BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage - ECPv6.18.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.serendipity-uk.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/London
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20240331T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20241027T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20250330T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20251026T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20260329T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20261025T010000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250518
DTSTAMP:20250330T161458Z
CREATED:20241218T111120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250330T161458Z
UID:37810-1747008000-1747526399@www.serendipity-uk.com
SUMMARY:LDIF25 Early Bird Festival Pass
DESCRIPTION:Content is protected.
URL:https://www.serendipity-uk.com/event/ldif25-early-bird-festival-pass/
LOCATION:Multiple Venues\, Leicester\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage":MAILTO:info@serendipity-uk.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250512T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250514T220000
DTSTAMP:20250510T094655Z
CREATED:20250228T134220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250510T094655Z
UID:38464-1747076400-1747260000@www.serendipity-uk.com
SUMMARY:LDIF25 Presenter Package
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Dance International Frontiers (LDIF) is a vibrant and dynamic annual dance festival dedicated to celebrating the art of dance while also pushing the boundaries of artistic expression and cultural discourse.   The festival offers a diverse and innovative programme that encapsulates the rich international tapestry of Leicester\, featuring an array of performances\, engaging discussion seminars\, hands-on masterclasses\, and an insightful annual conference.  Over the past fifteen years\, LDIF has emerged as a crucial platform for the arts\, showcasing over 340 artists and dance companies\, highlighting its role as a launchpad for new works and talent in the dance community. \nSerendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage is inviting dance presenters and programmers to join over 60 international dance practitioners for LDIF25.  The following bespoke package of events provides the opportunity to see high quality dance performances from five artists and companies\, engage with best practice in the sector through the annual conference and have time for key meetings. \nThis package includes: \nCia Pé No Mundo\nMonday 12 May\n7.00pm\nThe Guildhall\n\nAn intimate performance from Brazil’s Cia Pe No Mundo\, bringing Leicester’s oldest building to life.  The company’s rich dance vocabulary explores a dialogue between Brazilian African Indigenous manifestations and contemporary dance. \n  \nIntersection: Diasporic Dialogues\nConference\nTuesday 13 May\n10.00am – 5.00pm\nSerendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage \nAn annual gathering of artists\, activists and practitioners.  This year’s conference initiates a conversation in culture\, connections and collaborations across Africa\, the Caribbean and Latin America.  Featuring panellists: \n\nMelissa Blanco Borelli\nAnita Gonzalez\nDiedre Nyota Dawkins and Torens L Johnson\nCláudia Nwabasili and Roges Doglas\nEduardo Vilaro\nMelissa M Young\n\n  \nNetworking Event\nTuesday 13 May\n5.30pm\nSerendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage \nAn opportunity to meet fellow practitioners and open the door for innovative collaborations\, talent development and ideas exchange. \n  \nSignatures and the Black British Dance Platform\nWednesday 14 May\n7.45pm\nCurve \nTwo platforms in one evening of dance\, Signatures and the Black British Dance Platform showcase emerging talent in a unique mixed bill performance\, supported by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage and FABRIC.  The line-up includes: \n\nTETHERED – Jameel Hendricks\nA Body of Rumours – Liam Francis\, FranDanCo\nDon’t Step on My Shoes – BlacBrik\nEchoes of Connection – Blake Arts\n\n 
URL:https://www.serendipity-uk.com/event/ldif25-presenter-package/
LOCATION:Multiple Venues\, Leicester\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Let’s Dance International Frontiers,On Now
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.serendipity-uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AtoPerene_porClarissaLambert_1121-scaled.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage":MAILTO:info@serendipity-uk.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250514T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250514T120000
DTSTAMP:20241219T125438Z
CREATED:20241219T125405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T125438Z
UID:37922-1747216800-1747224000@www.serendipity-uk.com
SUMMARY:LDIF+ Masterclass - Cia Pé No Mundo
DESCRIPTION:LDIF+ Masterclasses are an opportunity to experience high quality dance techniques and practices\, led by internationally acclaimed practitioners\, not frequently accessible in the UK. \nCia Pé No Mundo’s practices are rooted within body and reflexive practices. Their methodology involves articulating moments of culture\, history and racial relations in Brazil with moments of study of movements and techniques of Afro-Indigenous Brazilian dances and different African Diasporic dances. The class will establish a parallel with dance artists closely linked to the issue of Black representation in the Brazilian\, UK and global contemporary dance scene.
URL:https://www.serendipity-uk.com/event/ldif-masterclass-cia-pe-no-mundo/
LOCATION:Curve\, 60 Rutland Street\, Leicester\, LE1 1SB
CATEGORIES:Let’s Dance International Frontiers,Masterclass
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.serendipity-uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cia-Pe-No-Mundo-Class.jpeg
ORGANIZER;CN="Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage":MAILTO:info@serendipity-uk.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250514T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250514T160000
DTSTAMP:20250507T132804Z
CREATED:20241219T125107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T132804Z
UID:37927-1747231200-1747238400@www.serendipity-uk.com
SUMMARY:LDIF+ Masterclass - Horton Technique – Melissa M Young
DESCRIPTION:Teaching master classes both nationally and internationally\, Melissa M Young specialises in the dance technique of Lester Horton. Horton technique emphasises a whole-body approach to dance\, incorporating dance practices from across the globe; the practice became the standard training for students at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. She was the primary Horton Technique Instructor for the Dallas Black Dance Theatre company dancers from 1998-2017. As an Adjunct Instructor\, she has taught at Southern Methodist University\, Texas Woman’s University\, and Abilene Christian University. Over the years\, she has led several movement workshops for Leadership North Texas and Leadership Dallas. \n  \nThis event is sold out\, please contact info@serendipity-uk.com or call 0116 482 1394 for any additional ticket releases.
URL:https://www.serendipity-uk.com/event/ldif-masterclass-horton-technique-melissa-m-young/
LOCATION:Curve\, 60 Rutland Street\, Leicester\, LE1 1SB
CATEGORIES:Let’s Dance International Frontiers,Masterclass
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.serendipity-uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MelissaYoung.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage":MAILTO:info@serendipity-uk.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250514T194500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250514T213000
DTSTAMP:20250427T113518Z
CREATED:20241218T172706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250427T113518Z
UID:37846-1747251900-1747258200@www.serendipity-uk.com
SUMMARY:SIGNATURES AND THE BLACK BRITISH DANCE PLATFORM
DESCRIPTION:Two platforms in one evening of dance. SIGNATURES and BLACK BRITISH DANCE PLATFORM come together to showcase emerging and developing dancers and choreographers locally\, nationally and internationally for a unique mixed bill performance. \nBOOK NOW \nRunning time: Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes (including a 15 minute interval) \n  \nSIGNATURES \nTETHERED\nJameel Hendricks \nTETHERED is a new ballet centred around a particular sector of the human experience expressed through the music selection\, and the virtuous efforts of the dancers. Conceptually\, the work embodies the current state of mental health in society and the impact of the aftermath of the pandemic\, racial tensions and inflation. Daily reports of mass shootings\, domestic violence\, hate crimes and murder are at the forefront of news outlets and social media. Yet despite these occurrences\, the public are still held to the functional expectations of a society that existed prior to the traumatic events of the past four years. \nTETHERED is a ballet that reflects the social masks that people wear every day\, so as not to be perceived as unstable\, when the reality is one of instability. \nJameel Hendricks is a graduate of the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) where he received his early training as a dance major and was appointed the position of Dance Captain entering his senior year. In 2016\, Hendrick began his tenure as a company member of PHILADANCO and has worked with choreographers such as Anthony Burrell\, Sean Bankhead and Rennie Harris. On the commercial stage\, Hendricks has performed alongside artists such as Cardi B\, Megan Thee Stallion and XSCAPE. Hendricks also has extensive experience in collaborating with the School District of Philadelphia using dance as a way to contribute to the artistic and communal endeavours. He recently launched his new production company M3 (ME) Productions\, a parent company to MOVE Dance Collective. \nHendricks made his LDIF debut in 2017\, performing with PHILADANCO and now makes his choreographic debut at the festival with TETHERED. \nSIGNATURES \nA Body of Rumours\nLiam Francis \nA Body of Rumours is a visceral performance that explores the dynamic synergy between\nmusic\, the body\, and brotherhood\, while showcasing the intimate bonds among three young Black performers. Choreographed by Liam Francis\, the performance delves into what it takes to become part of a community\, allowing feelings of isolation and competition to be replaced by trust\, intimacy and friendship. Here\, the soundscape\, mixed live by Chloe Mason\, is created by capturing the sounds of the dancing bodies. First one\, then two\, then three bodies build a unique and spontaneous compilation of sounds that speak of the joyful complexity of a life lived fully – together. \nThe work is currently supported by Théâtre de la Ville\, CNDC Angers\, South East Dance\,\nBrighton Dome\, Choreodrome at The Place\, Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage\, FABRIC\, Studio Wayne McGregor\, The Lowry and the Abderrahim Crickmay charity. \nLiam Francis is an international dance artist and choreographer.  Whether leading creations\, or as a collaborator in other artists’ work\, he lets his passion for ‘play’ inform his contributions\, decisions and performance. His practice currently seeks to authentically express the hybrid nature of his embodied knowledge; something he’s acquired through working in both hip-hop theatre and contemporary dance. His practice is also informed by an interest in the relationship between Flow state and dance. \nBLACK BRITISH DANCE PLATFORM  \nDon’t Step on My Shoes\nBlacBrik \nBlacBrik is a contemporary dance company committed to crafting dynamic dance theatre that resonates with audiences. Founded by Darius Drooh and Nahum McLean\, the company merges storytelling and choreography to delve into themes of relationships\, identity\, and shared human experiences. As an emerging company\, BlacBrik strives to produce accessible and engaging work that speaks to audiences from diverse backgrounds. \nNahum McLean trained at The Ailey School on scholarship\, toured internationally with West Side Story\, and performed in London’s West End in Inala – A Zulu Ballet. He was also a member of Richard Alston Dance Company. Darius Drooh is currently performing in the West End’s The Lion King. He has received the Beach Blanket Babylon scholarship and choreographed for the NYC Jazz Choreography Festival. His training includes scholarships to prestigious programs such as The Ailey School. \nDon’t Step on My Shoes is a bold and dynamic contemporary dance piece that examines themes of pride\, respect\, and conflict within the Black male community. With intricate choreography\, spoken word and creative contributions from lighting designer Joshie Harriette\, the work explores the act of ‘stepping on someone’s shoes’ as a metaphor for identity\, materialism\, and vulnerability. \nBlacBrik’s productions aim to bring fresh perspectives to contemporary dance\, combining high-energy movement with relatable storytelling. \n  \nEchoes of Connection\nBlake Arts \nEchoes of Connection delves into the intricate web of human relationships and the profound impact these connections have on our lives. The piece captures the ebb and flow of our interactions\, portraying moments of intimacy\, struggle\, joy\, solitude and longing. \nBlake Arts is an independent dance and mentoring programme\, providing high quality performing arts experiences through comprehensive training. It contributes to the development and presentation of diversely capable artists with the skillsets to sustain their careers in an ever-changing global arts environment. Blake Arts is led by David Blake\, an international performing artist\, lecturer and choreographer with more than 25 years’ experience in the entertainment industry\, appearing in commercials\, TV shows\, film and print. A former principal dancer with the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica and formerly a company member of Disney’s award-winning musical The Lion King playing ‘Banzai’\, he is currently Academy Director at Urdang. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.serendipity-uk.com/event/signatures-and-the-black-british-dance-platform/
LOCATION:Curve\, 60 Rutland Street\, Leicester\, LE1 1SB
CATEGORIES:Let’s Dance International Frontiers,On Now,Performance
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.serendipity-uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/POSTER-A-Body-Of-Rumours-scaled.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage":MAILTO:info@serendipity-uk.com
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR