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Mimbre at GDIF 2012
As followers of our work know, our show “Falling Up” also stopped at the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival during last summer’s tour. We really enjoyed being part of this lovely festival and would therefore like to share some beautiful impressions of the festival, the different and colourful performances and the atmosphere that took over the whole borough…
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Transformers Grant comes to an end
Between September 2011 and December 2012 our education programme has been made possible by the generous support of the Transformers Grant Programme and Southern Housing Group. Now the Transformers grant has come to an end, we’d like to thanks our funders for their support. Together we have achieved the following: We ran 189 workshops encouraging…
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Falling Up, supported by Without Walls
Our latest show Falling Up had a great tour last summer, premiering at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and subsequently touring across the UK and Europe. We are very proud of Falling Up’s reception and all the great feedback we got along the way and thank everybody who helped make it a success – such…
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Costume Workshop – Sat January 19th
mimbre and London College of Fashion have set up a collaborative project to make costumes for our Step-Up acrobatic group which they will wear during the opening performance of the Discover Young Hackney Festival at Hackney Empire. The costume workshop will be held on Saturday 19th January from 10am to 4pm at London College of…
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The end of term
The short performances last week were brilliant and a perfect way to end a fantastic term. The young people showed off the skills and moves they have been working on over the term. They all received certificates and lots of cake. Altogether around 90 members of the community, friends and family came to support…
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Professional development opportunities for aspiring circus performers
Mimbre are inviting applications from aspiring performers who are interested in joining our professional development programme. Traineeships are available for London-based 18-25 year olds, who are able to commit to our Acrobatics and Acrobalance Masterclass on 12 and 13 January, and regular training on Tuesday evenings between 15 January and end of April 2013.
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Acrobatic Youth Group Sharings – 11th to 13th December
Hello mimbre friends and family, The winter term is coming to an end. All at mimbre have had a fantastic time thanks to the wonderful young people we get to work with. We would like to celebrate the term by sharing with you what the young people have created.
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Acrobatics classes in images…
Harold, aged 7 and participant in our acrobatics youth group at Milton Gardens Estate, drew a lovely picture of his experience with mimbre:
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News from our acrobatics youth group at Hindle House
Julia aged 10 (Project Assistant for Hindle House Group aged 4-7 years old) Things I like to do: Gymnastics Street Dance Art Using my imagination And lots of other fun stuff