Saturday, March 13, 2010
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About Me
- Jacqui Dreessens
- Jacqui is a community arts practitioner in choreography and percussion lecturing at Deakin University in early childhood, primary and secondary Arts Education. She co-founded Wild Moves International in 1991 that nurtured the dreaming for the annual Return of the Sacred Kingfisher festival in 1994 at CERES community environmental arts park. Jacqui is inspired by indigenous cultures and their connection to ancestral spirit and the fostering of identity in the youth generation. She has extensively studied dance styles and drumming techniques of the African Diaspora which has led to many exciting artist in residency programs in schools and the community in Australia, Africa and the Netherlands: "Where journeys Meet" Gasworks Community Arts Park to celebrate Australian Federation 2001 and the opening ceremony for the Deaf Olympics in 2005. Jacqui is a regular community arts practitioner for the Surf Coast Shire's High Tide festival. She has a committed interest in human rights issues and feminist ethnography. This fostered the making of "Children of the Blue Light" filmed in the Slave Dungeons of the Cape Coast Castle, Ghana.
Awesome, looks like you had a great time, I wish I could have been there with you all. Kathy xxx
ReplyDeleteYou all look fabulous dahlinks! and look like you're having a great time. Bernadette XX
ReplyDeleteThe organisation skills was mind blowing, in a matter of minutes we transformed our regular Wild Moves group and our semi truck into easily the best performance to pass down Pakington st (a touch bias ha). Yes that's right the Pako Festival went off last Saturday and if u weren't there you clearly missed out !!
ReplyDeleteSomeone did mention to me before we hurled ourselves into the thousands of people that lined the streets "everybody loves the sound of the African drums" and I was so stoked that I was part of such a performance. Everytime I looked up at the crowd there were hundreds of smiling faces looking back at me, especially the little ones, I even saw a few of the children bopping away to the beats we were pounding out to the crowd, at one stage I was that overwhelmed about the response we got, I totally forgot what drumming rhythm I was playing and had to make up my own on the spot, that's when Jacqui looked at me and said just play what ever feels natural !! And I did....Jayden Hunt