Le lieu m’a impressionné et le contexte est très adéquat pour nous concentrer sur notre travail de recherche et répétition. Ce fut aussi une expérience de travailler sur une scène construite à base de sable et en plein air avec un paysage aussi magnifique. J’ai eu aussi l’occasion de rencontrer les danseurs de la chorégraphe…
The event is the international workshop of woman art held in Naivasha – Kenya at 100 Km from Nairobi. The event is considered to be established in pure nature not inside showrooms as conventionally done. This event is composed of 16 artists from Kenya and different countries of the world. We were invited in order…
It was a conference in which African and African Diaspora artists/choreographers met to experiment and explore each other’s working technique as well as learn from each other. There was discussion on where Art, Dance in particular is going in the continent and way of networking with each other so that everyone knows what going on…
During the Arterial Conference, I was elected to represent my country Uganda and my region East Africa on the Arterial Network Committee. I learnt a lot of interesting things including the fact that ; lack of Government and Private sector support for the Arts is not limited to Uganda alone or Africa but rather a…
Tout s’est bien passé. J’ai pris une part active à toutes les activités. J’ai été le modérateur des Débats techniques et animateur du groupe de réflexion sur la formation, l’éducation et la recherche. Moments forts : La présentation des travaux des jeunes chorégraphes, la découverte de similitudes et des différences, mais aussi l’enrichissement mutuel. Les…
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…
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…
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…
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…
