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Hi everyone,
ACE dance and music has loads going on, and we want you to
join in! Our proessional company is on tour rom October with
our new production ICE , and we warmly invite you to come
along to one o our West Midlands dates; at the Arena Theatre
or mac. We are also hosting a Youth Dance event in partnership
with mac, showcasing some o the most exciting young dancersin the UK and France.
This oers a much-needed opportunity to celebrate talented
teenagers and have a great night! Please buy tickets
to support ACE and our dancers, check out theevents calendar or inormation.
Ater a successul spring term and a brilliant
summer school we now turn our attention to
autumn classes. I you know a young person
with a passion or dance, please point them
in our direction! We run sessions rom
our studio in Digbeth, the rst classis ree or new members.
For adults we are starting a Revival with vibrant dance and drumming,
creating a sense o excitement
and pride in Arican and Caribbeanculture. This will lead to the creation o a
perormance group. Come to a ree taster
at The Drum, all welcome! Or turn up atour studio at 6pm on 18th October, have a
nibble, watch us dance and nd out more.
Looking orward to seeing new and old
aces.
Gail and Ian Parmel
Directors, ACE dance and music
Get involved this autumn Thurs 6
Oct6-7.15pm
ACE Youth FREE taster
session or 12-18 yr olds
The Link Dance
Space,
Digbeth
Call the ACE oce
or a FREE trial on
0121 314 5830
Thurs 6 &
Fri 7 Oct7.30pm
ICE
International dance
production
Arena Theatre,
Wolverhampton
01902 321321
www.arenatheatre.ino
Thurs
13 Oct6-7.15pm
ACE Youth FREE taster
session or 12-18 yr olds
The Link Dance
Space,
Digbeth
Call the ACE oce
or a FREE trial on
0121 314 5830
Tues18 Oct6 – 8.30pm
Friends of ACE openevening, drinks and
nibbles, perormances
rom ACE dance and
music, ACE Youth and
class members
The Link Dance
Space,
Digbeth
Just turn up
Wed
19 Oct6 – 9pm
Revival FREE launch
event , taster dance and
drumming workshops.
Everyone welcome,
come along and give
it a go!
The Drum,
Pit and cae bar,
Birmingham
Just turn up
Thurs
20 Oct6-7.15pm
ACE Youth FREE taster session or 12-18 yr olds
The Link Dance
Space,
Digbeth
Call the ACE oce
or a FREE trial on
0121 314 5830
Fri28 &
Sat 29 Oct
Dance: Desir
ACE Youth & friendsdance showcase.
Dancers rom Europe
and the UK. An exciting
evening celebrating
the creative talents o
teenagers
Foyle Studio,
mac,
Birmingham
mac Box Oce
0121 446 3232
www.macarts.co.uk
Thurs
24 & Fri 25
Nov
ICE
International dance
production
mac,
Birmingham
mac Box Oce
0121 446 3232
www.macarts.co.uk
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Classes or all ages
The Link Dance Space Digbeth Revival Creating celebration and excitement
about Arican Caribbean culture
through dance and music,or adults in Birmingham.
Parents & tots, 2-4 yrs, Sat 10-10.45am, Develop movement skills
through dance
Funky Fusion, 5-8 yrs, Sat 11am–12pm, Fun session of dance
Fused, 9-11 yrs, Sat 12.15–1.15pm, Develop movement & performance
skills in dance
ACE Youth open class, 12-18 yrs, Thur 6-7.15pm, Extend your dance
skills with ACE Youth
Intermediate Contemporary Class, Tues 6–7.15pm, For dance
enthusiasts & students
Adult Arican Dance, Tues 7.30–8.45pm, Work out, move to new
rhythms
FREE Launch Event // Wed 19 Oct
// 6-9pm// The Drum // Pit andCaé Bar // Twitter: #revivallaunch
Taster dance and drumming
workshops led by Ballet Nimba.
Everyone welcome, give it a go, then
book on a class below!
Starting week commencing 24 Oct 2011,
project running into 2012
West Arican Drumming or Dance
Mondays // 6-7.30pm // £5/£4
Arican Dance at the ACE Dance Studio
Tuesdays // 7.30-8.45pm // £4/£3
Arican Dance in Nechells (venue tbc)
Tuesdays // 6-7.15pm // £4/£3
Revival & ACE Xmas Gala Perormance
Sat 17 Dec, 6.30pm // The Drum // £5/£3
Hot ood available
For budding dancers across the West
Midlands rom early years to adults.
ACE Youth is a key element o this
progression. Young people aged12 – 18 years develop and broaden
dance skills, work with a range o
practitioners and youth companies,develop technical skills, build
sel-esteem, condence and realisetheir ull potential.
In partnership with the Drum and Nechells EAZ,unded by Birmingham City Council.
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About ACE dance and music
Founded in1996, ACE dance and music (Arican
Cultural Exchange Ltd.) is a proessional dance
Company based in Birmingham. Under the artistic
direction o Gail Parmel & musical direction o Ian
Parmel, ACE dance and music use traditional Arican& Caribbean dance aesthetic with contemporary
techniques to create high quality innovative
perormance work, outreach & education
programmes or adults and young people in a variety o
ormal and inormal settings within the West Midland region,across the UK and in mainland Europe. The Company’s work
involves dance & music collaborations, new digital media
and techniques rom other disciplines including theatre.
ACE dance and music’s Artistic Director Gail
Parmel, who ater being nominated as one
o the Cultural Leadership Programme’s 50
Women to Watch in 2010/11, has now been
voted one o 20 Inspirational Women rom
the Arican Diaspora in Europe (ADIPWE):in celebration o the 100th anniversary o
International Women’s Day.
The ACE dance and music vision is: To be
a nationally & internationally recognised leader in the feld o contemporary Arican
and Caribbean Dance
INTERNATIONAL DANCE COLLABORATION
BETWEEN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR GAIL PARMEL &
JAPANESE CHOREOGRAPHER AKIKO KITAMURA
Six quicksilver dancers:movement, music, flm and light
As the perormance starts and the temperature drops to
reezing point, ICE allows us to preserve the moment, and dream
together o how the uture might be. As the thaw comes, do
we cross over and become something else? Or are we orever
crystalised. Is this our uture? Be touched and amazed. ICE israw, vibrant and ull o expression. With cutting-edge Japanese
style, precise timing, strength, control and erce execution.
MUSIC AND DANCE TO ELEVATE THE SOUL
Visit events calendar or dates & times
ICE refects on how technology
inltrates our lives, set in a clinicalwhite space with powerul visual
projections, ast paced streams
o movement and bodies rozen
in time.
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Sharing SpacesA write-up rom a successul community project or all ages
ACE dance and music worked with 400 young people in schools
in the Nechells area, in assembly presentations and class
workshops, raising awareness and interest. Groups o 20 then
signed up to take part in ree dance workshops over the 5 daysin hal term 2010.
All participants perormed at The Link Dance Space on Thurs 3March 2011. A celebratory evening o amazing perormance ,
artistic talent, dance, music and ood. Young people rom 6 – 14were singing, MC’ing, perorming dance-os alongside ACE
Youth. Over 50 riends and amily piled in to the studio, warming
up with the perormers and having a brilliant time. Gail’s advice
to parents was “i you see talent, support it, take them to classes, push them and just look what can happen!”
Funded by Birmingham Cultural Partnership and in partnership with NechellsEducation Zone.
Highlights• In March 2011 ACE dance and music were extremely
pleased to be awarded Arts Council NPO status and we
were granted a small uplit
• ACE dance and music is now a registered charity
• The Company’s Artistic Director Gail Parmel was nominated
or two awards in 2011
• ACE Youth took part in an exciting International youth
exchange with Dutch company Untold• 5 more members o ACE Youth successully auditioned or
proessional dance training. As a result o our support, 95%
o ACE Youth members who audition now go on to gain a
place to train proessionally
• We have diversied our dance classes with a weekly
intermediate classes or dance students
• The 2011 Arican Village summer school was a great success,
parents and kids begged or more
• In 2010/11 we took our Arican Village project to over 650
children. Dance, story and visual art workshops led to anal sharing event in each centre
•
Our previous production Skin is now on the OCRperorming arts syllabus study list
• We hosted 2 international dance opportunities. In Oct
2010, South Arican artist Vincent Mantsoe worked with
dancers and presented work at mac. In Feb 2011, Japanese
choreographer Akiko Kitamura worked with dancers, and
presented work at Warwick Arts Centre
• In 2009/10 we perormed our previous production Switch
to almost 3,500 people
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The Drum | 144 Potters Lane | Aston | Birmingham B6 4UU
Contact: 0121 333 2444 | www.the-drum.org.uk
Thu 8 - Fri 9 Dec, 7pm, Sat 10 Dec, 2pm£6Set in Nigeria during World War II. The King isdead, and tonight his Horseman must escort himto the spirit world. As Elesin dances through themarket, pursued by an entourage o adoringwomen, he promises to honour the ancient
Yoruba custom o ritual suicide and so accompany
his ruler on the fnal journey. Will Elesin do hisduty and prevent the world rom tumbling intothe void? With rapper Juice Aleem in the leadrole this thrilling tragedy about respect, honourand the clash between Arica and Europe will be ablaze o light, sound and colour.
Supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund andthe Heritage Lottery Fund.
YGB Present Wole Soyinka’s
death and the king’s horseman
Hire our studioWe have a light and airy dance studio or hire. Only £15 an hour
plus VAT. Perect or classes, workshops or rehearsals. Reduced
rates or week-long bookings and residencies.
Come along to our Friends o ACE open evening at 6pm on the18th October or a 10% discount on new hires. We had over 218
bookings in 2010.
COME AND BE PART OF OUR FRIENDLY DANCE HUB.“Style and discipline…
Technical ability and sheer physicality…Exhilarating to watch” Birmingham Post
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dance and music
Contact us
Tel // 0121 314 5830
Email // [email protected]
Address // The Link Dance Space,
The Ground Floor,
54-57 Floodgate Street,
Birmingham, B5 5SL.
Company Number // 3471844Charity Number // 1137490
VAT Number // 906952994
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