Being Born A Girl - NEW PROJECT on STEEMIT - 🎼 tap dance, song and poetry 👣

elenahornfilm (64) in photography • 7 years ago (edited)

Hello Steemians !

I would like to tell you about a little project that we just started.
It’s called: Being Born A Girl
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Candice, a dear friend from France and magnificent Tap Dancer will travel with me to Burkina Faso in order to research for a stage performance. The piece speaks about experiences that girls have spanning the entire world. It’s based on a text called Variations sérieuses by Emanuelle delle Piane. We are working with a translation by Kristine Greenaway. Just to give you an impression, give this little piece a read:

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Píu animato

Rape as a weapon of war in armed conflicts
It
Is a weapon Powerful
A fantastic weapon Easy, cheap Strategic, tactical

It
Is a weapon that punishes, terrorizes, humiliates Admirably
A true weapon of war, it is
Universal
No matter which continent, country or conflict

It
Is a weapon
A weapon that doesn’t kill on impact
A weapon that infects, that rots
The body and the mind
After it, no more self-respect, no more dignity No more acceptable descendants, just bastards
The enemy’s child deep inside
A worm in the apple
An apple thrown on the garbage heap Disowned by its own
Because ruined by the enemy, forever

It
Is a weapon
Fearful
Woman killer
Without a shot
That massacres
With impunity
After it, no outcry, no justice, no compensation Or nothing but an illusion

It
Is a weapon
Effective
An extraordinary war machine

It
Is rape Simply Too simply
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Candice employs Tap Dance, Singing and Speaking as her ways of interpreting Emanuelle delle Piane’s texts. I will support her with film. Tap is a truly male dominated field. That’s why we try to conquer this language in order to communicate something so quintessentially female.
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The main topics of the performance will be gang rape, genital mutilation and child marriage. These are heavy topics but they will be embedded in music and dance so we can dare to approach them.
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Candice Shoes.png

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We will also bring Tap Shoes to our collaborating dancers in Burkina Faso. So, if you upvote this post, you support the project Being Born A Girl. Candice and I greatly thank you for your help and that you support the performing arts. We must bring these female experiences onto the the stage and into the centre of society.
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🚒 Steem on and keep the fire! 🚒

Yours dearly,
Elena and Ale

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7 years ago by elenahornfilm (64)

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crypto.journo (37) · 7 years ago (edited)

A fascinating project that I will surely follow! I'm curious to read more about it! Such a touching poem as well!

Thank you!
@crypto.journo 🌷

rohit08 (39) · 7 years ago

nice art

elenahornfilm (64) · 7 years ago

Merci, thank you dear @rohit08 !

prabhdeep (0) · 7 years ago

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elenahornfilm (64) · 7 years ago

Thank you very much, dear @prabhdeep !

pushpendra83 (35) · 7 years ago

An amazing project...
I like it very much

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elenahornfilm (64) · 7 years ago

Hello dear @pushpendra83 - that's very kind of you - thank you!

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