To The T

Just released a short cut of T.O.Y
💥 PLEASE help me share & get my message out there. We depict a young boy’s emotional responses to scenarios in his life & what effect they have on his state of mind & in turn his behaviour…
Using the creative language of costume, dance, spoken word, music & sound we tell a fictional story of a young person who ends up using a knife.
Intended to raise awareness about a variety of issues affecting young people with a focus on the vulnerability & innocence of youth.
As a society we need to do more to help the most vulnerable in our communities. If a child feels their life is not valued then how are they expected to value anyone else’s life… 🖤

“When darkness covers the home from young, there’s a thin line between having loads of fun & being groomed”
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T.O.Y The Other Youth To The T brings you T.O.Y The Other Youth is a short film intended to raise awareness about youth violence. It’s dark aesthetic & fushion of artistic discipl...

To The T brings you T.O.Y
The Other Youth is a short film intended to raise awareness about youth violence. It's dark aesthetic & fusion of artistic disciplines makes it a unique language to communicate on this subject. T.O.Y tells the story of a young black male, growing up in Brent, we sympathetically look at his emotional responses to certain key moments in his life, all at the hands of the adults around him. We hope this film will help highlight the need for more support and nudge the adults in society with power who do not do enough to help young vulnerable people in our London Community.

Youth violence is a real issue and deserves more attention and in this creative film, we use a unique language to shine a light on this topic and evoke an emotion that might compel a positive reaction in people.

T.O.Y The Other Youth To The T brings you T.O.Y The Other Youth is a short film intended to raise awareness about youth violence. It’s dark aesthetic & fushion of artistic discipl...

First bit of press for my film, T.O.Y. Thank you Brent and Kilburn Times

Kilburn creative design company launches dance film on youth violence A creative design company based at The Granville in Kilburn has launched a short dance film, T.O.Y, to raise awareness about youth violence.

T.O.Y film OUT NOW!!! 💥

to-the-t.co.uk To The T, has brought together 10 artists from across London, all with a personal interest in raising awareness about knife crime to create this short experimental dance film. T.O.Y is an abstract, creative and experimental film, it has a dark aesthetic and uses the language of costumes, dance, mus

2 HOURS TILL T.O.Y drops! 🤗🤗🤗🤗 1 pm today! Head over to insta, might do lil live thing 😬👀🤗

To The T updated their info in the about section.

Project postponed until Dec 2020, pencil in your diaries 😁😆

T.O.Y The Other Youth short experimental dance film raising awareness about knife crime coming soon... The project has been postponed until September, the final screening & event will now take place in December 2020 as part of Brent borough of culture

T.O.Y The Other Youth short experimental Krump dance film raising awareness about knife crime coming soon... The project has been postponed until September, the final screening & event will now take place in December 2020 as part of Brent borough of culture.

Mood board for T.O.Y The Other Youth short experimental Krump dance film. Telling one youths journey into violent crime. A compassionate perspective. Project on hold till September

T.O.Y The Other Youth short experimental dance film raising awareness about knife crime coming soon... The project has been postponed until September, the final screening & event will now take place in December 2020 as part of Brent borough of culture

Last of the ash for Phoenix photo shoot. I used real ash & shot from above to create the look that she’s rising up out the ashes...as Phoenix’s tend to do 😁
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Concept, art direction & styling by me ✔️

‘Phoenix’ album cover! It was really cool to receive a cd with all the artwork from the photo shoot. Liking seeing the old school cd cover, remembering my youth & how I used to love buying a new albums, opening them up checking out the artwork & lyrics etc. Changed a bit since then 😁 Think there might be vinyl produced for this album too.
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Lil interview for Brent 2020, London Borough of Culture.
Find out how we are getting involved 😁
Click here to read http://bit.ly/2SVIkbB 👈🏼👈👈🏾👈🏿

Lil interview for Brent2020. Check 😁

https://www.brent2020.co.uk/stories/interview-with-tamsin-nathan-of-to-the-t-2020-culture-fund-designer/

Brent2020 — Interview With Tamsin Nathan of To The T, 2020 Culture Fund Designer Exploring the stories, art and emotions that hold life in Brent together. London Borough of Culture 2020.

Last pic from Not Another Youth project. I like my costumes to do more than clothe the dancer, I create them to help tell the story & add another dimension to the performance. This one I threaded thousands of threads into the back of a tracksuit. To depict a stabbing one of the dancers ripped the threads out of it, the colour life & energy lies limp in the floor.
Photography 📷
Dancers 💯 ._malz
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Last in the series looking back at Not Another Youth. Love the way has manipulated the image... skills.
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The spirit

These images were created photographing a costume I created with LED lights, the movement of the dancer together with shutter being open longer creates these mad shapes. photography skills
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This is the name of the piece I created in Quamari’s name. The words ‘not another youth’ come from a song that Quamari wrote & sung, the song was about youth violence & about what happened to him. He was a young wise old soul as those who knew him say & is evident in the words of his song. This was the only words in my piece, his words. 🎤🖤
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Where there is anger, there is always pain

I threaded thousands of loose threads into the back of a tracksuit, during the dance they were pulled out to depict a stabbing. The life & colour being torn out, the fluid movement of the threads ending up limp & lifeless on the ground. I use costumes to help tell the story & integrate with the choreo

This image depicts the emotionally explosive experience of rage.

Capturing the essence of Quamari I created this outfit by threading thousands of threads into the back of a tracksuit. Using red yellow & green to represent his love of reggae & Jamaican roots. These threads represent the colour & vibrancy of his character & the life ❤️💛💚

This image depicts the perpetrator’s character, what must he be going through to commit such a horrific act of violence? At such a young age.
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I created this outfit using bits of elastic which changed in each scene, finally with it binding him with his hands behind his back. Image from Not Another Youth, a piece of hip hop dance theatre which tells the story of what happened to Quamari 🖤❤️💛💚

As a tribute to Quamari I created Not Another Youth (Quamari’s words) a piece of hip hop dance theatre & a film which told the story of what happened to him in a creative way. I wanted to do something for his family & friends to keep his name alive & inspire the youth to choose a more creative path. R.I.E.P Quamari ❤️💛💚