Les Commandos Percu by Kev Ryan
On The Night Shift will set the skies alight with a blaze of light and fireworks when it launches the London 2012 Festival on June 21. The show will follow the arrival of the Olympic Torch in the Lake District town, with celebrations beginning on The Glebe from 6pm.
Those of you who saw Les Commandos Percu at Platt Fields Park a few years ago need no introduction to these French wizards of percussion and pyrotechnics but for the first time Commandos Percu will perform with a group of specially-selected artists from the UK which will take their performance to a new level.
The technically-complex show combines pyrotechnics, music and dance and critics are already tipping the event as one of the must-see highlights of the festival, which is designed to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Commandos Percu artistic director Raymond Gabriel says: “From the first encounters between the French and British artists something remarkable happened. There is a real feeling that we are creating something very powerful.”
Each musician will play a unique instrument that has been specially made for the show. All of the drums have been hand-crafted by local French artisans using several kinds of tight skins fixed on flat sounding boards to create their own individual sound.
The seven dancers – one of whom is a founder member of award-winning STOMP - will perform in perfect harmony with the music and fireworks. They will be wearing costumes designed by students from The University of Central Lancashire.
The will be another opportunity to see the show on September 9 as part of the finale of the Preston Guild.
For full details about the evening event and the Olympic Torch in Cumbria, together with Transport and Travel advice and options, visit South Lakeland District Council's website, or for information on On The Night Shift and the other events in the Lakes Alive 2012 programme, visit www.lakesalive.org
Lakes Alive is presented by Kendal Arts International in partnership with Manchester International Arts.
Other Lakes Alive Events in Cumbria this Summer
Voala
Fri 10 & Sat 11 Aug: Ilotopie (France) presents Water Fools (Fous de Bassin), Keswick
W/c 13 Aug: The Banquet on Tour to Cleator Moor, Millom, Brampton and Appleby
Fri 17 - Sat 18 Aug: Masquepony, Cartmel
Mon 27 Aug: Lakes Alive, Whitehaven featuring Voala (Spain/Argentina)
Fri 31 Aug - Sun 2 Sep: Mintfest, Kendal
We hope you'll join us for amazing acts against the glorious backdrop of Cumbria and the Lake District. For full details please visit www.lakesalive.org
Jeremy and Hilly
PS We`ll be back in Manchester with the Urban Moves Contemporary Dance Festival on 27-29 July.
OK folks, you have just under a month to take advantage of our early bird special offer on the Uchenna Dance Summer School (UDSS). Now in its third year, the UDSS is being recognised as an important event in the dance landscape. We offer you a fulfilling mix of the Urban, African and Contemporary dance worlds.
Confirmed line up: Karou Mendy (Waacking), Akosua Boakye (African), Shelley Maxwell (Reggae Contemporary), Clara Bajado (House), Denzil Bailey (Ballet), Delene Gordon (Contemporary), D'relle Wickham (Vogue), Jane Sekonya (Afro-Fuze / Afro-House) and Vicki Igbokwe (Uchenna).
Uchenna Dance Summer School 2012
Monday 13th to Saturday 18th August
9am-6pm DAILY
Venue: Studio One, Bernie Grant Enterprise Building, Townhall Approach Road, N15 4RX (Nearest tube Seven Sisters)
Price if booked by Friday 13th July £130Price if booked by Friday 27th July £160Price if booked by Friday 10th August £175
Come and LIVE for SIX WHOLE DAYS with us.
Check out our You Tube Channel http://www.youtube.com/uchennadance
Email info@uchennadance.com for booking details.
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Dear Friend and Colleagues,
PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL INTERESTED YOUNG PEOPLE, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, HOUSING FOYERS, HOSTELS, SUMMER HOLIDAY PROJECTS, YOUTH CLUBS AND THOSE WORKING WITH THEM
As part of the Lottery funded project Hanging Out - Youth Culture Then and Now with lead partner Full Spectrum Productions, the London Film Academy with the V&A are hosting a FREE evening seminar for anyone aged 16 - 30 with an interest in a career within the film industry. There are only 60 limited places so please try to book in advance to avoid any disappointment. Read more about this careers event:
SPECIAL EVENT - Vocational Careers Seminar - Getting Into The Film Industry
When: Tue 19 June 2012, 6.45pm for a 7pm start
Where: Sackler Centre, (V&A) Victoria and Albert Museum, Exhibition Road Entrance, London SW7 2RL
Transport: Nearest Tube South Kensington (Piccadilly, Circle & District lines); Buses C1, 14, 414 and 74
How do you get into the film industry? Is it about talent, skills or your network of contacts?
Surviving in the film industry is tough and having talent is just the start. There are literally hundreds of different jobs in the UK film industry and each one requires a unique combination of specialist skills.
If you are interested in the film industry and are at sixth form or further education college, a Hanging Out Project volunteer or a member of the V&A CreateVoice Youth Forum and would like to know more about accreditation, or just to be more savvy about career opportunities, join the London Film Academy for an interactive discussion and have your questions answered by the industry experts.
FREE, booking essential, call the V&A Bookings Team on 020 7942 2211 or on-line https://transactions.vam.ac.uk/peo/auto_choose_ga.asp?area=87
ACCESS TO THE V&A MUSEUM ON TUES 19 June at 7pm:
On the night of this event please access via Exhibition Road Groups Entrance
I look forward to meeting you all on Tuesday evening at 6.45pm for a 7pm start.
All the best,
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.u
Black History Month 2012: Celebration
Celebrating our heritage through film, literature, music, performance, exhibitions and sport
The theme for this year's Black History Month programme is 'Celebration'. With the past and upcoming events of the year it was a natural development to extend the celebrations in to October.
As always we look to create an engaging and enjoyable programme of events, and the way in which we achieve this is by working with you, and this year is no different. So if you would like to join us in creating another successful programme, then please take advantage of the opportunities below:
Grants programme
Our annual grants programme is now open for applicants to submit event/project proposals. The full details of what is required can be found in the guideline document - please read this very carefully, it is there to help and ensure that your application meets the criteria. Also attached is the application form, which must be completed in full. The closing date for applications is Friday 6 July 2012, 5pm. Applications received after this date will not be assessed.
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Tender brief
We are looking for organisation, or organisations working in partnership, to deliver a couple of events under a specific topic. This is slightly different from the standard grant application, but the tender also provides a grant to deliver this project. For more information on what is required, please see the tender brief attached. The closing date for applications is Friday 6 July 2012, 5pm. Applications received after this date will not be assessed.
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Advisory group membership
It's important that the Black History Month programme has contributions from a cross-section of the community, as this helps us deliver a programme that is dynamic and engaging. This is a continuous process and to help us on this journey you can join our advisory group. Please read the terms of reference before completing the application form.
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Please feel free to forward this to anyone that you feel may be interested in this information. All the above information will be available shortly on the Black History Month web page: www.southwark.gov.uk/blackhistorymonth
Samantha Lahai-Taylor
Culture Development Officer (Tuesday to Friday)
Environment and Leisure
Third Floor, Hub 2
Southwark Council
PO BOX 64529
London , SE1P 5LX
Tel: 020 7525 3415
Visit the Arts in Southwark or join us on Facebook
Find out what’s happening for Black History Month 2012
Dear ADAD e-group
Please see below for details of upcoming Congolese workshops in London.
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Hi Paula
I am writing to you following our conversation over the phone regarding the congolese dance course. All level are accepted.
Workshop
There will be a workshop on the 23rd of June from 11.am - 12.am at the North London music academy. Pratt Mews London , Greater London NW1 0AD
Cost will be £8 per person. The workshop will be an introduction to congolese dance.
Course
The congolese dance course will start from 9 August and will cost £50 per person. During the course student will learn a dance routine choreographed by myself.
When booking, students will be able to continue working on a routine all along the course from one week to another until they completely master and assimilate it.
At the end of the course students will be expected to know the entire choreography. They will then perform the routine on their own without the participation or help from the Dance teacher.
The venue will be Danceworks16 Balderton Street London W1K 6TN .
For more info those interested can contact me on my mobile number: 07952993766 or email me marinahossie@yahoo.co.uk
Regards
Marina Hossie
Greetings,
This is a quick one to put you in the loop regarding an important TV on Sunday evening, and some of this week’s BBMM2012 activities.
MERVYN BRAGG’S ‘SOUTH BANK SHOW’ FOCUS ON EAST LONDON’S GRIME SCENE
A staple of ITV for many decades, the South Bank Show has now moved to Sky Arts 1 HD. This Sunday night (June 10 2012, 10pm), good old Mervyn Bragg gets hip and giggy interviewing some of Bow/east London’s finest from the grime scene like Dizzee Rascal, Wiley and Tynchy Stryder, and supporters, like Trevor Nelson, and Jazzie B is in there somewhere! Definitely worth watching. Or else if you have Sky+, make sure you record it!
JAZZIE B, SOULIISOUL AND THAT ELECTRIC HERITAGE PLAQUE
Talking about Jazzie B, we’ll be announcing a compo on Tuesday offering tickets to see SoulIISoul’s launch of its Back2Life presents… residency at Brixton, south Londion club The Electric (formerly The Fridge) on Friday June 22 2012. This live music and club night event is hosted by Jazzie B and will feature original Soul II Soul singer Caron Wheeler performing with the Soul II Soul sound system, alongside very special guests Loose Ends. Soul II Soul DJs will keep the crowd dancing until the small hours. Oh, and the club is getting a PRS Heritage plaque too for its pivotal association with SoulIISoul. To book, click here.
BRITISH BLACK MUSIC MONTH 2012 ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK INCLUDE
You’ll just have to wait till Tuesday for many more updates. For now, I’ll let you know that wearing my Kwaku BBM hat, I’ll be presentating Businessofmusic on PlayVybz Radio on Tuesdays 4-6pm during BBMM2012 until late mid-July, Expect to hear purely British black music, but quite eclectic, covering any genre and vintage! There will be talks and interviews centred around community and music industry issues. Just let me get my head around the phones, Skype, Facebook, first! Tune in!!
FAMILIES AND ANORAKS WELCOME TO MUSIC HISTORY & QUIZ NIGHT THIS THURSDAY IN LEICESTER SQUARE!
Westminster Libraries has teamed up with BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress (BBM/BMC) to celebrate this year’s British Black Music Month (BBMM) with a free event at Westminster Reference Library (35 St. Martin's Street, London WC2H 7HP) entitled UK/Caribbean Music History & Quiz.
BBM/BMC’s founder, music industry and history consultant Kwaku will be leading an interactive audio-visual presentation which will highlight the impact of the engagement from the African Caribbean world upon the music and music scene in Britain, particulartly in places like the West End. There will also a quiz with fun give-away prizes. The event, which takes place Thursday June 14, 6-8.30pm, is free and open to all. To book: www.BBMM2012UKCaribbean.eventbrite.com.
Hold tight for some exciting compos, events etc in Tuesday’s edition. As it is BBMM, there will be much more regular mail outs. But it won’t be long before you’ll have the option to select what you’d like to receive.
By the way, the Talking Copyright: Is Copyright Fit For Purpose In An Age Of Free? seminar on Thursday June 21 2012 now has a confirmed venue: University of London. To book of for more details, click here. http://bbmm2012copyright-eorg.eventbrite.com. And this is to remind you that the Music Biz Empowerment Half-Day Courses are very small classes, so you better book before the £10 discount prices are gone! To book of for more details, click here. http://bbmm2012courses-eorgf.eventbrite.com.
Oh, we recomment you do check out ‘Red Tails’, the Tuskegee Airmen film executively produced by George Lucas now on general release across the UK.
Below is a list of some of the BBMM2012 events:
Free except where indicated (early-bird prices). Pre-booking,
details and updated info: www.BBM.eventbrite.com
June 14, 6-8.30pm (Leicester Square): UK/CARIBBEAN MUSIC HISTORY & QUIZ (Audio-visual presentation/Quiz)
June 19, 6-8pm (Willesden Green): GARVEY + RASTA + MUSIC = BETTER COMMUNITIES (Reasoning session)
June 21, 6-8pm (Russell Square): TALKING COPYRIGHT (Seminar)
June 23, 2.30-4.30pm (Harrow On The Hill): REMEMBERING SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (15 Aug 1875 - 1 Sept 1912) (Audio-visual presentation)
June 24, 11am-12pm (Mill Hill): FROM AFRICA TO JAMAICA & TRINIDAD TO UK (Audio-visual presentation & workshop)
June 27, 6.30-8.30pm (Old Street): I LUV LIVE UNSIGNED SHOWCASES (Seminar/Exhibition)
July 3 & 10, 10.30am-4.30pm (Edgware Road station): MUSIC INDUSTRY MASTERCLASSES (Courses £10 each)
July 3, 6-7.30pm (Hornsey): INCOME STREAMS AND CAREERS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY (Seminar)
July 5, 6.30-30pm (Clapham Common): REMEMBERING SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (15 Aug 1875 - 1 Sept 1912) (Audio-visual presentation)
July 12, 6-8.30pm (Willesden Green): WHO I AM & WHAT I DO VI (Networking £10)
July 14, 1-9pm (Willesden Green): BBM FILMS ALL-DAYER (Screening/Q&A)
July 14, 1-9pm (Willesden Green): BLACK MUSIC RECORDS & AFRICAN CRAFTS FAIR XI (Fair)
July 15, 3-7pm (Clapham Common): BRITISH REGGAE & LOVERS’ ROCK: A PRODUCT OF MIGRATION (Audio-visual presentation/Music performance £4/£2)
July 21, 1-6pm (Plaistow): MAKING SENSE OF HOW THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WORKS & PREPARING A MUSIC BUSINESS PLAN WORKSHOP (Course £20)
Plus competitions, BBMM radio specials on Hayes, NE1FM, Colourful, and BBMM2012 radio shows on Voice Of Africa Radio Mondays 2.30-4pm and PlayVybz Radio Thursdays 4-6pm
Peace
Kwaku
BBM/BMC founder
www.BritishBlackMusic.com
www.BBM.eventbrite.com
Royal Festival Hall
Dudamel & Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Saturday 23 June 2012
Part of this series
Shell Classic International 2011/12Sounds Venezuela 2012Book tickets now
Prices:
£70, £55, £45, £35, £24, £15, Premium £85
Booking Fee:
£1.75 (Members £0.00)
Concessions:
50% off (limited availability)
23 June 2012, 7:30pm
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DescriptionSeating PlanOther Events in Series.This event is part of
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Overture, Egmont
Benjamin Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Interval
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No.3 (Eroica)
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
A sensation wherever they play, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela make an exciting return to Royal Festival Hall with their charismatic conductor Gustavo Dudamel for the next stage in Southbank Centre's Sounds Venezuela.
These concerts mark the culmination of a ten-day residency. More announcements to follow.
'To general and mounting hysteria, those jackets were ripped off and hurled into the crowd. Were we at the Southbank Centre or San Siro stadium? Sometimes it was hard to tell.' (The Times, April 2009)
Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm - Neil Fisher, Deputy Arts Editor of The Times, discusses the latest developments in Venezuela's ground breaking Sistema with Marshall Marcus, Southbank Centre's Head of Music, and Rodrigo Guerrero, El Sistema's international relations coordinator. Free.
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 Akosua Boakye, Thurs 21 June @ London Studio Centre
Venue: London Studio Centre, 42 - 50 York Way , London N1 9AB (adjacent to Lincoln Lounge)
Contemporary African Dance with Akosua Boakye Thursday 21 June 2012 7.30pm – 9pm (registration 7pm – 7.25pm; class 7.30pm – 9pm)
Akosua’s Contemporary African dance (CAD) draws from Africa 's diverse movement styles, culture, customary behaviour and music. Her classes introduce and support participants to develop some of the technical and aesthetic values that shape African dance forms. The dancer develops the basic skills of isolations, co-ordination and rhythmic footwork. An emphasis is placed on movement dynamics and the precise relationship between body parts and the energy of polyrhythmic African drumming.
The class begins with a warm up. It continues with centre exercises and travelling phases before building physical and interpretative skills through a dance combination in which the dancer displays both freedom and control.
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
Akosua Boakye holds a degree in Dance Studies from Roehampton Institute, and a PGCE from Christ Church Canterbury University . Since 1997 she has worked as a freelance dance artist choreographing and delivering Creative, African and Contemporary dance forms in primary, secondary schools, university and community settings. She has managed and delivered a range of African dance projects/workshops for various organizations in and around the UK . In 2003 she began work as a dance lecture in at Kensington and Chelsea College (KCC) where she also led as a Curriculum Leader for Performing Arts. Akosua transformed the dance education curriculum at KCC to include the delivery of African dance alongside Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary and Contact Improv. She continues to deliver African dance at Canterbury Christ Church University and Danceworks (www.danceworks.net) Currently Akosua works as the Cohort Director at Dance United.
Akosua has worked extensively over the years in developing her style of Pan-African dance. Her approach fuses movement from a variety of African dance forms with modern choreographic structures.
‘Everyday I am excited and inspired by the architecture of dance and the possibilities it presents, and it is because of this that I continue to create and transform African dance movements.’ – Akosua Boayke (akosnyarko@hotmail.com) .
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