Dance Africa 2023: A program that offers creative and activities that emphazise traditional, contemporary, social, creative and physical study of dance.

 

Dance Africa is a cultural festival designed Globe Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) to provide an opportunity for African and Estonian communities to experience, explore and engage in music and movement of cultural collaboration.

 According to GCCI President Buchi George, Our aim in creating this program is to provide creative and activities that emphasize traditional, modern, social, creative, gestural and physical study of African and Estonian dance and music.

 “African communities use dancing for a wide variety of intricate social functions. Each performance in an indigenous dance tradition often serves a primary goal as well as several auxiliary ones, some of which may represent or reflect the communal values and interpersonal interactions of the participants. It is consequently vital to determine the reason why each dance is done in order to distinguish between these different types of dance.

“Specifically, The Dance Africa will present traditional and innovative dance and music environment from across the African/Estonia borders. The festival will showcase a wide range of performers from Estonia and Africa, as well as inventive dance styles that highlight Africa's worldwide influence on dance via a variety of distinct dance traditions.” He added

The Dance Africa is sheduled for the 15th to the 20th of June 2023, in the authitorium of the National Museum, Tartur, Estonia, the Tallinn cultural centre and The Vilnus art Centre respectively. and it will undoubtedly bring together culturally immersed dancers, musicians, artisans, performers, cultural ambassadors, community leaders, business owners, youth, families, and much more to connect and share their cultural values and heritage with each other.

 Program highlights includes and not limited to; theatre: displays, drama, Festivals: history, music and cultural Exchange.

 The Festival will be powered by both Governments of Estonia and Nigeria, both Ministries of Culture, National Museum Tartur Estonia, Nigeria Embassy Lithuania and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, Nigeria among others.

 GCCI is using this medium to invite participants of all ages and skill levels to connect with some of the most significant traditional dance forms originating from and around the continent of Africa and Europe.