Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The Season of Thanksgiving 2011

This Thanksgiving season in America, Americans again disrespected and violated the spiritual essence of the season. The absolute disrespect for life over an inanimate non-living object is a violation of the laws of humanity. Is the Thanksgiving Season really about bargain shopping for Christmas? Only those who are “deaf to the Creator’s voice” can behave so poorly. Are we teaching our children that the value of the holiday season is discount shopping? All the wise ones and prophets have warned us throughout the ages about bad behavior, greed and violence. Or is behaving poorly part of the culture? When one examines “Reality Shows”, our fanaticism with celebrities, fashion, language, music, and how we treat ourselves and each other, one makes money and becomes famous by behaving poorly. Americans supports this economically by our choices in food, fashion, and entertainment. For guidance I defer to the elders who are the original caretakers for this land. http://www.nicoa.org/About_NICOA/spiritual/spiritual.html

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Danse Edeyo in Washington, DC November 11th through 13th

I am really excited to share with you a project that is very close to my heart. As a team member of Rhythm N' Dance we are working with The Edeyo Foundation to sponsor a 2012 Summer Dance and Drum Camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti for The Joyous Heart School. On November 11th through the 13th, Rhythm N’ Dance is hosting the Oakland based Haitian Folkloric dance company Rara Tou Limen as they visit the Washington DC Metro area to teach several workshops to raise funds for the 2012 Summer Dance Camp in Haiti. On November 11th from 6pm to 8pm, The Danse Edeyo Fundraiser begins with a free panel discussion focusing on “Spirituality and Dance: The intersection between rhythm, movement and faith”, being held at the African Heritage Dancers & Drummers Studio located at 1320-B Good Hope Road SE, Washington, DC 20020. We have partnered with Coyaba Dance Theater, Urban Artistry and Kankouran to bring something new, to the DC Metro area, but to also raise money for a good cause, The Joyous Heart School in Haiti. We are asking the community to support this project by coming out to these workshops to help raise money for this program! $20.00 per workshop and group discounts for 10 or more. Please see the attached flyers for more details. For tickets and information please visit http://www.rhythmndance.com/danse-edeyo Please feel free to share with this with people in your network interested in dance.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Danse Edeyo Fundraiser - The Arts are Healing

I am really excited to share with you a project that is very close to my heart. Rhythm N' Dance and The Edeyo Foundation are collaborating to sponsor a 2012 Summer Dance and Drum Camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti for The Joyous Heart School. On November 11th through the 13th, Rhythm N’ Dance is hosting the Oakland based Haitian Folkloric dance company Rara Tou Limen as they visit the Washington DC Metro area to teach several workshops to raise funds for the 2012 Summer Dance Camp in Haiti. On November 11th from 6pm to 8pm, The Danse Edeyo Fundraiser begins with a free panel discussion focusing on “Spirituality and Dance: The intersection between rhythm, movement and faith”, being held at the African Heritage Dancers & Drummers Studio located at 1320-B Good Hope Road SE, Washington, DC 20020.
With Coyaba Dance Theater, Urban Artistry and Kankouran we bring something new, to the DC Metro area, while raising funds for The Joyous Heart School in Haiti. We are asking the community to support this project by coming out to these workshops to help raise money for this program! $20.00 per workshop and group discounts for 10 or more. For tickets and more information please visit http://www.rhythmndance.com/danse-edeyo