about imps
 
10 years running,
well...
is a bunch of Bristol-based costume makers and costumed dancers and performers with a UV touch;
 
 
dancing to repetitive beats and athmospherics;
appears in...
pubs, venues, clubs, streets, events, carnivals and festivals
for...

crowd up-lifting, character / scene setting and stage hi-lighting.
...about...

6 new costumes,
12 gigs a year
...a total of...
65 costumes and well over 120 gigs
sorted!

imps is mainly composed of a fish, 10 to 12 performers, a few extra characters, dave and a whole host of other talents backing-up the smiling invasion.

all costumes and imps related bits are designed, made and displayed by imps.

all imps-thingies are non lucrative and artistically are the sole propriety of buxy

4 sets of costumes to adapts to the different environments

1 to 7 movers per gig to back the sounds, rhythms and styles

adding energy, creativity and smiles to the atmosphere

imps is not the show;

there to tease the imagination, dance with all and have a damn good time doing it;

imps develops it's very own part of the show

"I have the pleasure to inform you that your professional profile has been approved.
Congratulations on the achievements that have earned you membership in the
International Dance Council CID.
Your admission in this organization distinguishes you as one of the leading dance professionals
from around the world.
(international dance convention - UNESCO - freestyler, costumes and performer's troupe - since july 2005)
...all sizes, backgrounds, ages, styles, genders, skills, shapes, (dis)abilities, nationalities, trainings, availabilities, and interests... imps's crew strenght
is it's diversity...
all there to make all join in the dancing frenzy
 
dancers and crew    -    thanks
costumes and mouvements:
fairies    -    aquatic
industrial    -    rainbow    -    more
apparitions and presse:
 
2005 > 2006    -    2003 > 2005
 
2002 > 2003    -    1997 > 2002
 
links    -    back homepage
 
"the smiles are free"

imp ( mp) a small demon or devil; mischievous spritea mischievous child(tr)

Falconry. to insert (new feathers) into the stumps of broken feathers in order to repair the wing of a hawk or falcon[Old English impa bud, graft, hence offspring, child, from impian to graft, ultimately from Greek emphutos implanted, from emphuein to implant, from phuein to plant]

"imps is like a dictatorial democracy" (amy)
 
"the smiles are free"