Archive for the ‘African Dance Workshops’ Category

Look Forward To Spring With An African Dance Workshop

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Finding it difficult to motivate your staff? Want to brighten up your classroom? Whether it’s a corporate event, charity organisation or class room, one of Trap Media’s African Dance Workshops is the answer.

Trap Media can give your school, corporation, charity or organisation an unrivaled chance to be entertained and/or educated in the various African dance traditions. Our experienced and authentic facilitators come from Senegal, the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Zambia, South Africa, Cameroon, Kenya and Zimbabwe, so you are assured a reliable insight into African culture, ideal for Black History Month (celebrated annually in October) and cultural awareness days.

Trap Medias 100% authentic African Dance Workshops will give children and adults the opportunity to learn how the stories of individuals, couples and the entire community were told and retold through the medium of dance, supported by the ever-present drum. They will start to understand how African tribal dance did far more than reflect the group’s culture; in doing so, it also preserved its values and knowledge for future generations.

Our African Dance Workshops is an exciting experience not to be missed! Whether you book a West African Dance Workshop or a Gumboot or Kenyan dance workshop; these fun and lively dance workshop are not only enjoyable, but also serves to educate participants about the meanings of the African roots.

The spring term is coming up, make sure you book early and don’t miss out on an authentic African Dance Workshop from Trap Media.

To find out more about our African Dance Workshops or Trap Media please contact us on 0800 689 9909 or email info@trapmedia.com

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Beat The Winter Blues With Trap Medias African Drumming Workshops

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

The cold isn’t shifting and the snows back for a second round! But don’t let that get you down! Here at Trap Media we have the solution to beat the winter blues! With one of Trap Media’s African Drumming Workshops we can bring the rhythm, warmth, spirit and culture to you! Whatever the event we can guarantee to enthuse and inspire people into action, whether that is a classroom of young children or the sales department of a corporate organisation.

Trap Media’s African Drumming Workshops are an ideal way to experience the traditions of another culture; our African Drum Workshops only employ genuine African drummers. Our robust child protection policy, insurance cover and risk assessments (see below) ensure that our African drumming workshops are as safe as they are satisfying.

Trap Media’s African Drumming Workshops are 100% authentic; all participants will get the chance to beat out their own rhythms in a workshop that incorporates African dancing, vocalising, chanting and other elements that guarantee enlightenment and enjoyment in equal measure.

African Drumming Workshops are the perfect way to inject some flare, rhythm and enthusiasm into your event, if you’re looking to motivate, stimulate and inspire, we don’t stop at African Drumming Workshops, here is just an example of what else we offer.

- African Drumming
- African storytelling
- Afro Brazilian Dance African Jewellery Making & Bead Making
- African Mask Making
- African Textiles & Print Making

The spring term is coming up, make sure you book early and don’t miss out on an authentic African Drumming Workshop from Trap Media.

To find out more about our African Drumming Workshops or Trap Media please contact us on 0800 689 9909 or email info@trapmedia.com

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Black History Month Workshops 2012

Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

Black History Month (BHM) is held every October in Britain, many schools and charities will be organising various events to tie into this occasion.

Here at Trap Media’s we offer many African Arts Workshops aimed to help support these events.

Our African Arts Workshops help to:

Promote knowledge of black history and experience
Circulate information on positive Black contributions to British Society
Heighten the confidence and awareness of Black people in their cultural heritage.
Celebrate black history.

It is important to celebrate Black History Month in schools and what better way than using and authentic Black History Month Workshop. Our series’ of Black History Month workshops are dedicated to providing a range of educational workshops which serve to highlight the African culture, black history and engage and educate. All our cultural workshops are authentic and cover the disciplines of dance, drama, music and visual arts. They are designed to educate, empower and enlighten and are an exciting addition to multicultural days, exhibitions, displays, presentations and tours.

Our Black History Month Workshops Include:

African Drumming Workshops
African Dance Workshop
African Storytelling Workshops
Afro Brazilian Dance Workshops
Caribbean Dance Workshops
Hip Hop Theatre Workshops
Contemporary Dance & Drama (Slavery)
Rap & Spoken Word Workshops
African Jewellery Making & Bead Making Workshops
African Mask Making Workshops
African Textiles & Print Making Workshops

Remember to book for October’s Black History Month 2012 in advance as we are already taking in bookings.

Call us on 0800 6899909 for more information or email workshops@trapmedia.com

African Arts Workshops are available all year round to help make children aware of black history as too are other cultural workshops.

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Black History Month Workshops – African Dance

Friday, July 6th, 2012

With Black History Month (BHM) rapidly approaching in October, we thought it would be useful to explain in more detail about various workshops that are used by many schools during this time of celebration.

Here at Trap Media we offer a variety African Arts Workshops aimed to help support Black History Month, today’s blog is going to focus on our very popular African Dance Workshops.

Africa is a vast continent, consisting of many countries and hugely diverse cultures. African dance mainly refers to the collective dance type of the Sub-Saharan Africa, which is the African tribal dance. There are many aspects that affect the African dance types. Here are some glimpses of African dance types…

African dance types are distinct from each other because of the diversity, of the travelling groups and the tribes that practice them. The African dances symbolize traditional values of the people related to them. These dance types help the African people to praise and communicate with each other. African dances heavily rely upon the African music, which is a very interesting form of music, despite the fact that in many African tribal languages, there is no particular word for ‘music’.

Our African & Caribbean dance workshops are designed to introduce participants to the rich culture of the African/Caribbean people as experienced in their dance, rhythm, and music, which are vital means of expression. In this workshop, participants gain a deeper understanding of African dance culture.

Participants will learn how to respond to the African & Caribbean rhythms that accompany the dances by clapping and singing the rhythmic patterns. Songs will be taught that accompany certain dances. To broaden their awareness, children will learn about the musical instruments and important cultural aspects of the countries where the dances originated.

Sessions may run from 30mins to 1 hour, depending on the age group, and fit with the school timetable where possible. The time may be used in many ways; often schools want every class to have at least one contact so everyone has an opportunity to share the excitement.

It is important to celebrate Black History Month in schools and what better way than using and authentic Black History Month Workshops. Our series’ of Black History Month workshops are dedicated to providing a range of educational workshops which serve to highlight the African culture, black history and engage and educate. All our cultural workshops are authentic and cover the disciplines of dance, drama, music and visual arts. They are designed to educate, empower and enlighten and are an exciting addition to multicultural days, exhibitions, displays, presentations and tours.

Call us on 0800 6899909 for more information or email workshops@trapmedia.com

African Arts Workshops are available all year round to help make children aware of black history as too are other cultural workshops.

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