and family programme. We are moving North West of the borough and if any of you missed our last event at Carpenters and Docklands TMO, this is the opportunity to catch up. Our next event is at:
FOREST GATE YOUTH CENTRE,
1 Woodford Road
London E7 0DH
DATE: Saturday 25th October 2008
TIME: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. (Please see the attached poster for full details)
Many thanks and we look forward to seeing you on the day
Carol Edozie
Projects Co-ordinator
IROKO Theatre Company
1 Mark Street, Stratford, London E15 4GY
++44 (020) 8522 1950, info@irokotheatre. org.uk, www.irokotheatre. org.uk
African Dance Workshop with Nairobi-based artist James Mweu
Wed 29th October 2.30pm - 5.30pm
PATS Dance Studio - University of Surrey
James Mweu is director of Nairobi-based Kunja Dance Theatre. Trained originally as a sculptor, James Mweu became one of the young generation of new Kenyan choreographers and dancers, working with Kenya’s influential dance artist Opiyo Okach and his company Gàara projects. In 2004 he started his own company Kunja Dance Theatre, building up a repertoire of his own works. Kunja Dance Theatre also leads pioneering outreach and education activities with different communities in Nairobi.
During the workshop at the University of Surrey James will teach a technique class based on his practice in Nairobi, develop creative and choreographic tasks based on the repertoire of Kunja Dance Theatre, and talk about his practice in East Africa.
Tickets: £7.50, £3 students.
Box Office: 01483 686876
Enquires and group bookings: Jamie Harber on 01483 686517
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Dance/events/workshops.html
PATS Dance Studio,
Stag Hill Campus,
University of Surrey,
Guildford,
GU2 7XH.
Hi all,this Saturday the 25 October, for Black History Month, Ale' Douvan isorganizing their African Festival at Kingsley Hall (Bow Church)This is the programme:4.30-5.30 drumming workshop5.30-6 refreshments6-7.30 performances (dance and drumming)There will be a small entrance fee of around £3.Hope to see you there!Francesca
WHO NEEDS BALLET WHEN WE’VE GOT STREET DANCE?
21 October, 7pm-9pm at Vibe Live, 91 – 95 Brick Lane , London E1 6QL
By all accounts, we are now a nation of non-stop groovers. The Dance Manifesto, launched in 2006, tells us that dance is the fastest growing art form, with millions of people both attending performances and taking part. ‘Community dance’ is the grassroots phenomenon du jour, radically changing the idea that dance as an art form is only about men-in-tights and women-in-tutus. And the most cutting-edge community dance is Street Dance – from hip-hop to krumping – which has been identified by the Department of Children, Schools and Families as an exciting new art form in need of more recognition and public funding. It seems ballet is losing its privileged status, but should is it a case of out with the old and in with the new, or is there something to be said for the elitism of ballet?
In 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King, the legendary dancer and choreographer Arthur Mitchell returned to New York to set up the Dance Theatre of Harlem to ‘disprove the myth that Negroes can’t do classical ballet’ – a striking contrast to the attitude shown by those now championing community dance. Can something like Street Dance compete with the choreographic traditions and disciplines that have allowed classical ballet choreographers from Balanchine to Wheeldon to continue to astound audiences with their work? Is the opposition between ballet and new dance forms a false one, now that choreographers like Russell Maliphant are incorporating capoeira into classical ballet technique? What role does ballet have in the modern world of dance?
THIS DEBATE WILL FEATURE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY IAN ARCHER-WATTERS OF THE SWAN TO CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS LA CYGNE
Speakers:
Ian Archer-Watters, ballet dancer, Les Ballets Grandiva and Fort Worth Ballet
Hugh Durrant, designer of many dance shows from the Royal Ballet and La Scala Milan to Cher 's Vegas show including West End Musicals.
Veronica Lewis MBE, Director, London Contemporary Dance School
Alan Miller, co-director, NY Salon; director and producer, TV and documentaries; cultural commentator; co-founder of London 's Truman Brewery and Vibe Bar.
Hakeem Onibudo, artistic director and founder, Impact Dance, a Hip-Hop theatre company, street dance organisation and educational facilitator; Free-Lance Dance Artist.
Jeffery Taylor, former dancer; critic, Sunday Express; co-founder, National Dance Awards
Lyndsey Winship, dance editor, Time Out; freelance journalist writing on dance, music and education
Chair: Dr Shirley Dent, communications director, Institute of Ideas ; producer Battle Satellites programme, 2008; development editor, Culture Wars; columnist at Guardian Unlimited Arts; co-author Radical Blake
Tickets are available here:
http://www.institut eofideas. com/tickets/ battlesatellites 2008.html
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