Folk Dance Remixed

Folk Dance Remixed are locked away in a rehearsal studio this week learning about Rugby.  Oh yes!  We have been commissioned by Brent Council to create a piece for the opening of their new cultural space in Willesden, as well as celebrating the Rugby World Cup being in Brent (which is hosting the Wembley Stadium matches).

We are incorporating the four countries and host country into our new piece – so representing and remixing traditional dance from Ireland, Argentina, Romania, New Zealand and UK!  This week we have experts from Irish Folk Dance and UK folk dance in the company and are getting in Romanian Folk Specialists, NZ and a Rugby expert!

We have our musical director and composter, Dogan Mehmet, working on the music too.

Watch this space for details of the gig on 12th September in Willesden!

 

The rain didn’t dampen the spirits at the finale of Towersey Festival on Bank Holiday Monday!

During the day we had festival goers dancing in their wellies at The Parasol in the Showground – and then performed Step Hop House to the massive Finale audience at Venue 65 in the evening.

We’ve had great feedback from the audience – and you can see great photos of the show taken by Chris Walshaw on our Flickr feed.

What better way to celebrate a Festival of Love and several weddings than with Folk Dance Remixed twitching their maypole ribbons for you?! We had a fantastic time at the final weekend of the Festival of Love at Southbank Centre, London at the weekend.   Lots of great feedback – here’s a glimpse of what you missed!

 

 

We went to CarFest South in Hampshire on Friday 28 August and had a magnificent time!

Here’s our workshop crew – aren’t they a lovely bunch?

Pictured here with our Workshop Team of Alice Stapleton Evans, Domenico Arancio and Ben Moss.

Thanks guys!