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GROUNDATION Dancing from the Archives
Education and Community Outreach
A collection of West African traditional and Jamaican folk dances representing social, ritual and religious rites. These dances are the foundation of the movement language/style of IRIE! dance theatre. Each dance relays a journey or cultural shift in African and Caribbean history, thereby guarding the stories for us now and those that are yet to come.
Workshop Ideas
The programme will explore a variety of African and Caribbean dances as set out in IRIE! dance theatre’s current production entitled, GROUNDATION Dancing from the Archive. Culture and heritage will be a recurring theme across all sessions. Participants will learn some basic defined dance style, which brings together movement and how it relates to the drum language/music.
Emphasis will be on exploration, and responding to tasks, ideas, and imagery.
Basic movement combinations will be taught, depending on abilities which will progress to more physically demanding movements and complex sequences.
It will sometimes be necessary for the movement to be done independently, with a partner or as a group.
In some cases, participants will be encouraged to talk about their movement and ideas based on the dances learnt and/or theme of the residency.
Aims:
· To offer practical dance and movement workshops influenced by GROUNDATION Dancing from the Archive production.
· To explore movement and dance ideas in response to the residency theme
· To provide opportunities for participants to create and develop their own dance sequence/choreography.
· To provide opportunities for sharing and discussion around the issue of culture, heritage and creativity.
· To create and sustain a creative, focused and fun environment.
· To support the creation of a dance and movement work to be presented at a sharing of peers and invited guests.
Learning Outcomes:
· Explore African and Caribbean movement language that is influenced by GROUNDATION Dancing from the Archive.
· Understand the basic principles and background influences of the dance forms.
· Apply the necessary creative skills required to develop the dance movement.
· Demonstrate an understanding of fusing traditional and contemporary movement forms with the music.
· Develop an awareness of performance skills.
· Ability to work creatively as part of a team.
General workshop delivery
· Introduction
· Warm-up
· Learning movement language or selected piece of the repertoire
· Creative exploration of ideas
· Practice and sharing of work
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