A Dominican-born professional ballerino will be conducting a classical ballet workshop for Dominican dancers next week.
Watmora Casey, Founder and Artistic Director of the Faubourg School of Ballet in Illinois, USA will be in Dominica at the invitation of The Dominica Institute for the Arts (DIFA), to do the workshop from 10:30 am on Wednesday 28th Novemberat the Old Mill Cultural Centre.
The Dominica Institute for the Arts, which opened in September 2012, teaches ballet among its sixteen (16) course offerings.
In a release, the institute states that part of its mandate is to invite guest artists in particular disciplines to assist in its training and by so doing raise awareness, appreciation and standards in the visual arts on the island.
The institute’s first term closes on the 5thDecember 2012.
Registration is now open for the new term beginning 8thJanuary, 2013.
I think this is great.
Those witikubulie (spell check) dancers NEED to attend. They are too hard. They don’t extend their arms or point their toes. Some dancing for years and they still stiff. My opinion is based on attending their last show and looking at dancing shows on tv.
So you see the woman dance ballet already? So how you know she doh hard too? You can suggest that waitukubuli attend but you do not have to be so graphic – like they are too hard. Why you dont join to teach them some flexibility techniques?
So true. ROTFL
i was born in dominica and i was a one of the main dancers . but now idk what they call it now they need that class bad.
no sense at all, why not have classes for cultural dancers and promote it, ballet is not a caribbena thing. we got good dancers especially from the south. common people you all make me think for you all. Its too easy. I can assure you i will be the one to gethtta country to head where it needs to be. You know why, because everyone will be involved, either by keeping it clean, bring ideas but we gonna make it work people
We must open our minds and think beyond our shores. Talent should not be limited to local knowledge and arena. So we should only focus on bellair, quadrille and things we already know? Come on!
There may be talented children here who can go on to contribute to the Arts, just like Watmora Casey has. It will not really matter where they come from, but what they achieve. Our vision should not be myopic or insular.
Well said, colorblind.
What a complete buffoon you are. Because something isn’t from where you live you shouldn’t learn it? Fine. Let’s stop reading books because we didn’t invent the printed (or, for tha that matter, the electronic) text. Let’s not learn about any history except Dominica’s. Let’s not drive cars not made in Dominica.
Sounds like a recipe for stupidity and disaster, no?
Karaticas can get form practicing Ballet.
Karate particianers should attend it would help with form.
that’s great…
could prove excekkent for martial artists to perfect your form on ur catas/Katas.