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Take part in Street Dance the Maypole, creating ripples and breaks around a bespoke, ribboned, 12-foot freestanding maypole.
Learn a funky routine to live music, mixing classic maypole dances, like the Chrysanthemum Wrap and the Twister, with street dance moves, to a unique soundtrack of fiddle and beatboxing.
Ceilidh Jam gets guests on their feet for a funked-up, unique social dance – a great chance for all to get grooving. Using traditional callers to teach moves, they mix folk formations, street dance and freestyle grooves – from Strip the Willow to the Electric Slide.
Between workshops, the party keeps going with live DJ sets to keep the energy high all day.
Folk Dance Remixed is a fresh, quirky, colourful and magical collision of traditional, hip-hop and folk dance and music styles, including maypole, clogging, ceilidh, street, house and breakdance, with a hint of African dance and Bollywood.
Led by Artistic Directors Kerry Fletcher and Natasha Khamjani, the company aims to rediscover old traditions through contemporary forms and take it out on the streets through performances, workshops and participatory ceilidh jams.
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Time:
12:00
Prices:
Free
Age:
Workshops are recommended for ages 5+, The DJ can be enjoyed by all ages
Four Blue Badge parking spaces available for visitors located on the Queen Elizabeth Hall slip road off Belvedere Road, there is a drop-off on the slip road outside Southbank Centre Square. Parking in the local area is very restricted.
There are a wide variety of restaurants and cafes to enjoy around the site, as well as the Southbank Centre Food Market.
The site is fully accessible to pushchairs, all the venues have public toilets with wheelchair access and baby changing facilities.
All ticket offices, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants across the site.
Companion dogs welcome