Storytelling – The Creative Process

Directed Teaching for Contemporary Dance Class

Reflections Taking this class last Spring semester at the Rpac was challenging due the distance that I had to walk everyday so taking it again in the department was exciting. This semester, I wasn’t just taking it as every other student in the class but as directed teaching under the auspices of my supervisor MomarContinue reading “Directed Teaching for Contemporary Dance Class”

Inevitable Circling:the works of dreams

Inevitable Circling: the work of dreams is a collaborative project by the second-year MFA cohort. This project is a recurrence, a spiraling return to origin and imagination. The collaborators come from a variety of nationalities, community origins, and cultural identities, to weave together their own imagined stories of the cosmos and creation. Through the performance,Continue reading “Inevitable Circling:the works of dreams”

Storytelling and Shadow Play

Enrolling in this class (Research Studio), I knew I would be required to come up with a project at the end of the semester. I did not beat myself too hard about it because I knew I had time to come up with something. Within a few weeks, we were tasked to start fleshing outContinue reading “Storytelling and Shadow Play”

Adesa

“Adesa” is a Ga word that means story and as a native of the Gas, I chose this title for this piece. The storytelling tradition is one of the cultural practices in Ghana which is going extinct. Growing up as a child, older folks of households usually told stories of historical events, myths, and legendsContinue reading “Adesa”