THE AFRO-LATIN LOUNGE: The Afro-Latin Lounge

Dance Initiative Greater Manchester are looking for a:

Fundraising and Business Development Manager
1 year contract in the first instance
21 hours per week
Salary: £30011 pro-rata

Dance Initiative Greater Manchester, is a dance development organisation with a specialism in developing dance for the outdoors and unusual spaces. The organisation is looking to recruit an individual with significant experience in arts/charity operations management combined with a proven track record in fundraising and income generation for this new role. The successful candidate will have a positive entrepreneurial attitude combined with good organisational skills and knowledge of systems development.

Deadline for applications: 31st May 2013
Interview Date: 10th or 17th June 2013
To learn more about this role and to download an application pack,
please go to www.digm.org or email info@digm.org.uk or call 0161 232 7179

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please feel free to pass this onto any relevant colleagues. Please contact me off list at A.Mermikides@kingston.ac.uk by 24th May with questions or expressions of interest.

Alex

I'm looking for a practice-based dance/choreography researchers to collaborate with me on an upcoming project. Bloodlines is a performance engaged with the medical science and subjective experience of disease and treatment (specifically leukaemia, chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant). The project provides the opportunity to...

- generate material relating to the project’s basis in biomedical science and/or the subjective experience of disease and treatment

- collaborate with an interdisciplinary team which includes: a theatre-maker, a sound composer, a digital artist, a haematologist and other performers

- feature in performances at the Dana Centre (London's Science Museum), Rose Theatre Kingston and in Antwerp

- research within a AHRC-funded Research Network, with possible opportunities for publications and conference papers

- further public engagement with medical science and support the Anthony Nolan campaign for bone marrow donors

This is a research opportunity rather than a job (we cover expenses rather than a performer's fee/salary) and is suitable for those with:

- a current research aligned with the project’s research questions (PhD and early career researchers welcome) - see website for details

- dance/choreographic training and/or professional experience

- personal experience or interest in the project’s subject matter may be of benefit

Workshops and rehearsal between 30 May and July 18 2013 usually at Kingston University

More details:

www.chimeranetwork.org/bloodlines/

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Dear colleagues,
Please join us in spreading the word about the attached post of Artistic Producer at Ludus Dance - please distribute/pass on as you see fit.
Many thanks,
Wieke Eringa
CEO & Artistic Director

Yorkshire Dance
3 St Peter's Buildings
St Peter's Square
Leeds
LS9 8AH

T: (0) +44 113 243 9867
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If I combine African Percussion with Australian Didgeridoo, what will the result be? Join us TODAY!

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MAY

>> TODAY 16/05 | Thursday: NORMAL CLASS

SIOBHAN DAVIES STUDIOS (7:30 to 9pm)

SPECIAL GUEST: NICOLAS BOUTTEVIN (Australian Didgeridoo)

20/05 | Monday: NORMAL CLASS

THE PLACE (8 to 9:30pm)

23/05 | Thursday: NORMAL CLASS

SIOBHAN DAVIES STUDIOS (7:30 to 9pm)

27/05 | Monday: NO CLASS - BANK HOLIDAY

THE PLACE (8 to 9:30pm)

30/05 | Thursday: NORMAL CLASS

SIOBHAN DAVIES STUDIOS (7:30 to 9pm)

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Dear DTAP Colleagues

As you might know, Ken Bartlett's retirement as Creative Director at the Foundation for Community Dance has recently been announced and will happen in August 2012.

We have now begun recruitment for a new Artistic Director. I would be really grateful for any help you might be able to offer in helping us with this. It would be wonderful if you are able to post to your organisation's website/Facebook page, tweet about it, or forward this advert on to anyone you think might be interested in the post.

We are also recruiting for a Development Manager, and any help you can offer with distributing information about this post would be much appreciated too. Job information packs for both posts can be downloaded from http://www.communitydance/org.uk/jobs

Many thanks in advance,

All best

Chris

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Chris Stenton
Development Director, Foundation for Community Dance &
Executive Director, Big Dance National Programme
chris@communitydance.org.uk / chris@bigdance2012.com / 0116 253 3453 / 07816 752330

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VOLUNTEER DANCERS - PAA JOE& THE LION GRAND FINALE NEEDS YOU!

http://paajoe.artdocs.co.uk

Paa Joe is a world-renowned artist and the Grandfather of the Fantasy Coffin trade. On Saturday 1^st June his first and only UK residency, which sees him building his trademark lion coffin, will be celebrated in an evening of theatre in the beautiful surroundings of Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.

At twilight, the celebration of the coffin will commence– a vibrant and dazzling display of African inspired percussionists, fire spinners and giant puppets – and we are looking for dancers to come and join us in this extravaganza.

The event will be filmed as part of forthcoming documentary film, Paa Joe & The Lion.

The grand finale is inspired by a traditional Ga funeral in which a coffin is travelled around a village in a bid to confuse the spirit so it cannot return and haunt its friends and relatives. It is then believed the spirit must cross a stretch of water to shake off its demons and reach the land of the afterlife.

We are thrilled to be working with choreographer, Ernest Kwame Obeng

If you would like to be part of this unique event then we would love to hear from you!

Please see attached information and contact Victoria Munro on 07930 312 649 or email africulture@live.com

An information session for all dancers will take place at 6pm on Thursday 23^rd May at Broadway Cinema in Nottingham city centre (www.broadway.org.uk)

Hello Everyone

Hope you all getting ready for that Friday Feeling? J

Just to let you know that we have a vacant post available at the Hat Factory for a Trainee producer p/t to start in mid June 2013 for 11 months.

Can you please spread the word to any one that might be interested details in attachment.

Best Wishes and have a great weekend

Oluwatoyin

Oluwatoyin Odunsi
Associate Producer P/TThe Hat Factory
65-67 Bute Street
Luton
LU1 2EY

Tel: 01582 878115

Mobile: 07789928214
Email: oluwatoyin.odunsi@lutonculture.com
www.thehatfactory.org
http://twitter.com/thehatfactory

Over the next two week I will be in the office w/c 13th May 2013 on Wednesday 15th May, Thursday 16th May, Friday 17th May 2013 and Saturday 18th May 2013 between the times of 10:30am - 18:30pm and w/c 20th May 2013 on Tuesday 21st May, Wednesday 22nd May and Thursday 23rd May 2013 between the times of 10:30am - 18:30pm.

Check out our brand new Ondatropica at Koko trailer

An object of outstanding beauty made by real craftsmen using real glue - click here to view

From a byelaw infringement on the New York Metro to a Friday night in one of London's most beautiful venues we follow Colombia's finest as they prepare for their biggest London gig at Koko on May 31.

Buy an Ondatropica ticket

and get this Saturday night free

celebrating Afro Colombia Day at Pacifico

We've hooked up with our friends at Aracataca to get you free admission to their Pacifico night in Blackfriars on Sat 18 May with an Ondatropica ticket. Listen Live to the infectious rhythms of Colombia & Ecuador's Pacific Coast with the Luis Lema band. Click for more details.

La Linea 13 -

Highlights video now on our Youtube

We've put our favourite bits into one video or you can browse clips from all the festival shows. Sabroso.

Click here.

Wara on La Linea Tour

After a sold out first date in Brighton

the band play Leeds on Friday night.

Appearing in The Wardrobe with Fayth Hope as part of veteran Latin DJ Lubi's birthday celebration Soul Rebels night, the new Cuban musical revolution rolls on. If you're only planning on climbing into one piece of furniture this weekend - make it The Wardrobe on Friday night.

From our friends

Immortal Technique Sunday 16 June

Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre
Tickets from £10

Immortal Technique (Felipe Andres Coronel) is an underground hip-hop legend, an activist, humanitarian and a revolutionist. He comes to Meltdown following his sold out show at The Electric in Brixton last year. Born in Peru and raised in New York, his lyrics tackle poverty, class struggle, religion, government and racism.

Mwalimu Express Sunday 19 May

London’s only free lunchtime Pan African family adventure .
2pm-6pm  Rich Mix 35-47 Bethnal Green Road E1 6LA 

Destination: Zanzibar Tanzania
Featuring Saidi JJ Kanda, the award winning tour de force multi instrumentalist. He learned to play the instruments of the Ndengeleko and Manyema of Tanzania from his mbira playing grandmother and songstress mother.
Entry: Free 

Sim One Sou...

Maracatudo Mafua strikes again!
In 2013 their 3rd consecutive parade at Notting Hill Carnival will have some special changes:

1-) SIMONE SOU is a top brazilian percussionist that is coming to lead the parade!

2-) Special guests playing alfaia with us: Members of Deaf Rave*

3-) Changed the parade to SUNDAY which allow KIDS to parade playing recycled instruments by TARU ARTS and reflect the full family/community movement that MARACATU represents!!!

With this, their forms of interest are ready to be filled as funding will be necessary to help cover the costs to take this ground breaking enterprise to life!

Check all details both facebook event and main webpage!

Simone Sou Pic by Donata van de Ven

* Deaf Rave is an amazing organization that produces events for Deaf People and invest on their musical skills! Check this video to get to know more!

Bahia vibes in London this weekend...

Muévete! Bahia Bass Culture special
Muévete is a monthly fiesta - a pure party version of Movimientos, with a dance floor-slammin' mash up of raw Latin beats, carnival rhythms and tropical bass.

In May we welcome an EXTRA SPECIAL LINE-UP as the Arts Club is set to play host to OQuadro and Os Nelsons two of the hottest acts from Salvador, Brazil’s bass capital in the state of Bahia!!! The bands hit the UK following ground-breaking Bass Culture Clash performances in Bahia, with festival shows in Salvador’s iconic Pelourinho neighbourhood, alongside UK artists The Heatwave, Lady Chann and Natty.

SATURDAY 18th at Notting Hill Arts Club

Live music from 7pm - 9pm
Muévete will welcome to the ring: OQuadro and Os Nelsons (Brazil)

Movimientos DJs from 9pm

Costs: Free before 8pm , £6 before 10pm, £8 after 10pm

On this note we take the opportunity to promote the latest crowdfunding towards the next book by the sweet Sounds and Colours!

ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT! Check it out!

We love Brazil. We love the music, the culture, the people, the amazing landscapes. We love everything about it, so this summer we'll be focusing on Brazil for our second ever publication. Sounds and Colours Brazil will be a 200 page book of articles, photos and illustrations presenting the impossibly vibrant music and culture of Brazil, complete with a compilation album of new Brazilian music so you can hear exactly what we're talking about.

If you want to be part of this check their indie go-go link!

Festa no Festival...

DRUMCAMP is turning 16!

There is still a weekend of pure dance, drumming, making and camping under the british blue sky!

With a wide range of artists, the event gathers some pretty special people!

Including dance workshops by Mariana R Pinho!

Drum Camp is a worldwide percussion and dance event. Some of the countries represented through the workhops and performances include: Brazil, Cuba, Ireland, Senegal, Ghana, Guinea, Japan, Egypt, Algeria, Morrocco, India, Australia and Native America, Peru and Spain. (There are many percussion instruments with unknown countries of origin that have been represented – these belong in a category of their own and reach back to our earliest known forms of music-making and ritual).

a Centre for Brazilian Culture...

Festa no Festival...

Would you like to have a brazilian nest where all things related could be found under one roof?

As a brazilian platform we from Gandaia Arts believe there is a massive community of brazilian artists/companies based in the UK that are scattered around and a lot of potential for development is missed out!

So if you would like to engage with a research that aims to shape the basics of the Centre then please read below:

“C4BC” is the working title of what will be shaped into a Community based Cultural Centre in London but aiming to reach out to the whole United Kingdom.

Brazilian visual arts, music, film, dance and performance, theatre, literature, and social and legal care will be at the core of the centre activities.

Based in the model of creative industries, where partnerships are the base of its structure, the Centre will bring together organizations, charities, groups and individuals working with Brazilian culture and education in London and the UK, who will benefit by having a base and accessing opportunities to develop their projects at the same time as having a national platform to network and develop further partnerships.

The centre will establish partnerships not only with other groups in London and the UK, but also with different Brazilian cultural centres in Europe and Brazil.

The aims of the centre are:

*To provide for the general public workshops and training in Brazilian arts and culture, international exchanges and opportunities for groups that are involved with Brazilian culture in London, the UK and Europe

*To provide opportunities for professional development, including the development of skills, networking and promotion through public performance, and national and international networking

*To provide a creative hub space where the many different groups that works with Brazilian culture in London can have access and ownership

*To provide a centre where Brazilian cinema, music, dance, theatre shows as well as exhibitions of Brazilian contemporary art will be programmed

*To provide a space where assistance will be available for disadvantaged Brazilians in need of resources and support

*To provide a space where the many Brazilians cultural organizations and groups in Europe can develop a dialogue with UK groups and organizations

* To provide a centre where Brazilian initiatives and business can have an international exposure in a global city like London.

THE RESEARCH

Based in the experience of our core team, added to the planning of creative industries, we take the chance of this ground breaking initiative to start with the collaboration and sharing of not only good practice but developing a sustainable business plan to reach its full potential.

We are interested on:

· QUESTIONAIRE A - Building a network of Brazilian Centres from around the world, where shared interested can gain force in order to receive attention from Brazilian Government and Private sector;