Don’t miss visiting Kenyan artist Opiyo Okach at ADAD’s Bloom Festival!
Dance Encounters, East Africa
Saturday June 6th, 2009
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Award-winning Kenyan dancer and choreographer Opiyo Okach presents an introduction into his work and dance development in East Africa . Opiyo works as a dancer, choreographer, teacher and cultural catalyst. Drawing from strong theatre practices as well as dance forms, the dance sector in East Africa developed differently from West Africa . Opiyo will chart its genesis, the role of his work and his seminal productions, and his attempts to nurture a new generation of dance creators across the region through his pioneering series of ‘Dance Encounters’. His talk will provide insight into the cultural context of his work, its international presence and challenges. There will be time for asking questions and discussion.
Venue: The Blue Room, Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Admission: £5
Dear Friends,
Please find below information on an amazing event that will take place this Summer at Rich Mix: House of the Holy Afro, a live blend of traditional and modern South-African music that has sold out overseas and will come to Rich Mix, first time ever in London.
I thought you organisation and members would be interested in: it would be great if you could circulate to your friends and contacts!
For more information or for group bookings, please get in touch with me.
Kindest regards
Claire Nouvel
Marketing Manager
Tel. 020 7613 7496
World Music / LONDON PREMIERE!
House of the Holy Afro
By Third World Bunfight
Conceived and directed by Brett Bailey
The spectacular genre-busting show makes its London first at Rich Mix!!
Wed 5 - Sat 8 August / Venue 1 / 8pm
£15, £12 concs
Early Bird offer: buy 2 tickets for £25
http://www.richmix.org.uk/aandc_holyafro.htm
A slick, glamorous package of live Afro-beats to electrify your eyes, ears and bodies on the dance floor!
House of the holy Afro is the temple of modern African groove – a genre-busting club show where live gospel, poetry and dance come together in an explosion of colour, rhythm and thumping exuberance; leading the audience on the dancefloor in a unforgettable trip through the rhythms of 21st century Africa.
Performed by seven singer-dancers, House of the Holy Afro provides a wildly energetic and audacious fusion of the urban and traditional, of raucously sung gospel and pulsing house beats, of slam-poetry and Afro-pop; to create an explosive night of driving rhythms, soaring harmonies and outlandishly irreverent kitsch.
“Flash, funky Afro-kitsch; this exuberant show - part clubnight, part musical - is as much fun as you can have in a church hall before midnight.” Metro
To book tickets for this and other fantastic events at Rich Mix, please call the Rich Mix Box Office on 020 7613 7498 or click here to visit purchase online through View Tickets.
Please note: Although we are actively taking steps to improve this service, our telephone lines do sometimes get very busy. Please call between 9am and 5pm if possible.For more information on our entire programme visit the Rich Mix website at www.richmix.org.uk.
Opiyo Okach’s residency in Birmingham is produced by Eckhard Thiemann in collaboration and with support from Punch Records, DanceXchange, ACE dance and music, Scholars and Warriors and Arts Council England (GftA).
Border Border Express is co-produced by Centre Choregaphique National de Montpellier Languedoc -Roussilion, La Comete – Scene Nationale, Culturesfrance – Afrique en creations, Ford Foundation ( Nairobi ), Zeli et Compagnie, Association Dunia, and with support from Theatres en Dracenie.
Eckhard Thiemann
Dance - Arts - Culture
programming - producing - presenting - commissioning
97 Bethwin Rd, London SE5 0YR
tel: +44 (0)20 77018646 mobile: +44 (0)7984 468204
email: eckhard@eckhardthiemann.com
The summer just got hotter!!
SalsaFiesta
Saturday 13th June 2009
''Expect no less than the best latin Dj's & The magic of live Music''
And
Featuring:
Tony Danger & His Suave Cuban Band
The New Sensation in Town!!
Tony Danger is a leading proponent of Cuban Son, Bolero, Cha cha cha, Salsa and Latin Jazz. He has over 26 years of professional experience as a lead singer and musician, also appearing regularly on Cuban National Television and at many internationally renowned festivals, in Cuba. His style is authentic and reminiscent of 1950s glamour which will suit the more discerning audience.
http://www.tonydanger.co.uk/
+ Guest Dj's from Colombia & Venezuela playing Merengue, Bachata & Regaetton, guaranteed to keep you dancing till you drop!
Doors open at 10pm & close at 3am
Entry £6 all nightDress code: sexy and smart
Venue: Dusk Till Dawn1 Archway Close, N19 3TD (Oposite Archway tube station)
Info:
078 8696 2791
www.salsateca.co.uk
Second Light funding from First Light - posted 22.5.2009
deadline: 19 June 2009
On 14 May 2009, First Light announced the launch of ‘Second Light’, a new production based talent development funding scheme for young BME filmmakers. It will support 30 young filmmakers, from BME backgrounds, with supported opportunities to move into the film industry. With the backing of industry partners including Pinewood Studios and BAFTA, Second Light will provide these young filmmakers with bespoke training, work placements and mentor support over a sustained period of 18 months.First Light through Second Light will offer funding of up to £70,000 to 3 filmmaking organisations who can devise and support innovative, well conceived and predominantly production based training programmes for 10 young people, from BME backgrounds. Applications can be made online by visiting firstlightmovies. com and will be open from Wednesday 20 May. The closing date for applications is Friday 19 June.http://www.firstlightmovies.com/
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Alfred Fagon Award 2009 - posted 22.5.2009
deadline: 1 August 2009
This year’s Alfred Fagon Award is seeking submissions from playwrights of African or Caribbean descent who are resident in the UK. Established in 1996, the Award was set-up to commemorate the life of the late Jamaican playwright and actor, Alfred Fagon. The winning playwright will be awarded £5,000 and a staged reading of the play, which, this year, will take place at the Cottesloe, the National Theatre.In its 13-year history, the Award has supported some of Britain’s best Black playwrights. For more details on the Award and how to enter, please go to http://www.alfredfagonaward.co.uk/.The Alfred Fagon Award is supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation.
Caroline Miller
Director, Dance UK
http://www.danceuk.org/
Dance UK
The Urdang
Old Finsbury Town Hall
Rosebery Avenue
London
EC1R 4QT
tel: 020 7713 0730 / 07980 675137
fax: 020 7833 2363
Download the Dance Manifesto at http://www.danceuk.org/ and add your name to the list of supporters. The Dance Manifesto was presented to David Lammy MP, Minister for Culture in 2006 and marks the beginning of an industry wide campaign to raise the profile of dance in Government.
Dance UK is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, No 2931636. Registered office: as above. Registered Charity No. 801552
Dear Friend
Come and join our Krumping Masterclass on Friday 31 July and learn how to twist, spin and flip! And why not attend the screening of David LaChapelle’s documentary Rize beforehand.
Joint tickets are £5 for the screening and masterclass.
To book tickets call the Rich Mix Box Office on 020 7613 7498.
We look forward to welcoming you at Rich Mix!
Best wishes
The Rich Mix team
Planning to attend Jackie Guy's Caribbean Dance workshop on Sunday June 7th as part of ADAD's Bloom Festival? Why not come a bit early and enjoy an African Voice workshop with Monica George-Otuya?
AFRICAN VOICE WORKSHOP WITH MONICA GEORGE-OTUYA
Voicelab Welcomes ADAD
Sunday 7 June
The Clore Ballroom, 1.30pm
Admission free
Monica George-Otuya is a professional vocal performer, songwriter and certified arts development practitioner. Her passion for soulful music, gospel, jazz, afro beat and popular styles, is influenced by her early exposure to African music whilst growing up. These roots are apparent in her energetic vocal workshops across the UK and Europe . This workshop will focus on traditional African, Afro-jazz and African gospel vocal styles and is part of the Bloom Festival.
Hi to Guillermo's friends and Students in London,Guillermo Davis 'el Iyawo' will be back in London for two of the Cuba50 events London (Sundays 21st&28thJune). He will be animating the dance with Charanga del Norte, the Leeds-based Charanga band, highly respected in Cuba, directed by flautist Sue Miller. It's time they got more recognition over here. Flute and violins featurestrongly in Charanga music along with piano, percussion, bassand voices. Expect great dance music with Cha-cha-cha, Son, Danzon and Mambo. So come along and join the dance! We don't have exact times of set.Details below and at www.eliyawo.co.uk (see classes & events) ---------------------------------------------------21 June Sun Cuba50 LONDON Victoria Park free festival---------------------------------------------------Guillermo is animating the dance with Charanga del Nortesupporting act for the beloved bands, Orquesta Aragon and Changui de Guantanamo. A truly fantastic line up of Cuban music at its best. Not to miss!Free Festival - part of Barbican Cuba50 FestivalParadise Gardens Victoria Park Londonhttp://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=9299http://www.paradisegardens.org.uk/www.charangadelnorte.co.ukFree festival events from 1pm---------------------------------------------------28 June Sun Cuba50 LONDON Barbican free stage---------------------------------------------------Guillermo will animating the dance with Charanga del Norteas part of the Freestage events from 2pm: Charanga del Norte, Son Tropical, Tumbao Tivoli plus more artists tbc. And later, in the main auditorium (not free), Los Van Van and Yoruba Andabo in the evening.Barbican London FreestageThe Barbican Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS (www.barbican.org.uk)www.charangadelnorte.co.uk----------------------------------------------------See you there if you can make it!Saludos & AsheLinda & GuilleIf you want to contact us pls emailcubandanceyork@hotmail.CO.UKor txt/call 07730 679 213(Guille) or 07811 320 576(Linda)-------------------------------------------------------------Guillermo Davis 'el Iyawo'Cuban dance teacher, choreographerand carnival group leaderwww.eliyawo.co.ukCubanDanceYork@hotmail.co.uk 07730 679 213 / 07811 320 576------------------------------------------------------------- Sent by: Guillermo Davis 'el iyawo'El Iyawo Cuban Dance (Guillermo Davis) LONDON
Element Dance has been busy this month performing in Bristol (Frys Club), Leeds (Aspire, Harewood House, Media570 Launch www.leedsmet.ac.uk/businessincubator/index1_497C3B4F5BD34B5F9878150B3E11BC62.htm), London (Bar Salsa, Walthomstow PR), and Ella (Director) touring Turkey as Juliet, and teaching at the Turkey International Salsa Congress!....where the weather is hot, the people are smiling and theres loads of time to get training! Element continue grow larger with new shows (Xango- performed at Bar Salsa this week!, dancers, showreels and with Classes getting bigger and better (New Bhangraton drop in class as well as a performance course with performance date confirmed as July 15th, Bar Salsa!. (As always we love to see you at classes and at our shows (gigs over the next two months so far are listed below).
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CLASSES
LONDON REGGAETON PERFORMANCE COURSE COMMENCED 20th April 2009 (Performance 15th July @Bar Salsa)
London Drop in classes:
MONDAYS- BHANGRATON (REGGAETON N BHANGRA FUSION) (Mondays) In London @ The Place. 8-9.00pm £7.50 (Please call us if you have any uncertainties).
Weekly Class come rain or shine- Samba (Beginners)
TUESDAYS, 7.30 – 8.30pm, £0 per class! (Yes Free Class for beginners! Followed by a party!) Bar Salsa, 96 Charing Cross Rd (Closest Tube Leicester Square and Tottenham Court Rd) (Runs every week!)
Leeds NEW!! Drop in Classes;
Reggaeton and Samba Class (Started April 22nd)
WEDNESDAYS, 7-8.30pm, £5/ £6.Classes are held at: Holistica, Mabgate Mills, Macauley St, Leeds (New exciting venue for new classes right in the City Centre! THE PLAZA, Clay Pit Lane, LS2 8AR!)
GIGS
This month we are in;
26th May- Bar Salsa
28th-31st May- Turkey Salsa Congress
2nd-23rd June- Latin Classes @ Saddlers Wells
11th June- The Hilton
18th June- County Durham
25th June- East Riding
29th Jun- Hull
30th June- Bar Salsa
8th July- Swindon
July 11th- Covent Garden
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