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Two performers throw piles of paper up in the air and all around them. They are in costumes that are made of paper.
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Saturday Sessions with Club Origami

See what you can make from a single square of paper at this interactive afternoon of performance and making with the crafty Club Origami.

Part of Open Doors

Saturday Sessions are the perfect place to start the weekend. On a monthly basis you can watch a performance, make something with the artists and play with other children and their families – all for free!

This month, Club Origami invites audiences to rip, fold and scrumple, to see what can happen with a single piece of paper. Following a short piece of Club Origami’s original, interactive dance show, audiences are invited to rip, fold and create their own worlds entirely from paper in a magical origami workshop.

The afternoon rounds off with a freestyle Ballroom Boogie to get you moving into the weekend.

Schedule
1pm: Club Origami
2.30pm: Ballroom Boogie with Anna Greenwood
Throughout: crafty makes with Kirsty Reynolds on Level 2

Club Origami was conceived by Takeshi Matsumoto and is commissioned and produced by Little Big Dance – a pioneering national initiative creating new dance work for children aged five and under, led by South East Dance in partnership with DanceEast, Take Art and Yorkshire Dance and funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Arts Council England, co-commissioned by Birmingham Hippodrome, Dance Umbrella, Strike-a-light and Spark Arts.

Anna Greenwood is our Ballroom Boogie DJ who brings much more to her performances than playing one record after another. Inspired by the music she plays, resplendent in sequins, spangles and bespoke outfits she brings the dance floor to life with a non-stop whirlwind of disco-dancing DJjing.

Kirsty Reynolds runs our crafty corner. Find her on Level 2 of the Royal Festival Hall, taking you through this month’s exciting make.

Need to know

Age guidance
For ages 5 – 11
Event information

Saturday Sessions are free, drop-in events with no booking required. The sessions are part of our Open Doors programme to welcome everyone into our creative spaces.

We also offer Relaxed Sessions, an adapted version for families who may benefit from a more chilled out space.

Access

Saturday Sessions take a relaxed approach to noise or movement coming from the audience. They give everyone permission to relax and respond naturally and people are free to come and go as they please. There is also a nearby rest space available to use for the duration of the session whenever needed.

For your visit

This event is held at the The Clore Ballroom Southbank Centre

The Clore Ballroom is open six days a week.

Tuesday, 10am – 6pm*
Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.

*If we’re hosting a performance, the building will stay open until the event ends.