Our audiences were predominantly French-speaking children (only 20% of the population speaks English) so we were concermed that with Snake Magic being in English, that some of the children may not understand the words of the narrative. I was delighted to be proven wrong. During one of our performances, the children became so emotionally engaged…
The mentorship programmes for jury and press were a great way for the children to learn given the duration of the festival. The children learned while ‘on the job’. The production workshop gave the kids an understanding of what it entails to work on a production. At the end of the week the children had…
formation en danse contemporaine africaine à l’Ecole des Sables à Toubab Dialaw. Je rentre très satisfait de cette formation. J’ai effectivement beaucoup appris : bases du mouvement de la danse contemporaine africaine et occidentale, techniques des différents intervenants. La proposition de Germaine Acogny est un outil formidable de créativité artistique. -Rencontre avec les danseurs de…
On the 10 of August, Sharon, Craig and myself, Bree Tonga, traveled to Kenya to attend the Lola Kenya Screen children’s film festival. When we arrived we were divided into different groups. Sharon was put in the Jury, Craig in the press and I was put in the production class. Our facilitator was Eid Abdel…
The whole experience is a highlight. The first class – A dance studio within Nature, a view of the Atlantic Ocean and the Senegalese Baobab bush, breath taking inspiring space for a Dance. The unity in African communities was a great success, seeing the transmission of a variety of African Cultural dances rise with 23…
A Journey to Remember It was on a Sunday morning, the 11 of August 2008 when we departed the Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe. At first I was shocked at the thought that it was really me who was going to Kenya for the Lola Kenya Screen Festival, but as they say, a journey of…
Lola Kenya Screen was held at the National Art Theatre. It was held under the directorship and administering of Mr Ogova Ondego. We had our Official Opening on the 10th of August in the evening and we were introduced to the other members. On the 11th of the same month we were directed to different…
7 artists learnt to design their first small website in 3 days, place images and text and plan the way forward. I gave a powerpoint presentation to all Greatmore artists and office and a question and answering session with lunch discussion which should encourage more exchange of artists between Kenya and Cape Town. 2 days…
