All Africa Dance and Music Festival on Peace
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| Country and Region | Kenya — Nairobi Province |
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| Type of Festival | Dance |
| Location of Festival | Nairobi, Nairobi Province, Kenya |
| Festival Address Information | Purple Images Production |
| Festival Description | The conference/ festival will provide a rich, inclusive and challenging forum for reflective practitioners to celebrate their creative richness; critically and deeply engage; dream and act jointly in producing alternative cultural and dance products and in shaping new narratives of just peace. The festival will bring together over 2000 artistes, peace builders – including educators, dance artists, musicians, development workers, community animators and cultural activists – from Africa and other parts of the world who continue to apply various shades of dance arts approaches in their social change work. The festival in a symphony of contemporary dance will also celebrates the creative work of the African continent. The All Africa Dance Festival is an ‘all Africa dance event’ where we shall dance, stamp and leap to the rhythms of the cultural and contemporary dance in the heart of Africa!. The event to be held from 3rd-5th December 2010 has confirmed dance groups from Jamaica, Haiti, Sweden, Norway, Italy. Brazil, Nigeria, Mali and Mozambique Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ghana, Cuba, Sierra Leone, Netherlands, Sudan,South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Britain, United States, Canada, India among other countries. The Festival is proud to welcome these phenomenal dance artists and choreographers to Kenya and Africa. All the participating groups will provide rich insight into contemporary dance styles and practices from Africa and other parts of the world. Kenya will be represented by leading dance groups such as Sarakasi, Safari Cats, Nameless, Wahu, Jua Cali, Kanda King, Shangilia and Kenge Kenge, African Tumbas and Bomas of Kenya Dancers among others. |
| Festival Dates | December 3 - 5, 2010 |
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Practical Info:
Participant’s information 2010:
- Invitation to dance groups
Participation by dance groups from all over the world is absolutely FREE!. Participating groups will however be required to meet the cost of their flights, accommodation and meals. Ground transport and learning materials will be provided by the festival. The festival regrets that due to funding constraints, there will be no scholarships for dance groups or choreographers and all the delegates are requested to seek funding from other sources. Please visit http://www.artmovesafrica.org> for potential support. The All Africa Dance Festival secretariat is willing to provide support letters for those seeking funding for flights and accommodation in Nairobi. - Mission of festival
The conference and festival will also share skills in the use of dance to promote peace and human understanding. Various topics of interest will be addressed in these sessions include: Dance Choreography, Movements and patterns creation, Dance Drama/ Dance Theatre, Dance Journalism, Dance Production and presentation, The role of Community Dance, The language of dance, Dance festival productions, Mime Dance and Story Development in dance. Others are: The role of Indigenous dances in peace education, Community Based Peace Education, Forgiveness & Healing using Dance, Advocacy and Dialogue using Dance and Democratizing Africa using Dance are just but some of the plenary topics that will be discussed during conference and the workshops. The festival will host international and local choreographers and peace builders that will make your experience memorable and rewarding. - Contest
The Festival also promises a whole host of other treats, such as the “peace drum project“ where dancers, video artists, fashion designers and choreographers will come together to create dance projects where the winners will be awarded with USD 5000 for developing the best message on peace using in three days .This competition artists will prove to be one of the highlights of this years festival and there are plans to have an African continental dance competition next year. - Dance as a celebration of Peace
This festival which amongst many other encounters of dancing feet, is about peace in Africa and us all celebrating the hip sway and feet tap of our own vibrant people and city and its dancing cultural life despite the recent threats to Peace and human understanding– see you there! - For more information
Please visit the web site at
http://www.africadancefestival.com
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