Friday 7 February 20206pm- 12amPalm House, Sefton Park, Liverpool A surreal masquerade ball with music, dance, costume and carnival, housed in Sefton Park’s iconic Palm House. LIVE – Frog & Henry (New Orleans) – The Jubilee Stompers (Liverpool) LIVERPOOL KREWES – The Harlequin Dynamites Ancients of Balance – Krewe Movematazz – The Kick Backs Krewe […] read more
Tag: Festival
Liverpool Chinese New Year 2020
This year is our biggest celebration to date! With 5 groups of young people from Movema’s Unlock the Box project, our adult community groups and professional dancers! Liverpool’s China town will be alive with performances and workshops on Great George Street and in The Black-E Art Centre. Movema’s Timetable for 26th January 20201.30 – 2pm […] read more
Sean Nós for Musicians and Dancers with Ceili
Tuesday 19th November 6-9.30pm At VideOdyssey at Toxteth TV An exciting combined event with Sean nos dance classes, specialist tuition in playing music for dancers and a little Ceili to round it all off!! We are very lucky to have the amazing Aneta Dortová all the way from Galway, Ireland to teach a beautiful and virtuosic style […] read more
Movema Workshop in Beijing
Movema Co-Directors Pei and Penny are thrilled to be invited to teach in Beijing, China this October. They will deliver two workshops at BNU (Beijing Normal University) at the annual International Creative Dance Seminar. The seminar is attended by dancers from around the world, sharing their practice and joining the universal exchange of ideas. As […] read more
Now Northwich Festival
5th October Norwich Town Centre Movema dancers are looking forward to performing with our friends Juba do Leão again in October! Thanks to Cheshire Dance for commissioning this exciting collaboration development! Discover Juba do Leão and Movema – an inspiring show of high energy and vibrant dance immersed in jaw-dropping, base booming and snare slicing sound. The collaborative performance between these two fantastic […] read more
Slavery Remembrance Day
23 August 2019 Liverpool City Centre Movema will be parading with the amazing drummers of Katumba for the forth year! Strengthening our communities and giving remembrance through music and dance. read more
St Paul’s Carnival Bristol
6 July 2019 St Paul’s Bristol This year Liverpool Movema directors will be joining Penny for Carnival in Bristol!! The Bloco of 80 people will be made up of; three adult dance groups from Bristol’s World Fusion class run by Movema and RISE, Funk Supreme and Bruk out as well as a team of fantastic […] read more
Africa Oyé 2019
22 & 23 June 2019 Sefton Park Liverpool The Oyé Village – Oyé Active Zone This year we are celebrating Movema’s 10th Birthday and our 10th year running the Oyé Active Zone!! To celebrate our first decade, we will have performances and workshops for you to enjoy, each day of the festival. Bringing the best African diaspora dance styles for […] read more
Perform for Chinese New Year
Be part of our exciting new commissioned performances from Culture Liverpool celebrating the Year of the Pig! Date: 10th Feb 19 We are working hard with 3 dance groups to bring together a Chinese dance extravaganza! Our first team is our youth programme ‘Unlock the Box’ from Hillside community centre, Edge Hill community centre and […] read more
Africa Oyé Active Zone 2018
16- 17th June 2018 Sefton Park Liverpool It’s time for another exciting Oyé festival packed with free dance and music workshops. Brought to you by Movema and friends, featuring Juba do Leao, Capoeira For All, Liver Drummers, Afrobeats Liverpool and much more! Workshops and demonstrations will include; Afro-Caribbean, Samba de Roda, Yoga, World Fusion, Salsa […] read more