Dance@Beat
Jackson Pinto will be arriving this weekend to kick-start the dance.
Contact damian@belfastcarnival.com to confirm attendance please.
Dance@Beat
The programme will use both Beat locations:
Belfast Carnival Centre. 11-47 Boyd Street. Belfast. BT13 2GU
The Beat@Ballymac 9-11 Ballymacarrett Road Belfast. BT4 1BT
SATURDAY 21st March
9am Belfast Carnival Centre Opens.
9.30am Registration
10am - 1pm Workshop 1:
Warm ups and introduction to the Bahian dance style and traditions.
1pm Break for Lunch. Slideshow and projections of the Beat's work
Castlecourt is very close, as is a Subway outlet, Tescos and the centre of town s a 5 minute walk away.
2.30pm Workshop 2:
Dancers:
As Morning session
Musicians:
Representatives of the Band will attend the workshop with overview of collaboration with dancers. There is no drumming during this workshop.
4.30pm End of Workshop
5.pm Informal forum meeting with participants.
Items for consideration:
Meeting the Beat Team
Further training
Thursday Workshops
Performance opportunities
Ongoing workshop facilitation
Costume
SUNDAY 22nd March
10.45 Ballymacarret Opens
11am Leader training workshop.
A chance for those interested in the development of dance at the Beat to receive extra training with Jackson.
1pm Workshop 3:
Dancers: Please bring comfy trainers and warm clothes.
Musicians: Full invitation to all members of BeatnDrum to attend the workshop to play for the dancers. Instruments will be provided.
4pm Workshop Close
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
Dancers' Requirements
Both venues are working buildings where we make carnival. The floor is hard concrete and the buildings large, but colourful. We at the Beat will try and make your stay as comfortable as possible.
Loose, warm comfortable clothes, suitable for dance.
Trainers or running shoes.
Tea and Coffee will be provided.
Musicians' Requirements
Warm comfortable clothes.
How to get to the Belfast Carnival Centre
From City Centre go towards the Shankill Road... Peter's Hill is the name of the road before it becomes the Shankill Road. Take First left on to |Gardiner Street from Peter's Hill Road and then take the immediate left. The building on the right is the Belfast Carnival Centre.
Car parking space is limited so if you can come by public transport/Bicycle all the better.
Suggested Car parks:
Castlecourt Shopping Centre: Close by the Beat. Access behind Castlecourt and next to Smithfield.
High Street Car Park. Next to 'In Shops'.
How to get to the Beat@Ballymac
· By train
Bridge End rail stop on the Bangor Line.
Exit the train stop under the flyover bridge and turn left. The Beat Initiative is in the yard opposite Leyland Decorating centre.
· By Bus
Metro Route 3A
Take the bus to Tower Street stop (2nd stop on the Newtownards Rd). Go straight over the patch of empty ground, past the Ballymac Friendship centre to the end of the road, take a right. The Beat Initiative is in the yard opposite Leyland Decorating centre.
· By Car and Bicycle
If you come onto the Newtownards Road from Belfast, the first junction, immediately on the left side, is Ballymacarrett Road. It is opposite Short Strand. There is a former KwikFit garage on the corner. Go down the Ballymacarrett Road. When you go around the first corner you will see a big grey steel boiler-house chimney in front on the left. We are in the fenced yard opposite it on the right side of the road. There is also a paint/decorating centre (Leyland) opposite our gates. In the yard you will see the workshop with big roller shutter doors.
There is plenty of secure parking at this location.
If you come onto the Newtownards Road from the Albertbridge Road, turn left at the Albertbridge Road / Templemore Avenue crossroads - heading down Templemore Avenue towards the shipyard cranes, then at the end turn left onto the Newtownards Road towards town. Ballymacarrett Road is at the end of the road on the right.