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INVITATION TO THE ALL AFRICA DANCE CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL ON PEACE IN NAIROBI, KENYA 9TH-13TH DEC 2009
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Oct 17th, 2009 - 03:51:13 |
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Dear Partner,
Re:INVITATION TO THE ALL AFRICA DANCE CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL ON PEACE
This is to specially welcome you to be part of the delegation attending
the All Africa Dance Conference & Festival in Nairobi between 9th and
13th of December, 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The conference will be a great opportunity to learn from various
practitioners in the dance and peace building and Peace Education while
interacting with people from all over the globe for a great cultural
connectivity at the festival.
History and current experience shows that so deep are the pains of most of
the conflicts experienced in Africa that the popular individualized and
rationalistic approaches to healing and transformation simply lack the
language and resources to solidly address the challenge of holistic
peaceful transformation. Arts approaches provide an accessible language,
compelling processes that affirm everyones creativity and, above all, an
inclusive space that enables healing, genuine dialogue and transformation
to happen. Dance promotes the sense of belonging and can promote and
motivate change, unite communities for a cause and rally them to a common
vision including promoting peace, conflict prevention, Human Understanding
and democracy.
Inspired by the indigenous African motif of the drum, Peace Drum Project
introduced by Purple Images Productions will drum up a most
significant call to artistes-peace builders and peoples in Africa to take
greater leadership in intentionally and imaginatively transforming
ideologies of violence and, above all, (re)constructing a narrative of
just peace.
Various Artistic groups, producers, choreographers development workers,
cultural activists and teachers from Africa and other parts of the world
have confirmed participation in the festivals and workshops that will not
only impart skills in dance for peace and development but will celebrate
the use of dance as a tool for social change and development in Africa and
the world over.
The following topics will be facilitated by professionals in workshops
* The role of Indigenous dances in peace education
* Community Based Peace Education
* Indigenous Arts and Philosophy of Peace
* Integrated Arts Approaches in Healing, Dialogue and Transformation
* Advocacy and Dialogue using Dance
* Facilitating Community Based Arts and Peace programs
* Training for Dance Choreographers and producers in Peace building
* Arts Approaches to Peace building & Development
* Forgiveness & Healing using Dance
* Dance for peace and conflict prevention and management
* Democratizing Africa using Dance
* Storytelling in dance drama
The culminating carnival/ festival will provide a rich, inclusive and
challenging forum for reflective practitioners to celebrate their creative
richness; critically and deeply engage; dream and act jointly in producing
alternative cultural and dance products and in shaping new narratives of
just peace.
The best dance troupe coming up with a peace and human understanding
message will be awarded and so teams are encouraged to creatively get
involved seeing that the messages of peace created at the festival could
be used as a model for peace building in Africa and the world over.
Registration fee for this event is $130 for individual delegates, such as
consultants and activities and $110
for delegates within a dance group (Registration forms are available for
download from www.africadancefestival.com.). The payments will cater for
festival registration, meals and materials. Delegates must also meet the
costs of their travel and accommodation in Kenya.
Please visit www.africadancefestival.com;
email us on; info (at) africadancefestival.com
or call +254 020 4452674/ 4450937 for more information.
Looking forward your participation. Please forward the email you your
contacts and partners. Please let me know if your organizaton would like
to make a presentation at the dance conference and festival on Peace
Education and Peace Building.
Warmest Regards
Karegwa Muchiri
Conference & Festival Director
All Africa Dance Conference and Festival on Peace
Purple Images Productions
Madonna House. 3rd Flr, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-4452674/ 4450937
www.africadancefestival.com
info (at) africadancefestival.com
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