hackney

  • Costume Workshop – Sat January 19th

    mimbre and London College of Fashion have set up a collaborative project to make costumes for our Step-Up acrobatic group which they will wear during the opening performance of the Discover Young Hackney Festival at Hackney Empire. The costume workshop will be held on Saturday 19th January from 10am to 4pm at London College of…

  • Acrobatic Youth Group Sharings – 11th to 13th December

    Hello mimbre friends and family, The winter term is coming to an end. All at mimbre have had a fantastic time thanks to the wonderful young people we get to work with. We would like to celebrate the term by sharing with you what the young people have created.

  • Acrobatics classes in images…

    Harold, aged 7 and participant in our acrobatics youth group at Milton Gardens Estate, drew a lovely picture of his experience with mimbre:  

  • News from our acrobatics youth group at Hindle House

    Julia aged 10 (Project Assistant for Hindle House Group aged 4-7 years old) Things I like to do: Gymnastics Street Dance Art Using my imagination And lots of other fun stuff

  • What impact does our work have?

    Not only within the arts world there is a continuous discussion about the impact of the arts, their “purpose” and “use” for a society or an individual as well as about the ways to measure this and to quantify an obviously very personal experience. We would like to extend this discussion to you out there and collect…

  • Acrobatics Masterclass – January 2013

    As followers of our work might know, mimbre offer masterclasses in acrobatics, acrobalance and healthy physicality as part of our participation programme. Our next 2-day masterclass will take place in January 2013 at the Roundhouse in London focusing on the discipline of acrobatics and acrobalance.

  • More news from our youth group participants!

    Teniola – 10 years old My name is Teniola. I am 10 years old and I have been in mimbre for 4 years since I was 6. It has been very fun and has taught me amazing skills since I first started. I have also taken part in the Step-Up group for 1 year. Both groups have…

  • Family Fun Day – Milton Gardens Community Hall

    Over 60 people took part in a mimbre Fun Day on Tuesday the 30th of October. The youngest member was not even one yet and the oldest member preferred not to say.

  • mimbre youth at “One Hackney Festival”

    mimbre’s youth group, the Step-Up Group, were very proud to be selected to take part in the One Hackney Festival and its colourful street parade on July 21st, celebrating the Olympic Torch arriving to our borough! In the parade the Step-Up group presented extracts of their brand new show: “Origin London” –  an action-packed performance fusing street-dance and…

  • A new member of staff at Mimbre

    It’s my first week as General Manager (Maternity Cover) at Mimbre and I’m delighted to join this inventive, inspiring, friendly company at an exciting stage of their development. With a busy Summer of touring underway, and plans for Autumn taking shape, it feels like a good time to join.