Everybody Dance Now, Again! We’re massively grateful to Quartet Community Foundation for awarding funding to our Filwood Family Sessions, Everybody Dance Now. With Quartet’s support, we can deliver another term of our free to access weekly dance and craft activities with our fantastic Filwood families. Sessions re-commence on Thursday 26 September, 6 – 7pm at […] read more
For the third year running, Movema, The Nest At Bean Tree Cafe and South Glouchestershire Race Equality Network hosted ‘Celebrate With Me’ – a day of festivities with global music and dance performances, family crafts and food tasters, helping to create a place of welcome for local refugee communities. We were treated to a beautiful […] read more
Dance around the world with Movema and guests at our weekly World Fusion classes in Bristol. World Fusion is a high-energy dance class packed full of music & moves inspired by various modern and traditional styles from around the globe such as; Carnival, Dancehall, Bollywood and Latin styles. We celebrate diversity and provide an energising […] read more
Wildfire Rising is an arts 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
We are continuing into our 4th year of running community dance and arts activities in Filwood Community Centre, Knowle West for children and their families.The weekly sessions now run on Thursdays 6-7pm and are free to all. During January and February 2024 the group are celebrating the Lunar New year and welcoming the year of […] read more
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
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
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
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
Our Bristol team are over the moon to be dancing at three events in a row this summer; Bristol Refugee Festival, St Pauls Carnival and Bristol Pride! This year we’re going big, collaborating with other local dance groups and organisations to create the One Jam Troupe. The troupe is a partnership between Movema’s World Fusion adult […] read more