hackney

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:
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’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.
mimbre at Discover Young Hackney

mimbre presents Acrobatics and Street Dance Lessons for Young People Aged 13-19 Years Old Join in the Discover Young Hackney hype by attending mimbre’s FREE acrobatics and street dance drop-in sessions at half-term. You can choose one that interests you most – or attend all three!
Mimbre’s youth group at Hackney Empire

We at mimbre are so proud of our youth group, the Step Up group, who delivered a fantastic performance last Friday at Hackney Empire as part of the Discover Young Hackney Festival! VERY WELL DONE EVERYBODY!!! Below is a sneak review of the last instructions and back-stage preparations for the performance and the dress rehearsal…
Creative Weekend with the Step Up group

Hey mimbre followers, We had a fantastic weekend with mimbre’s young company – the Step Up group. They spent the entire weekend working hard to create a performance for the Discover Young Hackney – Festival opening ceremony at the Hackney Empire this Friday (1st of February). The show has flips, twirls and lifts. Have a…
Spring Term 2013

Dear mimbre members, The term starts this week, so welcome back! We have planned a fantastic term for you! From now up until march our sessions will focus on your creativity, but we still plan to pack loads of acrobatics, dance, fun and games into the sessions as well.
This was my 2012! – a year’s review by Lina Johansson mimbre joint artistic director

Just as 2013 is kicking in proper I wanted to take the last chance to take a brief look back on all I achieved in 2012 – both with mimbre and together with other companies or artists. For me it was an exciting and busy year, lots that I learned and lots that I am…
Acrobatics Masterclass in January

Last weekend (12th and 13th January) the Roundhouse (or at least its Studio Theatre) saw bodies being lifted, legs floating in the air and arm muscles being put under quite some pressure – as mimbre and our Acrobatics Masterclass participants took over the space. We worked on dynamic partner and group work involving lifts, jumps and throws as well…
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…