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Look forward to a weekend full of a sunny Caribbean atmosphere With Drumming, dancing, having fun and being together ...

I am very happy that my colleague Claude Saturne (Haiti / France) will be a guest of our dance school again. He has taken your hearts by storm as a teacher, musician and sensitive musical companion of the dance workshops. This time he will teach two drum workshops, which you can book individually or together. In addition, there is a small refresher course for everyone who would like to repeat rhythms that they have already learned or who simply want to get to know them easily.

And of course we dance ...

Saturday, March 28
Sunday, March 29th
Sa, 15.00 - 16.00
Afterwards we will eat together in a restaurant
for everyone who feels like it :)
So, 14.30 - 17.00
WS T1 Haitian- Expressive - Yanvalou
Package at the early bird price until March 17th, 2020
4 workshops: 110 € / reduced 95 € (The ritual is not included) then 20 €
Please note that the early bird price is only available if the fee is paid by 17.3 at the latest. 2020 applies.
Haitian drumming
Saturday, March 28 2020
WS P1: 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Fresh Up
WS P2: 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. Heartbeat / Yanvalou
Sunday, March 29th, 2020
WS P3: 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Heartbeat / Zarenyen
Head: Claude Saturne
German translation

Conditions:
If you register by March 17th, 2020:
Fresh Up (1h) 18 € / 15 € for members & reduced
P1 / 2 (2h) € 35 / € 30 for members & reduced
from 03/18/2020 10 € *

* When booking two courses or more, there is a 10 percent discount on the total price
The heartbeat of Haitian dance is its rhythms. Dancers and musicians merge into a high-energy unit and thus inspire each other. In order to really feel the dance, it is important to understand its rhythmic fundamentals. And this is exactly where this workshop wants to start. In a playful way, you will learn simple striking techniques that will support you in playing rhythmic patterns. You will get a first glimpse into the exciting world of polyrhythm, which underlies all Haitian rhythms. Claude will show you the different voices in small rotating groups, which then together create the overall rhythm. And so you will quickly discover what a beautiful and powerful experience it is to create a rhythm together. It is very important to Claude to get you into the flow of playing with ease, so that you can enjoy the joy of making music together. With his humorous and calm manner, he understands how to take away any uncertainty from his students.
His heartfelt concern is to ceaselessly share his musical knowledge in order to let as many people as possible participate in the beauty of the culture of his homeland.

Yanvalou
The yanvalou rhythm is one of the popular rhythms in Haiti and is often played at the beginning of ceremonies. It is a rather calm, meditative rhythm of the Rada family that is closely related to the element of water.

Tsarenya

is an extremely lively rhythm full of lightness with exciting accents. Musically it is very similar to the ibo rhythm. It accompanies the Gèdé-Zarenyen dance of the same name - a kind of spider dance that has many entertaining aspects.

Participation requirements
You do not need any previous knowledge for the workshops, but it does not matter if you have knowledge of drumming. We recommend that beginners book the Fresh Up workshop as well, as we also practice the various striking techniques more intensively in this course.

Please inform us when you register if you do not have your own drum. We can provide a limited number and allocate them in the order in which they are registered.


And here is a little insight into one of the last workshops with Claude
WS T1 Haitian dance
Haitian Expressive - Yanvalou
Sunday, March 29th 2020
2.30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Head: Zsuzsa
Percussion: Claude Saturne

Conditions:
If you register by 17.3. 2020
45 € / 38 € for members & reduced
from 03/18/2020 10 €
This workshop series aims to bring you closer to the wonderful diversity of Haitian dance and its ritual roots. Each individual dancing figure is an expression of a certain energy that can develop in the dancer in a beneficial way. To carefully create a protected space and connection for this is the basic idea of this series. You will learn more about the interplay of rhythm and dance and learn appropriate meditative chants and dance figures. We start with a flowing, gentle warm-up, which prepares you holistically for the respective dances, and end with a meditative cool-down.
As part of this workshop, look forward to an exciting excursion into the realm of the imagination, which would like to invite you to develop your creative potential and to discover completely new sides of you. The Yanvalou is one of the most beautiful styles within Haitian dance - with fascinating flowing, winding movements that once influenced early contemporary dance. Central deities of this style are Damballah Wedo - the heavenly serpent - Legba, the keeper of the Way of the Cross - as well as various water deities such as Erzulie Freda, La Sirène, Agwe. We will dance closer to some of them during the workshop ...
You will be accompanied musically and sensitively by Claude Saturne. His game is animated - pure energy that is immediately transmitted and simply carried away.

Participation requirements
You don't need any previous knowledge to participate. Feel warmly welcome when you feel addressed by the topic. We look forward to seeing you.

Please come in comfortable clothes and bring a towel.






Voices from our students

For me, the drumming, the chants and the dance of Haitian culture create a healing unity. Learning and experiencing these with Zsuzsa and Claude is a great gift.
Since I've been dancing Haitian with Zsuzsa and learning the rhythms and chants of his homeland through Claude, I've had a piece of the Caribbean in my heart. (Rumjana)

Claude Saturne
has been playing since childhood. Through his mother, who was an ounzi-kanzo (spiritual singer in a vodou temple), he was introduced to the ritual rhythms and chants of Haiti at an early age and gained deep insights into the practice of a vodou temple. At the age of sixteen he met the musicians of the legendary Mizik Rasin band Boukan Ginen, who shaped him musically. Numerous encounters with percussionists and vodou priests in different areas of Haiti followed, which enabled him to expand his musical knowledge. Today he has mastered over 80 rhythms and is constantly looking for new variations. In 2000 he became a member of the Badji group - under the direction of the well-known jazz saxophonist Turgot Théodat and was involved in many productions at home and abroad until 2009. At the same time he played with various Haitian artists - such as Wooli Saint Louis Jean, Belo, Bob Bovano, Samba Zao, was involved in various theater productions and directed countless musical training courses at schools, cultural centers and at the Academy of Arts in Port-au-Prince. Claude has lived in France since 2009 and has played in various productions with artists such as Erol Josué, Bob Bovano, Moonlight Benjamin. Among other things, he participated in the international project `Jazz Racines Haiti` by Jacques Schwartz-Bart.
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