workshop

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…