I recently had the opportunity to attend a workshop led by Nicole Perry, an intimacy choreographer and coordinator, held by my university’s theatre program. Perry was brought in to educate students, faculty and artists in the area of the importance of her role in creating safe and equitable theatrical spaces.
Read moreIt’s an Old Battle
With C. Brian William’s cultivation of Step Afrika 25+ years ago, the organization has aggressively enforced sharing the overlooked parts of American History in efforts to educate all backgrounds upon African American culture. There contains powerful results when individuals are exposed to knowledge; knowing more allows us to do better for the future and ask questions, such as Why aren’t these lessons taught? Why don’t we know about activists that were fighting for freedom before the Boston Tea Party? Etc.
Read moreAfroRaiz’s “Flying River” A Showcase of Transformance-Pedagogy
During the first sixteen years of its existence, the Transformance Institute has dedicated itself to the development of an eco-pedagogical paradigm project of ‘Good Living.’ In this video, watch AfroRaiz young dance-percussion artists from Marabá in the Brazilian Amazon perform 'Flying River.’ The piece defends the River Tocantins, anticipates pandemic like COVID-19, and advocates a Good Living future for all!
Read moreThese PreNZels are making me thirsty!
“They’ll probably say we have lots of sheep” and “Do they even know where we are?”. “I bet they think we’re part of Australia”. These were among the responses given when I asked the PreNZelers (Pretzel NZ) what they thought the ‘others’ would say about them. None of the preconceptions were to be revealed until after we had made our intro video - so my next question was ‘Well then, what do you want to say about you and about New Zealand? By ‘others’ I mean the young theatre makers in the other four pilot pretzel countries - Abu Dhabi, Canada, England and China. On this, they were sure. Sustainability, sport, food, scenery, weather, earthquakes and mythbusting!
Read moreCivil Disco-bedience: It’s time to dance for your life
As an environmental activist and a dancer/choreographer, I had the opportunity to combine two of my passions at Civil Disco-bedience on 11th February. Led by the State Member of Parliament for Newtown, Jenny Leong, this action mirrored other Disco-bedience actions organised by Extinction Rebellion. The idea is simple: dance down the street to Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees dressed in 70s clothing to draw attention to the existential crisis that faces us all.
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