NAN-ELS-8
Dance
By Taiye Baiyerohi
Lagos, Nov. 16, 2016 (NAN) A dance instructor, Isioma Williams, has called on the Federal Government and corporate organisations to provide a viable platforms through which talented individuals could be trained in drumming and dancing.
Williams told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that such would enable interested individuals to pursue their career goals.
The instructor said that the government needed to partner with dance and music instructors to effectively train talented upcoming artistes.
He added that his call was based on a recent experience he had with individuals in the ongoing “Jang-gu Drumming Workshop’’; but lacked the means to complete the programme.
“I have to give some discounts and I have been responsible for their breakfast since the commencement of the workshop.
“We need assistance from the Federal Government and corporate bodies that can partner with us to groom upcoming artistes,’’ Williams said.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the “Jang-gu Drum’’ is a South Korean drum which has some similarities with the South-West Bata Drum.
Williams said that after the drummers had been trained, they would in turn train others like them; thereby promoting the Nigerian cultural heritage through the process.
“We will be achieving a lot when these people are trained, our culture will be preserved.
“Then we can have a larger transportation of our indigenous dance and music to the foreign world,’’ he said. (NAN)
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(Edited by Emmanuel Okara/Peter Ejiofor)