Review of 6 Feet, 3 Shoes – Wednesday 11th May, Shap Memorial Hall Last night, I had the opportunity to go and see one of Jen Wren’s productions, 6 Feet, 3 Shoes. An amazing mix of Spanish and Scottish dancing cultures, Slanjayvah Danza produced an incredible performance for the whole family. With a professional set-up, […]
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Children and their teacher, Miss Guttridge: We have some dancers in the class who asked how do you become a professional dancer? Jen: There are lots of ways to become a professional dancer. Some people will go to classes after school to begin with, until they are old enough to go to college or
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This Season\’s Young Promoter, Bella Hubbard, has been talking to Artistic Director and Dancer, Jen Wren who is touring shows and workshops with Highlights this week. Find out about their show 6 Feet 3 Shoes in Cumbria, County Durham and Northumberland HERE Bella: Why did you want to start performing? Jen: I grew up in
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Read the latest review from our Young Promoter, Bella who saw Mambo Jambo at Levens Village Institute on Thursday 28th April. On Thursday night, I had the privilege of being able to see the incredible Frankie and Pete in Mambo Jambo at Levens Village Institute. These people are amazingly well-travelled musicians who have travelled to
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We\’re delighted that Artistic Director of Slanjayvah Danza, Jen Wren, will be leading some Dance workshops, as part of the Company\’s tour with Highlights in May. Jen and co – dancer, Lowenna Hosken will be visiting Shap and Appleby Primary Schools in Cumbria, Middleton in Teesdale Primary School in Teesdale, County Durham and Allendale Primary
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On Sunday 27th March, our Young Promoter Bella Hubbard, saw Miss Nobodies, by comedian, writer and performance artist Ruth E Cockburn at Arnside Educational Institute. Read her review below! On Sunday evening, I was lucky enough to be able to go and see ‘Miss Nobodies’ starring the incredible Ruth Cockburn. Ruth not only starred in
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Our Young Promoter, Bella has been to see Stitch in Time: A Knitting Cabaret, at Levens Village Institute. Read her review below and you can still catch the show which has three more performances with Highlights, in Cumbria and Northumberland – https://highlightsnorth.co.uk//event/stitch-in-time-a-knitting-cabaret/ Little old ladies knitting codes into scarves and songs about sewing machines…not two
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We\’re always delighted to get feedback from Schools about Participate workshops we offer by touring artists and companies each season and from local artist practitioners and companies. Here are some comments from children and teachers who participated in Maddie\’s Folk Music workshops this month. Maddie worked with over 100 children across schools in Cumbria and
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Kema Sikazwe (Kema Kay) has been working with our Participate programme since Autumn Term 2021 and has now reached children in 8 Primary Schools across Cumbria, County Durham and Northumberland. The feedback is always fantastic and Kema has been a really inspirational role model. So far, Kema has worked with over 150 children, in some
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Participate developed a workshop tour for Mambo Jambo, alongside their performances with Highlights in February. We were really pleased to bring these Music workshops into new rural schools in County Durham at Woodland, Frosterley and Butterknowle Primaries (WFB Federation) and also to Cambo First School in Northumberland. Mambo Jambo also visited our friends at Allendale
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Talking to the Box Office...
