Good luck to everyone writing their Civics exam on Thursday.
We will be watching portions of Spirit as well as The Stamping Grounds, as other examples of creating performance from traditional dances of indigenous peoples. Spirit is based on aboriginal dances of North America, while The Stamping Grounds is a ballet based on the aboriginal dances of Australia, as interpreted through a Dutch .
There are no specific tasks for this. As residents of a small Northwestern Ontario town, we have limited exposure to any theatrical performances. My goal for you as theatre students is to expose you to a variety of cultural experiences, for you to see the possibilities that exist for people to triumph through art, despite repression, oppression and poverty.
Things to think about: Gumboots
"For every drop of water here, a man lived and died in the mines."
How do the Gumboot dancers create a meaning ritual and symbol through the use of water in their set?
What sort of transformation might take place in a person who creates art from the pain and hardship of his/her earlier life and the history of his/her people?
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