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GET INVOLVED AUTUMN 2011

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Hi everyone, ACE dance and music has loads going on, and we want you to join in! Our professional company is on tour from October with our new production ICE, and we warmly invite you to come along to one of our West Midlands dates; at the Arena Theatre or mac. We are also hosting a Youth Dance event in partnership with mac, showcasing some of the most exciting young dancers in the UK and France. This offers a much-needed opportunity to celebrate talented teenagers and have a great night! Please buy tickets to support ACE and our dancers, check out the events calendar forinformation. After a successful spring term and a brilliant summer school we now turn our attention to autumn classes. If you know a young person with a passion for dance, please point them in our direction! We run sessions from our studio in Digbeth, the first class is free for new members. For adults we are starting a Revival with vibrant dance and drumming, creating a sense of excitement and pride in African and Caribbean culture. This will lead to the creation of a performance group. Come to a free taster at The Drum, all welcome! Or turn up at our studio at 6pm on 18th October, have a nibble, watch us dance and find out more. Looking forward to seeing new and old faces. Gail and Ian Parmel Directors, ACE dance and music

Get involved this autumn

Thurs 6 Oct
6-7.15pm ACE Youth FREE taster session for 12-18 yr olds ICE International dance production ACE Youth FREE taster session for 12-18 yr olds Friends of ACE open evening, drinks and nibbles, performances from ACE dance and music, ACE Youth and class members Revival FREE launch event, taster dance and drumming workshops. Everyone welcome, come along and give it a go! ACE Youth FREE taster session for 12-18yrolds Dance: Desir ACE Youth & friends dance showcase. Dancers from Europe and the UK. An exciting evening celebrating the creative talents of teenagers ICE International dance production The Link Dance Space, Digbeth Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton The Link Dance Space, Digbeth Call the ACE office for a FREE trial on 0121 314 5830 01902 321321 www.arenatheatre.info Call the ACE office for a FREE trial on 0121 314 5830

Thurs 6 & Fri 7 Oct

7.30pm

Thurs 13 Oct Tues 18 Oct

6-7.15pm

6 8.30pm

The Link Dance Space, Digbeth

Just turn up

Wed 19 Oct
6 9pm

The Drum, Pit and cafe bar, Birmingham

Just turn up

Thurs 20 Oct

6-7.15pm

The Link Dance Space, Digbeth

Call the ACE office for a FREE trial on 0121 314 5830

Fri 28 & Sat 29 Oct

Foyle Studio, mac, Birmingham

mac Box Office 0121 446 3232 www.macarts.co.uk

Thurs 24 & Fri 25 Nov

mac, Birmingham

mac Box Office 0121 446 3232 www.macarts.co.uk

Classes for all ages The Link Dance Space Digbeth

For budding dancers across the West Midlands from early years to adults. ACE Youth is a key element of this progression. Young people aged 12 18 years develop and broaden dance skills, work with a range of practitioners and youth companies, develop technical skills, build self-esteem, confidence and realise their full potential.

Revival

Creating celebration and excitement about African Caribbean culture through dance and music, for adults in Birmingham. FREE Launch Event // Wed 19 Oct // 6-9pm// The Drum // Pit and Caf 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 African Drumming for Dance Mondays // 6-7.30pm // 5/4 African Dance at the ACE Dance Studio Tuesdays // 7.30-8.45pm // 4/3 African Dance in Nechells (venue tbc) Tuesdays // 6-7.15pm // 4/3 Revival & ACE Xmas Gala Performance Sat 17 Dec, 6.30pm // The Drum // 5/3 Hot food available
In partnership with the Drum and Nechells EAZ, funded by Birmingham City Council.

Parents & tots, 2-4 yrs, Sat 10-10.45am, Develop movement skills through dance Funky Fusion, 5-8 yrs, Sat 11am12pm, Fun session of dance Fused, 9-11 yrs, Sat 12.151.15pm, 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 67.15pm, For dance enthusiasts & students Adult African Dance, Tues 7.308.45pm, Work out, move to new rhythms

About ACE dance and music

Founded in1996, ACE dance and music (African Cultural Exchange Ltd.) is a professional dance Company based in Birmingham. Under the artistic direction of Gail Parmel & musical direction of Ian Parmel, ACE dance and music fuse traditional African & Caribbean dance aesthetic with contemporary techniques to create high quality innovative performance work, outreach & education programmes for adults and young people in a variety of formal and informal settings within the West Midland region, across the UK and in mainland Europe. The Companys work involves dance & music collaborations, new digital media and techniques from other disciplines including theatre. ACE dance and musics Artistic Director Gail Parmel, who after being nominated as one of the Cultural Leadership Programmes 50 Women to Watch in 2010/11, has now been voted one of 20 Inspirational Women from the African Diaspora in Europe (ADIPWE): in celebration of the 100th anniversary of International Womens Day. The ACE dance and music vision is: To be a nationally & internationally recognised leader in the field of contemporary African and Caribbean Dance

INTERNATIONAL DANCE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR GAIL PARMEL & JAPANESE CHOREOGRAPHER AKIKO KITAMURA

Six quicksilver dancers: movement, music, film and light ICE reflects on how technology infiltrates our lives, set in a clinical white space with powerful visual projections, fast paced streams of movement and bodies frozen in time. As the performance starts and the temperature drops to freezing point, ICE allows us to preserve the moment, and dream together of how the future might be. As the thaw comes, do we cross over and become something else? Or are we forever crystalised. Is this our future? Be touched and amazed. ICE is raw, vibrant and full of expression. With cutting-edge Japanese style, precise timing, strength, control and fierce execution. MUSIC AND DANCE TO ELEVATE THE SOUL Visit events calendar for dates & times

Highlights
In March 2011 ACE dance and music were extremely pleased to be awarded Arts Council NPO status and we were granted a small uplift ACE dance and music is now a registered charity The Companys Artistic Director Gail Parmel was nominated for two awards in 2011 ACE Youth took part in an exciting International youth exchange with Dutch company Untold 5 more members of ACE Youth successfully auditioned for professional dance training. As a result of our support, 95% of ACE Youth members who audition now go on to gain a place to train professionally We have diversified our dance classes with a weekly intermediate classes for dance students The 2011 African Village summer school was a great success, parents and kids begged for more In 2010/11 we took our African Village project to over 650 children. Dance, story and visual art workshops led to a final sharing event in each centre Our previous production Skin is now on the OCR performing arts syllabus study list We hosted 2 international dance opportunities. In Oct 2010, South African 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 performed our previous production Switch to almost 3,500 people

Sharing Spaces

A write-up from a successful community project for 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 of 20 then signed up to take part in free dance workshops over the 5 days in half term 2010. All participants performed at The Link Dance Space on Thurs 3 March 2011. A celebratory evening of amazing performance , artistic talent, dance, music and food. Young people from 6 14 were singing, MCing, performing dance-offs alongside ACE Youth. Over 50 friends and family piled in to the studio, warming up with the performers and having a brilliant time. Gails advice to parents was if 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 Nechells Education Zone.

Hire our studio

We have a light and airy dance studio for hire. Only 15 an hour plus VAT. Perfect for classes, workshops or rehearsals. Reduced rates for week-long bookings and residencies. Come along to our Friends of ACE open evening at 6pm on the 18th October for a 10% discount on new hires. We had over 218 bookings in 2010. COME AND BE PART OF OUR FRIENDLY DANCE HUB.
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YGB Present Wole Soyinkas

death and the kings horseman

Thu 8 - Fri 9 Dec, 7pm, Sat 10 Dec, 2pm 6 Set in Nigeria during World War II. The King is dead, and tonight his Horseman must escort him to the spirit world. As Elesin dances through the market, pursued by an entourage of adoring women, he promises to honour the ancient Yoruba custom of ritual suicide and so accompany his ruler on the final journey. Will Elesin do his duty and prevent the world from tumbling into the void? With rapper Juice Aleem in the lead role this thrilling tragedy about respect, honour and the clash between Africa and Europe will be a blaze of light, sound and colour. Supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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