York group with friend

Anybody who attends regular Mazazik classes or workshops is eligible to be part of the Performance Group.   

There will be two main levels of operation as follows.

COMMUNITY LEVEL - open to all
* Dance or animate (wear costume, create atmosphere, hand out flyers) in non-public events (apart from whole group participation such as the Manchester Day Parade), Mazazik Festival hafla.
* Build confidence, dance with a group, develop your dance.
* Technique and choreographies will be done in classes/workshops, with occasional rehearsals for specific events.
* Events for 2016 are the Manchester Day Parade (19 June in Manchester), and Mazazik Festival Hafla (19 November in York).

LEVEL 2
* Dance in all the above, plus community events, haflas, filming projects.
* Small group choreographies, opportunities for solos and improvisation, a higher level of fitness/commitment necessary.
* meetings in Leeds, plus you will be expected to attend all major Mazazik events with performances, as well as working at home with online tutorials.

* Leeds meetings for 2017 are:
Sunday 29 January 12-3pm
Sunday 7 May 12-3pm
Sunday 29 October 12-3pm


COMPANY - by invite only

A World of Dance Showcase, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York. July 2013

Summer Solstice, Chorlton Green, Manchester, 2011. Thanks to Graham Moore of ArtTx for photo.

Dancing in the Streets 2004

Longford Park 2003

Didsbury Festival 2005

Mazazik Showcase 2005

Party at The Bar 2011

Manchester Day Parade - 2015/2016
​Beech Road Family Fun Day, Chorlton - 2014
ADAM Festival - July 2013
A World of Dance Showcase, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York - July 2013
Chorlton Green Summer Solstice Celebration, Manchester - 2012 & 2013
Treboom Brewery Open Day - June 2013
Europealia, Marbella, Spain - 2012 & 2013
Chorlton Arts Festival and Orientalism exhibition  – May 2011
International Women’s Week York –  March 2011
Intimate Baladi Night at the Lead  Station, Manchester - October 2010
Mazazik  Showcase, Holmfirth Civic Centre  – May  2009
Mazazik Showcase, Friargate Theatre -  September 2008
Didsbury Festival   2005
Dancing In the Streets, Manchester -  2004
Longford Park Festival  2003/2004/2005