Travels ontheglobe: Angola: Dancing in Luanda
September 1, 2009
ontheglobe.com and CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts present "Travels ontheglobe"
Angola: Dancing in Luanda
Date: Tuesday, September 1st, 2009, 7:30PM
Tickets: $8/$6 students/seniors (65+). Seating is limited. Please reserve your seats in advance by calling the Segal Centre box office at 514-739-7944. Tickets also available at Admission.com
Address: CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre, 5170 Cote St. Catherine, corner Westbury. 2 blocks West of Métro Côte-Sainte-Catherine.
Andrew Princz (left), travel journalist and cultural navigator dancing at the Abuja Carnival, Nigeria. (Image by Jura Nanuk)
ontheglobe.com and CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts present Travels ontheglobe, a series of illustrated talks hosted by cultural navigator Andrew Princz, who takes you around the globe. From the towering peaks of the mysterious Peruvian Inca settlement of Machu Picchu to dancing on the outskirts of the Angolan capital of Luanda; from the Jordanian deserts where Lawrence of Arabia fought alongside Bedouin tribes, to the discovery of the real Kazakhstan and its beautiful mountainous terrain, gorges and archeological sites.
This series gives you the opportunity to travel without stepping out of your environment and offer viewers first-hand insight into the countries, cultures and peoples of the globe. Each presentation is illustrated by photographs of a real-life journey which will be followed by a film from the country that we talk about.
Your host Andrew Princz of ontheglobe.com has traveled to over fifty countries and has been published in international publications including CNN Traveller, the Wall Street Journal and is a contributor to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) program Dispatches. He is also the author of numerous travel guides including Frommers Budapest and the Best of Hungary.
Angola: Dancing in Luanda
This voyage takes us to the Sub-Saharan African nation of Angola as it emerges from an almost three-decade long civil war. This challenging trip takes us from the sprawling capital of Luanda to the diamond-rich tropical eastern province of Lunde Norte. Illustrated by OnTheGlobe photographer Jura Nanuk's photographs of this rugged landscape we will then venture to the province of Malange with its majestic Kalandula waterfalls, and the strangely shaped stones of Pedras Negras de Pungo Andongo. Here the shells of a one-time conflict litter the ground as the sun sets overlooking the African savannah.
The voyage does not end without spending several evenings on a concrete rooftop overlooking a vast slum of Luanda, the nation's capital. Here the Kilandukilu dance troupe brings to life an exhilarating atmosphere of creative euphoria. Dance has an urgency to it here; one that celebrates life and living. We discuss the unique situation of dance in Angola before presenting a screening of a rare film by Jorge Antonio, Outras Frases, a documentary that traces the history of Angola through the research and reinterpretation of traditional elements by the Angolan dancer and choreographer Ana Clara Guerra Marques.
Film to be screened:
Outras Frases (dir. by Jorge Antonio, 52 mins, Portugal, 2003, with English subtitles)
Through over two-decades of research and reinterpretation of the traditional elements Ana Clara Guerra Marques, angolan dancer and choreographer, has been searching new aesthetics and languages for the development of a contemporary angolan dance. This film leads us through her pedagogic and artistic work against the background of the angolan social and political history.
Read about other Travels ontheglobe events at CinemaSpace:
Peru: The Machu Picchu Story (July 7, 2009)
Kazakhstan: The Real Kazakhstan (August 4th, 2009)
Angola: Dancing in Luanda
Date: Tuesday, September 1st, 2009, 7:30PM
Tickets: $8/$6 students/seniors (65+). Seating is limited. Please reserve your seats in advance by calling the Segal Centre box office at 514-739-7944. Tickets also available at Admission.com
Address: CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre, 5170 Cote St. Catherine, corner Westbury. 2 blocks West of Métro Côte-Sainte-Catherine.
Andrew Princz (left), travel journalist and cultural navigator dancing at the Abuja Carnival, Nigeria. (Image by Jura Nanuk)
ontheglobe.com and CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts present Travels ontheglobe, a series of illustrated talks hosted by cultural navigator Andrew Princz, who takes you around the globe. From the towering peaks of the mysterious Peruvian Inca settlement of Machu Picchu to dancing on the outskirts of the Angolan capital of Luanda; from the Jordanian deserts where Lawrence of Arabia fought alongside Bedouin tribes, to the discovery of the real Kazakhstan and its beautiful mountainous terrain, gorges and archeological sites.
This series gives you the opportunity to travel without stepping out of your environment and offer viewers first-hand insight into the countries, cultures and peoples of the globe. Each presentation is illustrated by photographs of a real-life journey which will be followed by a film from the country that we talk about.
Your host Andrew Princz of ontheglobe.com has traveled to over fifty countries and has been published in international publications including CNN Traveller, the Wall Street Journal and is a contributor to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) program Dispatches. He is also the author of numerous travel guides including Frommers Budapest and the Best of Hungary.
Angola: Dancing in Luanda
This voyage takes us to the Sub-Saharan African nation of Angola as it emerges from an almost three-decade long civil war. This challenging trip takes us from the sprawling capital of Luanda to the diamond-rich tropical eastern province of Lunde Norte. Illustrated by OnTheGlobe photographer Jura Nanuk's photographs of this rugged landscape we will then venture to the province of Malange with its majestic Kalandula waterfalls, and the strangely shaped stones of Pedras Negras de Pungo Andongo. Here the shells of a one-time conflict litter the ground as the sun sets overlooking the African savannah.
The voyage does not end without spending several evenings on a concrete rooftop overlooking a vast slum of Luanda, the nation's capital. Here the Kilandukilu dance troupe brings to life an exhilarating atmosphere of creative euphoria. Dance has an urgency to it here; one that celebrates life and living. We discuss the unique situation of dance in Angola before presenting a screening of a rare film by Jorge Antonio, Outras Frases, a documentary that traces the history of Angola through the research and reinterpretation of traditional elements by the Angolan dancer and choreographer Ana Clara Guerra Marques.
Film to be screened:
Outras Frases (dir. by Jorge Antonio, 52 mins, Portugal, 2003, with English subtitles)
Through over two-decades of research and reinterpretation of the traditional elements Ana Clara Guerra Marques, angolan dancer and choreographer, has been searching new aesthetics and languages for the development of a contemporary angolan dance. This film leads us through her pedagogic and artistic work against the background of the angolan social and political history.
Read about other Travels ontheglobe events at CinemaSpace:
Peru: The Machu Picchu Story (July 7, 2009)
Kazakhstan: The Real Kazakhstan (August 4th, 2009)
