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About the Night:
Village Tingz - The Link Up is an evening of compassion , connection and creativity.
SETTLE (7pm-7:15pm)
A soft landing with a group prompt to respond to.
GROUND
A somatic session to recalibrate and release stored emotion in the body and reset the nervous system.
CONNECT
Prompts and games for joy and honest conversation.
If you need solo time: creative writing/journaling prompts encouraging introspection and self advocacy will be available.
CO-CREATE
A collective reflection and refocusing.
CHECK OUT
A gentle close and invitation to connect with It Takes A Village Collective.
Important:
This is an opportunity to remain present and minimise the use of external devices.
This is event celebrates It Takes a Village Collective’s 6th anniversary!
ITAV believe in sustainable change:
Radical rest as resistance
Joy as a currency of care
Ubuntu: interconnected co-creation to dismantle.
Itavcollective.com / @ITAVCollective
For any further details about the evening, feel free to email ittakesavillagecollective@gmail.com
About the Host:
Niquelle LaTouche is an artist-educator and cultural producer invested in community cohesion, equity and creative collaboration. She is the founder of Niquelle LaTouche Arts (2014) and It Takes a Village Collective (2020) which are hubs for radical empathy building, challenging normative ideas and encouraging proactive social change through a currency of care. Niquelle is Fine Artist, Poet , Choreographer and English specialist who advocates for cross-disciplinary practice. She champions inclusive, trauma-informed practice that empowers, raises attainment and shifts cultures.
In short, a badgyal from Hackney whose Dominican ancestors guide her to shake institutionalised tables with radical acts of love.
Accessibility:
Please note, we are on the second floor of a warehouse building, accessed by a staircase only. We regret that we cannot currently adequately support wheelchair users and those for whom stairs are a barrier.
We are committed to removing other barriers to access. If you would like to talk to us about your access needs, please contact: sam@chisenhaledancespace.co.uk. Read more about our commitments to anti-ableism as part of our Artist Community Culture Document
About WTF Thursdays:
WTF Thursdays is a space creating possibilities for experimentation and community-building amongst artists. Each evening, CDS hands over the keys to the building for an artist in the CDS Artist Community to host an event in the spirit of low-stakes, DIY action.
Tickets are low-cost, pay what you can, with all the proceeds going to the host artist. If you need access to a free ticket, please email: sam@chisenhaledancespace.co.uk