Hello Brighton heads!
I'm super gassed to announce a NEW class at @southeastdance on Thursdays 7-8pm.
Join me for Explore Argentine Tango in this open-level class where technique meets play. Through movement awareness, improvisation and close listening to the body, you'll discover new ways of moving and connecting with the music, a partner, and yourself.
Drawing on Tango, Feldenkrais, and Contemporary Dance, this class develops ease, precision and a whole-body intelligence.
£12 drop-in or discount for semester booking/ reduced income.
DM for more information!
Much love
Ax
“Spirals, time and choices”
The second in a workshop series exploring connection through Argentine Tango with dancers Anna Alvarez and Pablo Cortazzo.
Through practical exercises and improvisational techniques, participants will focus on building connection and improving awareness through dance.
Designed for performers; dancers, actors, dance enthusiasts and those interested in enhancing their partnering skills and individual expression. The sessions does require previous experience in Tango and no partner necessary.
DM for bookings!
A x
✨ Now booking new projects! ✨
As 2025 slowly closes its doors, I’m planting seeds for a 2026 full of movement. I’m opening space for new projects and partnerships in: Choreography, Movement Direction, Workshops and Teaching
Check out my website in bio to see what I’ve been up to, collaborating across productions, drama schools, fashion, and cross-disciplinary work.
¡Vamos! 💫
💫💫💫Leia Pilar 💫💫💫
Writing from the depths of a cozy maternal cave to share some news and photos of the tiny Queen Leia Pilar / Houdini (never seen a baby so adept at wiggling out of a swaddle)/ Thumbelina who joined the tribe on the 19th of August weighing a tiny yet mighty 5lb 6 💕
Where to begin? That life has changed irreconcilably, totally, inside out and upside down is an understatement! Am riding a wave that has blown me away and am so happy to begun a life time of bonding with her.
I’m feeling so held by my amazing family, friends and husband! @johnny__cass you never cease to amaze me by being the most incredible father and silliest human I have ever met. I love you so much.
Having a home birth was hands down the best decision we could have made and am so happy we got the birth we wanted, with food and salsa music as the sun came up. Thank-you @doulawithyoga for holding us so beautifully in this and also the holistic midwife tent at Glastonbury for connecting me to a world of doulas and women centered practitioners.
In spite of a difficult experience with the NHS through pregnancy, and being shocked at how disempowering towards women the system can be, the Sussex home birth team were amazing, thank-you. It is also not lost on me how I have won a postcode lottery, I can’t imagine what this journey must be like for the mamas out there birthing and raising their kids in precarious conditions. . Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine . . . What a difference a body of water makes and whilst the medicalization of birth in the UK is shocking (what message are we giving women?) I am eternally grateful for the attention and care I received.
Matrescence here we come . . .
🧡🧡🧡🧡
“Spirals, time and choices”
The first in a workshop series exploring connection through Argentine Tango with dancers Anna Alvarez and @noeargumedo Noelia Argumedo. Through practical exercises and improvisational techniques, participants will focus on building connection and improving awareness through dance.
Designed for performers; dancers, actors, dance enthusiasts and those interested in enhancing their partnering skills and individual expression. The session does not require previous experience in Tango and no partner necessary. DM to book a space!
📸 by @vikki_marie_page
In my 36th week of pregnancy, the precipice of becoming a new me I got be creative with my amazing friend @vikki_marie_page on the South Downs and beach.
The shoot felt an integral part of this rite of passage. There was something about the shift of identify as we danced and played around that felt honoured in this magic few hours, which were ceremoniously closed by an epic thunderstorm.
It's been close to ten months of shuffling sideways, squeezing onto the tube and navigating the world with an ever-expanding belly which was a very visual reminder of the incoming family member. I have loved being pregnant, connecting to a millennia of women in a modern world seemingly led by medical intervention of birthing women.
Instinct ran stronger than ever through this journey and I am so grateful for this time where I felt I re-found a wilder and more intuitive version of myself.
Shout to some of the wonder humans holding my hands in small and big ways through this chapter @kj3t@elixirdancefitness@doulawithyoga@labour_of_love_doula@kemibirthjoyjohnson@helensprints@johnny__cass
Thank-you Vikki for the shoot and holding this moment so beautifully ❤️
An 8 month full bellied and bodied Tango with my compa @pablocortazzo 🤰 immense #gratidão for all the amazing people I am blessed to be surrounded by and of course to Tango- a never ending conversation with my practice which has bought travel, magicians, a home in most cities and wonderful collaborators and students whom I learn so much from. Can’t wait to get back. #tango #tanguera #soudessas
Some shots from the 2024-2025 Latinx Youth Theatre edition "Out of Frame" at Brixton House.
So much joy and hard work behind these photos!!!! Stanislavski said that unless Theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person then you should run from it.
Here is why I never run! This group has community, positive change, connection, heart and love at its core and I am so proud to be a part.
Thank-you LYT team, @brxhousetheatre House, @aceagrams and of course the Latin community. Watch this space for the 2025-26 edition....
Writer: Fernanda Mandagará, in collaboration with the Latinx Youth Theatre Cohort 2025
Director: Miguel Torres Umba
LYT Cohort 2025 Facilitators:
Carlos Ossa Valencia, Fernanda Mandagará
Dramaturgy: Fernanda Mandagará, Carlos Ossa Valencia, Miguel Torres Umba
Producer: Anna Alvarez
Production Design: Isabella Sarmiento Abadia
Technical Design: Fernando Benito
Graphic Designer: Eoin Norton
Photographer: Héctor Manchego
LYT 2025 Cohort:
Sayen, Shey, Taci, Samantha, Nicole, Ashley, David, Alex, Katya, Vane, Gabriel
💫💫💫Birthday Blessings💫💫💫
This years birthday was about a rite of passage, letting go of a chapter and celebrating an incoming one
Feeling held, cocooned, loved
A beautiful ceremony with so many of our special ones- thank-you
Pregnancy feels like connecting a golden rope through generations and community, curious to be in the midst of an ancient rite of passage in this world.
So much gratitude! @cacaoqueenmerchant thank-you for guiding us so beautifully!
🌻🌻🌻
💫 27.7.25💫
Treasuring this day and all it means!!! It was pure magic and vibrations continue!!!! Thank-you @johnny__cass for taking me on the ride of my life :)
I love you ❤️
Possibly the last time I am filling up your feed with more wedding pictures 🥰🫢😆❤️
All of my favourite teams 🫶🏽
1 & 20 Team #thegoddxxpath
5 #TeamJOY
2, 7, 8, 9 & 17 Team Angel of & Maya JOY
11 & 19 Team Alva 😇
16 & 18 Team sistren & sister from another mister
3, 14 & 15 Team Wedding JOY
4 & 13 Team Dadj & Mamãe
12 Team @eleela_slowbakery
10 Team @lova_cakes_and_flowers
6 Team Clasper Castrillón
📸 Team @juliopaladinophotography
💫💫💫Glastonbury💫💫💫
The annual ritual of Glastonbury was done at 33 weeks pregnant 💪🏽 that festival delivered all the feels, laughter and adventure plus pure joy at finding the #holisticmidwivesofglastonburyfestival felt like a rebirth of my own! Thank-you Glastonbury 💕💕💕💕
#grateful #gratitude #glastonbury2025 #preggolife
