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Mimbre T-Shirts

Our T-shirt making day with Billy was a great success! Thanks so much for all your time and effort and your designs were amazing.
Breaking Convention at Sadler’s Wells

On the weekend Mimbre Youth Company (MYC) went to Breaking Conventions at Sadler’s Wells. They got to see the big stage, where they will perform later in the year and Kieran even got to try it out. He was selected by Jonzi D to come up on stage and show off his moves in front…
Mimbre’s tour dates 2013

Falling Up and Until Now are ready for the summer tour now – two proven and successful shows that are looking even better after re-rehearsals, with some new material and choreographies developed this year. Both productions use Mimbre’s trademark mix of acrobatics, dance and humour to create strong imagery, visual poetry and emotional content.
Falling Up and Until Now on tour again

Our performers are currently in rehearsals to get two of our shows, “Falling Up” and “Until Now”, ready again to tour across the UK and Europe this summer. This is always an interesting and exciting development process, but very different from creating a show from scratch, as our Artistic Director Lina Johansson explains:
WE’RE BACK!!

It was our first session back yesterday, 23rd April, and I had a lovely time with the Milton Garden Groups. Lina and Frank organised a great workshop with games and races, which was really fun. The older group even danced around the hall with their eyes closed. If you can do that then you can go…
Mimbre Youth Company at Sadler’s Wells

As followers of our blog know, our talented young acrobats from the Mimbre Youth Company have been selected to take part in RIOT OFFspring, at London’s famous dance venue Sadler’s Wells. RIOT OFFspring is a unique collaboration between five international choreographers – Sébastien Ramirez, Ivan Blackstock (BirdGang), Simeon Qysea (BirdGang), Mafalda Deville and Pascal Merighi (Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch) – and an intergenerational cast,…
Collective Movement Festival – Feedback

We had a wonderful time at our first Collective Movement Festival the weekend before Easter and thank everybody, especially all our young people, the volunteers and the numerous audience members who together helped make it such a great success! Also, we’d like to thank everybody for the nice feedback and supporting our aim to raise…
Mimbre Young People do the Harlem Shake

Mimbre Does The Harlem Shake!! As a treat before the end of term the young people made Harlem Shake videos, which are very very funny. Take a look: Milton Gardens Older Milton Gardens Younger Hindle House Mimbre Youth Company
Mimbre’s Collective Movement Festival

Mimbre would like to say a massive THANK YOU to all those who came and supported our very first Collective Movement Festival last Saturday.
Collective Movement – Mimbre’s First Youth Festival

This Saturday – come along! Mimbre Collective Movement Festival – a celebration of the variety of mimbre’s work and the great community around us! Saturday the 23rd of March 4-7 pm at Milton Garden Estate Community Hall