Contact

Director: Bernadette Ashley
Email: movimientotsv@gmail.com
FB: www.facebook.com/MovimientoTownsville
Address: 1/205 Flinders Street East Townsville
Phone: 0415 296 764

Welcome

Movimiento simply translates from Spanish as 'movement', and the idea behind the venue is to foster not only street Latin dancing and physical movement, but a range of alternative musical, social, cultural and artistic practices.
Housed in a gracious Victorian heritage building in the Townsville CBD, the age, proportions, and tropical setting of the venue evoke the faded elegance of Havana.
Director Bernadette Ashley is an artist and writer and an experienced street Latin dance teacher, specialising in Rueda de Casino, Cuban Salsa and Bachata. Travels and training in Cuba, Panama and Colombia have furthered her love of the music, dance, aesthetic and culture of Latin America, and ignited the desire to contribute to the cultural diversity of North Queensland.


News

Special deal Mondays & Thursdays!
Mondays have changed to four 45 minute classes to allow for:
the inclusion of a Transition Class to ease the leap from Beginner Cuban Salsa to Intermediate Cuban Salsa,
and to re-introduce Beginner Rueda de Casino as a weekly class!
Thursdays have changed to three 45 minute classes to allow for:
Bachata Beginners
Bachata Intermediate 
and for Bachatango to run as a weekly casual class until sufficient numbers are registered for the next Course
(Bachata Beginners or demonstrated Bachata experience is a prerequisite for Bachatango)
Special deal, per person, per night:
$10 for 1 class
$15 for 2 classes
$20 for 3 classes
(4th class free on Mondays!)


Performance opportunities!
Are you interested in PERFORMING Rueda de Casino, Salsa, Zouk Lambada, Bachata or Bachatango with Movimiento? Talk to Bernadette now about joining our community performance group! Regular attendance at Rueda de Casino intermediate classes on Tuesdays is a requirement, with other [free] rehearsal times to be organised for particular opportunities. This group will be developed on a rolling basis, and is an enjoyable way to improve your ability, repertoire of moves, style and confidence, while sharing the latino love with the broader community. 

Keep watching for more exciting schedule changes, courses and workshops during Terms 2 & 3


MOVIMIENTO ART - carizCumbal


Photographer and JCU lecturer Raul Posse's work carizCumbal is now on show at Movimiento!

 

Raul took the photographs in Colombia when his sister, a film producer, was casting for a child actor for a movie about a famous entrepreneur who was born in the volcanic Cumbal region. The faces represent the mixed cultural heritage of Colombia, from indigenous to European, as well as providing a glimpse of the individual character of each niño.


Movimiento art T-SHIRTS



Movimiento Limited Edition Art T-shirts are selling fast, some sizes are sold out, contact Bernadette to reserve yours! Pick up and pay when you come to class. Ethically & sustainably produced, soft organic cotton & bamboo, perfect for dancing in the tropics.


FairWear | Soil Certified | GOTS Certified  
Carbon Reduction Label [90%]
Design by local printmaker Jo Lankester
Printed in Australia by hand using eco-friendly waterbased inks
Limited edition of 50 ONLY | $39 each

For general enquiries, venue bookings, private lessons by appointment
Phone Bernadette 0415 296 764

 




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UPCOMING EVENTS

¡Movimiento!
Studio Latin Parties: 


Friday May 25  9pm - midnightish
[a.k.a Dan Shocket's Farewell Latin Party]
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Saturday June 2  8pm - 12
Latin Party & Milonga
with SalsaEville & SLM

Friday June 8  9pm - midnightish

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Vintage Reworked Handmade

Last Sunday of the month
Sunday May 27 | 10am - 1pm
Beautiful, local, original, retro items
for sale from a variety of makers
and artists. Expressions of Interest welcome

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Events in Townsville:

June 2 2012

Argentine Tango & Street Cha Cha Workshops
with SalsaEville & SLM (DanceFactor Mackay)
at AWU Hall
& Latin Party/Milonga at Movimiento!
 

Events in North Queensland:

Whitsunday Affair Latin Dance Weekend

Fitzroy Island Latin Carnival


Watch www.salsaintownsville.com for other Latin events in Townsville, changes to