Multi Cultural Show

September 27, 2009

Put October 30th and 31st 2009 down on your calendar because it is going to be a super fun weekend if you like African drumming and dance. Friday night, Ra is teaching an African dance class at Centennial Hall from 7.30 until 9.30 pm. Saturday, Ra is teaching an African dance class during the day [...]

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New Brighton Dance Jam

September 14, 2009

This Friday night at 7.30 Lucy is hosting another Dance and Drum jam at the North New Brighton Community Centre. The Community Centre is on Marine Parade at the ocean end of Bowhill Rd. The last dance jam was a super fun night and well attended. Here is the poster for it…

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African Dance Class

September 2, 2009

Ra is teaching two African dance classes this weekend. If you have never met Ra or taken one of her dance classes, be sure to come along and enjoy her wonderful loving vibe. Not to mention her friendly teaching style. If you have been to one of her classes, you know what I’m talking about [...]

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Baka Pygmie traditional song

August 15, 2009

This video was taken by Corinne, one of the drummers here in Christchurch. The tall drum is called an ngoma. Here is what she says about the video, “After tramping 70km through Nki National Park in the congo basin rainforest in Cameroon, we stayed the night at the Baka pygmy village on the outskirts of [...]

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Celebrating Cultural Diversity

August 9, 2009

Here is a short video of the first rhythm and dance we performed at CPIT in Christchurch on Saturday August 8th as part of multicultural event to raise money for Kids Can Trust. Nika, the name of the rhythm and dance, represents the earth and it comes from Zimbabwe. Special thanks to Rich the digitalsadhu [...]

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Djembefola West African Drumming Forum

August 2, 2009

I highly recommend spending a few minutes reading some of the posts at the Djembefola West African drumming forum. There are hundreds of useful tips and interesting stories about everything related to West African drumming. I have learned things that have really helped me understand and appreciate the depth and richness of African drum and [...]

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I exist right here right now

July 14, 2009

I exist, right here, right now. This is the meaning of the first dance move of Nika, the earth rhythm. We learned this rhythm and three others at the Chris Berry workshop that was held over Easter three months ago. This 3 day “camp” up in the Coromandel on the North Island of New Zealand [...]

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Donald Duck dances the Samba

July 9, 2009

We have been playing a rhythm called African Samba in our Tuesday night drum class. We also played it during the show at the Loons Club on July 3rd. Donald Duck dances the Samba to drums from 3.30 to 4.15 of this video “Donald, now you’re in the spirit of the Samba”…. more Donald dancing [...]

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Berimbau

July 7, 2009

Jon Vivian runs a capoeira school in Christchurch, here is a link to his website www.qudo.org.nz/capoeira In this video he is playing the berimbau at the Loons Club in Lyttleton, New Zealand. The berimbau is a Brazilian instrument used to accompany capoeira, a Brazilian martial art .

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