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Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to dance with Guernsey Arts this Sunday!
On the 2nd March from 2pm – 6pm, Guernsey will join the rest of the UK in celebrating Let’s Dance, a new national campaign spearheaded by Angela Rippon CBE.
The David Ferguson Hall at Beau Sejour will be at the heart of the action. Community dance groups and traditional dancers will come together to celebrate the joy of movement by offering free taster sessions and social dancing for the community. All are welcome to attend and participate or spectate.
Although small in size, Guernsey boasts a vibrant dance community with remarkable achievements with notable success from Islanders including achievements on the West End, at the Dance World Cup and Tony Award nominations.
The Let’s Dance initiative is supported by leading organisations including the Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre, the Sport and Recreation Alliance, Intelligent Health, Age UK, and many others. Through the Let’s Dance initiative, dance is being championed as an activity that promotes health, combats loneliness, and brings joy to people of all ages and abilities.
Stay for as long as you like and dip in and out of taster sessions that are free, fun and for everyone.
GAN Skillshare: Gelli Plate Printing with Caroline Dorey
Guernsey Art Network’s March Skillshare tickets are now available!
Gelli Plate Printing with Caroline Dorey will be taking place at The Guernsey Chamber of Commence on Tuesday the 4th of March. Book on Eventbrite today: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/gelli-plate-printing…
Starting at 6pm, this will be a fun session playing with acrylic paint and gel plate to create prints. You will be using stencils, stamps, and other items to create images on the gel plate then transferring that image onto paper. Each image will be unique!
There will also be materials if you wish to turn those prints into a greeting card or book mark.
With thanks to Guernsey Arts for their sponsorship towards our skillshare sessions and to Guernsey Chamber of Commerce for use of the space.
Les Varendes presents: Bugsy Malone
Based on the hit 1976 film, students of Les Varendes take to the stage with their production of Bugsy Malone!
Two gangs composed completely of children, square off in a 1920s rivalry of Capone-ian standards. Dandy Dan’s gang has gotten the upper hand since obtaining the ‘splurge’ gun (a weapon that shoots something resembling whipped cream).
Now, Fat Sam and his bumbling buffoons are in real trouble! Bugsy Malone, a one-time boxer, is thrust not-so-willingly into the gangster limelight when he becomes the last chance that Fat Sam’s gang has of surviving. All Bugsy really wants to do is spend time with his new love, Blousey, but that just isn’t in the cards for our hero…
A total of three performances will take place at the Princess Royal Centre for the Performing Arts, from Tuesday the 4th to Thursday the 6th of March. Each show starts at 7pm.
Reserve your seat in the theatre today:
Guernsey Symphony Orchestra: Celebrating International Women’s Day
The Guernsey Symphony Orchestra will be back at St James next Saturday the 8th of March from 8pm!
While Rossini’s William Tell Overture might be considered an odd choice for a concert on International Women’s Day, the Guernsey Symphony Orchestra will use this much loved work to showcase many female instrumentalists. From the quintet of solo ‘cellos that open the piece, through the duet between the cor anglais and flute, to the trumpets beckoning in the march of the Swiss Soldiers, enjoy some virtuosic playing from within the ranks of the GSO.
The Gaelic Symphony, by American composer Amy Beach, was the first symphony by an American woman composer to gain public attention, written at a time when American composers of either gender were a relative rarity on the international scene. It was Beach’s response to Bohemian composer Antonín Dvořák’s call for American composers to explore their musical roots.
Derek Bourgeois’ Concerto for Trombone, Op. 114 is a masterwork that has tested the limits of trombone technique since its premiere. Considering Bourgeois’ goal was to challenge Christian Lindberg, the virtuosity required to perform the Concerto can seem unattainable to many performers. Polina Tarasenko will thrill us all with her interpretation.
Ewa Strusinska returns to the delight of the orchestra to conduct a concert to celebrate all women this International Women’s Day.
Pick up your tickets today:
