African Diaspora song, drum and dance camp, 30th July - 1st August, 2010

  

Great Ocean Rd, Eumerella, Anglesea

Speical Guests:  

ASANTI DANCE THEATRE

Fri 30th July - Sun 1st Aug, 2010

Registration: http://www.wildmoves.com/camp/camp_rego.html

Jacqui: 0409 025 062

Explore how the ancient African rhythms have crossed the oceans and are fusing on the Surf Coast.

If you can ride the swell, you can jump on the beat!!

Awaken your body to explore dances, rhythms and songs that harness community spirit from across the African continent and their influence on the New World. Get rooted to the earth and connected to the universe by awakening your wild moves through the honouring of traditional culture with Wurundjeri Elder, Ian Waran-badj Hunter through the elements of fire, water, air and earth, and African ancestors with international guest artists from Ghana, West Africa,

Friday night

6pm  Dinner. 

8pm  Libation ritual to Aboriginal and African ancestors.Drum and Dance opening to the Elements with African and Surf Coast live music. Join in or witness the ceremony.

Earth: Ian Waran-badj Hunter

Water: Jacqui Dreessens, Thais Sansom & our sons

Air: Michelle Buggy, Demir Aliu

Fire: Appiah, Shabba, Bennini, Kuukua

10pm  Bush camp fire dance & song Jacqui with fire twirling Daryl Yeo, story telling Kuukua, belly dancing Anne Tracey in our Sacred Fire drum circle with Asanti & Wild Moves

Saturday

8am  Morning Yoga with Thais Sansom

9am  Breakfast

10am Traditional Ghanaian drum and dance for beg/advanced.

Learn GOTA, Ewe social dance from the Volta region. Separating into groups depending on your skills level of drumming. Then all joining in to drum for the dance class. Or you can do one hour dance, then swap to drumming....2hr block - u can roam between classes! We will have a break during that time, somewhere!! Appiah, Shabba, Bennini

1pm Lunch

2pm African singing for all Appiah

3pm Drumming games, dance, songs for kids and parents Shabba

4pm Acro balance and djembe dance Shabba, Appiah, Bennini or more djembe workshops

FACE PAINTING, HAIR BRAIDING with Kuukua all day

6pm Dinner 

Asanti Dance Theatre 

Interactive performance, byo drums and instruments, opportunity to perform with the company if you have participated in the day workshops or just enjoy the dinner and electrifying show.
If you are not part of the Camp, please make a pre-booking $30 for dinner and show.

 
11pm  Film: Children of the Blue Light

Produced by Jacqui Dreessens, Bumpy Egg, Agoro Fie Productions. Set in the Cape Coast Slave Dungeons, Ghana, West Africa with Asanti Ghana and Wild Moves Australia. Bringing in the healing with music and dance. DVD available for purchase $25.00 All monies will go to International Needs Australia-Ghana to support the Trokosy Project in Addidome Ghana. Please see the following link: http://www.innetworkusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=45

Sunday

8am  Morning massage and stretch with Fiona Crawford

9am Breakfast

10am  Tai Chi on the cliff top with Jacqui Dreessens; bush walk

11am  Sound meditation with Demir Aliu, outdoor chapel

12noon  Gospel High Life singing with Kuukua interactive drumming and dance in the outdoor chapel with Sackey and Asanti and Surf Coast musicians

2pm-Gumboot body percussion with Sackey or drumming beg/advanced

3pm-Hip Hop and Hip Life dance with Sackey or djembe drumming beg/advanced

4pm-Swing dance with Lotta and Matt Riddle or more djembe drumming.

Investment

Full weekend of workshops, accommodation $200

$100 Whole day workshops + performance

$50 Half day workshops + performance

$15 Evening performances

$20/15 per workshop

$20/15 per bed.

$10 per night per person for camping, byo all your gear, male/female outdoor showers.

Authentic African food catered Kuukua, $50 x 6 meals or $15/10 per meal BOOK IN PLEASE

Accommodation and what to bring:

Lodges with bunk beds for 6 people on first in first served basis. Mattresses provided. Shared bathrooms.

BYO mat for stretching, warm sleeping bag, pillow, water bottle, thongs for shower, towel, warm clothes, rain coats, runners, gumboots, chocolate, munchies, herbal teas

Drums available with pre-booking. If you have your own drum, you can just turn up to individual workshops without booking. But good idea to send me a text first because we will split the group up into skill levels.

Meals available with pre-booking or if you just turn up you run the risk of no food left!!! Try to let me know before THURSDAY 29th July.

Wild Moves members and family prices negotiable with pre-booking only.

All children will need to be supervised at all times. Separate classes can be arranged.

Bikes allowed, no dogs - sorry it’s the bush with lots of kangaroos and wildlife.

CDs, films, Tshirts, African artifacts and instruments available for purchase.

Register online: http://www.wildmoves.com/camp/camp_rego.html

Contact Jacqui for all your enquiries Mobile: 0409 025 062