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Workshops/Classes

 

CREC Summer Learning Adventure: African Drumming – Workshops for Respect and Community Building                                                                                 

African Percussive Music residency encompassing music and storytelling. Students will engage with hands-on activities: – Students learn playing in syncopation, process of long and short beats happening together, and through musical arrangement. Staffs are encouraged to be active supporters during the activities.

July 19 -30, 2021

  • Reggio Academy, Avon… July 6th – 9th,  
  • Aerospace Elementary School, Rocky Hill…July 12th – 16th
  • Museum Academy, Bloomfield…July 19th – 23rd
  • International Magnet School, South Windsor…July 26th –

Won-Ldy can craft a residency program to meet the needs of your school and curriculum. Students will not only learn these engaging skills, but also learn how these art forms are an integral part of African Life and Culture. This process enables students to make connections between African cultures and their own lives. Some of the possible activities include:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • The Art of Mask and Masquerade in Liberia and other West African Countries. The esthetics, patronage and exhibition of  mask and masquerade in tribal and modern West African societies. We explore people, animal and grotesque masks to understand how the function in village and museum settings.
  • Liberian Doll Making: the creation of toys and games out of things in ones own environment or other recycled materials.
  • Music (Ensemble Drumming): Group Participation, a method of playing percussive instruments by listening and counting.
  • Dance: dances created through Movements imitating daily life people and animals.
  • Figure and Landscape Drawings: exploration of traditional styles of stick figures and landscape drawings how these are used to communicate and keep records.
  • Story Writing and Story Telling: personal narrative and memoir writings to bringing ideas to life, and developing a personal style.

 

Storytelling and Storyteller

 “Won-Ldy, thank you for the wonderful residency. The teachers continued to work with the ideas and activities you presented through the next several months! I will be in touch with you shortly to schedule another residency for the next school year!”
-Amy H. Lynn PTA Bear Path Elementary, Hamden, CT

 

Liberian African Dance with Live Drumming:
Beginning and advance intensive Workshops; Learn to use your body with flair, grace, and control set to live drums. Won-Ldy has been teaching this popular Liberian dance style for over fifteen years.
Contact Us: wonldy@wonldypaye.com 

 

 

Mask making-African Unit  Liberian Dolls, Sculpture, Pomfret School, CT