 So you cannot just go and say, okay, oh, I'm a percussionist, just teach me the drumming, drumming? No, you cannot separate the drumming from the dance because you are used to the downbeat, the downbeat, or the downbeat is in the dance. So how you all do this? Girl, I want somebody to come, each time you come one, two, three, four. Who wants to do that, to that pattern? Who wants to count the one, two, three, fours we can do? No marching band or... Who wants to count? Yes? Who wants to count? Yes? Yes, this is not the one. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. That is how they are perceived in the village. They are not going one, two, three, four. See the perception? That simple pattern. Four. And you see that you want the dance. That is it. So if you want the dance, you know why you have your one. But without the dancers, you are going one, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three. So watch the dancers, you get your one, two, three, four. So there is no way you can actually transcribe this dance as a music person without learning what the dance is. So also we have the songs. These are what? Philosophical songs. These are all from Africa. They know how to hide information from you. I thought this... What's your name? Lorraine. Lorraine? Yeah. Give me your hand. Give me your hand. Lorraine. I'm singing. Lorraine. I'm going to be by your right hand side and put my left arm around your neck. What's the meaning of that song? Literally. What's the meaning? Friendship. That's a wedding vow. How are you? Friendship. Friendship. Friendship. Friendship. Friendship. That's a wedding vow. How are you? I'm just saying I'll be by your side put my left arm around your neck. To the people I'm saying I'll be there for you. I'll die for you. That's the meaning of the song. Thank you. So most of the songs, most of the African songs, they are very philosophical, they are very deep. So I try to analyze the real meaning or the cultural meaning of all these songs. You know, you see African ladies, how are you? Come and go out. She'll say no. Oh boy. I'll go and reload. I'm coming back. The first no is not a no. She wants to make sure that she does all her investigations. I'll reload and come. Oh boy. In this culture, the first no is a no. You come back again. Nine one one. Such a harassment. Okay. So to be able to teach these dances, I have activities for appreciation or listening, drumming, singing, movement, storytelling, games, social studies, visual, drama. In other words, you can use a dance, one of these performances and teach what, drumming, singing, dance, storytelling, games, social studies, visual, drama, almost all those things. Because with all these discussions in the book, I'm hoping the educator, the historian, anthropologist, all those who have a better way of talking about African arts. You cannot just separate all these art forms. But the most important thing for me is the divinity. Over 18 hours of footage. 18 hours. All these dances are analysed. So you notice the first movement, second movement. But I cannot use movement for the dancing. The dancers will be confused. Music. They use what? First movement, second movement, third movement. When I say first movement, dance, first movement. Second movement. It will be so confusing. So I use what? Faces. Because these are ceremonies. These are rituals. You go to a Catholic church. Kirye, Gloria, cradle. Those are the faces of what? The mass. And you have to follow the faces as to what these dances. They have to finish the first phase in the village before they move to what? The second phase. If they run to the second phase, they are not going to go to what? The third phase. So if you just go to culture, phase number seven on a CD, and telling people, oh yeah, this dance can move from Tucson and so village. You are talking about the whole event. You are just choosing maybe the one you like. So I want people to see these performances in a whole. The whole event. The whole festival. The whole art form. So that's what this project is about. And the next one is almost there. Going to focus on religion. If you can go to a bookstore or a holy Bible and read about what? Our Christian religion. You can get to him now. You can get the book on what? All these don't have to do that for African religions too. What idol worship? Are you kidding? I've never seen a religious person this planet like African. Oh, they are very religious. People want to travel. They want to consult the gods. Is it going to be? Are you going to have a plane crash? If not, the gods have to walk a fire. Do this sacrifice. Women before they go to the market. They have to do their prayers too. So that's going to be focusing on the different ways African worship and the importance of what? The arts. So the dance we are going to show briefly by Maya. Who knows how to pray this? But Maya means what? The valley is full of water. And this is the village where this dance was created. And this is the best group in Ghana today performing this dance. This group they just came back from Denmark. They are being sponsored by the Danish government. They have a school for them. They are trying to say what? It's for the Maya. The river is wet. The drown is talking about what? So Jemby moves slowly. It is wet. A lot of water. You can't rush. The tremors comment on the dance. Asu man, you have any questions? You are on your left hand. And they are just shaking. වුවව,කිමියින් ජන්ලන්න්රීවමලූමේයින,ාවහියක්දා වොේුට්න්රස්නින් ඇතස්ත්මලේයින්න්න්න්නේකන්න෌ියේීමලේ් ලැලෙයස්න්රීමලේිකන්න්�                                       Y Gibbs YM family to hide inside the school in Ghana.                      Y Gibbs YM family have all these cultural groups and specializing different types of dance groups.                           ,       Y Gibbs YM family have老 and old and old dance company in Ghana.                        ,         Y Gibbs YM family have done changes in the country and also in modern dance companies. It's become like a signature thing for them. As I said, nothing gonna, but my luck not. Go towards the next, the next movement. And the beauty, you have a basic movement, but you have to make the movement your own. So if you are using normal notation, you are going to capture all these different variations of the same movement. It's not possible. That's not possible. You have 40 dancers, 40 different interpretations of the same basic movement. So you cannot just, oh, that's how you do it now. And then right, okay, make it your own, it will work. By men? Yes, by how women join up. Because you know that men are happy too much for you. You know that's the best dancer you can know man, that's the best. He dance so fast. So we see his picture in the book. Additional setting do the dancers get rewarded for all their work and dance? No, this one now. But this particular group is like the youth group, the Danish government is sponsoring them. So they have a whole cultural center where people go to study. And now most of them they don't go to school so this is a way of them. So they have vocational training for them. So this guy, they are doing it because they love it. And then in some traditional dancing in other places, they throw money to the dancers like that. Do they do that? No, this one because I have to pay, I pay themselves. But during a ceremony like a festival, people will be giving me 20 money on their head. I want to thank again Zama because she did a lot of the dance. Because this is the dance person. She will look at this. I don't have the right type of English to describe the dances in the book. And you see a lot of her faces in the book. She did a lot of fashion show in the book. Because she knows all these dances. So it was very easy for her to demonstrate from the dance movement in the book. And also we have So what's the name? Michael Ofori. Michael Ofori also from Ghana is a graduate student. You find most of the videos from the Akam area. He was the master drummer. And now he's here. He's been bragging to students. Hey, this is my picture in this book. But I want people to go back to these villages. I've just sent some two students from Pennsylvania. They went and studied with them. So it's not like this is a secretive. No, it's not. Because it's very difficult to make money from all day. So I'm sending people to the villages directly. So they can make their money teaching people. So if anybody wants to go, I'll just call. Hey, prepare your room. Somebody's coming to study with you. So that's the best way for people to benefit. Go there and study directly. Any questions? Oh, yes. Those who come to street festival, I was like, no, perform this dance. Last Saturday, if you were at the street festival, we performed this. Anytime you shoot this, oh, African women, I said, no, they're not women. They're men. Forget about, is it drag queen? No, no, no. So the history behind this, and it's very important. But not now. Right after that? No, still. Still. They're trying hard. When I went to summer, when I went to summer, it was a surprise. Who will be standing, they'll be talking to me, asking questions, you are supposed to be directed to her. It's still there. Men here, women here. Why is he there? Is he here too? Is he the US too? Yes. It's everywhere. So there is not only in Africa where the men want to be in charge. It's everywhere. But here, in charge of a different lover. Seriously. Music wise. Politics wise. The pain made wise. Men are always trying to be here. Do you know why? Can somebody tell me why? Why women are always scared? You are a man. You are always scared. You can tell me. There are two reasons. This is why women are so scared. Can somebody tell me? You have two things. You can do all the things I am going to do. There are two things you do. I cannot do. That's the reason. Who knows those things? How about the second one? How about the second one? That's the most important thing. Women, you have the power tonight. Men can nurse the baby. There's something else from the nursing. It's going to be crying. You know what I say? Yes. Only women use part of their body to feed another human being. Brezmer is part of your body. Men around God. This is to generation. Men figure out that women have more connection to work. Babies to other human beings. So they try to separate that. Women cannot do this. No, no, no, no, no. Women deprive. You are the bosses. You are the foundation of this universe. What you report? So, men here, please, what about the situation? Let's give our ladies respect. Thank you.