I enjoyed performing with Wild Moves because it was fun, I worked with fantastic people and it was something different.
How you remembered the African movements? The drumming patterns helped me to remember specific steps, as they fit in time with beat. Also the expressive intention of the dance helps you remember which movements are from which dance i.e if the movement doesn't support the intention, it's the wrong movement. Working as a dance group also helped me to remember movements as we all help one another to make sure the dance is performed correctly by doing the correct movements.
You perception of the Surf Coast community and the High Tide Festival?
The Surf Coast Community is very friendly, laid back, welcoming, supportive and willing to join in and have a good time. Throughout my weekly lessons and the full moon gathering I worked with lovely people who fit the above description. It's fantastic people like this that enables community group such as 'Wild Moves' to run effectively and perform in events such as the High Tide Festival. The Surf Coast community who came to watch the evenings events were supportive of local talent and happy to see their community celebrate and flourish.
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.
Why you enjoyed performing with Wild Moves?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed performing with Wild Moves because it was fun, I worked with fantastic people and it was something different.
How you remembered the African movements?
The drumming patterns helped me to remember specific steps, as they fit in time with beat. Also the expressive intention of the dance helps you remember which movements are from which dance i.e if the movement doesn't support the intention, it's the wrong movement. Working as a dance group also helped me to remember movements as we all help one another to make sure the dance is performed correctly by doing the correct movements.
You perception of the Surf Coast community and the High Tide Festival?
The Surf Coast Community is very friendly, laid back, welcoming, supportive and willing to join in and have a good time. Throughout my weekly lessons and the full moon gathering I worked with lovely people who fit the above description. It's fantastic people like this that enables community group such as 'Wild Moves' to run effectively and perform in events such as the High Tide Festival. The Surf Coast community who came to watch the evenings events were supportive of local talent and happy to see their community celebrate and flourish.