From all corners of the world at the Main Event!
You are invited and welcome to join us for a mass culture exchange at Stanford Hall this summer. Here you can expect great music, song, dance, workshops and food from all corners of the world! You don’t need to travel far to have your peak of what the world has to offer! So join us and some of the best professionals from all the continents across the globe for great, fun and relaxing time. We have a packed schedule so you can choose to be up and active all day, or relax on the grass in the sunshine and enjoy some of the great tastes available! If you’re a dancer there’s everything from...
Read MoreIn line with Arts Council England: Family Arts Standards
The Tribe of Doris Main Event is just around the corner, so don’t forget to get your ticket! Cultural education and sharing is for everyone, no matter age or circumstance. This is why we are proud to present a program which covers activities suitable for all ages, in a range of different areas from song, dance, workshops and creativity. All from different cultures all across the globe. We invite individuals and families alike to come take part, enjoy and share their interests and stories. And with our specially devised youth area, young members of the community can test, practice, learn and...
Read MoreWhat is culture?
There are plenty of definitions, meanings and uses of the word culture, and with it so present all around us, people will have a good understanding of the word as a general. This without even having thought much about the term. If you look it up in a dictionary you will most likely find a definition describing it as socially transmitted behavior such as beliefs, institutions, patterns, arts and other products of human ideas and work. Culture is also something unrelated to genetic makeup, and has it’s own evolution in the history of us. So culture, is really a term with a multitude of...
Read MoreContemporary African Dance
Having been involved with, and worked with a multitude of projects as well as teaching both traditional and contemporary pan-African dance, Denise has enriched the world through sharing, for close to a decade and a half. A multi talented inspiration who brings not only a great workshop to this years Main Event, but does so with live music providing great opportunity for anyone to take part and learn from her wisdom in body and motion. With formal movement training in the UK and a row of other countries, as well as university education in philosophy and theology you can expect to find depth,...
Read MoreColourful! About resist dyeing techniques
Most likely you are familiar with the look of clothes that has been tie-dyed. This wonderful traditional and widely spread resist dyeing technique is easy, fun and something that we much enjoy doing. There is an endless variety, and if you ever tried it, you will also know just how versatile it. The opportunity for creative ideas are endless! The amazing patters are formed as pieces of fabric are tied, clamped or stitched down in different ways preventing the dye from reaching all areas of the cloth. Tie-dyeing may be the most spread and commonly known of the resist dyeing techniques,...
Read MoreA Crib for Cultural Collaboration
As we go towards a more and more globalised times, we are less geographically tied to specific areas, together with the international information highway which is the current connected world there is vast blend of a cultural soup in some places. This of course is something that Tribe of Doris is glad to be in the mix with, and forwarding forward thinking and welcoming the cultural heritage and knowledge each person which are involved with us is something that we do with open arms. For many of the running involvements, Tribe of Doris acts as a crib of cultural collaboration, drawing on the...
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