TIKoRO Creative Dance Workshop
In this workshop, students will be guided to collaborate through games and creative movement creation. They'll learn the power of the individual in order to create a community.
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Clement Mensah is a native of Ghana, graduated from CIOS and from The Amsterdam School of the Arts. He received a fellowship from The Ailey School in NY, to later earn his MA in Dance Performance at Trinity Laban School in London. Mr. Mensah has danced with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, Elisa Monte Dance Company, Francesca Harper, and Limón Dance. He is currently working with Battery Dance as well with Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group. He has traveled extensively performing, teaching and conducting community projects throughout The Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia as a cultural ambassador with Battery Dance’s signature teaching program Dancing to Connect.
TIKoRO is short for Tikoro nko agyina which means “two heads are better than one.” A word in Twi, one of the languages spoken in Ghana. It conveys a sense of cooperation and teamwork. TIKoRO’s logo is one of the Ghanaian Adinkra symbols that represent concepts or aphorisms, popular proverbs, and records historical events. It expresses a particular attitude that inspires different views and opinions and will ultimately help to make decisions to achieve better outcomes. A sense of community is essential in TIKoRO: a person is not sufficient on their own. The symbols of Adinkra are used extensively in fabrics, logos, and pottery in Ghana. Sometimes, they are even incorporated into walls and architectural structures. TIKoRO is inspired by Ghanaian and an African sense of community and uses dance to re-create the environment and focuses on every person’s contribution.
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