Presentation black dance forms workshop_2015
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The document announces an international dance workshop in Senegal from July 16th to August 26th, 2015 hosted by the Ecole des Sables. The workshop, directed by Patrick Acogny, will explore traditional and contemporary African dances as well as those of the African diaspora through classes taught by international guest teachers. Participants will gain understanding of how dance reflects culture and identity and can be used as a form of resistance. The workshop is open to professional dancers from around the world and will bring together 25 international dancers and 15 African dancers to exchange culture and ideas.
Presentation black dance forms workshop_2015
- 1. ECOLE DES SABLES / ASSOCIATION JANT-BI Founder: Germaine ACOGNY Artistic Co-director: Patrick ACOGNY | Administrative Director: Helmut VOGT BP 22626 CP 15 523 Dakar / SENEGAL Tel-fax : 221 33 836 36 19 Email jantbi@gmail.com Web www.jantbi.org BLACK DANCE FORMS. BETWEEN ENGAGEMENT AND RESISTANCE. Professional International dance Workshop of Africa and the AFRICAN Diaspora. July 16TH TO AUGUST 26TH , 2015 ECOLE DES SABLES | TOUBAB DIALAW | SENEGAL INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DANCES
- 2. Black Dances. Between Engagement and Resistance. | ECOLES DES SABLES | 2 The ecole des sables The Ecole des Sables (INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY AFRICANE DANCES) is a platform for encounter and exchange. Since 1998, professional trainings for dancers and choreographers from Africa, its diaspora and all over the world have been organized on a regular basis. Every two years, the international workshop allows professional dancers from all continents to explore the essence and the universe of traditional and contemporary African dances, but also of its Diaspora. It is also the occasion to exchange, to dialogue, to practice and to think with African dancers in an outstanding place recognized for the quality of it’s pedagogic and artistic work.
- 3. Black Dances. Between Engagement and Resistance. | ECOLES DES SABLES | 3 INTRODUCTION Black dances are all danced and choreographed practices inspired either by local heritage and dances originating directly from Africa or derived dances of Africa or dances that have a mythical inspiration, spiritual outcome of the imagination and African knowledge. They are not the monopoly of Africans in Africa. Black dances are also the product of any artist who has a bond of descent with Africa and is inspired either physically or intellectually by Africa. Patrick Acogny The workshop The workshop Black Dance Forms. Between Engagement and Resistance. is based on triangular meetings and dialogues between African dances, dances of the African Diaspora and dances from Europe and America. It is a trip within the Black Dances! The body is a sensitive entity, a crossing of influences and junctions. It is a reflection of a culture, an imaginary but also of various practices. In the practices of Black Dance forms appear other sensitive forms of the dancing body (corporeities), which are engaged, strong, and sometimes simillar or divergent. The workshop aims to explore these dancing bodies through the contemporary work of guest choreographers. In the African Diaspora, dances often played a role in the resistance against slavery. They were used to make the difference among Africans themselves, and between Africans and Europeans. In Africa, as a factor for identity-based integration, some dances were also used as tools to claim identity, to resist and fight against colonization. Resistance is an act, an active behavior that can be verbal, physical or symbolic. The workshop aims to explore gestures and dancing bodies through commitment and resistance dances that can be contemporary or of patrimonial heritage.
- 4. Black Dances. Between Engagement and Resistance. | ECOLES DES SABLES | 4 ObjectiveS The general objectives > To provide young Western dancers with the opportunity to discover the richness, variety, complexity and specific energy of traditional and contemporary dances of Africa and its diaspora. > To contribute to the discovery and promotion of the African dances. > To Reduce the cultural gap between Africa and it’s Diaspora. > To bring dancers to focus more on new Black dances and become familiar with contemporary dance of the African Diaspora. > To stimulate exchanges between the dancers from Africa and from the other continents and to create the base for future collaborations. Specific objectives > To understand the link between the body and its environment in the practice of Black Dance Forms > To Understand the different bodies as a space for the development and display of sociocultural aspects. > To look at dance from a new angle and enrich one's corporal language and expression. > While discovering a new culture, help the students understand better and get closer to their own one. > To dance. participantsThe workshop is open to dancers from Africa, the Diaspora and the rest of the world interested in both patrimonial and contemporary dances, as well as current dances from Africa and the Black Diaspora. It will bring together 25 dancers from all continents and fifteen dancers from all over Africa. This is a great moment of encounter, openness and sharing. .
- 5. Black Dances. Between Engagement and Resistance. | ECOLES DES SABLES | 5 classes / Teachers The workshop is under the artistic direction of Patrick Acogny. Trainings will be mastered by international guest teachers, beside Patrick Acogny. Teachers are: Aida Diaz Colmenero (Spain) | Modern African Dance, Germaine Acogny Technique Chantal Loial (Guadeloupe) | Caribbean Contemporary Dance H Patten (UK) | Jamaican Dances Patrick Acogny | Contemporary African Dance and Deconstruction of patrimonial dances Ramatoulaye Sarr (Senegal) | Sabar, Wolof Dance from Senegal Saky Tchébé Bertrand (Ivory Coast) | patrimonial Dance from Côte d'Ivoire Mornings 9:15 to 12:45 pm / Afternoon 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm Saturday mornings, the focus will be on research and experimentation. Two excursions are planned on Sundays. The VenueThe Ecole des Sables is located near Toubab Dialaw, a fishing village about 53 kilometers South of Dakar/Senegal, next to a laguna between the ocean and the savannah. The Centre is equipped with 2 dance spaces (400 m2 and 280 m2), 24 bungalows for accommodation, a restaurant, a conference room and an infirmary.
- 6. Black Dances. Between Engagement and Resistance. | ECOLES DES SABLES | 6 cost (6 weeks) Accommodation: 10 € /day euros 420 Food: 10€ /day euros 420 Airport/Ecole des Sables round trip: euros 60 Classes: 6 € x 210 hours euros 1 260 TOTAL : euros 2 160 not included: Travel and visa costs (52,5 euros) to Senegal Excursions costs (optional) registration As late as May 15, 2015 Please send your CV, a short video of one minute dance solo (youtube link), a motivation letter, an application form (from the attached file or download it from our web site) and an ID photo to: stage-workshop@jantbi.org GOOD TO KNOW Visa Visa is required to come to Senegal (except for nationals of ECOWAS). Check with the consulate of Senegal in your country or on the website www.visasenegal.sn. We will issue a letter of invitation and accommodation for your request. Health insurance Health insurance that covers you while traveling is mandatory. Thank you to ensure you are covered for Senegal. Ebola The only one patient who suffured from Ebola in Senegal some months ago received treatment and recovered from the disease. As of today, no new cases have been reported. So don’t worry. Infos # contact www.jantbi.org - Mail : stage-workshop@jantbi.org - Tel. : 00 221 33 836 36 19