Community & Education News

Hello Everyone!

We hope this finds you well. This is just a quick email to let you know about all of the different classes, projects and events taking place here at Chisenhale over the next month. Here's whats coming up...

1. Call Out for Participants!
2. The TV Dinners Festival
3. Chisenhale's Classes
4. Independent Classes

lots of love

The Chisenhale Team xxx

1. Call Out for Participants!

We are looking for 25 people of all ages from our local area (The Fantastic Tower Hamlets!) to work with us on a dance project for 6 weeks. We have a festival in late March and one of the main events will be a piece created by our local residents in collaboration with a Chisenhale artist. You don’t need to have danced before; we are seeking adults of all ages and abilities who are keen to learn and have some fun. Its a great chance to get fit and meet your neighbours so why not sign up!

You need to be available Friday nights from 6.30 – 8.30 from the 12th February to the 26th March (showtime!).

Just call us on 020 8981 6617 if you are interested.

2. The TV Dinners Festival

TV Dinners is a series of events from the 24th-27th March exploring dance-film in its many different incarnations. There will be things available for children, families and artists alike. Each event is accompanied by some tasty local food... From East End Pie & Mash to a good old Brick Lane Curry!

The festival will include:

• An Archive Evening where influential works from throughout the Space’s 26-year history will be shown.
• A commissioned project that sees members of the local community developing a piece of work with a Chisenhale choreographer.
• New work from emerging dance film-makers.
• A dance-a-long to your favourite musical family day.
• A Make Your Own Music Video Night.
• A Double Feature Cinema Pyjama Party.
• ...and even a Dress Swap event for the thrifty!

More info on how to book and the outline of events to follow early March!

3. Chisenhale's Classes

Here at Chisenhale we run our own in house dance classes: for kids, adult beginners and professional dancers alike! Here is some info on what we run... just give us a call to find out more or book: 0208 981 6617

Beginners Adult Contemporary Dance Class

This beginner level class offers an introduction to basic principles of contemporary dance, focusing on fluidity of movement within the structure of technique. With an emphasis on musicality and overall body awareness , this high-energy class takes you through a basic warm up, floor work and traveling sequences, culminating in a choreographed combination. This class is a great way to stay in shape, have fun and be creative in a supportive and encouraging environment. Run by Chisenhale Dance Space and our resident company Tempered Body Dance.

Day: Tuesday
Dates: 12th January - 27th March
Time: 6pm
Cost: £5.50 taster class, £55 per term.

African Contemporary Dance

Learn VOCAB DANCE's movement vocabulary; an eclectic and exhilarating style that blends contemporary dance techniques, Afro-Jazz dance and physical expression. These classes are open to all with basic dance experience.For more information visit www.vocabdance.co.uk

Day:    Wednesday
Dates: 13th January - 31st March
Time:    7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost:    £5 per class (£4.50 pre-booking and concessions).

Children’s Classes

We currently hold Children’s Creative Dance classes on Tuesday afternoons, and Saturday mornings. We have street dance classes for 7 – 11 year olds and a Youth Dance Company that meets every Wednesday evening. For more information please click here 

4. Independent Classes

We have lots of independent teachers holding classes at Chisenhale. Ballet for Adults and Kids, Yoga, Pilates, Dance Aerobics and Salsa are all available. Click here for more info, or give us a call and we will put you in touch with the teachers!

Enjoy the weekend!

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Happy Holidays from all at Chisenhale!!

Hi All,

Just a quick update on next terms classes and the Education/Outreach work we have coming up next term here at Chisenhale Dance Space:

1. Children and Young People’s Classes – New classes and term dates

2. Adult Classes – New classes and term dates

3. Project News – Update!

4. Call Out for Teachers

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for supporting us through a busy, fun and inspiring year in which we established a wonderful new street dance group for 7-11years, a new professional African Dance class and an increased programme of childrens creative dance classes due to extremly high demand!  We have also had a ball out in the local community spreading the joys of dance to young people both in and out of school!

We hope you enjoy your festive seasons and look forward to seeing you in 2010!

Ana, Afia, Justine, Yael and all the teaching team x x

P.S. Pictures from the Homelands Festival will be available online in the New Year, there are some lovely pics from our family day!

P.P.S. We will be having a Dress Swap Party here at the space in January, we are calling it Thread Bare and we hope you will get with the thrifty spirit and bring your unwanted clothes down for a good old fashioned swap!

Children and Young People’s Classes:
New classes and term dates

Tuesday classes: 12th Jan  – 23rd March 2010
(no class on the 16th Feb 10)

Saturday classes: 16th Jan – 27th March 2010
(no class on the 20th Feb 10)

Cost:
Creative Dance and Street Dance £36/24 per term
Youth Dance Company: £5 per term

Times:
Creative Dance Class for 2 – 8 years
2 – 3 yrs   Sat 9.30am   – 10.00am (and parents/carers)
2 – 3 yrs   Sat 10.10am – 10.40am (and parents/carers)
2 – 3 yrs   Tues 4.00pm – 4.30pm  
3 – 4 yrs   Sat 10.50am – 11.20am
3 – 4 yrs   Sat 11.30am – 12.00pm
4 – 6 yrs   Tues 4.30pm – 5.10pm
5 – 8 yrs   Sat 12.00pm – 12.30pm  

New Street Dance Class!
7 - 11 yrs  Tues 5.30pm – 6.30pm

Saturday Youth Dance Group 11-17 years
11 – 17 yrs   Sat 2.30pm-4.30pm

Adult Classes – New classes and term dates

CDS has plenty of adult classes run by independent teachers and artists from our local area. We are beginning a new Contemporary Class in collaboration with our resident contemporary dance company Tempered Body next term...

Beginners Contemporary Dance Class for Adults:
Join Maddy Wynne-Jones of Tempered Body Dance in a lively introductory Beginners Contemporary Dance Class.  This fun class will give you the fundamentals of Contemporary Dance with an overall emphasis on musicality and improved body awareness. This energetic class is a great way to enjoy dance and get fit in an encouraging environment.  Suitable for complete Beginners or people returning to dance after a break.

Tuesday’s 6pm-7pm
Fee: £55 per term or try a taster session for £5
Supported by Chisenhale Dance Space
For further information or to register please contact us in the office 0208 9816617


Please also check out our website for timings of our other classes:
African Dance (CDS and Vocab Dance), Ballet, Pilates, Salsacise, Aerobics and Yoga!

Project News – ESOL/Movement Classes, Schools Work, Healthy Borough etc

Moving Words our ESOL and movement classes are back in January... Remember women only!

Chisenhale Dance Space, in partnership with Etta Ermini and Soo Wright, will continue to deliver their 10 week creative movement and ESOL course for women with English as a second language.
Location: Chisenhale Dance Space
Dates: Mondays 25th January - 22nd March 2010 (no class on 15th February - half term)
Time: 11am-1.00pm
Tutors: Etta Ermini, Soo Wright and Viv Hamblin
Free CRECHE provided!
Click here to view the eflyer (including Bengali and Somali translations) or give us a call on 0208 981 6617 to have a chat about coming or referring someone else to come.

PLUS

Chisenhale Dance Space runs many dance projects within schools and in partnership with community groups. As well as INSET sessions and after school clubs across our local area CDS is currently working on:

• Believe to Achieve: A large, year long, Learning Trust funded project in 6 Hackney primary and secondary schools using dance to explore the potential problems arising from Transition from primary to secondary.
• Healthy Borough Programme: A project that teaches 2-8 year olds about healthy lifestyles, through creative dance and fun nutritional workshops run in conjunction with our regular classes here at the space!
• D6 Connected! an Awards for All funded project for after school dance clubs along the D6 bus route to ease the recent problems of post code territorialism we have been seeing.
• Find Your Talent 2010: Free Curriculum Development and Out of School Hours Development Projects for schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets as well as CPD and Inset sessions, a dance networking group and a dance festival throughout 2010!

Feel free to contact us for more info on these projects as there is plenty of funded dance provision to go round!

Call Out for Teachers:

Creative Dance Teachers wanted at Chisenhale Dance Space  

Chisenhale Dance Space is looking to develop it’s pool of dance tutors for various projects working with young people aged 6-18 years starting in 2010.  We are interested in receiving applications from inspiring, creative artists offering a range of dance skills including combining creativity with street dance and/or contemporary dance. We are especially interested in receiving applications from male dancers/teachers who wish to gain more experience teaching.  

To apply for the post please send a CV and supporting statement specifying your preferred age of participants and include the names and contact details for 2 x referees.  Please mention in your covering statement what interests and motivates you as a teacher and outline any relevant previous experience. Please state when applying if you hold a current CRB enhanced disclosure.  

The successful applicant must have an interest in working with and inspiring young people.  A CRB enhanced disclosure will be a condition of appointment, we are able to process a CRB for any suitable applicants.  Chisenhale Dance Space is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  

Deadline for applications is 12pm Monday 4th January 2010. Please apply via email to Ana Carlsen, Community Development Manager: ana@chisenhaledancepsace.co.uk

Happy Holidays Xx

Dear All, 

Apolgies for two emails in a month but we are very excited about the weekend ahead and thought on this one occasion you would forgive us sending more than our usual monthly newsletter!

Just a very quick reminder about our Festival this weekend! Tickets are going very quickly but we do have a few spaces left for both the Family Dance Workshop and Demo's Day on Saturday 4-7:30pm and the Performance and Artists Talks Day on Sunday 4-10pm. Sunday includes work from Athina Vahla, Joseph Mercier, Hunt and Darton and the Local Line Dancing Troupe, all hosted by the wonderful Boogaloo Stu!

It would be lovely to see you here at the space for HOMELANDS... we have done the place up like a great big east-end dogs dinner and will have plenty of food, drink, live music, games and dance surprises up our sleeve to make it a fantastic weekend for all ages!

Click Here for the full timetable of events
AND Call 0208 981 6617 to book your free tickets

Lots of Love

Bryony, Ana and the Team x

Dear All,

Here is a quick reminder of the classes and education projects that we have coming up in Autumn 2009. They are listed as follows:

1) Children's Classes
2) Adult Classes
3) Moving Words - movement project for women with English as a second language
4) Age Gap - For gay men aged 16-116!

We also have some great news to share! Lauren Davis is our new full-time Administrator here at CDS, you can contact her on 020 8981 6617 or on lauren@chisenhaledancespace.co.uk if you wish to book places or have any enquiries.

Best Wishes

Ana Carlsen

Community Development Manager
Chisenhale Dance Space

1) Children's Classes

We are still enrolling for Autumn Term 2009. To secure a place please contact us to register and make payment in person or by calling us on Tel: +44 (0)20 8981 6617

New term dates:
Tuesday classes 15 Sept – 8th Dec 09 (no class on the 27th Oct 09)
Saturday classes 19th Sept – 12th Dec 09 (no class on the 31st Oct 09)

Cost:
Creative Dance £36/24 per term, Saturday Youth Dance Group £5 p/t
Taster sessions – Creative dance £3.50 / Free tasters Saturday Youth Group!                                 

Creative Dance Class for 2 – 8 years
2 – 3 yrs   Sat 9.40am   – 10.10am (and parents/carers)
2 – 3 yrs   Sat 10.20am – 10.50am (and parents/carers)
2 – 3 yrs   Tues 4.00pm – 4.30pm  (and parents/carers)
3 – 4 yrs   Sat 11.00am – 11.30am
4 – 6 yrs   Tues 4.30pm – 5.10pm
5 – 8 yrs   Sat 11.40am – 12.20pm  

New Street Dance Class!
7 - 11 yrs Tues 5.30pm – 6.30pm

Saturday Youth Dance Group 11-17 years
11 – 17 yrs   Sat 2.30pm-4.30pm

2) Adult Classes

Please contact us for more infomration or to register for these classes...

Pilates – Beginners and Intermediate
Mondays and Thursday 7:30pm from 7th September
£10 to drop in or £42 for six weeks.

Ballet for Adults - Beginners and Intermediate
Monday (begins: 12th October) 5.30 – 7.00pm
Since graduating from Rambert School in 1999, Allan Mortensen has worked as a contemporary dancer in Denmark working with both Danish and international choreographers including former Royal Danish Ballet Principal Eske Holm and Craig Revel Horwood. Allen is introducing an Adult Ballet Class to Chisenhale in the autumn term. £6 per class.

Wednesdays 7:30-9pm. Starting 16th of September. £5 per class
Chisenhale Dance Space has teamed up with Vocab Dance to deliver challenging, intense, dynamic, fun and fast paced classes in African Contemporary Dance on a Wednesday evening. Learn VOCAB DANCE's movement vocabulary; an eclectic and exhilarating style that blends contemporary dance techniques Afro-Jazz dance and physical expression.

Call 020 8981 6617 or email lauren@chisenhaledancespace.co.uk

3) Moving Words  - For women with English as a second language

Moving Words is our Free 10 week Movement & Language course for women with English as their second language. This course supports ESOL learners as well as people just keen to improve their conversational skills.

Etta Ermini and Soo Wright will deliver this exciting and accessible project at Chisenhale Dance Space

Location: Main Studio, CDS, 64-84 Chisenhale Road, London E3 5QZ
Dates: Mondays 28th September - 7th of December 2009 (no class on 26th October - half term)
Time: 11am-1.00pm
Tutors: Etta Ermini, Soo Wright and Viv Hamblin

Call +44 20 8981 6617 to register or Click Here for more information

4) Age Gap - For gay men aged 16-116 !

Age Gap is an exciting opportunity to create a dance piece with Canadian choreographer Joseph Mercier and perform it at The Homelands Dance Festival 2009.
 
The project is for any and all gay men regardless of previous experience or abilities: maybe you’ve just come out to your parents, or maybe you remember when homosexuality was illegal; maybe you’re doing your A-levels, or maybe you’ve just retired; maybe your favourite will always be Sinatra, or maybe Lady Gaga is more your thing!  Wherever you’re at, Age Gap hopes to celebrate all the different stages of gay life and get men of all ages talking and moving together.  
 
There is no cost to participate in the project, but you must live or work in the Borough of Tower Hamlets.  
 
Age Gap will meet at Chisenhale Dance Space on the following dates:
Meet & Greet: 22/9/09 6:30pm
Workshops: 29/9/09 – 02/11/09
Performance: 8/11/09
*you must be available for all of the above dates
 
For more information or to register please contact: bryony@chisenhaledancespace.co.uk or call 020 8981 6617