Project category: Professional Development & Intensives

Person reaching to the sky with sea in the background, dancing on the beach.

Our virtual library of online movement classes created by our amazing tutors can be found here.

I Love Moving – online classes

Our brilliant teachers have created a variety of uplifting classes, during the Covid-19 lockdowns, to release tension, grow strength and stamina, deepen flexibility and mobility, but above all make us happy through movement from the cosiness of our homes, free as if we were breathing fresh sea air at the beach.

View our I Love Moving online classes here.

A collection of movement pieces created by the participants of the online classes delivered by the wonderful Lauren Carter; these zoom sessions kept our young people from Take Flight gleefully engaged throughout lockdown.

Image by Sky Neal.

Girl with ponytail suspended with a harness from the rafters, arms open wide.

Summerversity, an Islington Council initiative, offering outdoor and indoor activities for young people aged 13+ during the Summer Holidays.

Summerversity 2015-18

Our free Summerversity courses, 2015 to 2018, introduced young people to aerial skills, physical theatre and choreography; these sessions helped them conquer fears and learn exciting aerial skills on elastic cocoons, aerial platforms, and climbing harnesses.

 

View Summerversity of Flickr and Vimeo:

Summerversity 2015 on Flickr

Summerversity 2016 on Flickr

Summerversity 2017 on Flickr

Summerversity 2017 on Vimeo

Summerversity 2018 on Vimeo

 

Supported by Islington Council and Caxton House Community Centre, Part of Summerversity.

Images by Alice Delva, video by Chloë Plumb.

Group of women in different poses suspended on blue aerial silk.

A collaboration between Archway Children’s Centre and Hargrave Park Primary School, exploring flying with a group of mothers, looking at journeys and motherhood.

Flying Mothers of Archway

The project culminated in a public performance and installation, exploring the stories, journeys and internal landscapes of motherhood; landing and being able to fly in Archway.

Flying Mothers of Archway was part of A Million Minutes, an Islington Council project supported by Arts Council England.

Produced by AIR at Central Saint Martins College of Arts & Design.

Images by Roberto Battista and Belinda Ackermann, video by Roberto Battista.

“The best thing was this whole experience! Even in the first week we worked with the cocoons, which was just so empowering and fabulous.

At the end of one session we had a chance to just sit in the cocoon and chill out. It was so incredibly and deeply calming that I could see many therapeutic uses for it.”

Clare, participant

Performer suspended mid-air in front of red brick building

Inflight was a professional development opportunity for 20 emerging artists already involved in physical sports or arts forms, who wanted to expand their skill base and employability by training in aerial work.

Inflight

The programme was created and delivered in partnership with WAC Arts in Camden and Upswing Aerial. 

The aims were to remove barriers to access aerial training, increase the diversity of performers in the industry and offer free-high quality training to emerging artists. Emerging artists participated in intensive training in trapeze, cocoon, silks, rope and harness techniques – abseiling and bungee. 

The programme culminated in a site-specific promenade performance co-created with theatre maker Leo Kay, In Flight from Home. 

Supported by public funds Arts Council England.

Image by Daniela Essart, video by WAC Arts.

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“I am extremely grateful for Inflight, it has changed my career path for the better”

 

Rachel Bhraonain, Emerging Artist.