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    artfulbadgeruk@gmail.com   Aoife: 07866 984727      Zoë: 07962 994862

    Galactic Love Valentine's Ball 2017

     

    Friday 10th Feb and Sat 11th Feb

    10pm-3am

    at The Vaults, Waterloo,

    London, SE1 7NN

     

     

    Artful Badger return to the VAULT Festival in Waterloo for the 5th anniversary of our unrivalled annual Valentine’s Ball. Travel to the ends of the Earth and beyond, trek through solar systems and speed past stars as we embark on an outrageously amorous Galactic Love adventure!

     

    Our mission: to spread love and encourage inter-species unions with the explicit goal of making the genetics of creatures across our universe stronger, more resilient and ultimately ensure the successful survival of all animal kind!

     

    Journey through a hyper-galaxy of cosmic sounds and secret rooms where a spectrum of solar flare fire acts, interstellar stalls, boisterous bands, alien games, alluring aerial and interplanetary performances, set the scene for a nucleus of mischief and match making. Hyper-dive into dark matter and waltz through wormholes as you surrender to the explosive emotions and magnetic attractions induced by the Galactic Love Starship.

     

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    FERAL I: Lunalectric

    Lunalectric is the first chapter of in a new series of FERAL dance music events where the spirit of the urban domesticated human returns their spirit to the wild through dance. With deep long DJ sets in two rooms we express we focus on the creative manipulation of the form as we twist, turn reach, scratch, bite and leap to the beats.
     

    For the first edition we pay homage to the light of the full lunar sky. The Bussey Building will glow with the glory of illuminated creatures as we invite you, our human animal tribe, to attend this celestial celebration dressed in lights, as we emulate our deity, the moon, which will be in her prime on Friday 16th of September.

     

    Come out to play FERAL creatures, don your lights, as we electrify the night, with both sound and sights.

     

     

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    THE CONNECTION CREATURE

    Exploring identity, self development and group dynamics through movement

     

    with Zoë Cobb, Artful Badger's movement director

    Saturday 1st October 2016

    13.30-18.00, £70

     

    A deep exploration of self-awareness using the physical body as a starting place, this workshop aims to hone our authentic self, allowing us to experience real connection in a group of diverse people.  

    Zoë has spent 15 years refining movement techniques and exercises that allow individuals a deeper self-knowledge and provide tools to playfully and openly explore group dynamics.

    The workshop is all about discovery and igniting curiosity. It allows us to find new and maybe unexpected ways to move may, to explore the edges of our awareness and connect other people in the group move and respond.

    It focuses on how to listen to and trust our responses to situations, how to open up and appreciate our innate and sensorial reactions. Using movement exercises and active listening participants explore a deeper sense of embodied self and how that self-awareness plays out with the dynamics of the group.

     

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    FREE DANCE

    Untamed self-expression - tension release, ecstatic dance and movement meditation

     

    with Freddy Drabble and Maria Rita Salvi

    Sat 5th November 2016

    18.30-21.30, £35  

     

    Free Dance is an opportunity for joyful unedited self-expression. No judgement, no being judged, no right, no wrong, just a 2-hour burst of endorphin energy!

    The sessions are inspired by Gabrielle Roth’s '5 Rhythms' format, following 'waves' of music that warm up through the body to a vigorous high point of complete abandon, to then warm down again via more subtle poetic movements to a final meditative point of stillness. The class is also based on Joanne Skinner's 'Skinner release technique' that uses visualisation, guided movement meditation and partner work to release excess tension before taking the body into a wave movement. Participants have reported that this combination of techniques develops their confidence, provides tension and stress release and hones their ability to actively listen to their bodies.

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    THE REVELATION OF THE MASK

    What creature expresses your true self? Mask making for self-awareness

     

    with Charlotte Dillon

    Saturday 3rd Dec 2016

    13.30-18.00,  £80 (including materials)

     

    Who are you? What shape are you? What colour are you? What beast best brings out your true self?

    This is a three-dimensional mask making workshop, and an opportunity to explore your true self through the creative process. Three luxuriant hours are set aside for you to create your own creature from our templates and decorate with an array of sumptuous materials.  Facilitated by award winning designer, head of House Designs and Roundtable International Charlotte Tiley, the workshop is ideal to help participants relax, connect with their inner creativity and work out where they’re at in their process in a fun and an unselfconscious way. Come and create a mask as unique as your fingerprint and explore deeply and creatively your sense of self!

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    DANCE YOUR NAKED TRUTH

    Adventure into the mystery of your own coverings... and then shed them!

     

    with Cloe Jackson

    Saturday 4th February 2017

    13.30-18.00, £70

     

    A wildly passionate, sacredly sensual, irresistibly joyful ecstatic dance journey from fully clothed to fully naked. This is a safe space to liberate yourself from your limitations and express yourself freely.  Cloe Jackson’s passion and purpose is to facilitate liberated living, to offer spaces for people to liberate themselves from illusion, conditioning, habitual patterns, trauma and inhibitions and support and empower them in returning to innocence and their ultimate freedom of untamed expression!

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    DIVINE RIDICULOUS

    A wild, pleasurable, powerful ride into Mask Medicine, Divine Play and Stupid Genius

     

    with Daniel Hernandez

    Saturday 4th March 2017   

    13.30-18.00,  £70

     

    In these workshops, you will create your own rudimentary mask and take it on a guided journey. You will then reconvene to understand what this has revealed for you. It is ideal to help people gain confidence and take themselves less seriously.

    Hernandez kidnaps your imagination and bundles it into a dream like world of sensations, discoveries, surrealism, and sounds.

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    BRAZILIAN BIOENERETICS

    Bodywork to release trauma and tension

     

    with Rob Wilson

    Saturday 1st April 2017   

    13.30-16:30,  £45

     

    What is Bioenergetics?

    Bioenergetics is a form of body psychotherapy. It works to relax the armours and holding patterns of chronic muscle tensions that often subconsciously stop the flow of energy and life force in the body.

    Through postures and moving the body combined with deep breathing it helps to release structures held in the body mind, often since childhood, restoring energetic balance and wellbeing to the nervous system.

    Clients report feeling more grounded, sensitive and present with an increased ability to feel their sexual energy and live life to the fullest.

    Brazilian Bioenergetics comes from Namastê Poa and has been developed by Prem Milan over the last 35 years. Its foundation is lowen but it is also mixed with influences from Osho therapy.

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    Animal Mask Making Workshop + PARTY

    With the Masketeers

    21st May 2016

    3pm-6pm

    @Passing Clouds

     

    £25 Including FREE entry to Passing Clouds Exceptional Expedition party after the workshop.*

     

    Prepare an animal alter ego for the The Exception Expedition party, hosted by Artful Badger and Pete the Monkey, and make your very own wild/ jungle/ hybrid / mythical animal mask. Led by the amazing Charlotte Tiley who runs the Masketeers you will be given a selection of templates to work from and a huge selection of sumptuous materials and trinkets to decorate your mask as you please. All tools and materials provided but you are welcome to bring personal items or talismans that you wish to incorporate.

    Travelling Tiger, Migrating Monkey, Voyaging Vole, Pilgrim Panther, Adventuring Armadillo, Trekking Toucan, Exploring Elephant, Bumbling Badger...or simply let your imagination go wild and bring out your inner animal!

     

    * FREE before 9pm (discounted after)

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    Ecstatic Dance Workshop + PARTY

    With Izzy Fairbairn

    21st May 2016

    @ Passing Clouds

    6pm-7:30pm

    £10 Includes FREE entry to Passing Clouds - An Exceptional Adventure after the workshop.*

     

    Drawing on the 5 elements, connected breath-work and block-rocking beats, Izzy will help us to get out of our minds and into our bodies, creating healing on a physical and emotional level, stimulating creativity and deepening our relationship with ourselves and others.

     

    Izzy carved out a career in the music industry based upon her love of dance. She has danced all over the world, from Asia to America, and runs workshops in the UK and Europe. She is a warm and intelligent facilitator who brings a sense of realness to this beautiful and transformative practice.

     

    * FREE before 9pm (discounted after)

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    An Exceptional Expedition

    Sat 21st May 2016

    @Passing Clouds
    Sat 21st May 2016
    3pm-4am

    £8/£10

     

    Pete the Monkey have proposed to partake in an Exceptional Expedition...where too you ask?.... to the Jungle of Love where the tropical cousins of the Badger clan flounce and frolic in the heat and mist of their rainforest home. The Artful Badger have excitedly accepted the invitation to join such an a jovial jaunt to jungle. Spring is in the air after all and its time for refreshment and renewal, new horizons beckon and we shall answer the call of the wild with our roars, squeaks, barks and miaos. So gather up your essential and kit tag along with us.

    This festival season The Artful Badger will be making the voyage to Normandy, France to lend their performance flair to the in the 5th edition of Pete the Monkey Festival in July 2016. Join us for one night only for the London wild warm up party at the cultural kaleidoscope that is Passing Clouds. With eclectic bands/DJ's and arts and performance in every nook and cranny this will be an
    exceptional expedition to get you roaring for the fast approaching festival season!

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    Wild Worlds V @ The VAULT Festival 2016

    After winning the Spirit of the Festival award 2015, Wild Worlds is back.

    This time looking at the all consuming lust, tragedy of loss, lightness of touch and darkness of want.

    Using physical theatre and dance, from Dante to Beckett, our animals tantalisingly talk all things LOVE.

     

    @ VAULT Festival, Waterloo

    19:30 - 20:30 (1 Hour Show)

    Jan 27th - Feb 13th

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    The Love Potion Valentines Ball 2016

    The Love Potion Valentine's Ball 2016

    @ VAULT Festival

    Waterloo,

    London

    Friday 12th Feb & Sat 13th Feb

     

    Our epic Valentines Ball returns to the Vault Festival 2016.

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    Black & White WInter Masked Ball

    Friday the 27th Nov 2015

    8pm-4am

    @Passing Clouds

     

    The Artful Badger return to Passing Clouds once more for their annual Black and White Winter Masked Ball. Theme and line up to be announced later. Grab tickets now as the venue is small, very busy and advance tickets will be limited

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    Wilderness Festival 2015

    6th-9th August, Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire

     

    Buried deep in the heart of The Revellers Village for 2015 the Artful Badger host a new venue, presenting a wild and wondrous incarnation of their infamous winter Black & White Ball. 

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    Kendal Calling

    The Artful Badger Performance Troupe will be appearing at Kendal Calling

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    Latitude Festival 2015

    16th-19th July, Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk

     

    The Artful Badger will be performing at Latitude 2015, more details to come...

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