3 February 2017
Tavaziva is moving office on Monday 6 February 2017
Our new address will be:
Tavaziva, c/o bbo
Ensign House
Battersea Reach
Juniper Drive
London SW18 1TA
We will also have a new number:
020 8237 7010
Looking for a unique present for the dance lovers in your life this Christmas?
Take advantage of our special offer on our NEW long-sleeved t-shirt tops and CDs of the stunning Africarmen soundtrack!
Prices include UK Postage & Packing
CD: £6
Long Sleeved T-shirt: £15
CD and T-shirt: £18
Email chloe.seddon@tavazivadance.com to order yours today!
Please order by 5pm Friday 16th December for Christmas delivery.
T-shirts
The long-sleeve t-shirt tops are perfect for layering up in class or rehearsals!
Available in unisex sizes small, medium or large (please indicate sizes when ordering)
Africarmen CD
Composed and arranged by Fayyaz Virji, this is the powerfully vibrant, specially-commissioned soundtrack of Tavaziva’s production Africarmen.
The music vividly and dynamically evokes an exciting fusion of intoxicating rhythms and melodies, capturing the emotion and fiery passion of the Carmen story
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Join us for a intensive two-day professional programme of classes and choreography with Bawren Tavaziva.
Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th May, 10am-6pm
Venue: The Place WC1H 9PY
Cost: £80 (early bird £65 before 6 May 2016)
Prepare for a physically demanding but highly enjoyable experience. Classes will include Ballet, Contemporary and Zimbabwean dance styles Jerusarema, Mhande and The Dinhe.
Suitable for professional dancers or those in training.
Places are limited so book early!
Photo: Dillionrose.com
Performing a new work choreographed by company dancers Anna Watkins and Lisa Rowley with music composed by Artistic Director, Bawren Tavaziva. Come and see our youth company perform!
Saturday 16th April 2016, 7.30pm
Lift Off Dance Festival
Southhill Park, Bracknell
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Tuesday 19th April 2016, 6.45pm & 8.30pm
Leyton Orient (Football Stadium)
Leyton Orient FC v Plymouth Argyle FC
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Photo: Anna Watkins, Dancer: Deena Smith
Are you aged 14-19? Do you want to try something different and have the opportunity to perform at a festival and football stadium this Easter?
Ziva Youth dance is offering young people the chance to work with Tavaziva’s professional dancers to create a unique African-Contemporary dance piece to be performed at Lift Off Dance Festival and Leyton Orient Football stadium this April.
Thursday 7 & Friday 8 April
10:00-15:00 – Two-day creation workshop
London Contemporary Dance School, Kings Cross WC1H 9PY
Monday 11 April
17:15-18:45 – Rehearsal
Leyton Sixth Form College, E10 6EQ
Saturday 16 April
All day- Performance Lift Off Dance Festival
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell RG12 7PA (transport from London will be provided)
Monday 18 April
17:15-18:45 – Rehearsal
Leyton Sixth Form College, E10 6EQ
Tuesday 19 April
17:30-20:30- Performance at Leyton Orient FC
Leyton Orient FC E10 5NF (with FREE tickets to the match)
FREE to participate! No prior dance experience is necessary.
PLEASE NOTE: You MUST be able to attend ALL rehearsals and both performances to take part.
Email Kathleen.Murphy@tavazivadance.com to book your place!
Photo: DILLIONROSE.COM
Wednesday 16 March 2016
Time: 9am-4pm
Location: Siobhan Davies Dance Studios, London SE1 6ER
Tavaziva’s Artist Development Day will include two sessions; safer dance practice in a teaching setting, and how to create and deliver workshops around a touring production.
Cost: £30
Booking essential, please email Kathleen.Murphy@tavazivadance.com to reserve your place.
Suitable for professionals or dancers in post-graduate training.
9am-12pm: Erin Sanchez, One Dance UK
This session will provide an introduction to key aspects of dance medicine and science in practice. During the session, we will cover:
- Adaptation and safe practice for teaching adolescents, children, and elderly populations
- Best practice regarding physiological and psychological aspects of dance participation (including key information on environment, sequencing and progression of movements, warm up and cool down and rest)
- An overview of common dance injuries, injury care specific to dance and return to dance after injury.
- Dance UK’s information sheet about First Aid for Dance will also be reviewed and discussed.
1pm-4pm: Jeanefer Jean-Charles
Jeanefer Jean-Charles is a Choreographer, Mass Movement Director and Creative Consultant with over 30 years’ experience of devising, creating, facilitating and directing dance and movement for performance. This session will explore how to create and deliver both one-off workshops and intensive workshop residencies.
Using Tavaziva’s production Africarmen as a starting point it will explore:
- How to structure workshops to reflect a company’s work.
- How to approach the themes and issues in a production, making them accessible and adaptable for different workshop groups.
- Working with participants with different levels of dance experience and mixed abilities
Southbank Centre commissioned Tavaziva to make a sensational outdoor performance to celebrate the life and work of Nelson Mandela and his legacy of kindness.
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We recently completed a rebrand which was launched with our new website and latest show Africarmen.
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