I Am All Womxn – a reflective blog written by Ella Mesma (independent artist) and Hannah Robertshaw (Yorkshire Dance)
During lock down 2020, Ella Mesma interviewed 5 inspirational womxn and held a closed discussion with 11 more womxn who specialise in hiphop dance styles. These are our (Ella and Hannah’s) reflections on those discussions but include the voices of the womxn involved. We want to thank them for their honesty and generosity.
October Updates
Lockdown time was intense for me and as I emerged from my cocoon I needed to move slowly, so hence my not writing sooner, but if you do want to hear from me more regularly, there are two weekly mail-outs which you can sign up for here. Meanwhile, I hope in these times of change, colder […]
HipHop Almanac 2020
Ella was born in Canterbury and grew up in Bristol; she trained at Laban and London Contemporary Dance School and studied politics at Leeds University. Performance credits include Russell Maliphant, Lea Anderson and the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony. She has been resident at Casa Latin American Festival, Associate Artist at Dance City, a Slate World […]
Magic
OUR COACHING AND MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd-3gDEFMe0 I have been on such a beautiful path of healing and growth the past 5 years, and this week completed my second 5 week course as a team leader on a journey of Alchemy! If there was one thing that resonated strongly from training it was that […]
Art from the Heart
You are invited to join our auction and raise some money for ‘Show Racism the Red Card’. I have been healing my heart through painting, and will be donating the profits of my first piece of artwork to Emma Houston’s Just Giving fundraiser on behalf of SRTRC. This is the artwork above. It is not quite finished […]