Performing Diaspora 2013

30 Jan, 2013

The strength of Hope, my journey: The beginning

2013-01-30T00:59:09-08:00By |Categories: Byb Chanel Bibene, CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , , |

Sunrise, one morning in June 1997: Students were readying themselves for school, workers for their jobs, merchants for their businesses in the city, in the markets, peddlers were at their usual occupations, the many unemployed, graduates with or without hope, were looking for work, students were on their way to school, and that's when everything happened, the explosions of heavy weapons that began a civil war that separated the inhabitants of the same nation, families, children from their mothers, fathers,

2 Aug, 2013

When I dance…

2013-08-02T01:31:20-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Nadhi Thekkek, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , |

When I dance... Nadhi: “I can feel a deep love for God and an emotional connection to human-kind. Particularly when I perform, that connection can be so strong, that I forget where I am and who is watching. I find that I keep dancing to chase those moments. Sophia: “Dancing excites me, challenges me, moves me, pushes me, humbles me. It is the single most thing that makes me feel completely and truly alive.” Arun: “I enter the zone. My mind

10 Sep, 2013

En route

2013-09-10T00:46:38-07:00By |Categories: Byb Chanel Bibene, CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , , , |

En Route From lived story to stories lived on the stage.  Next it will be on screen.  From the many roads I had to take to escape the fires, now the roads are imprinted in my mind.  All I can do is share the hope that kept me alive, and hopefully this will inspire the world, inspire the young people in my country and the elders as well. Taboo and Heroes project has reached another stage of its process; the

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