youth

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…
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…
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.
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:
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
What impact does our work have?

Not only within the arts world there is a continuous discussion about the impact of the arts, their “purpose” and “use” for a society or an individual as well as about the ways to measure this and to quantify an obviously very personal experience. We would like to extend this discussion to you out there and collect…
More news from our youth group participants!

Teniola – 10 years old My name is Teniola. I am 10 years old and I have been in mimbre for 4 years since I was 6. It has been very fun and has taught me amazing skills since I first started. I have also taken part in the Step-Up group for 1 year. Both groups have…
A participant’s thoughts on mimbre’s youth work

Leslie – 11 years old Step-Up Group and Strong & Flying Participant I really enjoy coming to mimbre, because I’m learning loads of things, also I’m meeting new friends. mimbre is really fun because we perform loads of pyramids and learn how to do stuff like cartwheels, handstands, flips and many more…