Local artists and creative practitioners take you step-by-step through their warm-ups so you can join in at home.
Get yourself energised, focused and ready to face the week ahead with our weekly series of #CityWarmUps. Every Monday at 8.30am, artists and creative practitioners from across Coventry and Warwickshire will take you step-by-step through the warm-ups they use to start their own workshops and rehearsals, so you can follow along at home and get your week off to a healthy, happy start.
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#CityWarmUps – Emma Meehan of C-DaRe
Sat 07 NovAs the UK heads into its second national lockdown, we're focusing our attention on promoting wellbeing and learning from our experiences earlier this year through our Lockdown Lessons series. During the last lockdown, we asked local artists and creative practitioners to share their warm-up routines as a way of helping people to stay healthy, happy…
#CityWarmUps – Rishard Beckett
Sat 01 AugKickstart your week with our latest warm-up video featuring Rishard Beckett from our Springboard company Richard and Rishard. You can follow along with Rishard at 8.30am on Monday, or wait till the end for a list of activities covered so you can take part in your own time. Looking for more ways to stay active?…
#CityWarmUps – Ascension Dance Company
Sun 19 JulLast week might have marked their last Create It, Share It challenge, but don't worry - you can still get active with our friends at Ascension Dance this week as they lead the latest in our #CityWarmUps series. At 8.30am on Monday 20 July, Ben will be helping you to get energised, focused and ready…
#CityWarmUps – Salsa Zumba with Underground Lights
Sun 12 JulStart your week with some salsa steps as Underground Lights Community Theatre member Julianne leads the latest in our #CityWarmUps series! Tune in and follow along from 8.30am on Monday. We'd love to see how you get on, so don't forget to share your photos and videos with us using the hashtag on Facebook, Twitter…
#CityWarmUps – Moving Space Co
Mon 06 JulToday we're kicking off Feel Good Community's People Like Us festival with a warm-up by Mel Ahern from Moving Space Co. Running from 6-12 July, People Like Us is a "Community-Powered Creative Health Festival" bringing local artists, community groups, creative practitioners, changemakers and members of the public together to celebrate the impact of creativity on…
#CityWarmUps – Open Theatre
Mon 29 JunGet ready to rise and shine with another energising warm-up! This Monday, we're kicking off the week by revisiting the a video shared by our friends at Open Theatre Company as part of their Open Theatre Opens Up series. Tune in at 8.30am to follow along. If you're joining in at home, don't forget to share…
#CityWarmUps – Underground Lights
Mon 08 JunGet ready to start your week with the latest in our #CityWarmUps series. This week, Beth and Wes from our Springboard company Underground Lights Community Theatre will be taking you through a series of warm-ups, designed to get your creative juices flowing and leave you energised ready to face the week ahead. Watch the YouTube…
#CityWarmUps – Strictly Arts Theatre Company
Sun 21 JunThis is your wake-up call, Coventry! Tune in at 8.30am on Monday to get active and energised with this week's warm-up, courtesy of Strictly Arts Theatre Company. Watch the YouTube video below and follow along at home. If you're joining in, don't forget to share your photos and videos with us on social media using…
#CityWarmUps – Rosamaria Cisneros, C-DaRe and the Roma Project
Mon 15 JunRise and shine, Coventry! As part of this week's Coventry Welcomes celebrations, the latest video in our #CityWarmUps series comes from Rosa Cisneros, a researcher at Coventry University's Centre for Dance Research and member of the Roma Project. Earlier this year, we partnered with the Roma Project to present Generations, an exhibition shining a light…
#CityWarmUps – The Fabularium
Mon 01 JunGet ready to start your week with another City Warm-Up! This week, Joshua Patel from The Fabularium will be getting you energised and focused ready to face the week ahead. Watch the YouTube video below and follow along at home. If you're joining in, don't forget to share your photos and videos with us on…
#CityWarmUps – Empowr-U
Mon 25 MayIt might be a Bank Holiday Monday, but we're still here at 8.30am sharp with a new City Warm-Up to help get you energised and ready for the week ahead. This week, Joe Graham from youth empowerment organisation Empowr-U has a fun warm-up game to share that you can try at home with the kids.…
#CityWarmUps – Start your week with Highly Sprung
Mon 18 MayWith this week marking the Mental Health Foundation's Mental Health Awareness Week, we've been focusing on some of the ways that we can help to promote wellbeing and keep Coventry active during lockdown. Launched last week, our new #CityWarmUps project will see local artists and creative practitioners taking you step-by-step through the warm-ups they use…
#CityWarmUps – Start your week with warm-ups from Coventry artists
Mon 11 MayThis week, we're delighted to introduce #CityWarmUps, a brand new lockdown project designed to get you feeling energised and focused, ready to start your week. Every Monday at 8.30am, we'll be sharing a new video from an artist or creative practitioner based in Coventry or Warwickshire, with contributors ranging from actors and directors to singers…