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6 women dressed in striking black and yellow crinoline skirts and boxing boots stare at the camera. Their T-shirts say Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company.

Dance in the Dockyard

Watch out for Moving Memory performing company favourite Cracking the Crinoline, at the Historic Dockyard Chatham on Saturday 16 June
A group of diverse women of various ages wearing white ruffled dresses, red capes, red gloves, and red floral headpieces, striking synchronized poses with index fingers raised in a warning gesture.

More funding means we can Still Stomp

We are deeply grateful to Arts Council England and The Baring Foundation for significant new funding from their Celebrating Age scheme. This will mean we can deliver Still Stomping –...
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Moving Memory goes POW!

We are delighted to be performing at Wink The Other Eye – a fantastic cabaret night at Margate Lido on Friday 9 March – as part of Margate’s POW! festival...

Moving Memory welcomes new patrons

The company is extremely proud to announce the support of two new patrons – Bobby Baker and Veronica Lewis MBE. Veronica, who recently retired from her role as Principal of...
An older woman wearing a red jacket and using a walking frame (walker) boards an accessible community transport van with the help of a volunteer or support worker. The van's rear wheelchair lift is lowered, and other group members and staff stand nearby assisting and observing. Text on the side of the van reads "Supporting the people of Thanet."

Beside the Sea film

Beside the Sea, is a 25 minute film of Moving Memory “in action” alongside members of the Sunshine Saturdays intergenerational group at Age UK Thanet. Get yourself a cup of...

Moving Memory is for “public benefit”

We are delighted to have been accepted on to the register of charities. This endorsement by the Charity Commission demonstrates that the company’s work to improve the health and wellbeing...

Estelle Gratus

It is with huge sadness that we announce the death of our dear colleague, Estelle Gratus, who was a Core Company Performer with Moving Memory from its conception in 2010....
An intergenerational group of people participating in a dance and movement workshop indoors, with instructor Glyn leading the class with raised arms facing the group.

Beside the Sea

We were delighted to be awarded funding from the Big Lottery Fund (Awards for All) which allowed us to run a fantastic project with the Sunshine Saturdays group at Age...
A group of people participating in a dance or movement workshop in a brightly lit studio. In the foreground left, a person seated in a motorized wheelchair with a high-vis vest raises their arms alongside another standing participant. In the center and background, other participants face a white wall where a projector displays a silhouette figure, all with their arms raised mirroring the movement.

Moving Minds

Moving Memory has been having a great year working with a group of adults with lived experience of mental health issues in Chatham. Thanks to Medway Council, the group had...