Sylvia’s Children is a 501(c)3 organization based in the USA that supports the Mbiriizi Primary School in Masaka, Uganda, Africa.
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Summer Project 2009
June 26th - July 3rd Artist in Residence Jeroen Mourik will spend one week at the Mbiiriizi Primary School in Masaka (Uganda) creating a Festival Spectacle with the 1,000+ pupils of the school.
The spectacle will celebrate Uganda and American culture on behalf of Sylvia’s Children, a charity based in the USA.
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About
Festival Spectacles
Festival Spectacles by Jeroen Mourik are theatrical dance performances by members of a community.
Artist in Residence, Jeroen Mourik, creates choreographies with local children and young people, at schools, sport clubs and community groups for festivals and special events.
Most productions involve more than 400 participants and the rehearsal time with the performers (the local children and young people) is seldom more than 3 hours.
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About
Sylvia’s Children
Sylvia’s Children is a 501(c)3 organization based in the USA that supports the Mbiriizi Primary School in Masaka, Uganda, Africa.
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Our Itinerary | 25 June - 6 July
Every year Sylvia's Children takes a group of volunteers to Uganda in the summer and before Christmas. This summer fourteen people ...
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First Time for Every Thing
This Artist in Residency project sets a few new personal milestones. Despite my many travels around the globe, my trip to ...
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Logistic Challenge There are three main logistic challenges that spring to mind, when I think about this project.
First of all, I normally have two weeks in a community to work with the local kids on my Festival Spectacle production and this time I have less than four days. I must be mad!
Secondly, I have never worked with [...]
Artistic
The Concept The development of the concept of the Festival Spectacle is still in its early stages. Obviously, I shall be adding ideas and incubating the various creative elements over the next few months.
Since Sylvia asked me to celebrate both the cultures of Uganda and USA and look for fusion where possible, the input from American members of our group is obviously very valuable to me, since I am neither from Uganda or the USA.
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Introduction Conference Call Saturday 21 March all members of the group for the upcoming Summer Trip were introduced to each other during a long distance conference call.
And what a great bunch of people! We have a few veteran team members that have beem going on Sylvia’s-Children-Trips for more than three years. We have people joining us from all [...]
