Projects

young people taking part in a dance workshop

SEND schools research project Year 2 update

Researchers, Claire Farmer and Dr. Ashley McGill, talk about the progress of the 3-year research project to better understand the potential benefits of the South Asian dance classes run by Akademi for autistic learners in the SEND schools as part of our Reach Out and Reveal project.

Songs That Move Us (2024)

A music and dance project from THAMES (Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Education services) for KS2 students in Tower Hamlets.  
Primary school students participating in a workshop

MAITRI TOO (2024)

South Asian dance workshops for Primary and Secondary schools in Brent including English as Additional Language (EAL) students.
young people taking part in a dance workshop

SEND schools research project Year 1 update

Researchers, Claire Farmer and Dr. Ashley McGill, talk about the progress of the 3-year research project to better understand the potential benefits of the South Asian dance classes run by Akademi for autistic learners in the SEND schools as part of our Reach Out and Reveal project.
talk participants on stage

Music, Meaning, Memory

Fundraising event for Alzheimer’s Society following a project with UCL Dementia Research
patient dancing with two South Asian dancers from a hospital bed

Dance Well

Our health & wellbeing programme for hospitals, children and older adults
young people taking part in a dance workshop

Reach Out and Reveal

Artists in residence at schools for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability
close up of the legs and feet of a South Asian dancer in colourful clothing with bells on her feet

Feet First (2023)

Training for South Asian dance artists working with young people with mental health issues
school children during a dance workshop

MAITRI (2023)

Pilot project for KS2 and KS3 pupils in Brent supported by John Lyon’s charity.

Aamad

Watch the film about our school workshops in response to Rana Begum’s sculpture

Seed Commissions (2020)

Six commissions exploring interesting and innovative ways of reaching audiences during lockdown
young children participate in a dance workshop

Artsmark

Working with schools to embed the arts and culture within the national curriculum
graphic illustration

Kopal (2018)

A playful dance project for some of London’s most underrepresented and under serviced children

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