Author: Penny Caffrey

People’s Postcode Lottery

Enabling community participation in the arts Between August 2022 to February 2024, Movema’s programme was supported by a Neighbourhood Trust grant from People’s Postcode Lottery.Read more about People’s Postcode Lottery Good Causes. The grant helped delivery our Core work is categorised in the following 4 key areas over 18 months. Cultural Communities: providing broad engagement […] read more

Wildfire Rising Bristol

Wildfire Rising is an artist development programme that aims to remove barriers of inequality by investing in and supporting Global Majority Dance Artists to make way for the rising of their artistry, representation and development. Associate Artists As part of the Wildfire Rising programme, Movema will support three dance artists from the Bristol area who […] read more

Administrator – Post withdrawn until further notice

AS OF TUESDAY 6TH FEBRUARY 2024 we have withdrawn this post until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience. Job Description The Administrator provides a comprehensive range of office administration and services across the Movema team ensuring the efficient running of the organisation. This post will work closely with Movema’s Executive team and Artistic Programme […] read more

Wildfire Rising end of project

We are celebrating the second year of Wildfire Rising, an artist development programme that remove barriers of inequality by investing in and supporting Global Majority dance artists.   The project was led in collaboration with Cheshire Dance & funded by Arts Council England. The Wildfire Rising Associate Artists on the 2022-23 Year 2 programme are: Ruth […] read more

Reflecting on Diwali

Pooja Argarwal, Dance Artist & Choreographer, reflects on Diwali 2023  Diwali is a really important celebration in my culture. It is an event that really brings everyone together and is our new year and the start of the Hindu calendar year.  In my hometown of Jaipur we all dress up, do Pujas (the Hindu worship […] read more

Administrator (Part-time)

Movema are looking for a part-time Administrator (21 hrs), who will be based in the Liverpool office at The Bluecoat. Job Description The Administrator provides a comprehensive range of office administration and services across the Movema team ensuring the efficient running of the organisation. This post will work closely with Movema’s Executive team and Artistic […] read more

Become a Trustee

Movema is currently looking to appoint up to three passionate and dynamic trustees to help our diverse charity navigate our next chapter. About Our Board Movema’s Board of trustees consists of up to ten people, bringing together diverse experience, skills and knowledge to work collaboratively to provide governance. The Board is supported in this, by […] read more

Southmead Festival

Supported by Bristol Refugee Festival and Arts Council England, Movema artists Keity Pook delivered a series of workshops and rehearsals with Refugee Women of Bristol. During the project the group worked collaboratively to create a dance piece celebrating many cultures and shared experienced, which was then performed to an audience at the Southmead Festival. The […] read more

Partnership with SGREN

Over the last three months, Movema and SGREN (South Gloucestershire Race Equality Network) have been working together on a pilot programme to provide dance workshops to local primary schools in South Gloucestershire.  The objective of the programme is to promote awareness of diverse cultures, connect families from different backgrounds within the local community and build […] read more