10th
Anniversary of The Mayor's Thames Festival
15/16 September 2007 - FREE!
South Bank, London
"London's biggest end-of-summer party!"
The Evening Standard
This coming Sunday (16th
Sept) at 3pm, come on down to the
Scoop at More London, to see the Kinetika
Bloco perform in this dramatic amphitheatre.
Later on in the day, join the crowds to
enjoy the Illuminated Night Carnival along the banks
of the River Thames - which will be the
biggest yet, celebrating ten years of
Thames Festival magic!
For
more info click www.thamesfestival.org
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Kinetika presents The Tiger &
The Emperor
with Walk the Plank
23 Sept 2007 - FREE!
Procession from 4.30pm
Newcastle/Gateshead Quayside
SAMA, Newcastle-Gateshead's first ever
South Asian Music and Arts festival
brings the sights, sounds, spirit
and spice of the subcontinent to Tyneside
from 17-23 September.
The festival will
culminate with an explosive finale
with Kinetika's The Tiger and The
Emperor - a magical procession of
musicians and street entertainers
alongside a roaring Bengal Tiger,
accompanied by fearless dancers, capturing
the spirit and spice of South Asia!
For more information
click here: www.samafestival.org
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Midnight
Robbers:
The Artists of London's Notting Hill Carnival
Exhibition
featuring Ali Pretty, Artistic Director of Kinetika
27
September through 30 October, 2007
Weekdays,
10am - 7pm - FREE!
City
Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA
This new and first-of-its-kind
exhibition on London's riverbank invites everyone to share
the carnival experience and find out more about
both the history and roots of carnival and the
art form itself, including its remarkable development
in the 21st century.
In addition to a selection
of costumes, the exhibition offers an exploration
of processes, styles, new angles on traditions
and insights on designing for carnival through
photographs, designs, filmed interviews with
carnival artists, carnival footage and a timeline
tracking carnival history.
One of the four artists highlighted,
Ali Pretty's work is unique in the way she uses
a strong narrative and creates an intimate journey
within a universal experience. Ali has pioneered
telling the story of the evolving travels of
carnival around the world. Some of her selected
work will be shown which includes drawings of
carnival designs, full costumes, photography
from events and filmed interviews.
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Kinetika
Bloco - The London Jazz Festival
November 25th
Royal Festival Hall
Since
Kinetika's first performance in 2004 at the
London Jazz Festival, the Bloco has gone from
strength to strength and this year there will
be 100 young people performing. Kinetika's
musical journey has unpacked the carnival
suitcase and found a truly dynamic, diverse
British Carnival sound. The Kinetika
Bloco draws it's influences from Trinidad and the Caribbean, Brazil, West and Southern
Africa, India and New Orleans
jazz. These sounds amalgamated reflect the
population of Britain today, and draw on past,
present and future journeys - historical,
actual and cultural.
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Unveiling of Nelson Mandela Statue
29 August 2007
Parliament Square, London
Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire
Nelson Mandela
"enchanted" by the Kinetika performers
The statue of Nelson Mandela
was unveiled in Parliament Square on Wednesday
29 August. VIPs including Nelson Mandela,
Prime minister Gordon Brown
and Mayor of London Ken Livingstone
enjoyed performances by Kinetika and London Gospel Community
Choir. The Kinetika dancers chose to perform
to a song by the South African musician,
Hugh Masekela.
His township jazz track "The Seven Riffs
of Africa", popular at the time of the abolition
of apartheid in South Africa, played whilst
Kinetika performed a specifically choreographed
number.
Prime
Minister Gordon Brown said:
"You
(the Kinetika dancers) were amazing
- Nelson Mandela
wishes me to pass onto you that he thought
you were enchanting!"
Ali Pretty, Artistic Director of Kinetika
said:
"It
is an honour to be performing at the
unveiling of Nelson
Mandela's statue. His vision
reflects everything that Kinetika
stands for. This performance continues
Kinetika's ambition to embrace the
many cultures of Britain, as per the dreams
of Nelson Mandela, and links
into our 7 year project 'Imagination
Our Nation' which is driven by the
belief that in London we can celebrate
our unique position of living in a
city which houses the world."
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The Truth About Lies
24 & 25 August 2007
Coventry City Centre
Kinetika and Coventry-based Imagineer
Productions teamed up together to create
this
production - a powerful and moving narrative
tale of the oldest story in the book: the
battle of good versus evil.
Inspired
by Nobel Prize winning Derek Walcott's
'Ti-Jean and His Brothers', the
visual spectacular incorporated drumming,
dance, music, giant puppets, carnival
costumes and pyrotechnics; with 150 performers
and 70 live musicians!
 
The 2 nights of performance were part of
'Celebrating Coventry' - a weekend
of cultural events being organised during
the weekend of the UK School Games.
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Booking Kinetika
Kinetika has 10 years experience
in the design, production and performance of
extraordinary shows that retain the essence
of carnival whilst telling a story.
The accomplished Kinetika
Bloco of dancers, drummers and musicians
are available for booking for Christmas parties,
festivals, carnivals and corporate events. We
can supply a small performance group for an
intimate event up to a full scale carnival spectacular.
Kinetika also has puppets
and set shows for hire - currently
available:
- Imagination Our Nation
- The Tiger & The Emperor
- Midnight Robber puppet
We have a well established
and highly regarded team of workshop
facilitators, who can create a bespoke
carnival creation (puppets, masks, costumes)
or team building workshop for your school, company
or community group.
Please email about booking:
info@kinetika.co.uk
Or call 020 7092 9944
The midnight Robber puppet
- perfect for a Halloween event!
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Opportunities to take part
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If you are an artist and would like to
volunteer to take part in one of our projects,
or find out about 'making of mas' training
opportunities, please emai us at info@kinetika.co.uk
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Every year the 2 week long
summer school is held on the South Bank,
from which we recruit for our year-round
Kinetika Bloco gigs and events. If you are
aged 14+ you can participate in the open
access, subsidised workshops. There are
opportunities for all - costume making,
dancing, drumming, woodwind and brass playing.
If you would like to be on the mailing list,
please email info@kinetika.co.uk
Ways to support us
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We are a not-for-profit company
and are enabled to do what we do through
funding bodies and support of generous organisations.
If you would like to speak to Kinetika about
possible funding opportunities, sponsorship
or donations, please email Kinetika
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CONTENTS
Thames Festival
The Tiger &
The Emperor
Midnight Robbers
London Jazz Festival
Unveiling of Nelson Mandela Statue
The Truth About Lies
Booking Kinetika
Opportunities to take part
Ways to Support Kinetika
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Contact
Kinetika for details about hiring costumes or puppets,
booking the Bloco or general queries:
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