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.
Arieys Open Mic Festival is located in the small hub of Aries Inlet along the Great Ocean Road. I understand that is attracts all sorts of musio's and music lovers and always turns out to be a fun and creative day. In this performance that the Wild Moves clan will be doing we get to wear traditional Ghanaian outfits which at first glance I thought were giant colorful nappies but once we all got into costume I soon realised that the reason they were so big in the crouch department was so that people wearing them had the freedom to dance and move about without the worry of ripping their pants.
ReplyDeleteWe will be playing a total of 6 traditional rhythms in total taking about 25 minutes as well as a dancing performance by some of the ladies of the group, these girls will be multi-tasking between dance and playing music.......impressive !!! Jayden Hunt