Welcome
If you are on this page you or your dance group have been invited to join us for a performance at Riverlights in October 2024
The shared language of dance collaborative dance and documentary aims to combine forces with local dancers and dance groups, to make a combined dance that we can perform together on the main stage of riverlights as part of the final.
– both video and in person collaboration culminating in a group dance of many cultures. with dancer troupes using the shared dance elements as transitions to come on and of as the showcase a few special moves.
What we need to get started!
Share your dance (simple chorus line)
Dance leaders/teachers to make a video with three tofour easy steps – these will be done by the chorus line (all the dancer learn these steps and do them together)!
we recommend a clean background, 3x 8 counts (repetition is our friend)
)of each step from the back and from the front and break down anything you think may be tricky.
(with a backstory eg this step comes from .. place has this feeling, is used in this context anything you wish to share.
see our examples below to get an idea
Then check out the group dance section
Indonesia
Indonesia has many different cultures and dances so we are branding them by what island they come from .
Sumatra
Sumatra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra
Climate:hot tropical
over 52 languages spoken !
The name comes from Sanskrit names of Svarṇadvīpa (‘Island of Gold’) and Svarṇabhūmi (‘Land of Gold’)
Kalimantan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimantan
Kalimantan is derived from the Sanskrit word Kalamanthana, which means “burning weather island” or “very hot island”
climate hot and tropical
sometimes called “Indonesian Borneo” not all of this island belongs to Indonesia parts of it are Brunei and East Malaysia..
Sulawesi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi
The name Sulawesi possibly comes from the words sula (“island”) and besi (“iron”) and may refer to the historical export of iron from the rich Lake Matano iron deposits.
Volcanic, mountainous interior.
Egypt - Sa’idi
As belly dancers, we refer to a dance performed to music from the Said region (upper/Southern Egypt) as sa’idi. this might be towns like aswan or luxor
The dancer is Mikola Lee she runs hunter shimmy sisters and is based in Maitland.
https://www.huntershimmysisters.com/
facebook : huntershimmysisters
Instagram
/huntershimmysisters/
Ukraine
Ukraine[a] is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast.[b][10] It also borders Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and Romania and Moldova[c] to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast.[d] Kyiv is the nation’s capital and largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Odesa. Ukraine’s official language is Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken, especially in the east and south.
Afganistan
Afghanistan,[d] officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,[e] is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south,[f] Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying 652,864 square kilometers (252,072 sq mi) of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Kabul is the country’s capital and largest city. According to the World Population review, as of 2023, Afghanistan’s population is 43 million.[6] The National Statistics Information Authority of Afghanistan estimated the population to be 32.9 million as of 2020.[27]
Russian speaking
Russian has over 258 million total speakers worldwide.[29] It is the most spoken native language in Europe,[30] the most spoken Slavic language,[31] as well as the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia.[31] It is the world’s seventh-most spoken language by number of native speakers, and the world’s ninth-most spoken language by total number of speakers.[32] Russian is one of two official languages aboard the International Space Station,[33] one of the six official languages of the United Nations,[34] as well as the fourth most widely used language on the Internet.[35]
Haveing trouble -?
heres a link to all the videos in the in a downloadable format (google drive) if you need online access
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ES7XGzb1_N7WvmDhikNuQ0ifSXR2XmzA?usp=drive_link
Showcase your group dance
We would like a small showcase of your dance elements from your group and or students.This would be a maximum of 3 min each group
This can be to any family freindly music (we can cut a track) and you would be center stage while others do the chorus move (above) from your country with a leader form your group if possible.
teacher training and group rehersals
Teacher training
once we have all the videos…
A group gathering of all teachers – to teach steps to other dance teachers in person is part of the plan.
Time for students to practice ( at least 3 sessions per studio )
videographer
working with a videographer for this project and give back good quality video to each teacher to use to promote both this project and their dance classes online.
venue hire -pat huges https://www.maitland.nsw.gov.au/facilities/pat-hughes-community-centre is large enough and costs 50 per hour on a weekend or 24 weekdays
all together rehearsals
3 group (all) rehearsals of the whole work before october.
Chorus ! -putting it all together
So the chorus is a collaborative process and is still being created- but here’s what we have so far:
- Welcome step – Indonesian (slow turn)
- Afghani side step (turn )
- Ukrainian
- Russian speaking forward and back
- Siaidi (Egypt) – + shoulder shimmy
- Rayguns kangaroo pose from the Olimpics – )yes we are doing that feel free to laugh! )