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Dance
Carib classes
are designed to combine learning and enjoyment through dance from the
Motherland's rich diversity of style and movement. Participants will acquire
African traditional, African contemporary, street and bashment dance techniques in
a fun and fitness based exploration of culture. Sessions consist of warm-up
drills, dance piece and practice, ending with stretch exercises and feedback.
Dance Carib is open to all abilities and requires no more than
your committed effort and energy. Participants are advised to wear comfortable
clothing and a smile.
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Dance
Carib Workshops
African and Caribbean
Drum and Dance. Street and Bashment
Saturdays
10:00 - 13:00
Acton
Vale Community Centre,
Off Beech
Avenue, Acton Vale.
Dance Carib was established
in 1997. We have a successful track record of community arts projects,
collaborative arts projects, residencies, small and large scale multidisciplinary
arts programmes. We specialise in the cultural celebratory arts, from
art and mask, music and rhythm, dance and drama, to street theatre, festival
and Carnival.
Project Aims and Objectives
Our AIM is to bring Art and Culture to the Community, by providing a programme
of creative cultural artistic expression.
The project has a multi-disciplinary approach combining African-Caribbean dance, drama, music, movement, story, script, acting, improvisation, drum, rhythm, percussion, sound, light, media, costume, colour, set, backdrop, art and design.
The programme also offers the opportunity for people to experience the performing arts to production level, grasping the elements of costume, lighting, sound, stage and audience
The work undertaken
by "Dance Carib" includes open workshops, structured rehearsals,
creative and technical arts workshops, performance, production, touring
and residencies.
We offer a unique programme of activities, with a wide ranging, broad-based programme, directed at enhancing the expressive potential of participants. Exploring new skills, developing existing talents and encouraging personal growth, group identity, pride and cultural expression, through a variety of artistic mediums.
Our project has a solid foundation and artistic vision, within the cultural arts field.
Dance Carib has a
positive and creative track record, contributing to accessible community
arts projects, whose emphasis is celebrating the cultural diversity of
the local, national and international community.
| Dance
Carib Programme Outline 10th January
2009-5th December 2009 DANCE CARIB classes are designed to combine learning and enjoyment through dance from the motherlands rich diversity of style and movement. Participants will acquire traditional and contemporary African dance technique in a fun and fitness based exploration of culture. Sessions consist of warm-up drills, dance pieces and practice, ending with stretch exercises and feedback. DANCE CARIB is open to all abilities and requires no more than your committed effort and energy. Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and a smile. TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE |
"Dance Carib" has grown in terms of the range of activities offered; the personnel involved in the programme; the performance programme; the depth of personal and group development.
African-Caribbean Dance-Drama Performance-based group, who work together to select and develop the themes, story-line and script; voice-work, word and song; group work, drama games and acting skills; dramatisation and characterisation; mime and movement; dance and choreography; performance, show-cases and events; street theatre and carnival.
The group is led by professional choreographers, percussionists, musicians, dancers and those involved in the theatre, whose varied experience enrich the learning experience for the group.
Dance Carib Funding
Our funders have included:
· National Lottery Awards for All
· Action Acton Community Chest Fund
· London Arts Board
· London Borough of Ealing
· Ealing Community Network Community Chest
· Acton Community Forum
· Splendour of Egypt Project (Heritage Lottery)
"Dance Carib" explores culture through the arts.
"Dance Carib" has African-Caribbean roots, tackling issues of concern to the African-Caribbean community and providing a forum for the exploration of cultural heritage.
"Dance
Carib"
is essentially a multi-cultural phenomenon reaching beyond the confines
of categories, and is open to all with a positive interest in the cultural
arts.
"Dance
Carib"has a database of professional international artists, musicians
and choreographers, with whom we have worked with over a number of years.
Dance
Carib Creative Team
Arts
Practitioners
Sebastian Ahorlu (details to follow)
The Master Drummer
Specialist support for the development of cultural arts activity takes
the form of professional dancers, choreographers, musicians and artists
working alongside the participants, supporting and nurturing creative
potential.
The first Choreographer
Dada Ogunledun was born in Britain and trained in Theatre Arts at the
University of Nigeria. Her performance work in the UK includes dance,
choreography and acting. Dada has conducted workshops for Oval House,
in schools and colleges. She has also taught dance at Yaa Asantewaa, for
the Black British Dance Festival and performed with the Contemporary African
Dance company and Badejo Arts on their regional tour of 'So What' culminating
at the Royal Festival Hall. In 2002 Dada left Dance Carib to pursue her theatrical and dance career.
Current Choreographers
John Akoto Annan was born in Ghana and started dancing at twelve. He performed with various traditional groups including Shida Dance group and Kusum group. Akoto came to the UK and joined Adzido in 2002, and became the second choreographer and percussionist with Dance Carib in 2004. Presently Akoto is Dance Carib's director of music and dance.
Artistic
Coordinator
Amaru Chatawa, the Vision and driving force behind Dance Carib.
Dance Carib Coordinator
Ferne Leigertwood, Coordinator.
Dance
Carib Communicator
Rachel Pepper, photographer, video and documentation.
Drum
Carib
Drum Carib
provides the music and rhythms for Dance Carib.
Established in 1997, based on Garifuna rhythms, taught by Pen Cayetano,
and developed by musicians in the UK and Caribbean. Pen's teacher was the Great Garifuna Drummer Isabel Flores.
Drum Carib performs in its own right at cultural and community events.
The
Garifuna Drummer
Rocko Whiskey learnt the Garifuna rhythms from Pen, and has gone on to spread these rhythms in St. Vincent in the Caribbean and in the UK with Drum Carib.
1997: International collaborative arts project "Garifuna Story" Launch event. Acton Vale Community Centre.
1997: "Journeys of Garinagu" Production: Acton Vale Com munity Centre.
1997: Action Acton launch Carnival: Acton.
1997: Stardust Notting Hill Mas. "Journeys of Garinagu" ; Notting Hill.
1998: "Exodus" Launch event, Cardiff.
1998 - 2005: "Exodus Cardiff Mas"; S.W.I.C.A: Cardiff
1998: Windrush Carnival: Acton
1999: "The Journey": Acton Vale Community Centre
1999: LB Ealing Countryside Performance: Ealing
2000 - 2003: Fitzroy Square Festival Performance: London
2001 - 2005: Acton Vale Community Events "Vale Fun Day " Acton Vale.
2001:
The Market Day: Acton Vale 1997 - 2005: "Dance Carib in-house productions " Production: Acton Vale Com munity Centre. 2003 - 2005: Acton Carnival
: Acton. 2003: Acton Spring Festival. "Spring Fest; ; Priory Community Centre. 2001 - 2004: "Stardust Winter Festival"
Acton Vale. 2004: "Black History Celebrations "; Hammersmith & Fulham, Camden, Acton 2004: Splendor of Egypt Project: Uxbridge 2004: "Literary Festival. Poetry Slam: West London Trade Union Club, London 2004: African and Caribbean Family Day: Southall Community Centre, London 2004: Black and Ethnic Minority Forum Event: Hammersmith & West London College, London 2004:
Performing Arts Festival: Priory Community Centre, Acton, London 2005: Performance at Welsh Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales 2009: Performances at "Destinations" Travel and Tourism Exhibition, Earls Court
Carnival
Dance Carib have provided the Dance Section of many Carnivals,
including:
· Notting Hill Carnival
· Cardiff Mas Carnival
· Acton Carnival
· Reading Carnival