Sunday 12th September - Wednesday 6th October 2010
Bill Brookman, sixth mission to Somalia and Somaliland
Bill Brookman will travel to the Horn of Africa to continue developing Geediga Nabada, the Somali Peace Caravan. - Provisional
Somalia Puntland Somaliland Nairobi, Kenya
Bill Brookman will travel to the Horn of Africa to continue his artistic director and consultancy work developing Geediga Nabada, the Somali Peace Caravan.
See: http://www.billbrookman.co.uk/geediga/
Around 15th - 20th September 2010
5th Somali Community Safety Partners Forum
Conference includes workshop launcing of the Child Protection Network with UNICEF followed by network meeting a day or two after
Nairobi?
Autumn 2010
Geediga Nabada - Theatre Roadshow programme
helping people addressing and working through conflict using methods of Drama for Conflict Transformation
Somaliland
7th - 21st November 2010 (Speculative)
Havoyoco Circus Project
Training project with two peer educators from the 101 Performing Arts Group and the Havoyoco Circus School of Somaliland funded by Oxfam Novib of the Netherlands
Hargeisa, Somaliland Horn of Africa
This will be Bill's seventh mission to Somaliland. Somaliland is the breakaway republic which, since 1991, is the most peaceful state in the area. In 10 years only 2 internationals were kidnapped but released after an hour. This and other factors mean that The Bill Brookman Foundation is confident in its ability to send two members of its partner youth arts organisation, The 101 Performing Arts Group, to Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, to work with Hovoyoco Circus School. The primary purpose of the exchange is to teach "poi" dancing to under-represented local girls who, because of present cultural issues, find many avenues of skilful, physical and expressive arts closed to them.
Poi dancing offers a means to achieve all these objectives. You can see Alana Rohr of the company dancing with poi in Sherwood Forest at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vTXdhOXTGo
And Helena and Victoria at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5y5noUjZEk&NR=1
Wednesday 12th January 2011 Provisional
Haiti Earthquake Memorial Concert (working title)
An international concert one year after the Haiti Earthquake of 2010
4.45 - 10.30 (provsionally)
The Kiosk Champ de Mars Port-au-Prince Haiti
The Bill Brookman Foundation is planning to take a Leading Partner role staging a concert in Haiti exactly one year after the earthquake struck.
We are looking for volunteers and donations to help with this project.
Monday 14th February 2011
Publishing in ArtsProfessional!
Bill's article on "Art in conflict – making art in and around war-torn places"
Should be published in ArtsProfessional magazine!
Bill is appearing in print! http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk
He is writing about his large experience in the field of arts and conflict.
Sun 14th - Fri 19th Aug 2011
The Bill Brookman Foundation Annual Summer Residency...
... of Health Healing and the Arts!
Mind/Body/Spirit - Dance & Music
2.00 pm onwards
Nanpantan Hall, Nanpantan, Loughborough
Held in the unspeakably beautiful Nanpantan Hall in a hidden valley in Charnwood this is a fabulous week of arts and mind/body/spirit events. Fabulous food, music, creation and beautiful beds! Book Now!
See our Bill Brookman Foundation website:
http://www.billbrookman.co.uk/foundation/