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Mindful Movement Festival: Returning Home

An OUR HOUSE takeover by Company Jinks

OUR HOUSE is an East London Dance programme which hands over creative control of our programming to independent artists and collectives for a week at a time, to make the decisions within our artistic offer and curate activity at our home, the Talent House.

Mindful Movement Festival: Returning Home
Monday 18 to Sunday 24 November 2024
Festival pass – £15
The Talent House, 3 Sugar House Lane, E15 2QS

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:

Ricky Jinks and Company Jinks take over the Talent House this November with an opportunity for you to take part in a huge variety of ways of moving and connecting with mind, body and soul.

The festival is made up of Holistic Workshops for those interested in exploring a deeper relationship with movement and the body; New Skills Classes including Breaking, Vogue, Salsa, Popping and Afro Dance, open for all, with no previous experience needed; Choreography Classes for intermediate and advanced level dancers; Methods for intermediate and advanced level dancers which invite a deep dive into each presenting artist’s movement method; Plus, the festival will culminate in the Queer Club – a performance celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community. 

As well as the above, there will be a community space open all day everyday for those with a festival pass, to use to chill / work / meet friends, alongside daily free shared studio space. There will also be private therapies available everyday (at an additional cost) details of which will be released soon.

HOW TO BOOK:

Go to the Event Calendar, choose your first session by purchasing the £15 Festival pass (this will also take you through the registration process for the booking system*), then go back to the Event Calendar to book in any further sessions you wish to attend, at no additional cost. Please note that Queer Club is sold separately (tickets £5) and will go on sale on 28 October.

*Please note, if, once you have inputted your email address, TeamUp asks you to log in rather than create an account, you may already have a TeamUp account with another studio or gym attached to that email address. In that case use your password for the other venue to log in, or, if you don’t remember it, you can reset the password or use a different email address.

THE SCHEDULE:

Monday 18 Nov:

• Opening Freedom Dance (Holistic) – 4:30-6:30pm (doors from 4pm)
• David Cottle (Choreo) – 7-9pm

Tuesday 19 Nov:

• Morning Practice with Ricky Jinks (Holistic)- 7:45-9am
• Shared Open Space – 9am-12noon (spaces to be released closer to the time)
• Jordan JFunk (Method) – 12-3pm
• Food Energetics & Awareness with Rali Chepisheva (Holistic)- 3:30-5:30pm
• Afro Dance with Olu Alatise (New Skills) – 5:45-7pm
• Jordan JFunk (Choreo) – 7-9pm

Wednesday 20 Nov:

• Morning Practice with Ricky Jinks (Holistic) – 7:45-9am
• Christie Lee Manning (Method) – 10am-1pm
• Shared Open Space – 1-2:45pm (spaces to be released closer to the time)
• Cacao & Sensuality with Megan Westpfel (Holistic) – 3-5pm
• Vogue with Faye Stoeser(New Skills) – 5:45-7pm
• Ricky Jinks (Choreo) – 7-9pm

Thursday 21 Nov:

• Morning Practice with Ricky Jinks (Holistic) – 7:45-9am
• Shared Open Space – 9am-1pm (spaces to be released closer to the time)
• Francesca Filippa (Method) – 1-4pm
• Breaking with Emma Houston AKA Shortbread (New Skills) – 5:45-7pm
• Fi Silverthorn (Choreo) – 7-9pm

Friday 22 Nov:

• Morning Practice with Ricky Jinks (Holistic) – 7:45-9am
• Shared Open Space – 9am-12noon (spaces to be released closer to the time)
• Rachel Kay (Method) – 12-3pm
• Animal Flow with Rebecca (Holistic) – 3:30-5:30pm
• Salsa with Erika G (New Skills) – 5:45-7pm
• Dominic Lawrence Smith (Choreo) – 7-9pm

Saturday 23 Nov:

• Sober Rave (Holistic) – 7:45-9am
• Shared Open Space – 9am-12noon (spaces to be released closer to the time)
• Barre Fitness with Mollie Packer (New Skills) – 10-11am
• Improv with Manon (New Skills) – 11:15am-12:15pm
• Popping with Shawn Plague (New Skills) – 12-13:15pm
• Authentic Sensuality with Ruby (New Skills) – 12:30-1:30pm
• Jamie Southall & Cornelia Burman (Choreo) – 1:45-2:45pm
• Yoga with Chris Vasileiadi (New Skills) – 3-4pm
• Queer Club – 4:30-9pm (tickets on sale from 28 October)

Sunday 24 Nov:

• Shared Open Space – 8-9am (spaces to be released closer to the time)
• Breadthwork with Kikz Katika (Holistic) – 9-11am
• Tali (Method) – 11:30am-2:30pm
• Sound Bath with Jake Lindsay (Holistic) – 3-4:30pm
• Tali (Choreo) – 5-7pm
• Closing Freedom Dance (Holistic) – 7:30-9pm

Mindful Movement Festival is a Company Jinks OUR HOUSE Takeover presented by East London Dance, supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Arts Council England