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Strange Tourist: ‘Old dried up prunes’ take the stage in a playful protest against ageism

This article was originally published by Strange Tourist here on 1st March 2025. “It does things to you,” says Sian Stevenson, Creative Director of Moving Memory, as she describes the luxurious gold...
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Let’s Dance! celebrations

We celebrated Let’s Dance! yesterday – a nationwide movement bringing together dance organisations, charities, health professionals, community groups, and celebrities, all with one goal: to get more people dancing. And...
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We’re recruiting new Trustees

We’re looking for two new Trustees to join the Board of Directors of Moving Memory Dance Theatre in 2025. This is a great opportunity to work with a small scale...
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New show – Golden Slumbers

We’re thrilled to have been awarded Arts Council England project funding to develop our new show Golden Slumbers for touring in 2025. Building on the Welsh concept of Cwtch –...

Shostakovich 8

On 6 October 2024, Sacconi String Quartet came together with Moving Memory’s Dover Groovin Well and Intergen groups to explore what happens when Movers meet Musicians and Shostakovich’s String Quartet...
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The Devil’s Doorbell Curtain-raiser

This Autumn, our Groovin Well group at The Beaney, Canterbury will be Taking our Spirits to the Sky by working towards a curtain-raiser for The Devil’s Doorbell at Gulbenkian Arts Centre...
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Dover Groovin Well

Funded by Dover Town Council and Social Enterprise Kent, Moving Memory’s Dover Groovin Well group has been moving and making together for the last 6 months at Biggin Hall thanks...
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Postcode Community Trust & People’s Postcode Lottery

We’re thrilled to have been awarded funding by the Postcode Community Trust, raised by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. Our work shows that getting older can be life-enhancing and...
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UKSPF Pride in Place Grant

We’re delighted to have been awarded a UKSPF Pride in Place grant for Moving Well activity in Canterbury over the next 10 months. We’ll be setting up a new Groovin...