Tuesday 28 March 2017

The Carol Straker Dance Foundation’s, 30th Anniversary celebrations.


                                                                     Dancers; Carol Straker.. Photo by Robert Rondon 



Carol Straker Dance Foundation - 30th Anniversary

Exhibition related to Carol Straker and her Dance Foundation will include video interviews, archive documents & personal items for people to learn more about this heritage. This exhibit by Dohee, a Master student at Central Saint Martin’s, London is kicking off the start of the Carol Straker Dance Foundation’s, 30th Anniversary celebrations.

The display will be on show in Milan, Italy from Sunday 2nd – Tuesday 11th April 2017.


Friday 24 March 2017

Exhibition in Milan, Italy

Exhibition related to Carol Straker and her Dance Foundation will include video interviews, archive documents & personal items for people to learn more about this heritage.

 This exhibit by Dohee, a Master student at Central Saint Martin’s, London is kicking off the start of the Carol Straker Dance Foundation’s, 30th Anniversary celebrations.


The display will be on show in Milan, Italy from Sunday 2nd – Tuesday 11th April 2017.

Tuesday 21 March 2017

C-12 Dance Theatre

Secret Encounters: First funded project since 2014


Secret Encounters: Engage the unexpected



I'm delighted to let you know that the C-12 Dance Theatre have been successful in their application to the Arts Council, requesting money to support the creation of "Secret Encounters". 


Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster, 
The project is about risk, innovation and an attempt to find new ways to engage and inspire the public through movement, without the traditional 'there is a performance about to happen, this is a performance' set up. 

The project is about risk, innovation and an attempt to find new ways to engage and inspire the public through movement, without the traditional 'there is a performance about to happen, this is a performance' set up.

They will be commissioning 4 exciting, diverse and award winning choreographers to create a 5 minute duet each, 
Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster, 

Tony Adigun, Corey Baker & Sally Marie. Each duet has the same theme "First encounters that last forever".  These duets will be performed at 8 locations per performance day. Unannounced, no music and performance times are hidden from the festival goer. The duets will be happening at any location including car parks, bus stops, station platforms, plaza's, shopping centres etc.

Catch them if you can!
Current Tour
Holland: June 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th,
Holland: June 17th & 18th,
Imagine Festival, Watford: June 24th & 25th,
GDIF: July 1st,
Dance Days, Swansea: July 8th & 9th,
bOing Festival, Kent: Aug 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th,
Appetite Festival, Stoke:Aug 25th & Aug 26,
DNweekeND, Doncaster: Sept 2nd,
Holland: Sept 8th & 9th

Thursday 16 March 2017

Tuesday 7 March 2017

How to create a simple wordpress site



Jessica Straker has been in talks with Haringey Council about running some short courses at the libraries and they have agreed to run a trial session on the 24th March at their HALS centre, located on the 2nd floor of the Wood Green Library.

The course will be taught by Jessica, covering how to create a simple wordpress site and is aimed at local people & businesses. Haringey will be charging £5 for this trial session, tickets are not needed in advance but spaces are limited so I advise people to call up in advance and drum up interest. 

If you could share this with the local community and any business owners you know (who may or may not be affected by gentrification) it would be great as Jessica would like to help as many businesses in the area as possible. She has also created a short survey of 10 questions that will help her get a better understanding and knowledge of who's out there:

The session takes place between 1-3pm at:

Haringey Adult Learning Service

2nd Floor,
Wood Green Library
High Road

Wood Green
N22 6XD

020 8489 2596