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DANCE WITH AMAL 2021

10/29/2021

A very special moment for Sheffield to have Little Amal visit on 29th October 2021. As the first City Of Sanctuary, thousands of people from Sheffield welcomed Amal with open arms. It was a pleasure to work with Sheffield Theatres to delivered dance workshops within the community (Ship Shape & The Furnival) and choreograph the welcome celebration dance for Amal with members of Sheffield People's Theatre and community dancers from Sheffield.

CHANCE TO DANCE ONLINE FESTIVAL 2021

9/5/2021

Another year without our outdoor festival but a great opportunity to invite international dance teachers to our event this year. As well as our wonderful Sheffield teachers, we were able to offer Persian, Russian, Hawaiian for the first time as part of the festival. The festival also included dance films premiered on the Saturday evening as well as a range of video performance and tutorials available on our website.

For more information about the festival please visit:
http://www.chancetodance.org
#CTDsheffield

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My FAMILY creates (pilot project)

8/22/2021

My Family Creates is a project to provide free online creative activities specially designed for SEND families with particular focus on those of families of colour. Many children and young adults with addditional needs have lost the opportunity to experience educational and creative activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. This project access to vital and life enhancing activities delivered by professional cultural and arts practitioners.
The pilot project included storytelling, poetry with actions and physical movement. The videos and downloadable activity pack were released on the Huddersfield Literature Festival website as well as being part of the online program for Sangam Festival (Huddersfield) in August 2021.

Commissioned by Huddersfield Literature Festival
In collaboration with Salma Zaman (Salma & Nisha Creations)

Being Me Poem with join in actions

Groove With Gertie (with join in actions)

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KAAGAZ PROJECT

8/14/2021

The Kaagaz Project (meaning ‘paper’) was a pilot multi-arts project that engaged young people and families, locally and internationally, with the arts on the theme of the impact of the Partition of India in 1947. Our documentary showcases the fantastic work done by the participants over the six weeks online programme. The project was in collaboration with Creative Directors Salma Zaman and Nisha Lall and funded through the Arts Council and crowdfunding.

To learn more about the project please visit:

Kaagaz Project Website

Kaagaz Project Online Exhibition Site

If you are interested in the Kaagaz Project or something similar being delivered in your school or community group, please do get in touch.

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DONCASTER STORY TELLING FESTIVAL

2/20/2021

In February and March, Doncaster CEP with DARTS, CAST, Doncaster Stories, Doncaster Library Services, Heritage Doncaster, Adult, Family and Community Learning (AFCL), Hungry Little Minds and BME United Doncaster joined forces to deliver the first Doncaster Storytelling Festival. The event started as part of National Storytelling Week and ended with World Book Day on 4th March 2021. The event provide a range of creative activity linked to the theme of storytelling for children, young people and families to engage with in or out of school.
Indian Celebration poems with join in actions and Indian Dance videos created by Nisha Lall.

Commissioned by CAST in Doncaster

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Talking about creative careers

2/7/2021

Listen to Nisha Lall's pod casts commissioned by CAST in Doncaster as part of Creative Careers Week. Learn Top 10 tips for becoming a freelance dance practitioner and learn more about Nisha Lall's 15 year career in community dance.

www.creativecareersdoncaster.com/dance?fbclid=IwAR0jyiPSjU4R8GP3LHWZAGhq6lj52-mYsdR9kKlNvldyzwcJwpWJThL_rM0