We are busy reemerging our Taking Flight birds for a series of performances this year! Saturday 16th August 12-4pm – The Sankofa and Feng Huang will be taking flight at the Merhaba Halal Food Festival in Rochdale. Sunday, 31st August 1.15- 3.45pm – The Peacock, Feng Huang and Sankofa will be performing at the leading outdoor multi-cultural festival, […] read more
Liverpool’s annual Africa Oyé music festival took place on the 22nd and 23rd June with a very colourful, fun and lively Oyé Active Zone! A free, fun and vibrant celebration of arts and culture, Africa Oyé is a festival that takes place every year in Sefton Park, Liverpool and attracts thousands of people from all […] read more
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
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
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
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
Movema Bristol are launching an after school club for children and their families in partnership with The Trinity. The club will take place on Tuesday between May- July 2023 at The Trinity Centre. Each week the sessions will start with a snack provided by Trinity, and a chance for people to chat and register. Followed […] read more
Movema teams in Bristol and Liverpool are preparing to dance at multiple events to celebrate the Lunar New Year.This year hops from Water Tiger to Water Rabbit! Bristol Sunday 29th January 2023, 12pm – Bristol Museum & Arts Gallery.Everybody Dance Now dancers from Filwood Community Centre, Wawa Chen and RISE Youth Dance perform ‘Peacock & […] read more
A massive thanks to the People’s Postcode Lottery for awarding Movema a Postcode Neighbourhood Trust grant, helping us to reach more people and deepen the impact of our work within communities. This funding supports Movema to run our high-quality world dance activities including; classes, performances and training from August 2022 for 18 months. Through this […] read more