Te Paepae artist workshops

ARTISTS WORKSHOPS

THE NEW ZEALAND DANCE COMPANY DANCE WORKSHOP

Join The New Zealand Dance Company in an interactive workshop for all ages! Following a fun warm up with awesome music led by the dancers, participants will learn from Artistic Director Shona McCullagh how to move while defying gravity with the magic of balancing, just like the NZDC dancers in Lumina.that’s been incorporated in our own compositions. Fri, 6.15pm, Te Paepae Stage Sat, 6pm, Te Paepae Stage

THE EAST POINTERS - WORKSHOP

Tim, Jake and Koady of The East Pointers will talk about the traditional music and dance from Prince Edward Island, Canada, and how they have blended these traditions with modern influences. The trio will demonstrate various types of tunes, both traditional and original, and discuss the close relationship between the music and dance.

Fri, 8.15pm, Te Paepae Stage

WARSAW VILLAGE BAND - WORKSHOP

Join members of the Warsaw Village Band for an explanation of how they use their vocal techniques and instrumentation to give a modern context to Polish folk music. Warsaw Village Band are renowned for taking traditional folk and combining it with modern elements. This workshop will give you a firsthand account of how they do this. Fri, 10.15pm, Te Paepae Stage

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The 9Bach workshop will be focused around the Welsh language, and the importance of singing in Welsh in a country dominated by the English language. Lisa Jên the bands vocalist will teach the audience some simple words, and demonstrate the fascinating Welsh alphabet. Lisa will be accompanied by Mirain on Vocals Esyllt on harp and vocals, and Martin on guitar, to show our songs in a more stripped down version, showing off the three part harmonies, and also demonstrating 9Bach’s radical approach to Welsh Folk songs, and how that’s been incorporated in our own compositions. Sat, 12pm, Te Paepae Stage

This percussion workshop will be presented by Si-Won Kim and Kang-Il Lee, using the Korean musical instruments named Kkwaenggwari (a small gong), Janggu (an hourglass-shaped drum) and Buk (a barrel drum). They will show the Korean traditional musical rhythms and let the audience learn the traditional songs and body movements with Sogo (a small drum). Sat, 8pm, Te Paepae Stage

ROB RUHA - WORKSHOP

Join kapa haka icon and acclaimed Ma -ori Music artist Rob Ruha in an interactive workshop at WOMAD that will explore the intricacies of Ma -ori music, dance and storytelling through kapa haka. Open to all ages, the workshop is set to be a fun introduction to the fascinating world of Ma -ori performing arts. Sun, 12pm, Te Paepae Stage

Part of Center Stage Korea, with the support of Korea Arts Management Service

THE SOIL - BEATBOXING WORKSHOP

An interactive workshop aiming at teaching the audience how to fuse an ancient hip hop tool (beatboxing) with the different harmonies of jazz and Afro-soul music in an a capella style, to create what The Soil calls ‘kasi soul music’. It’s dynamic music from the soul created without using any instruments. Sun, 6.30pm, Te Paepae Stage