Welcome to Gelede Dance


Gelede Dance , is the resident dance company at Pegasus Theatre, Oxford. The company is led by artistic director and choreographer  Menelva Harry. Renowned for developing a new dance style building on bagua martial arts, with the fusion of contemporary ,traditional, and Eastern dance . The work is very technical and muscular with a key focus on female strength. Gelede’s work incorporates and is influenced by imagery, photography, music and visual design, producing highly energetic and colourful theatrical dance pieces.

All photos by David Fisher

 


New Production:


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Choreographed by Menelva Harry, Gelede’s newest production ‘Snake in a Geisha Palm’ is a beautiful and vibrant piece inspired by Japanese imagery .
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Reviews


Read reviews of ‘Snake in the Geisha Palm’ 

 

in the Oxford Times - click here to read review 

 

in the Oxford Daily Info - click here to read review  


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Gelede Dance News and Events



05/10/2007 - Gelede on Youtube

Preview of Snake in the Geisha Palm...
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21/05/2007 - Gelede interview

Read an interview with Menelva online, published on ...
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