North Glasgow International Festival
4 June 2005, Sighthill, Glasgow
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In 2004, over 15,000 people came together for the North Glasgow International Festival. They enjoyed a great day out and celebrated the cultural diversity of the Sighthill area.
This year, the festival incorporates the theme of African Culture and is set to follow the success of previous years. |
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North Glasgow Arts & Regeneration Network and North Glasgow International Festival have created a number of projects to involve the local community in the festival. Some of the highlights include:
• Mischief La Bas - who have been actively involved in the North Glasgow International Festival for a number of years, are running a series a series workshops with Toonspeak Young People’s Theatre. The workshops will focus on developing plot lines and character development for sketches which will be performed at throughout the festival day.
• TePOOKa are working with Possil-based MADD Arts on circus skills and clowning workshops. The workshops will develop a short clowning performance to be showcased on the community stage at the festival and circus skills will be presented throughout the festival parade. Two artists from tePOOKa will also put on adhoc performances throughout the day around the festival site.
• Sidekick Dance Crew will perform a series of four short dance pieces incorporating the cultural styles of dance from Scotland, France, America and Ireland. Taking the theme of ‘Around the World’, Linda Kesson has co-ordinated the performance and, with 120 participants, it promises to be a celebration of international dance. Young people from Operation Reclaim at the Red Road Project, working with designers and arts tutors, have created accessories and costumes for the Sidekick Dance Crew. Eight of the senior members of Sidekick will also work alongside the highly acclaimed Scottish Dance Theatre to produce a new five minute dance piece to be performed at the festival.
Since March 2000, the north of Glasgow, and the Sighthill area in particular, have received over 4,000 asylum seekers and refugees as part of the Asylum Seeker Dispersal Programme. Families from over 70 different nationalities, speaking more than 40 different languages, are now represented in the community.
The North Glasgow International Festival was launched in 2000 to celebrate the cultural diversity of the area and build bridges between local people, asylum seekers and refugees through music, dance, arts, sports and fun. Organised by community safety officers at Strathclyde Police's Baird Street police office and Glasgow City Council, with funding from the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council and from the Scottish Executive, the festival has developed into a major event on the Glasgow calendar.
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For further information on the projects above, contact North Glasgow International Festival Projects Liaison Marsha Luti by email. |
Visit the North Glasgow Community Portal for information on North Glasgow Arts & Regeneration Network and much more. |