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 MoreAttention all Dancers and Dance Practitioners!
Bodies will be moving at Stanford Hall this summer, so get your tickets and come join us at this year’s Main Event! Workshops for all ages in a wide variety of styles from different cultures and origins can be found here!. It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner or a seasoned mover, everyone is welcome to join in for the fun! Amongst other things, on the schedule you can find Contemporary African, Flamenco, Brazilian Maracatu and Gunean Dance, and with experienced professional teachers and dance practitioners leading workshops you can expect exciting and interesting classes regardless of...
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 MoreBelly Dance
Belly dance is an exciting and dynamic dance style performed by many people around the world. Although it is widely recognized for articulate and precise hip movements, belly dance is an umbrella term for a way of movement most commonly associated with a dance style originating from the Middle East. The common name comes from the French term “danse du ventre” which sprung into use in the Victorian era. Then it was used for the Arabic Ouled Nail dancers of Algeria, who performed a style making heavy use of the abdominal area. Today’s belly dance genre encompasses many...
Read MoreSound therapy, music and Khantara!
The healing nature of sound, music and song has been known since the beginning of culture, and if looked at from the internal perspective there is little to argue against its effectiveness. Everything from music, sound meditation, sound used for massage and other type of healing therapy’s is widely spread, and you’ll know yourself the vast effect that it can have in creating a relaxed or energetic atmosphere. This of course is also true for disruptive sounds, and since we can’t turn our ears off, it can have a stressful effect if you are in an environment where you cannot...
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