Dear Friend,
Hope this finds you well.
Join us on Friday 11 May, 19.30 21.30, to celebrate the launch of the V&A display ‘Hanging Out-Youth Culture Then and Now’. Attend an evening reliving the 50s and 60s through fashion, music, sport, film and
entertainment. See live monologues, virtually 'hang out' with the stars, dance to music of the era and receive a copy of the Hanging out project publication.
Launch Event: Hanging Out - Youth Culture Then and Now
Friday 11 May, 19.30 - 21.30
Sackler Centre
Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A)
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 2RL
Nearest tube: South Kensington (Circle, District & Piccadilly)
Buses: C1, 14, 414 and 74
FREE BUT BOOKING IS REQUIRED - don't waste time call now - 020 7942
2211
This is a wonderful opportunity to visit the V&A and not only feast your eyes on the treasures within but to also explore the results of a rich collaborative project led by heritage organisation Full Spectrum Productions with the V&A, Imperial War Museum, Museum of London, London Metropolitan Archives, Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, the British Film Institute and Rich Mix.
'Hanging Out - Youth Culture Then and Now' is a Full Spectrum Production project supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund
I look forward to seeing you there.
Kind regards,
Janet Browne
Programme Manager
Black Heritage & Culture
Learning & Interpretation Division
Victoria & Albert Museum
South Kensington
London
SW7 2RL
Direct Line: 020 7942 2184
Email: j.browne@vam.ac.uk
Salsateca Dance School
Greetings!
This is our weekly newsletter from Wednesday 02 May to Tuesday 08 May 2012. Enjoy!
Andrea Stewart & Duende Dance Company
Duende Dance Company is a mixture of dexterity, rapture, and freshness. Salsateca Dance School is pleased to let them showcase its art. Come and join us at 10pm @ Wessex House.
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Orquesta Estelar
On Wednesday 16 May 2012, Orquesta Estelar will be our guest. Come and enjoy the show!
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Volunteer Opportunities
Want to share your skills but don't know where to start?
Salsateca Dance School gives you the opportunity to be part of the 1st UK Festival de Orquestas as a volunteer. Many opportunities are available: photographer, bar staff, etc.
Feel free to contact us for further information. You can join us on 07939030976 or email us on admin@salsateca.co.uk
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NEWS
April 2012
‘Black Dance’ in Britain photographic exhibition
ADAD’s photographic exhibition ‘Black Dance’ in Britain 1930s – 1990s Moments…visits the Zion Arts Centre in Manchester from May 12th – September 1st, 2012. Come join us at the exhibition launch event on Tuesday May 15th from 6pm. Click here for launch details and exhibition opening times.
Photo:: Avant Garde Dance @ the ADAD Bloom Festival 2009 by Irven Lewis
South East Dance Associate Artists Programme
Following the successful completion of its first Associate Artists Programme, South East Dance is now seeking applications to support two new artists who plan to make and distribute work over the next two years.
Selected artists will benefit from a comprehensive package of financial and administrative support in addition to working closely with a dedicated Creative Producer.
For information on the criteria for applications and full programme details visit www.southeastdance.org.uk or contact Louise Bowles 01273 696844 / Louise.bowles@southeastdance.org.uk
Deadline for applications: Friday 4th May
News & Events
Let’s Dance International Festival 2012
Leicester
Now in its second year the Let's Dance International Festival celebrates International Dance Day through performances, dance on films, master classes and debates. 26 events will run from Saturday 12th – Sunday 27th May throughout Leicester. Find out more here.
Museums at Night
Nationwide
Museums at Night is the annual after-hours celebration of the UK's amazing arts and heritage scene. It explodes into life over the weekend of 18th - 20th May, when hundreds of museums, galleries and heritage sites throw their doors open and welcome visitors to do something different with their evening. Highlights range from dances to sleepovers, quizzes to ghost hunts to torchlight tours – and this year, many venues will welcome artists and writers to lead events in unusual spaces. For the full event listings, visit http://www.museumsatnight.org.uk/
The Doris Flashmob teams and the BIG DANCE 2012
Bristol
May 5 – July 14, 2012
As part of the Doris in The City events and our Big Dance 2012 programme, Tribe of Doris invite applications to join their flashmob teams, in Bristol. Click here for more information.
Professor Brenda Dixon Gottschild Public Lecture
De Montfort Univeristy, Leicester
May 8th, 2012
Leading African-American dance scholar, Professor Brenda Dixon Gottschild will talk about her latest book Joan Myers Brown & The Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance on Tuesday 8th May from 2pm – 3pm in lecture theatre 0.08 in the Hugh Aston Building at DMU. Afterwards there will be a book signing. In her new book, Brenda Dixon Gottschild uses the career of Joan Myers Brown the legendary founder of the historic Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO), as a fulcrum to leverage an investigation of the interface between performance, cultural formation, and race politics as evidenced by the development of a dance community in Black Philadelphia and the rise and spread of its influence beyond community and regional borders to national and international distinction.
Brenda Dixon Gottschild is Professor Emeritus of Dance Studies at Temple University and Research Fellow in the Centre for Folklore and Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania. She writes for Dance Magazine and is author of Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts.
For further information, please contact Ramsay Burt, rburt@dmu.ac.uk
Margins to Mainstream
May 10th, 2012
The Drum, Birmingham
A ground-breaking documentary, using rediscoveries of forgotten plays from the archives and fascinating interviews with theatre heavyweights such as Kwame Kwei Armah, Patricia Cumper and Jonzi D to reveal the untold story of a dynamic art form. From Ira Aldridge playing Othello in Covent Garden in the 1830s, to Bashy playing Markus the Sadist in a “rap opera” in 2010, the richness of this story is in its diversity. It highlights the battles and triumphs of Black British Theatre on its journey from the margins to the mainstream. Visit the-drum.org.uk for booking and more info.
Nuba Wrestling
May 3rd, 2012, 1.15pm
British Museum, London
This film explores the weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum, which usually take place between northern and southern Nuba men. Wrestling helps strengthen their ethnic identity and has developed into a unique mix of traditional culture and modern sport. Find out more, here
BATUKE! GOT TALENT!
June 1st, 2012
@ Vox Club, London
Do you have what it takes to perform in front of hundreds of people?
Do you want to perform in the premier Afro-Latin Festival of its kind in the world?
Do you want to win a cash prize?
This is your chance. The Kizomba UK team want to discover up-and-coming talent and provide an opportunity to anyone who feels they have what it takes to showcase the dance style of their choice. Find out more, here.
ADAD Trailblazers Launch
Thursday 24 May, 2012 at 6pm marks the relaunch of the ADAD Trailblazers Fellowship scheme. This event which takes place at The Urdang, Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4QT is a chance for interested parties to find out more about the opportunities provided by our continuing professional development programme for artists specialising in the field of African diaspora dance. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to info@adad.org.uk by midday, Wednesday May 23rd.
Intensives & workshops
!! SWEATY SATURDAYS !! Spread Expression Dance Workshops
May 19th, 2012
Reay Studios, Caldwell Road / Hackford Road
London SW9 0EN
10am -11.30am Krumping with Genesis
11.30am-1pm New Jack with Cindy Claes
£5 per class
Click here for further info or visit http://www.spreadexpression.com/
Making Tracks workshop and “In conversation…” with Nii Tagoe
Saturday May 26, 2012
11am - 3pm
IRIE! dance theatre, New Cross, London
Nii Tagoe was born in Accra, Ghana, into a royal family from whom he inherited his talent for dancing, drumming and singing. As the Artistic Director of Frititi and principal percussionist of Baka Beyond, Nii brings to all his work the fruits of immersing his life into the diverse dance rhythmic traditions of Ghana.
The focus for the Dance Master Class will be Sohu – a cult dance of the Ewe-speaking people of Ghana. It is used specifically for initiation and “out-dooring” ceremonies.
During “In Conversation…” Nii Tagoe will provide insights into his career as a dancer, choreographer and percussionist.
If you book in advance, the admission for the full Making Tracks program is £25.00 or £20.00 for concessions (i.e. students and unemployed) and places are limited. Visit www.iriedancetheatre.org to find out more.
Feedback33 Forum
London Studio Centre
42 – 50 York Way (adjacent to Lincoln Lounge)
London N1 91B
7.30pm – 9pm
Throughout the month of May Feedback33 Dancers’ Mentoring Forum presents four sizzling workshops with some to the UK’s leading African disapora dance practitioners
Cost: £5 members / £8 non-members
May 31st, 2012 Cuban Contemporary with Etián Antuche
Cost: £5 members / £8 non-members
For bookings and more information email feedback33forum@gmail.com, call 07800 959 664, or visit flavors.me/feedback33
Photo: Participants in Caribbean dance workshop led by Jackie Guy as part of IRIE! dance theatre’s Making Tracks programme by Mercy Nabirye
Auditions and Classes
Keneish Dance is a fresh company founded in 2009 by Keisha Grant combining African Contemporary and Contemporary Dance with visual arts. Keneish will embark on it's first full length production that will tour Autumn 2012 which will include a rework of the sculptural installation piece 'Its like a thorn in my side', and is seeking strong female African Contemporary / Contemporary dancers to join the company. The ideal candidate will have a strong physicality, performance and theatre skills with a natural sense of musicality.
Rehearsals will commence in July at Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham. Followed by 6 – 9 UK performances between August and October. The first performance will be the opening ceremony for Billingham international Folkline Festival on August 12th.
Rehearsal and performance fee paid with assistance with accommodation for those traveling from outside Birmingham.
Closing date for submissions is 15th May with the audition taking place on 20th May, in Birmingham.
Please send your CV and photograph to Kome Ovuworie at keneishdanceaudition@ymail.com.
DV8 open auditions
May 5th, 2012
11am – 2pm
Registration: 10.15am
DV8 is seeking highly experienced and trained female and male dancers for a new work to be developed in 2013/14. All dancers are welcome to attend; older dancers are also encouraged to apply. Strong technique and discipline, acting ability and a willingness to improvise are essential, as is ability to speak English. This is an open audition and there is no need to apply in advance or prepare any material. Please note: All auditions start promptly at the advertised time and latecomers will not be admitted.
Venue: El Graner*, C/Jane Addams 14-16, 08038 Barcelona, Spain. *Please do not contact El Graner directly, all enquiries should be directed to: dv8@artsadmin.co.uk
Re:Generations – Dance Audition
The Re:Generations Partnership (IRIE! dance theatre, ADAD, State of Emergency, London Metropolitan University & The Place) will be holding an audition on Tuesday 1st May 2012 for two (2) commissioned works to be performed at The Place on 1st and 2nd November 2012 as part of the Re:Generations international dance conference.
The commissioned pieces will be choreographed by Christopher Walker (Jamaica) and Omari Carter (UK).
The ideal candidate will be confident and possess a strong performance background with experience in one or more of the following movement styles: African, ballet, Caribbean, contemporary, street, physical theatre.
Date: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: City & Islington College, Centre for Business Arts & Technology, 444 Camden Road, N7 0SP
If you are interested in attending this audition please either call us on 020 8691 6099 or email info@iriedancetheatre.org
So-ca Fitness, every Thursday, 7.30pm at Stretford Leisure Centre, Greatstone Road, Stretford, Manchester M32 0ZS.
Correction
In March's ADAD News the title of Leo Kay’s play was incorrectly written as It’s Life He’s Knocking. The title of this work is in fact It’s Like He’s Knocking.
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 May 2012
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We are a commercial music company who have been asked to supply music for a very short animation film. This is part of an online campaign to increase awareness of hygiene in African rural communities and is a co-operation between Domestos bleach and the charity UNICEF.
We are looking for a small group of African children to sing a very simple one line tune. This has already been written and approved but I think it should be voiced by real African children, or at least children who have some background in African music.
Ideally I would like about five kids from ages around six to twelve, either girls or unbroken boys voices. They need not be in any way trained singers, but should be able to sing. They could come from any African country. They would be paid (unclear how much at the moment) and of course chaperones would be compensated.
I’d be grateful if you could help with this.
Best Regards,
Charlie Spencer
Charlie Spencer
Creative Director
Candle
Current Showreels
44 Southern Row
London
W10 5AN
020 8960 0111
07867 506 261
www.candle.org.uk
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El Rumbon Cubano: La Cuba Ritmo re-launch party
Friday 11th May 8.30pm-4am
One of London's most popular salsa bands in recent years is back - don't miss the re-launch of La Cuba Ritmo with director Gabriel Fonseca, a brand new line-up, and a hotter than hot repertoire.
Plus DJ Green Papi (ORIENTE STAR SOUND) on the decks til 4am, and Rumba Applied to Salsa dance class with Yanet Fuentes - star of BBC1's So You Think You Can Dance who recently returned from an 18 month worldwide tour with Shakira.
NEW VENUE! The Latin Groove Lounge Club (opposite Archway tube)
Doors open 8.30pm
Dance class 9-10pm
DJs til 4am
PLUS HAPPY HOUR AT THE BAR UNTIL 11pm!
£10 on the door / £7 in advance via Ticketweb
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Baila Londres - Saturday 26th May
Thanks to everyone who came along to our 2nd Anniversary Party on Saturday. It may have been cold and raining outside, but it was HOT HOT HOT on the dancefloor!
We'll be turning the heat back up next month - Baila Londres is back on Saturday 26th May. DJ and dancing til 4am, plus dance class for all levels, and much more!
Put the date in your diary and get your dancing shoes at the ready - full details are coming soon...
At Charlie Wright's International. Doors open 8.30pm, DJ til 4am
Salsa at the Shoreditch - Every Tuesday night!
We're dancing again tomorrow at the Shoreditch, just 5 minutes from
Old Street tube. Join us for some midweek salsa and Latin tunes!
Bachata and Salsa dance classes, plus club night til 2am
with DJ Green Papi (ORIENTE STAR SOUND).
Classes from 6.30pm (doors open 6pm).
Happy hour at the bar until 10pm!
Dance classes: £8 for 1 / £12 for 2
Introduce a First Time Friend Offer: Introduce a friend to the
classes and pay just £8 for the two of you to join a beginners class!
FREE entry to the club before 9pm.
£5 after - including one free drink (cocktail, beer, or soft drink).
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COMING SOON....
London's hottest new not-to-be-missed Latin party!
DJs - Live Music - Shows
£1000 worth or prizes to be won from the bar!
Don't miss this HOT and EXOTIC party
Saturday 2nd June 9pm-4am
At the Latin Groove Club (opposite Archway tube)
Entry £10 on the door
More details coming soon...
Email info@cubacheche.co.uk for advance tickets
Greetings ,
I trust you are well.
It's 10 years since Ms Serwah and I founded BTWSC and BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress. Sadly, will have a "soft" commemoration in 2012, and mark this milestone "properly" in 2013. Nevertheless this year's British Black Music Month (BBMM) launch at Westminster City Hall on Thursday May 31 2012, 6-8.30pm, is going to be special, hence the one month notice to make sure you book in good time.
If you can make it, then book now at: www.bbmbmc.eventbrite.com. It is a free event, so you are welcome to invite anyone you think may be interested.
We're keeping much of the BBMM2012 programme under wraps. But we can however reveal two events, which you can book for now:
Talking Copyright: Is Copyright Fit For Purpose In An Age Of Free* Thursday June 21, 6.30-9pm @ a central London venue: http://bbmbmc2012copyright.eventbrite.com
Music Biz Empowerment Half-Day Courses Tuesday July 3 and 10, 10.15am-4.30pm @ a central London venue: http://bbmbmc2012courses.eventbrite.com
Kind regards,
Kwaku
editor@BritishBlackMusic.com
www.BritishBlackMusic.com
www.BTWSC.com
British Black Music Month (BBMM) 2012 launches on Thursday May 31 2012, 6.00pm-8.30pm in central London with a presentation and debate entitled British Black Music: How Far Have We Come? The debate will be preceded by the screening of a presentation by BMM/BMC founder Kwaku taking into context this year’s sub-themes - the 10th anniversary of BBM/BMC, Jamaica & Trinidad @ 50, Marcus Garvey @ 100 and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor @ 100, plus highlighting 10 years of BTWSC and BBM/BMC. In association with WSDG. Free: www.BBMBMC.eventbrite.com.
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, in conjunction with the Black & Asian Studies Association, present Black and Asian Britain seminars: African, Not Black History: Arguments for “African” on Tuesday May 29 2012, 6-7.30pm at Senate House (room tbc), University of London . “Black” in Britain used to be a “political colour of alliances”, but now whom does it represent? Should we not use “African”? Kwaku, a history consultant and community activist, will focus on the issue of African identity. Presentation is preceded by the screening of the short-ish version of ‘The African Or Black Question’ guerilla documentary and ends with a Q&A. Free: www.TAOBQ.eventbrite.com
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