The
National Commission on Culture (NCC) has launched the “Dance Africa Dance
Diaspora” a dancing competition to showcase the rich African culture to the
world in
Madam Janet Edna Nyame, Executive Director of NCC said the commissions’ major role in the competition was to spearhead a successful completion by coordinating all five participating African groups.
The maiden edition of the project is in partnership with Africa Diaspora Association of United States of America (USA),
Madam Janet Edna Nyame, Executive Director of NCC said the commissions’ major role in the competition was to spearhead a successful completion by coordinating all five participating African groups.
She said the two winning groups would be sent to
the
She said registration for the competition was
online and fee.
“The competition includes; Solo dancers, Duet or
Trio dancers, Dancers in small groups of four to eleven and larger groups of
eleven and above,” she said.
She said performances slated for the competition
were; National folklore dance, Dance Afrobeat, Song, and dance, Classical
ballet, street dance, Modern, Hip hop and Tap.
Madam Nyame said “culture was our wealth hence the
need to process our culture and design programmes to create wealth and also
provide employment for the youth”.
She encouraged the youth to partake in the
competition to develop their dancing skills in any of the disciplines.
“I love to dance because dancing is even a form of
exercise and I wish to encourage everyone to take a few dancing steps once in a
while,” she said.
She urged the media to help in disseminating the
information so that every child or youth in the country could hear and
participate.
Mr. Seth Akpatsu, Coordinator for the Competition
said the purpose of the programme was to support youth and children, who were
interested in exhibiting the country's culture through dance to show their
skills and talents in a way they are comfortable with.
He said the competition sought to sell
Mr. Ato Nyankom, Diaspora Representative said the
innovation by NCC was a laudable one and was convinced it would produce its
expected outcome.
He said the African culture was characterized by
beautiful dance and the competition would give the platform for the world to
see.
He encouraged participants of the competition to
put in their best.
