My Cuba: Travelling with the WCMT
October 2015: Cuba WCMT Dates of journey: 30th July-20th August 2015 Who with: Just me myself and I Where: Havana, Cuba Favourite food: Mango juice/Tostones Most inspiring person/people you met: Aleida De La Serna: Yoerlis Brunet: Joya Powell from NYC Greatest place you saw: Havana: Ballet National de Cuba, Matanzas: Museo De Esclavos Smells like: […]
“Completely engaged- Enthralling, emotional, grounding work” Stuart Carter- Audience member and CEO, The Tabernacle- London“
“Completely engaged- Enthralling, emotional, grounding work” Stuart Carter- Audience member and CEO, The Tabernacle- London“ “A powerful display of timeless and current issues that women continue to face everyday” Audience member and choreographer –Louiseanne Wong, Tabernacle, London Photos by Roger Barnes
Reflections on the water: Looking back over the last six months funded by Arts Council of England
September 2015: Orixás “All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” – Toni Morrison So on November 28th, on my way out the door to fly to Valencia to film my second Samba no Pe DVD, there was a most beautiful brown envelope… and inside that […]
An Interview with Ella Mesma by Samantha Mashuta
August 2015: Interview with EM An Interview with Ella Mesma by Samantha Mashuta I had lots of fun interviewing The Real Ella Mesma! Question (Q): So who is Ella Mesma? Answer (A): Ella Mesma is the real me, the named came from an amazing artist called Claudio Kron Do Brazil. In Portuguese ‘Ella’ means her […]
The Ashes Dance Collective and Ella Mesma Company The Place 2015
Orixas kept things simple with twenty minutes of pure contemporary dance at its most physical and sensual. Four female dancers in four differently coloured dresses travelled across the stage with hip-rocking determination against some dramatic lighting changes. Rhythmic and gymnastic, the piece told a captivating story of female strength and solidarity. A memorable moment was […]