Learn about Kiganda Dance, Film and Art Workshop for Royal Borough of Greenwich
Client: Kauma Arts for Royal Borough of Greenwich
Audience: 40 + people of all ages and abilities
Commissioned to: Engage community and share the practice of the Ganda tribe of Uganda in October 2021.
“I have great respect for the past. If you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where
you’re going.”
Kiganda Dance Programme
Screened Kiganda dance film: I had co-produced the film “Learn about Kiganda Dance by “Aminah Namakula” supported by Portico Library to archive and share Kiganda dance history
and screened it in Greenwich, a borough with a significant Ugandan community.
Produced dance workshop: I recruited Judith Palmer MBE to dissect the principles of Baksimba and teach an accompanying song in Luganda. She was supported on the drums by Kauma Arts founder, Mercy Nabirye and Shamillah, daughter of Aminah Namakula.
Delivered Kiganda dance art workshop: I encouraged participants to make collage artworks inspired by images of the Kiganda dancers for them to enjoy and memorialise the experience of dancing together.
Impact
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Testimonials
“It felt so good to be in my body, dancing with family and other families who haven’t danced to
drums in forever. We really needed this!”