Mele Broomes Based in Glasgow, Mele’s work experiments with the extremities of movement and voice whilst investigating her current contemporary Grin practice of the African Diaspora. Mele has V/DA in association with Project X performed nationally and internationally as well as choreographed work which has been A Tramway commission presented across the UK.

th th Mele is lead artist for Project X which 13 & 14 October 2017 celebrates and champions dance within the Running time: 45 mins Photography Credit: Lucas Chih-Peng Kao African Diaspora in Scotland whilst broadening perceptions and representation. Creative Team Choreographers Note: Director & Choreographer Mele Broomes Mele’s most recent work, VOID is a “We wear the mask that grins” collaboration between David Bernard (AV Dancer & Collaborator Kemono L.Riot Designer) and Bex Anson (direction + The Mask by Maya Angelou Divine A. Tasinda costume). “VOID assails you, unnerves you on A spectacle of sound and visuals, Grin many levels with Broomes unstintingly at the masquerades and undermines colonial Music Composer Patricia Panther heart of the risk-taking ★★★★” The Herald hierarchies of power. Costume Design Zephyr Liddell The fusion of contemporary dance, dancehall, Krump and Poppin is rooted in our own Lighting Design Alberto Santos Bellido Lebe Sinanduku experiences within the African Diaspora. They Lebe mostly known by my stage name Kemono are distinct in physicality but they resonate in Final music: 5 Rand Airtime nama-eveready L.Riot. Representing Scotland; crew Goblynz. their similarity. 400 degrees by Mushroom Hour Half Hour. Originally from Congo and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Lebe has been dancing since being Grin flips the continued narratives of Caribbean young, starting with African culture dance dance styles being solely exotic and hyper- Performing in Caribbean Lites Steel Pans Band: streaming into Street Dance; his main styles are sexualised in our society. Reclaiming how our Chloe Forbes, Mark Broomes, Marvin Broomes, in the art form of Hip Hop, Krump and Poppin black bodies are seen, triumphing over how & Paul Shofolam. which are carried through his choreography. they are objectified and demonised. Lebe has performed at the Breakin Convention, Grin is a celebratory performance. Welcome to Graphic Design Maeve Redmond Olympic Opening and for artists such as the carnival. Sneakbo, Mark Angel and recently came off Costume Maker Katie O’Brien performing for Jax Jones; also competing and battling at Got to Dance, UDO, HHI (HipHop www.tramway.org @GlasgowTramway Production Stage Manager Zephyr Liddell International), PYB and more. Creative Producer Rhea Lewis

Divine Amy Tasinda Zephyr Liddell Mushroom Hour Half Hour Divine started dancing from a very young age Zephyr Liddell is an artist based in Glasgow, A Johannesburg based independent record and soon enough, fell in love with Dancehall working within performance, costume and label, whose primary focus is the recording and and hip hop, discovering important elements of production design. Zephyr has co-produced release of contemporary, live African music. dance and training in these forms. Divine is within arts collective 85A and managed the They travel around (mostly) Southern Africa now a member of Goblynz, AKO and The House production on a number of projects across with their mobile recording studio, recording of Arkiteks crews. She has performed at Visual Arts, Theatre and Circus. Zephyr is different musicians in different spaces. Through Breakin' Convention and the Commonwealth currently studying Masters in Fashion & this approach to recording they have built a closing ceremony, and has worked with Jax Textiles at GSA. Recent work includes; Vamos large and diverse network of unique musicians. Jones, as well as choreographing music videos Takeover - Bassline Circus, YAYAYA AYAYAY - 5 Rand Airtime nama-eveready 400 degrees - for Mark Angel and Amore Azina. She is Ultimate Dancer and Robbie Thomson an entirely improvised album recorded deep in currently teaching and aiming to inspire all (Tramway), Hinterland - NVA, (St.Peter's the inner city of Johannesburg, featuring Siya around the world. Seminary) The Tapping - Al Seed (Paisley Town Makuzeni, Nosisi Ngakane, Jao Orecchia, Gontse Makhene, Areil Zamonsky & Waldo Hall), A Return to Normalcy: Birth of a New Museum - Grace Ndiritu (Reid Gallery, Alexander. www.mushroomhour.com Patricia Panther Patricia is a singer/songwriter, actress and Glasgow). Thanks to: composer. Patricia sound and composition Huge thanks to Ashanti Harris. Thanks to Saira work includes; the National Theatre of Scotland Alberto Santos Bellido The Last Queen of Scotland, 2017 (Dundee Rep Harvey and Charlotte Powell, to Alice Black and and The Edinburgh Fringe's UnderBelly), Rites, Alberto studied video production, multimedia the GSASA. 2015 (Traverse Theatre & Contact Theatre), and lighting design in London and Bristol. He Contact Us: Glasgow Girls, 2015 (Citizens Theatre & Royal has worked as a lighting designer & touring @variousdanceartists Theatre Stratford East). Also musical technician, publicity designer and video @ProjectXDance composition for Dare to Care, 2014, (Stellar producer for theatre companies and Quines/Fife Cultural Theatre Trust). performance artists from the UK and further www.variousdanceartists.co.uk afield. He also worked as Chief Lighting www.projectxplatform.co.uk Television credits include BBC's 2017 SCOT Designer for the Prague Fringe Festival from

SQUAD as Sargent Donna Watson. Feature 2006 to 2010 and as a technician at the now Film credit as MI5 Agent in FIRST AND ONLY, sadly dead The Arches in Glasgow. Funded and Supported by: 2017, Encaptivate, Magnus Wake. As a singer, Companies he’s work with include: Al Seed, her lead vocals appear on the Basement Jaxx's Ivan Marcos, Rob Drummond, Company of album JUNTO, 2014, on the track Summer Wolves, Grid Iron, David Hughes Dance co., Dem. Seeta Patel, Ramesh Mayyapan, Ben Faulks, Ish Toneel, Larv, HOAX productions, MIREN Nick Anderson ‘AMPS’ / Theatre Co.