Saturday, February 6, 2010
Day Two - from Robin and Sean's Dancing to Connect in Accra
Today we put the student piece together. It's kind of hard to believe but it's about 13min. long.
What they've made in 2 days is really impressive. I believe it's not quite like anything they've ever done before. We showed it to the professors, and everyone seemed pleased....but critical of the dancers. They work them very hard and expect perfection. I'm amazed that Sean and I pulled it off! So tomorrow we relax and visit Cape Coast and go walking on the forrest canopy. The pictures I'm enclosing are of the dance room where we've been rehearsing at the University, and Jackson (not sure of the spelling), one of the best dancers in the group. They call the piece Mozozo. It means "The Journey" in Ghanaian.
In it, they trace the history of Ghana through the colors of the flag.
Red=bloodshead for independence
gold=mineral wealth
green=rich forests
black= the star, african power
They served us a really authentic African lunch. I ate kenkey (cornmeal) with my fingers and dipped it in various spicy things.
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