About Us

2023 is building a legacy from Route 34: Embracing Cultures from Moving Souls Dance engagement as co-producer with North BirminghamAlliance. 

https://www.northbirminghamalliance.com/route34

This commission from the B2022 Festival commissioned an anthem We Rise from Ken Burton involving 17 Community choirs singing in Symphony Hall and across Birmingham in large scale outdoor venues including the Bull Ring.  11  Queen Costumes inspired by the Caribbean National Flowers were designed by Clary Salandy and led a procession of over 100 children, young people and adults from ACE dance and music community groups in lively dance processions across these events. For engaging videos of these participatory events see:

We Rise Anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNr2o0rN9c&t=13s

Birmingham Hippodrome event: 

https://acedanceandmusic.com/project/embracing-cultures/

There will be a new Birmingham 2023 Festival and Birmingham weekender Festival hosted in Birmingham during the summer of 2023.

 

Producer Training (PEP) with work placements for 2025 for diverse dance arts

Moving Souls Dance are advertising a new freelance opportunity for 3 Emerging Producers to receive training in producing outdoor arts (carnival), dance film and theatre / youth arts. We are working in partnership with ACE dance and music; Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton, Sampad and Sima Gonsai (DanceScreen curator).  Application deadline Friday 17th January 17.00 to send by email: ginnie@movingsouls.dance

 

Download the full job description here.

 

 

Producing Emerging Producers

Moving Souls Dance intend to run a new Producing Emerging Producers during 2025.  Please read the final report from 2023 here with a link for report to be downloaded.

Ginnie

Ginnie has worked with professional dance companies as a practitioner (Second Stride, Extemporary Dance Theatre, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company) and within the funding system as Dance Officer (Arts Council West Midlands) and Cultural Officer (Birmingham City Council). She is now working as an independent producer to offer professional support services to artists to facilitate a step change in their careers.

Nicholas

Nicholas has worked in the social care sector for 30 years, from adult mental health and mediation to residential setting with young people and latterly as a social worker for children in care. His experiences are grounded in therapeutic management and creative group work. Nicholas is now an ICF approved Life Coach offering one to one sessions.

Working with Artists and Professional Companies:

We are delighted to be working with North Birmingham Alliance (ACE dance and music, Black Voices, Black Arts Forum and Legacy Centre of Excellence) on the project Embracing Cultures. (Website page coming).  This programme will be seen on the streets of Birmingham during the summer showcasing a colourful display of Caribbean and Birmingham flowers in a dazzling bouquet of delight from July to September. Details will be uploaded here: link tbc

We have joined with women’s sewing groups in Birchfield and Yardley and Forest School groups in Handsworth Park and Perry Hall Park to create the first carnival costume for Birmingham’s Flora which has been designed by Anna Lewis. Ginnie is the producer for this community project, designer maker Kate Morris and local artists Shiam, Eleanor (Forest Schools) and Bano (Kwateen Creative Minds) to involve community groups in the co-creation of this magnificent carnival costume. See (participatory page for images).

Moving Souls Dance will continue to work with Jai Jagat UK, Footsteps, Climate Action Network West Midlands (CANWM) and West Midlands Climate Coalition on a number of participatory projects raising awareness with young people and families about how we can make a difference to support the target of Net Zero CO2 by 2030.