Franchesska Berry
Organization Details
| Name | Franchesska Berry |
| URL | not provided |
Organization Description
| Mission statement | Franchesska Berry has created an eloquent style as performer, choreographer, artistic director and gifted authentic intercultural arts educator. Her unique dance style integrates the disciplines of Western (ballet, modern, jazz), West African, Brazilian; Caribbean and Cuban dance styles. Ms. Berry uses dance, rhythm, 21st Century Storytelling to impart a modern context for indigenous culture. Franchesska is celebrated as an extraordinary cultural educator who has the rare ability to engage students from every social, class, racial and diverse background in rigorous learning that is often accentuated with kinesthetic practice and personal narrative. Franchesska inculcates cultural theory, practices kinesthetic learning; uses narrative and cultural exploration to draw students toward her authentic approach which promotes greater global awareness. Global exposure through the arts provides intellectual development that manifest in the form of diverse creative learning that focuses on the holistic development of students, in terms of art, that molds students to achieve their potential making them ambitious and motivated individuals. As an international scholar and ambassadress it is Ms. Berry’s privilege and intention to be “Utilized as a powerful vehicle for inspiring future leaders of the 21st Century to challenge what is in favor and convenient in exchange for what can be.” |
| Service(s) description | Dance, Literary Art or Spoken Word/Performance Poetry, Theater, Multidisciplinary Type Franchesska ‘s focus is rooted within the traditional cultural norms, indigenous songs and dances from West Africa and the African Diaspora; however her expertise is not limited to African based forms. She has a comprehensive teaching, choreography and performance effectuation in the western classical forms of ballet, modern, jazz, improvisational dance and hip-hop. Ms. Berry does not segregate dance, feels and instills that all movement stems from the same wellspring of human expression, dialects of the same language. For Franchesska, teaching and translating dance is as much about compassion and communication with us and our communities as it is about rhythm, body position and footwork. In teaching and in performance, she specializes in Djembe, Sabar, Kutiro, Bougarabou and Tama dances of West Africa. She is also well versed in folkloric Afro-Brazilian (Bahia) as well as Cuban dance styles. Her teaching focuses on the development of technique, confidence and cultivating a family atmosphere of respect and reverence in her classes. Franchesska is quite passionate in her belief that by creating a vibrant intercultural engagement, exchange, and reciprocal education; demonstrates how all members of the human species may benefit from participating in the vital traditions of cultural norms and shared creative artistic visions. |
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