ZINGAHE dance piece which means in french "How much does it cost?" The question that welcomed the public performance today in the city of Goma. Dear people... politicians especially this is the right time that you have to contribute to the positive change of our country especially the North Kivu province with all that is happening here.
I am always ready to sensitize and send good messages through my body, my community needs light and I am obliged to provide light to it.
Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to make this day successful and hopefully for bringing change in our community.
#InukaDanceCie
@hadisiurbanfestival@if_goma
#DanceForThePositiveChange
๐ธ๐ธ @narcisse_phoenixart
I do believe that everyone in this world should be a great support to children.
I remember in Senegal when I met Mme Anta MBOW the president of @empiredesenfants after a good time of conversation in June 2022. I told her, I don't have money or anything special but I will help children get HOPE and LOVE through the DANCE MOVEMENT because I'm a dancer. With a lot of joy Mum Anta MBOW said "@bertinleader you are most welcome I will appreciate having you and the children will get a great moment ever in their life because this world needs people like you"
From that day I started preparing myself, and in February 2023 when I was in Congo experiencing the wars in my region North-Kivu/Goma and seeing how children are running away from their homes and suffering in the camps without food, education...and any assistance. I contacted the empire Des enfants to confirm that I will be happy to spend time of joy with children in June 2023 while being in Senegal after serving children in different camps in North Kivu.Children from all the places there are.
I'm always aware of what my art and dance movement can contribute to this world by giving HOPE and LOVE to children.
I am so grateful for making this day of joy with children and the amazing and beautiful people and fellow dancers @nadeeya_gk@bonaventurechegoun@en_mulder@inasdasylva@mascha_t_ who were willing to volunteer and sacrifice all their plans just to be with me and make that day very powerful to us and for children.
Thank you so much to all the people who trusted me on this journey.
I do believe that everyone in this world should be a great support to children because they are the power and they have powerful potential enough to build and transform communities but they don't have the right people to help them.
Thank you so much
@ecoledessables@hadisiurbanfestival@golden_bridge_movement
#Inuka dance COMPAGNY
#Nguvu ya Africa
@empiredesenfants@lams_hope
Let us support children.
Let us Dance HOPE and LOVE
Let us Dance with Children.
๐ธ๐ธ @mascha_t_
๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก.
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What a blessing to share and spend with children a full day of joy.
I know that I can even serve and give back to the community with my knowledge and potential that I possess within me and it is not only where I came from, but in the whole world.
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Thank you so much for the educational program at @ecoledessables for making this be possible.
Amazing pictures by @mascha_t_
#Dancing_for_the_positive_change.
#INUKA_DANCE_COMPAGNY
@hadisiurbanfestival
#Nguvu_Ya_Africa
@golden_bridge_movement@ecoledessables des Sables
๐งก An Impact Retrospective ๐งก
In just two chapters, Midundo Ya Amani has demonstrated great impact on a personal, communal and regional level. This marks just the beginning of our larger commitment to fostering peace across the entire Great Lakes Region of Africa.
Are you a socially-driven artist or organisation based in the African Great Lakes Region passionate about advancing peace efforts in your community? Letโs connect!
Write to us at [email protected] to potentially collaborate with us on future projects. ๐ค๐พ๐ฑโ๏ธ
Itโs truly amazing how dance connects a group of once strangers. In caring company, a chosen family forms โoffering safety and support for each person to show up & discover their full potential.
The first chapter of Midundo Ya Amani found its home in Mbikko town of Jinja, Uganda, hosted by @the_sdf_crew_uganda . For 14 days, 14 participants and 5 choreographers engaged in critical discussions, reflective exercises, movement classes, somatic explorations, a nature excursion and performance process.
The point of these sessions was not to train participants to be good dancers. They were already well-versed in various styles.
More fundamentally, Midundo Ya Amani is a call to deepen and awaken โ For each dancer to realise their own power to influence change as a young artist in society, and practice building peace within their circles of influence ๐ช๐พ๐งกโจ
Made possible through the collaboration and support of: @atbennington@projects_for_peace@the_sdf_crew_uganda@inuka_cultural_center@hadisiurbanfestival
๐งก ABOUT MIDUNDO YA AMANI ๐งก
This is the Mission, Vision & Framework of Practice of Midundo Ya Amani! ๐บ๐ฝ
May the rhythm of our steps echo beyond this moment, carrying seeds of peace into every corner where silence waits to be transformed into DANCE ๐ฑโจ
Let me appear, just once, out of nowhere while collecting and telling stories in the deepest forests and some villages in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Let me say this: this country is incredibly beautiful, and it calls upon its beautiful people to keep it as magnificent as it has always been.
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These frames were captured by our young stars during a photography workshop guided by @bertinleader and @onegu_rwoth
Through the lens, they were introduced to the camera as a tool for storytelling โ exploring framing, light, and expression.
Each image carries a unique story of resilience, celebration, strength, and gratitude.
this workshop empowered a unique type of story telling through photography.
This was self-expression, sharing, exploring, learning, and possibilities.
#Explore #Create #Share #Comunityart #Photography #Art #Pccp #Creativity #outreachprogramme
๐งก ABOUT MIDUNDO YA AMANI ๐งก
A Word From The Founders @anu.a.rite and @bertinleader
In 2025, an urgent initiative came to be: Midundo Ya Amani โ Born of a vision to create a network of peace building performing artists across the Grand Lakes Region.
We welcome you to join us on this journey to create and connect artists of change!
May the rhythm of our steps echo beyond this moment, carrying seeds of peace into every corner, where silence waits to be transformed into DANCE ๐ฑโจ
Answering the call.
We remain deeply committed and fully engaged in painting our hearts with love, kindness, and compassion. In this spirit, we choose every day to respond with presence, courage, and openness.
Let us prepare ourselves for the new plans and the beautiful realizations that await us. May we continue to shape and illuminate more beautiful souls, to inspire hope, and to bring more smiles into the world.
Together, we carry the colors of healing, unity, and possibility.
New transformative in my pathway and new achievement through out my life journey and career.
The SomaSource process has had a profoundly transformative effect on my life, far beyond a simple training course. It has opened up a path of healing, awakening, and inner reconciliation within me.
Through the teachings of the Golden Bridge, I discovered that the body is a sacred territory where our stories and our pain are inscribed, but also our strengths and our dreams. The SomaSource work taught me to listen to this body with compassion, to let it speak through dance, and to transform wounds into sources of creation and power.
Thankfully to be part of this global movement that positively transform the world.
