African Dance, Drum, and Music workshop with Chris Berry March 27 and 28, 2010
Come learn the healing rhythms, songs, and dances with drums and mbira and storytelling taught by Chris Berry
After 23 years of study, initiation & immersion in African music, Chris Berry has been Given the name Gwenyambira “one whose music calls the spirit”. A distinction reserved only for those who have mastered both the complexity & magic of the music. Now Based in New York & touring regularly with his incredible world fusion dance band PANJEA, Chris, advised by many of Zimbabwe spirit mediums has embarked on an international journey to share the ancient knowledge of Njinji using storytelling music, drum, and dance. It is the hope that people around the globe will become practitioners of this powerful healing art form & use it as a means of strengthening ourselves, our communities & ultimately restoring balance & joy back into our societies
Music, drumming, dance, craft and knowledge will be taught at the Workshop that will be used in the final ceremony on the Sunday evening. The ceremony will be one of cleansing, healing and re-connecting with our deeper selves. The structure of the ceremony will be based around the four elements and directions whose sacredness is shared by many cultures around the world. The emphasis will move from acquiring more dances and rhythms to using music and dance as a catalyst to the sacred.
The people of Zimbabwe use the M’Bira as a way of calling the Ancestral Spirits and Chris uses it as a powerful tool in his storytelling to immerse the listener in the deeply meaningful journey that these stories can take you on.
Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm Yaldhurst Memorial Hall, corner of Yaldhurst and Pound Rd, Christchurch,
Map here for Saturday venue
Sunday, 10 am – 10 pm at North New Brighton War Memorial and Community Centre, 93 Marine Parade, New Brighton
Map here for Sunday venue
COST: $170 Earlybird rate ( $200 After March1st)
Deposit: $80 (non refundable, to confirm your place)
Further information: Ra Mc Rostie 03 434 8224 or mob 021 1154884
or Jeff Duyndam 03 357 2217 or mob 021 02737514
Email: ra@korudance.com jeffduyndam@xtra.co.nz
Website: www.drumtalk.co.nz
