12 April 2017

Audition takes place in London on Thurs 4 May with recalls on Fri 5 May 2017

Deadline to apply is Thursday 27 April 2017 (12 noon)

Tavaziva is looking for two experienced male dance artists with strong ballet and contemporary techniques for the creation and touring of Bawren’s new production IZINDAVA. Applicants must be available for rehearsals in London and to tour throughout autumn 2017 and spring 2018 (see dates below).

Tavaziva is an acclaimed contemporary-African touring dance company established in 2004 and led by Zimbabwean-born Bawren Tavaziva. His unique style is a choreographic synthesis of ballet, contemporary and African dance.

The contract will be offered on a freelance basis with a weekly fee for rehearsals and a per performance fee during touring.

Creation period: 24 July- 22 September 2017

Provisional performance dates:

28 September 2017

2, 5, 12-13, 20-21 October 2017

1 or 2, 23 November 2017

24 or 31 January 2018

1, 6 February 2018

19-20 March 2018

12, 14 April 2018

Additional performance dates, rehearsals and travel days will be added.

To apply: please send your CV and any show reel links to chloe.seddon@tavazivastg.wpengine.com by 12 noon Thursday 27 April

You will be contacted on Friday 28 April if you have been selected to attend the audition.

Please DO NOT apply if you are not available for these dates. Please note the company is unable to cover travel or accommodation costs to attend the audition.

If you have any questions please email or call 020 8237 7010.

Tavaziva is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all. Please let us know of any access requirements on application. 

Photo: Dillonrose.com, Design: TM

16 March 2017

Tavaziva is an acclaimed company touring work by its founder and artistic director, Zimbabwean-born, Bawren Tavaziva whose style uniquely synthesises African, ballet and contemporary dance.  Dynamic, bold, risk-taking and beautiful, the work is popular with venues and audiences.

Working in a small and busy team, the Company Manager is the first point of contact for all enquiries to the Company and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Company and its operations in accordance within the aims and objectives of Tavaziva, the logistics of the touring productions and the planned programmes and activities.

This year Tavaziva will be creating and touring a new production as well as delivering a range of learning and participation programmes.

If you are a highly organised arts manager with a systematic yet understanding approach to running a small and adventurous dance company, we want to hear from you.

Although this is intended as a full time position, Tavaziva is open to hearing from candidates with proposals for part-time working arrangements or with specific expertise suited to delivering areas of the role in a freelance capacity.

Appointment:  Full time, 12 month maternity cover contract

Salary:  £28,000 pa pro rata

Reporting to: Executive Director and Artistic Director

Holiday entitlement: 25 days plus bank holidays per year

Office hours: 10am-6pm. Evening and weekend work may be required at times. Overtime is not paid but discretionary TOIL is offered.

Location: bbodance, Ensign House, Battersea Reach Juniper Drive, London SW18 1TA

Details: For Job Description and further information Click here

To apply: Please email your recent CV (not more than 2 pages) and a cover letter (not more than 1 page) describing your relevant experience and what you will bring to the job. Please clearly mark your application COMPANY MANAGER.

Send to: beth.cinamon@tavazivastg.wpengine.com

Closing date: 5:00pm on Thursday 6 April 2017

Interviews: Monday 10 April 2017 (you will be notified on Friday 7 April if selected)

Start date of appointment: Some handover dates in May with start date early June

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@tavazivastg.wpengine.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!

Click here for more details

Photo: Dillionrose.com

 
Saturday 16th April 2016, 7.30pm
Lift Off Dance Festival
Southhill Park, Bracknell
Click here for more details

Tuesday 19th April 2016, 6.45pm & 8.30pm
Leyton Orient (Football Stadium)
Leyton Orient FC v Plymouth Argyle FC
Click here for more details

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@tavazivastg.wpengine.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@tavazivastg.wpengine.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

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