Céu with Curumin on Tour
Bristol, London, Manchester, Coventry, Gateshead, Brighton - April 18-24
“Sleek and assured, drawing on everything from Kingston dub to psychedelic rock, Erykah Badu-style R & B and cool jazz, all draped in elegant bossa shades.”
Sunday Times
“Céu is the future of Brazilian Popular Music” Caetano Veloso, Jornal do Brasil
Céu captivated the world with her self-titled debut album in 2008 earning both Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations, countless press accolades, and chart topping numbers and became the biggest selling Brazilian artist in the UK. Now she’s back with an acclaimed new album Caravana Sereia Bloom and her first tour.
Support comes from the rather wonderful singer and multi-instrumentalist Curumin (from the same Sao Paulo scene as CSS and Telepathique) - who spices up his samba funk with hip hop, dub and psychedelic infusions.
In London there is a special opening set from Lucas Santtana, "Rare, original, brilliant." - Drowned In Sound
A night of the best of new Brazilian music presented on tour by La Linea – The London Latin Music Festival with support from Arts Council of England.
Click on any show below to buy tickets and for full information, videos and music.
St. Georges Bristol
Wed 18 April 8pm
Koko London
Thu 19 April Doors 7pm
with Lucas Santtana & DJ Marco
Band on the Wall Manchester
Fri 20 April Doors 8pm
Warwick Arts Centre Coventry
Sun 22 April 7.30pm
The Sage Gateshead
Mon 23 April 8pm
Komedia Brighton
Tue 24 April Doors 7.30pm
From our friends
The Destroyers + Marvrika
Sat 31 March Rich Mix London
With 15 musicians on stage, wild brass, violins, guitars, accordion, furious energy, flamboyancy, revolutionary fervour, and gung-ho style, The Destroyers are what Emir Kusturica would have come up with had he been born in Birmingham. They set their witty, high-energy commentary on the social condition to the most incredible music...
Plus radical Greek blues from rembetika rock rebels MAVRIKA. With not only the Greek economy near meltdown, the underground songs from the 1930s take on a reworked relevance.
DJ Fred Balkayou (Balkan Sonik) until 1am.
Doors open 7.30pm Mavrika on stage 8.15pm
Rich Mix 35 Bethnal Green Road London E1 6LA
Tickets £12 adv/£14 door
Booking fee may apply. No booking fee from box office in person.
"Dancing: the vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music."
- George Bernard Shaw
Hola!
Turning up the heat next week we have the fantastic Dorance Lorza & Sexteto Cafe peforming @ Wessex House read below for further details. More fantastic events in our 20th anniversary year!!
Love,
Salsateca x
Thurs 5th April Live Band Dorance Lorza & Sexteto Cafe
@ Wessex House, Clapham. With DJ Donny J joining this fantastic line up. Another great Salsa party night hits town.
Hotfoot Online
Hotfoot Online, our web-based magazine is out now. Featuring a mix of feature articles, interviews, reviews and more, Hotfoot Online provides a window into the world of African and African diaspora dance practice throughout the UK and beyond. Click here to read the spring edition.
Photo:: IRIE! dance theatre Foundation Degree students @ Re:Generations 2010 by Messrs
Re:Generations 2012 Update
The closing date for paper submissions for the Re:Generations 2012 conference is looming - just two weeks remain. The Re:Generations conference partners invite submissions of abstracts of no more than 500 words for talks, lecture demonstrations, performances, films, classes, or other modes of presentation, which addresses the conference theme of ‘The Next Generation: ‘Mapping new futures in dance of the African Diaspora’. Find out more here.
Online Forum
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News & Events
It’s Life He’s Knocking
Stoke Newington International Airport, London
April 4th - 6th, 2012
7.30pm
Written by Leo Kay (ADAD Trailblazer 2004/5) It's Life He's Knocking is a stripped back performance incorporating storytelling, dance theatre and Afro-Brazilian percussion, set in the intimacy of a bed-sit. Performed By Leo Kay and Mestre Carlao this new promenade version transports you through a collage of moments from the lives of three generations of men in Leo’s family. It explores themes surrounding ancestry, ritual, migration and the magic of coincidence. from . Find out more, here.
16 Cowries - Erindinlogun
The Drum, Birmingham
10am - 6pm
Showing until Saturday 5 May, 2012, 16 Cowries - Erindinlogun features the work of award winning artist Nigerian Taiwo Abiodun Adediran. Her accolades include representing her state both nationally and internationally and staging worldwide exhibitions. This exhibition presents sixteen individual vibrantly painted batik textiles, intertwined with Yoruba proverbs. Erindinlogun is the name given to a cowrie-shell divination method practiced in the Yoruba religion to consult an Orisha (spirit or deity). The number sixteen holds important significance in Yoruba mythology as it was the purported number of original divinities that established life on earth. Cost: Free. Visit the-drum.org.uk for more.
Desert Crossings
Circomedia, Bristol
April 27th – 28th, 2012
Inspired by the similarities between the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site on England’s south coast and the Skeleton Coast of Namibia, Desert Crossings is an exploration and reflection on two very different places, united through a shared history of the rocks on which they stand. Click here for booking information and further info.
Taste Makers - Who decides what is good dance?
Dance City, Newcastle Upon Tyne
April 17th, 2012
2pm - 4pm
The third of Dance City’s season of Ignite Talks is led by Director of Aerowaves Dance Network John Ashford. John and a specially selected panel of arts professionals will look at how taste in dance is formed and who wields the most influence. Free. For more info visit dancecity.co.uk.
Africa's Cow Foot!!!
April 8th, 2012
8pm – 1am
H Patten (ADAD Trailblazer 2009/10) is one of the talented artists taking part in Africa's Cow Foot!!! an exclusive cabaret night of African Storytelling and Live music. The best African Storytellers will be taking you into the magical, vibrant, colourful and mystical world of Africa at Rich Mix, London on Sunday April 8th. Click here, for booking and more details.
Sura Susso
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
April 14th, 2012
7.30pm – 12am
Sura Susso is an extremely talented young musician who comes from a deeply rooted traditional family of musicians, yet is equally happy engaging ‘out there’ with the contemporary music scene. After playing both solo and in the Seckou Keita Quintet, Sura has collaborated with the likes of Maximilian Baille - artfully mixing the complementary sounds of the kora and the violin - and the duo Askew and Avis (this led to the recording of the Kora Song Radio Album). Find out more, here.
ADAD Podcast Launch
We are pleased to announce the launch of our podcast service. Click here to listening to the first ever ADAD dance debate featuring Donald Edwards, dance facilitator and founding member of Phoenix Dance Theatre.
Intensives & workshops
MATT MATTOX JAZZ DANCE MASTER CLASS
Sunday April 22nd, 2012
Dance Studio 1, Interchange trust, 213 Haverstock Hill, London, NW3 4QP
Beginners / general at 12pm and Intermidate / advanced at 3pm
Mattox Jazz dance technique is one of the most widely used methods of jazz training for musical theatre dancers and a uniquely stylised system for dance training throughout the world. These open master classes for students, dancers and teachers offer a rare opportunity to learn directly under the tutelage of Matt's wife Martine Mattox, in the UK.
All enquiries and advanced booking recommended please e-mail ashleightrezise@yahoo.co.uk
Class fee £20 per class
Avant Garde Dance EASTER TRAINING ACADEMY
Do you want to take your dancing to the next level? Sign up now to become part of the first Avant Garde Dance EASTER TRAINING ACADEMY.
When: 2nd - 6th April 2012
Where: The Petchey Academy Shacklewell Lane London E8 2EY.
Who: All Levels
11am-5pm Daily. Price £150. Find out more, here
Capoeira Angola and beyond Master Class with Mestre Carlao
Saturday March 31st, 2012
Praxis Art Space 3-9 Belfast Rd. Stoke Newington
10am – 1pm
Cost £15
The movement and gestures of Capoeira Angola evoke the fight, dance, pleasure and pain of a cultural and historic movement and in some way evoke the slave journey and the rites of passage from Africa. It can be used to free ones physical rhythmical, vocal and musical expression, and as a metaphor and philosophical framework with which one can think about life. for all these reasons it has been used effectively as a tool for body conditioning, training and as an expressive form in both dance and theatre. Carlo Alexandre has developed a system where capoeira goes beyond the limits of tradition into the contemporary production of art and culture.One of his main objectives is that this system can serve as a tool for reflection and increased knowledge of ones physical limitations and strengths.
Carlo Alexandre Teixeira da Silva known internationally as Mestre Carlao is a renowned master in the Afro Brazilian Martial art of Capoeira Angola. He is a trained physiotherapist and incorporates his expertise into his teachings. He is a celebrated pedagog, running many international workshops (in Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, France, America, Portugal, Spain and Germany).
His Capoeira organization: Kabula (www.kabula. org) has branches both in Rio and London and strong connections to refugee organization: Bidna, working in various crisis areas around the world.
For more information or to book a place email: unfinishedbusiness.anna@gmail.com
Photo: Participants in an introduction to Umfundalai technique workshop @ Re:Generations 2010 by Messrs
Auditions and Classes
Ballet Nimba is a dance-theatre company based on the African Ballet. The company is looking for additional male and female performers to join the company for their Summer and Autumn Performances. They are also looking for apprentices to join the company over the coming year. Idrissa Camara is seeking experienced and creative performers with strong African dance technique, innate musicality, creative flair and acting ability desirable. Auditions are by invitation only. To apply email with your CV and any photos or video links to idrissa@balletnimba.org.uk by 30th March. Please bring suitable clothing to the audition, no footware required as you will need to dance barefoot.
Auditions will take place on Saturday 14th April, 2012. Audition dates for Cardiff/Bristol are to be confirmed.
Dancehall with Paradigmz (ADAD Trailblazer 2005/6) Saturdays from April 14th. 3 - 4pm @ Studio B, 130 Brixton Hill, London SW2 1RS; 5 - 6pm @ Creative Engagement Dance Studio, Unit 1 (Behind Bernie Grants Arts Centre), Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Green, London N15 4RX.
If you have any up coming events and would like them to be added to either our our website or a future newsletter then please e-mail: info@adad.org.uk,
Next newsletter: End of April 2012
