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Children and Teens Haitian
Dance Workshop |
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of the Gods and Goddesses of Haiti - Haitian craft - drawing vèvès,
the making and meaning of libation bottles are also offered with
school dance aftershool seminars or in-school residencies. |
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| Children and Teens Hip
Hop Shakespeare |
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| Storytelling, Dance Theatre &
Creative Writing
Through improvisations, movement and creative exercises students
participate in an interactive theatrical workshop. In this fun
class, rhythms, lyrics, poetry and song from popular recording
artists of today and yesteryear are incorporated to illustrate
classic Shakespeare plays and their themes. Students get a deeper
insight and modern perspective into the classics. Concluding in
a theatrical performance. |
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| Children and Teens Haitian
Craft and Culture |
Starting out with the Haitian
captive's redemption songs and chants in Kreyol and the Haitian
Yanvalou movement representing "the divine breath of life,"
and through participatory mime, movement and hands-on performance
using colorful scarves (Rada & Petwo) and through the making
of Haitian libation bottles, participants are exposed to the basic
elements and characteristics of the spiritual Nations of Haitian
folklore and culture: Rada, Djouba, Nago, Ibo, Kongo, Petwo Banda
and Gede.
In drawing vèvès and making libation bottles, participants
learn about the Haitian gods, goddesses, saints and spirits and
how they relate to the Greek mythology gods/goddesses and the universal
heroes and sheroes from all cultures. (Craft materials required.)
For teacher-in-services, teachers will come away with a sense of
Haitian life, customs spirituality, dance and music that they may
share with their classrooms. (See the outline for the Symbolic and
Archetypal Nature of Vodun workshop.) |
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residencies or children workshops after a Haitian-West African (Clip
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two) dance performance are preferred |
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