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An inclusive, proessional organisation which cherishes its roots

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INVOLVEDAUTUMN

2011FREE CLASSES

EXCITING PERFORMANCES

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YOUTH DANCE EXCELLENCE



Hi everyone,

ACE dance and music has loads going on, and we want you to

join in! Our proessional company is on tour rom October with

our new production ICE , and we warmly invite you to come

along to one o our West Midlands dates; at the Arena Theatre

or mac. We are also hosting a Youth Dance event in partnership

with mac, showcasing some o the most exciting young dancersin the UK and France.

This oers a much-needed opportunity to celebrate talented

teenagers and have a great night! Please buy tickets

to support ACE and our dancers, check out theevents calendar or inormation.

Ater a successul spring term and a brilliant

summer school we now turn our attention to

autumn classes. I you know a young person

with a passion or dance, please point them

in our direction! We run sessions rom

our studio in Digbeth, the rst classis ree or new members.

For adults we are starting a Revival with vibrant dance and drumming,

creating a sense o excitement

and pride in Arican and Caribbeanculture. This will lead to the creation o a

perormance group. Come to a ree taster

at The Drum, all welcome! Or turn up atour studio at 6pm on 18th October, have a

nibble, watch us dance and nd out more.

Looking orward to seeing new and old

aces.

Gail and Ian Parmel

Directors, ACE dance and music

Get involved this autumn Thurs 6

Oct6-7.15pm

ACE Youth FREE taster

session or 12-18 yr olds

The Link Dance

Space,

Digbeth

Call the ACE oce

or a FREE trial on

0121 314 5830

Thurs 6 &

Fri 7 Oct7.30pm

ICE

International dance

production

Arena Theatre,

Wolverhampton

01902 321321

www.arenatheatre.ino

Thurs

13 Oct6-7.15pm

ACE Youth FREE taster

session or 12-18 yr olds

The Link Dance

Space,

Digbeth

Call the ACE oce

or a FREE trial on

0121 314 5830

Tues18 Oct6 – 8.30pm

Friends of ACE openevening, drinks and

nibbles, perormances

rom ACE dance and

music, ACE Youth and

class members

The Link Dance

Space,

Digbeth

Just turn up

Wed

19 Oct6 – 9pm

Revival FREE launch

event , taster dance and

drumming workshops.

Everyone welcome,

come along and give

it a go!

The Drum,

Pit and cae bar,

Birmingham

Just turn up

Thurs

20 Oct6-7.15pm

ACE Youth FREE taster session or 12-18 yr olds

The Link Dance

Space,

Digbeth

Call the ACE oce

or a FREE trial on

0121 314 5830

Fri28 &

Sat 29 Oct

Dance: Desir

ACE Youth & friendsdance showcase.

Dancers rom Europe

and the UK. An exciting

evening celebrating

the creative talents o

teenagers

Foyle Studio,

mac,

Birmingham

mac Box Oce

0121 446 3232

www.macarts.co.uk

Thurs

24 & Fri 25

Nov

ICE

International dance

production

mac,

Birmingham

mac Box Oce

0121 446 3232

www.macarts.co.uk



Classes or all ages

The Link Dance Space Digbeth Revival Creating celebration and excitement

about Arican Caribbean culture

through dance and music,or adults in Birmingham.

Parents & tots, 2-4 yrs, Sat 10-10.45am, Develop movement skills

through dance

Funky Fusion, 5-8 yrs, Sat 11am–12pm, Fun session of dance

Fused, 9-11 yrs, Sat 12.15–1.15pm, Develop movement & performance

skills in dance

ACE Youth open class, 12-18 yrs, Thur 6-7.15pm, Extend your dance

skills with ACE Youth

Intermediate Contemporary Class, Tues 6–7.15pm, For dance

enthusiasts & students

Adult Arican Dance, Tues 7.30–8.45pm, Work out, move to new

rhythms

FREE Launch Event // Wed 19 Oct

// 6-9pm// The Drum // Pit andCaé Bar // Twitter: #revivallaunch

Taster dance and drumming

workshops led by Ballet Nimba.

Everyone welcome, give it a go, then

book on a class below!

Starting week commencing 24 Oct 2011,

project running into 2012

West Arican Drumming or Dance

Mondays // 6-7.30pm // £5/£4

Arican Dance at the ACE Dance Studio

Tuesdays // 7.30-8.45pm // £4/£3

Arican Dance in Nechells (venue tbc)

Tuesdays // 6-7.15pm // £4/£3

Revival & ACE Xmas Gala Perormance

Sat 17 Dec, 6.30pm // The Drum // £5/£3

Hot ood available

For budding dancers across the West

Midlands rom early years to adults.

ACE Youth is a key element o this

progression. Young people aged12 – 18 years develop and broaden

dance skills, work with a range o

practitioners and youth companies,develop technical skills, build

sel-esteem, condence and realisetheir ull potential.

In partnership with the Drum and Nechells EAZ,unded by Birmingham City Council.



About ACE dance and music

Founded in1996, ACE dance and music (Arican

Cultural Exchange Ltd.) is a proessional dance

Company based in Birmingham. Under the artistic

direction o Gail Parmel & musical direction o Ian

Parmel, ACE dance and music use traditional Arican& Caribbean dance aesthetic with contemporary

techniques to create high quality innovative

perormance work, outreach & education

programmes or adults and young people in a variety o

ormal and inormal settings within the West Midland region,across the UK and in mainland Europe. The Company’s work

involves dance & music collaborations, new digital media

and techniques rom other disciplines including theatre.

ACE dance and music’s Artistic Director Gail

Parmel, who ater being nominated as one

o the Cultural Leadership Programme’s 50

Women to Watch in 2010/11, has now been

voted one o 20 Inspirational Women rom

the Arican Diaspora in Europe (ADIPWE):in celebration o the 100th anniversary o

International Women’s Day.

The ACE dance and music vision is: To be

a nationally & internationally recognised leader in the feld o contemporary Arican

and Caribbean Dance

INTERNATIONAL DANCE COLLABORATION

BETWEEN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR GAIL PARMEL &

JAPANESE CHOREOGRAPHER AKIKO KITAMURA

Six quicksilver dancers:movement, music, flm and light

As the perormance starts and the temperature drops to

reezing point, ICE allows us to preserve the moment, and dream

together o how the uture might be. As the thaw comes, do

we cross over and become something else? Or are we orever

crystalised. Is this our uture? Be touched and amazed. ICE israw, vibrant and ull o expression. With cutting-edge Japanese

style, precise timing, strength, control and erce execution.

MUSIC AND DANCE TO ELEVATE THE SOUL

Visit events calendar or dates & times

ICE refects on how technology

inltrates our lives, set in a clinicalwhite space with powerul visual

projections, ast paced streams

o movement and bodies rozen

in time.



Sharing SpacesA write-up rom a successul community project or all ages

ACE dance and music worked with 400 young people in schools

in the Nechells area, in assembly presentations and class

workshops, raising awareness and interest. Groups o 20 then

signed up to take part in ree dance workshops over the 5 daysin hal term 2010.

All participants perormed at The Link Dance Space on Thurs 3March 2011. A celebratory evening o amazing perormance ,

artistic talent, dance, music and ood. Young people rom 6 – 14were singing, MC’ing, perorming dance-os alongside ACE

Youth. Over 50 riends and amily piled in to the studio, warming

up with the perormers and having a brilliant time. Gail’s advice

to parents was “i you see talent, support it, take them to classes, push them and just look what can happen!”

Funded by Birmingham Cultural Partnership and in partnership with NechellsEducation Zone.

Highlights• In March 2011 ACE dance and music were extremely

pleased to be awarded Arts Council NPO status and we

were granted a small uplit

• ACE dance and music is now a registered charity

• The Company’s Artistic Director Gail Parmel was nominated

or two awards in 2011

• ACE Youth took part in an exciting International youth

exchange with Dutch company Untold• 5 more members o ACE Youth successully auditioned or

proessional dance training. As a result o our support, 95%

o ACE Youth members who audition now go on to gain a

place to train proessionally

• We have diversied our dance classes with a weekly

intermediate classes or dance students

• The 2011 Arican Village summer school was a great success,

parents and kids begged or more

• In 2010/11 we took our Arican Village project to over 650

children. Dance, story and visual art workshops led to anal sharing event in each centre

•

Our previous production Skin is now on the OCRperorming arts syllabus study list

• We hosted 2 international dance opportunities. In Oct

2010, South Arican artist Vincent Mantsoe worked with

dancers and presented work at mac. In Feb 2011, Japanese

choreographer Akiko Kitamura worked with dancers, and

presented work at Warwick Arts Centre

• In 2009/10 we perormed our previous production Switch

to almost 3,500 people



The Drum | 144 Potters Lane | Aston | Birmingham B6 4UU

Contact: 0121 333 2444 | www.the-drum.org.uk

Thu 8 - Fri 9 Dec, 7pm, Sat 10 Dec, 2pm£6Set in Nigeria during World War II. The King isdead, and tonight his Horseman must escort himto the spirit world. As Elesin dances through themarket, pursued by an entourage o adoringwomen, he promises to honour the ancient

Yoruba custom o ritual suicide and so accompany

his ruler on the fnal journey. Will Elesin do hisduty and prevent the world rom tumbling intothe void? With rapper Juice Aleem in the leadrole this thrilling tragedy about respect, honourand the clash between Arica and Europe will be ablaze o light, sound and colour.

Supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund andthe Heritage Lottery Fund.

YGB Present Wole Soyinka’s

death and the king’s horseman

Hire our studioWe have a light and airy dance studio or hire. Only £15 an hour

plus VAT. Perect or classes, workshops or rehearsals. Reduced

rates or week-long bookings and residencies.

Come along to our Friends o ACE open evening at 6pm on the18th October or a 10% discount on new hires. We had over 218

bookings in 2010.

COME AND BE PART OF OUR FRIENDLY DANCE HUB.“Style and discipline…

Technical ability and sheer physicality…Exhilarating to watch” Birmingham Post

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dance and music

Contact us

Tel // 0121 314 5830

Email // [email protected]

Address // The Link Dance Space,

The Ground Floor,

54-57 Floodgate Street,

Birmingham, B5 5SL.

Company Number // 3471844Charity Number // 1137490

VAT Number // 906952994

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