Dance Workshops for Young People
Project X delivered engaging and educational dance workshops for children and young people, suitable for all levels. We worked with local dance teachers as well as special guest classes from international dance artists, we taught young people a multitude of diasporic dance techniques, sharing historical knowledge alongside its contemporary impact. The Project X dance classes for children and young people encouraged creativity, confidence and a sense of pride.
Past workshops for children and young people have included: Ghosts Dimensions Dancing with our Shadows class with Mele Broomes and Ashanti Harris, South African Gumboot Dancing with Morgan Njobo, Chronicles movement workshops led by Thulani Rachia and Claricia Parinussa, Afrobeat Dance class with Joy Maria Onotu, Contemporary Movement and Hip Hop with William Freeman, Dancehall Hip Hop Mash Up with Divine Tasinda, Contemporary West African Dance with Erick Mauricia Valentin.
Project X also delivered Summer Schools, Easter Schools, and weekly dance programmes which often work towards a community production.
Dance Workshops for Adults
Project X delivered dance workshops for adults including, recreational classes suitable for all levels, and training workshops for dance professionals. We worked both locally in Scotland as well as internationally and we collaborated with artists teaching a diverse range of dance forms.
Past workshops for adults have included: Afro Contemporary Contact with Hermes Iyele (Lagos), Hooping Workshop with Symoné (Northampton), West African Dance with Akrowa UK (Edinburgh), Movement with Christian Noelle Charles (Glasgow/New York), South African Gumboot Dancing with Morgan Njobo (Edinburgh), Mutation technique class with Storyboard P (New York), Pantsula Dance with Champions Tale (Soweto), Traditional Senegalese Dance with Eva Goudiaby (Glasgow), Afrobeat Dance class with Joy Maria Onotu (Glasgow) Locking Workshop with William Freeman (Glasgow), Dancehall with Divine Tasinda (Glasgow), Contemporary West African Dance with Erick Mauricia Valentin (Glasgow), Traditional West African Dance with Adie Baako (Edinburgh), Traditional and Contemporary diasporic dance with Mele Broomes and Ashanti Harris (Glasgow)
Project X also delivered repertoire classes to enable further engagement with our productions. Past repertoire classes for adults have included Ghost Dimensions Dance Workshop led by Mele Broomes and Ashanti Harris and delivered in collaboration with GOMA, Glasgow
Lets Dance Carnival
Carnival is an incredibly important part of Caribbean heritage. It is a time when we come together to celebrate the cross pollination of identities, ideas and forms. We celebrate our heritage by looking back to our history and forward to our future. Jump in the line and Lets Dance Carnival
Project X’s Lets Dance Carnival family classes were an exploration and a celebration of Carnival as an incredibly rich diasporic artform. We learned about the different histories of Carnival. We delivered dance classes, focusing on dance for procession. We created costumes to bring our dances alive. As part of Lets Dance Carnival we regularly participated in Glasgow Merchant City Festival and the Glasgow Style Mile Winter Carnival.
