We´ve arrived in Freiburg, the third city of our German odyssey, and this small City/large town is, of course, a singular experience for us.
Dancing to Connect was born here last year out of our 2006 project, Dances for the Blue House, and thus we are working with local partners who know us well. Alfred Rogoll is our Project Manager; Wolfgang Borchardt has coordinated the schools (and there are 8 this year) and Eva Manske and the Carl-Schurz-Haus have provided the project´s institutional auspices.
Last night, we gathered at the Carl-Schurz-Haus with the teachers who are serving as liaisons with each school. We also met with the 9 so-called "veterans" who are our teaching assistants this year. The veterans are senior students, and some graduates, of the Kepler-Gymnasium who have participated in the past two years of our Dancing projects here in Freiburg. They are so mature and responsible and talented that we have asked them to take a step up into the position of student mentors for the younger first-timers.
The teams have formed and this morning they are off and running with the first day of workshops. I look forward to hearing their reports after the first 6 hours of this intensive project!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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