Collabo with Avant Garde at Circomedia
On the 23rd June, I presented an extract of Papyllon for Collabo’s first Bristol event, held at Circomedia. Collaboration with Toni Stuart #Papyllon Performed the first 7 minutes yesterday and it felt beautiful to share it! @circomedia @avantgardedance #collabo A post shared by Ella Mesma (@ellamesma) on Jun 23, 2018 at 11:58pm PDT There are […]
A historical trail of the dancestyles we work with at Ella Mesma Company and some ponderings over the people at the top…
I recently went to an audition in London that had advertised for Afro Cuban dancers for a Latin show touring the world (how exciting!). The audition was fun: though we mostly danced hip hop choreo. The cut came and they called Ella (I was actually surprised about getting through as I retired as a bgirl […]
We are Lukas Finalists 2018
Nossa! Thank you everyone for your support… we aere through to the finals for ‘BEST DANCE PRODUCTION’ alongside… THE FINALISTS ARE… ‘Acosta Dance’ by Carlos Acosta @ Sadlers Wells ‘Born a Shadow’ by Compañía Rafaela Carrasco @ Sadlers Wells Ímpetus’ by Ballet Flamenco Jesús Carmona @ Sadlers Wells ‘Ladylike’ by Ella Mesma @ Trinity (Bristol) […]
June Newsletter
View this email in your browser Dear Amazing Humans, Below is my latest newsletter in which I tell you about all things Ella Mesma Company (including Papyllon in South Africa, the last Ladylike show at Dance City in Newcastle and the Roots of Rumba UK tour! Thank you for your time reading this and […]
An interview with Ella Mesma and artists on all things Roots of Rumba
Roots of Rumba (established 2013 at Richmix) began as a mission to create a platform for established professionals and emerging Latin dance artists to present Dance Theatre with Afro-Latin dance and themes at the heart. I am super excited to announce that this year Roots of Rumba will be funded by Arts Council of […]