kamitan arts
Kamitan Arts CIC is a Non-Profit Community Company, whose presence in the RBKC
community has been evident for over 15 years. Who we help with our work: We work
with children, young people and adults that are from disadvantaged backgrounds
and challenging situations. All our programmes are inclusive and we always
observe, critique and evaluate the learning and apply this to future work. Using
these approaches shows that our ethos is to respect and understand without
discrimination and embrace all communities in Kensington and Chelsea and beyond.
Where and with whom we work with: We operate predominantly, but not exclusively
in Kensington and Chelsea. In youth, community and play centres, schools,
theatres and open air events in parks. Emmanuelle Marcel (Princess Emmanuelle),
the Founding Director of Kamitan Arts, professionally trained at Dance and
Theatre Schools most of her life (RTS, NSCD, BRIT, Urdang, LCDS) began
volunteering at Lancaster Youth Centre in 1999 delivering drama sessions to SEND
young people. She later went onto deliver dance workshops, performances, and
collaborated on productions fusing Dance, Drama, Theatre and Poetry. In the
early 2000’s Emmanuelle Marcel was employed as a freelancer and ever since has
worked across London, the UK and abroad in a variety of settings and with
Kamitan Arts. This includes: The Harrow Club – 2004 – 2011 Golborne Youth Centre
– 2004 – 2010 RBKC Youth Arts – 2004-2007 Burlington Danes School – 2004 RBKC
Youth Support and Development Service – Early-Mid 2000’s The Rugby Clubs – Early
2000’s The Venture Centre – 2004 – present The Tabernacle – where ‘Princess
Emmanuelle’s’ first Spoken Word album was launched 2001 with a live spoken word
set and theatrical performance (also 1999 – present) The Man in the Moon Theatre
– 1999 One Voice – Vice Secretary and Poetry/Dance Theatre Tutor in 2011
Portobello Film Festival – Since the early 2000’s-present Holland Park School –
Street Dance at the after school club – 2007 Inn on the Green – cultural
performance and workshops with local young people The Royal Festival Hall – 2002
Tutoring and running workshops for Shared Experience Theatre Company in Soho
Step Afrika UK’ 6-week summer project in a Lewisham Girls’ SEND school which
resulted in a performance at Lilyan Bayliss – 2003 In Bradford and Leeds with
‘Breakers Unify’ – Early 2000’s Poetry workshops with inmates at Wandsworth
Prison – Mid 2000’s Running independent workshops at the Favelas of Rio Brazil,
Bahia Salvador, and in collaboration with Nu Tempo Dance Festival in Aracaju,
Brazil – 2011 The Cairo Opera House, Cairo American College (CAC), The Sawy
Culture Centre Theatre, also in Egypt, and Beit el Fenoon in Sudan (House of the
Arts) – 2008-2011 Kensington Primary Academy – ‘Wonderful Woman’ Dance Classes
(for women and mothers) Poetry 4 Grenfell – Voluntary Poetry workshops in North
Kensington post the Grenfell fire and the documentation of this through film and
the self-published book – 2017 – present Dance 4 Grenfell – Dance workshops for
children affected by the Grenfell fire in the South of the RBKC borough @
Kensington Primary Academy – 2018 Lyrikal Art and Poetic Art –
Multi-disciplinary sessions for children, young people and elderly, in Poetry,
Art, Live Music and Movement where one artistic discipline is used as a stimulus
for the other; to express oneself, alleviate loneliness and for healing to take
place – 2018 – 2019 Virtual Acoustic Poetry (VAP) – Weekly online sessions
tailored for an inter-generational creative community, enabling diverse artistry
from RBKC, London and beyond! Bringing together live musicians, featured poets,
artists and an inter-generational community to create and share in a safe
virtual space. Welcoming all to participate in exploring thier own creativity
and have thier voices heard; endeavouring to restore hope for a brighter day
through-out and past the COVID19 Worldwide Pandemic – 2020 – Present. Kamitan
Arts works with many artists and youth practitioners from Kensington and
Chelsea, thus we’re well-connected with the local voluntary and community
sector. We are always open to new collaborations and partnerships. Whether you
work within the community or have a private or corporate project, please do get
in touch.
