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Advocacy
Workshop

 Artistic
Exchange
Workshop		 Participatory
Performances

Filipino artist Marie Gold Villar is invited to stay in Hong Kong for one month, bringing Filipino Migrants and Local Chinese People together through Integrated Theatre Arts activities in the pursuit of a collective understanding, promoting equality and harmony between Filipinos, Hong Kongers and citizens of the world.

Gold is an actor, dancer, singer, facilitator, community organizer and coordinator. She is currently the Vice Chairperson of Metropolitan Teen Theater League(MTTL), the youth arm of the internationally known PETA which has 41 years of promoting Philippine culture and educating people, and remarkably bringing creativity and cohesion to the marginalized groups in the Philippines, while the practice has been influencing the whole Asia and even Europe.  Gold Villar is experienced in coordinating and facilitating local and international workshops for different communities.  She has been invited for a guest performance for a conference for “Bread for the World” in 2009 Germany.

 

   Advocacy Workshop

There will be workshops which will explore the following art disciplines using the stories of the participants:

-          Creative drama

-          Creative sound and music

-          Creative movement and dance

-          Creative writing

-          Visual arts

Philippine Educational Theater Association, PETA, is a world renowned People's Theatre group with more than 40 years of history.  It has been promoting Philippine culture and educating people, and remarkably bringing creativity and cohesion to the marginalized groups in the Philippines, while the practice has been influencing the whole Asia and even Europe.

The pedagogy used in this workshop is the world renowned Basic Integrated Theatre Arts Workshop(BITAW), dealing topics from personal to social issues, through extensive participatory theatre games in creative drama, creative sound and music, creative body movement and dance, creative visual arts and group dynamics.  For details, please surf into http://petatheater.com/


Marie Gold Villar, a prominent artist-Teacher from the Philippines will share various artistic forms for the Filipino migrants and other local residents, and they will have interactions and exchanges through games and different activities in the pursuit of creating a collective understanding, promoting equality and harmony among the population. Through this, the majority and the minority can speak and listen to each other and convey these issues to the public bringing not only awareness but also empowerment to the whole community.

 * Members of Asian Migrants Theatre Company and friends of Hong Kong Filipino community are invited to participate in this workshop as well, so that participants will work with people with different nationalities and experience to communicate, cooperate, create and celebrate together as citizens of the world.

At the end of each workshop there will be a showcase which reveals the unheard stories of life of the second largest race in Hong Kong.  (Each showcase will be performed together on 1, 3 Jan 2010 in Theatre.)

Date: 6, 13, 20, 27 December 2009 (plus performance on 1, 3 January 2010)
Length: 12pm - 6pm ; 6 hours per session
Workshop Venue: Bayanihan Kennedy Town Centre [MAP]
                        55 Victoria Road, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong
 Target participants: Filipino groups / Churches / People working with migrants or anyone interested in Integrated Theatre Arts
No. of participants: 15 - 25 per workshop
Workshop Fee:

No. of sessions

Regular

 Grp of 2 Grp of 4

CCCD member

$1,600

$1,280

$1,000

Student Price

$1,700

$640

$500

Non-member

$1,800

$1,440

$1,200

Friends of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities want to join the workshop for FREE?  Call or Txt 9747 8878 (Eric Ng)!

 

Apply for CCCD membership

 Download Application Form
 

   Artistic Exchange Workshop

There will be three nine-hour workshops which will provide trainings of very exciting Filipino folk arts, integrating Hong Kong with world’s other folk arts and cultures.  The workshops include:

-    Pangalay: Filipino traditional meditative dance in Mindanao
 
The refined, meditative, elegant and traditional Pangalay Dance:
Pangalay also means “temple of dance” in Sanskrit.  It has the richest movement vocabulary.  From the root word "alay" which means offering, this explores movements that mimics the waves of the sea and is a dance that emphasizes the agility of the upper body.
Pangalay is a living link to the traditional dance cultures of Asia, and it can be danced to any type of music—Asian as well as Western.

At the end of the workshop, participants should be able to:
- recognize Pangalay as a form of dance and its importance as a form
- mount a short-piece based on Pangalay movements
- learn the dance in a tension-free atmosphere.

-    Poi dance: Performative juggling using fire, ribbons or led balls, excellent for individuals or communities
 
The world popular Poi Dance:
 Utilizing Fire, Ribbons or LED light balls, with the agile movements of the waist and body,
the Poi illustrate traces of fire or rainbow in the air around the performers,
and the unlimited variety of Poi Dance Style makes it suitable for all occasions.
And very importantly, Poi is easy to learn and good for individual as well as group performance.

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- make your own unique Poi by daily life materials (socks, tennis ball, etc.)
- learn and apply the basic skills of playing Poi
- create a small performance based on the Poi Dance movements
- learn the dance in a amusing and relaxed atmosphere
 

-    Shadow puppetry: Storytelling using shadow theatre for families and performers
 
The modern Shadow Puppetry for families and classrooms:
Creating lively characters/animals/objects/environment by simple paper/plastic folder cutting,
and utilizing daily materials to make surprising lighting effect from light bulb/projector/stage lights,
you can create Amazing Scenes of Stories of your own

 At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
 - advocate issues through Fairytale / Mythical stories through Shadow Puppetry
- learn and apply a form that is suitable for family/classroom/stage by easy, simple and daily-life materials
- enjoy the workshop in a fun and relaxed atmosphere 
 

 At the end of each workshop participants will be able to create a showcase utilizing the art forms, individually or in groups.  (Each showcase will be performed together on 1, 3 Jan 2010 in Theatre.)


 Date: Pangalay:  5 Dec 2009 (12pm-6pm, 7pm-10pm)
           Venue: On and On Theatre [MAP]
           Unit 9, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon

           Poi Dance: 11 Dec (7pm-10pm), 12 Dec (1:30pm-7:30pm) 2009
           Venue: Rooftop, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre [MAP]
           30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon

           Shadow puppetry: 18 Dec (7pm-10pm), 19 (1:30pm-7:30pm) Dec 2009
            Venue: On and On Theatre [MAP]
           Unit 9, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon

 Time: 9 hours per workshop
 Target participants: Artists / Filipino groups / Anyone interested in relaxing cultural arts
No. of participants: 15 - 25 per workshop
Workshop Fee:

No. of workshops

1 (9hr)

2 (18hr)

3 (27hr)

CCCD member

$600

$1,000

$1,400

Student Price

$300

$500

$700

Non-member

$800

$1,400

$1,800

Plus 20% off for groups of 2:

No. of workshops

1 (9hr)

2 (18hr)

3 (27hr)

CCCD member

$480

$800

$1,120

Student Price

$240

$400

$560

Non-member

$640

$1,120

$1,440

Special Price for groups of 4:

No. of workshops

1 (9hr)

2 (18hr)

3 (27hr)

CCCD member

$400

$600

$800

Student Price

$200

$300

$400

Non-member

$500

$800

$1,100

 

Friends of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities want to join the workshop for FREE?  Call or Txt 9747 8878 (Eric Ng)!

 

Apply for CCCD membership

 Download Application Form
 

   Participatory Performances

Indoor performances will showcase the creations from both the Advocacy Workshops and the Artistic Exchange Workshops.  During the performance, audience members will have chance to participate and experience the process of the workshops in the venue, breaking the barrier between auditorium and the stage.

Also, Gold Villar will be staging a solo performance, utilizing the traditional/cultural arts.

Special Feature: Outdoor public performances would be done prior to each of the indoor performance as a preview to the indoor performances.

 

Outdoor performance

Indoor performance

Date

1 January 2010 (Fri)

3 January 2010 (Sun)

Time

10am

3pm, 7pm

Venue

Central Pedestrian Area

McAulay Studio, Wanchai

Fee

FREE ADMISSION!!  (by ticket)


Download Reservation Form

 

   Application

Please make cheque payable to “Asian People’s Theatre Festival Society”,
or bank-in slip (Bank of China: 012-694-10039622)
and return to
L5-04, JCCAC, 30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon, Hong Kong


 Apply for CCCD membership

 Download Application Form

# Application is valid only upon receipt of application fee. Email/phone/fax reservation will not be considered. Sorry for the inconvenience.
 

   Enquiries


Eric Ng 吳文基
 Centre for Community Cultural Development 社區文化發展中心
 (Tel 電話) 2891 8482 / 2891 8488
(Fax 傳真) 2891 8483
(Email 電郵) cccd@cccd.hk
(Website 網頁) www.cccd.hk

 

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