As a part of our ongoing partnership with the Royal Academy of Dance, we delivered workshops led by Bawren Tavaziva and company dancer Asmara Cammock to Royal Academy of Dance students. Bawren and Asmara take participants through the Tavaziva company warm up and share dance sequences and choreography using Bawren’s unique style that synthesises ballet, contemporary […]
We are hosting an evening of live dance and music for the Wandsworth Arts Fringe in the Big Top tent on the 30th Of June. This dance showcase will be packed with dance from Ballet to Breakdance and feature local organisations such as Royal Academy of Dance, Beatbox Academy, Step into Dance and a stunning […]
It is with great sadness to inform you that Colin Bourne Collins, Trustee of Tavaziva died on 19th March 2021. The suddenness of this lost came as a great shock and we have lost such a kind and considerate soul who was also a passionate advocate and valued and trusted Director of the Company since […]
Tavaziva Dance is delighted to welcome Mercy Nabirye FRSA, FWL as our new Chair of Trustees from April 2021. Mercy takes over from Marie McCluskey MBE who has been an instrumental supporter of the Company and Bawren Tavaziva since the beginning of his career and we are delighted Marie will continue her support as a Trustee. Mercy […]
Tavaziva is reaching out to inspire you to keep moving as we dive into winter. Bawren will be leading a series of online Technique classes via Zoom that aim to maintain your technique, challenge your mind, nurture your body, and develop a better understanding of Bawren’s unique African, Contemporary and Ballet dance fusion. Each hour long class […]
As part of Wandsworth Council’s Black History Month 2020 programme, Mercy Nabirye talks to Bawren Tavaziva about growing up in Zimbabwe, his early dance career and his influences. The conversation explores Bawren’s move to the UK to pursue his dream of joining Phoenix Dance Theatre, setting up his own dance company and why he feels […]
Click here to read a recent interview with Bawren Tavaziva by Royal Academy of Dance. We teamed up with RAD and Caius House Youth Centre to deliver a 2 year project Journeying Between and we continue to explore projects together for the future – watch this space. […]
Tavaziva has been working with Film maker Alfred George Bailey, Modern Films and Project Sixty4 on new documentary I STILL BREATHE about a group of socially aware young adults who give extraordinary and deeply emotional testimonies of being black, mixed race and white in London, England. They passionately react to the impact of George Floyd’s […]
The killing of George Floyd and the subsequent galvanisation of the Black Lives Matter movement has brought international attention to systemic racism. It is embedded in the structures of our society, from education to the creative industries. Achieving social and racial justice requires a commitment to long-term, substantial change. Tavaziva is dedicated to help drive […]
In May we launch our new online programme #DiscoverTavaziva on our Tavaziva Official YouTube Channel. The series includes TavTorials, a series of online Intermediate classes led by Artistic Director Bawren Tavaziva, film, footage and interviews. If you’ve been watching any of the DiscoverTavaziva series, or taken our TavTorials, then we’d love to hear from you. […]