Animated Gumboots – an animated dance collaboration 

The residency explores traditions and their origins using a combination of Animation and Gumboots dance. Gumboots is a dance born in South Africa with roots in many other countries. Through storytelling students explore the different ways this tradition might have arrived in South Africa. Using paper and other materials students create a short animated video, lead by Tina Le Moine. Incorporating these stories into a choreography, students develop a short rubber boots dance lead by Just Aïssi. At the end of the workshop students present both dance and animation to the class or the whole school depending on space. 

Artists:  

Just Aïssi ( Gumboot artist)

Tina Le Moine (Animation artist)  

Curriculum Links

Create two dimensional, multimedia art works that explore feelings, ideas and issues from a historical and cultural point of view; present media art works collaboratively; combine pictures and sound in a creative way; understand art, dance and animation history from a world perspective; understand how dance styles reflect the beliefs and traditions of diverse communities, how social, political and economic factors influenced the emergence and development of a genre of dance; tempo, rhythm, effort, force and quality of dance elements; communication and harmony within a group; community building; team work; cultural migration

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