Are you Looking for Exciting Black History Workshops?

Well you can stop looking now! It's all here from Street dance to African Drumming, Music Production + many more!
Trap Media presents its exciting series of multicultural workshops in conjunction with Black History Month.

Our 2007 Black History Month Season was a fantastic success with over 2,000 workshops and performances delivered across the UK and this year promises to be even more exciting! See our gallery for images.

Our Black History Series of Workshops Aims to:

We have many exciting creative workshops to support your multicultural activities in Dance, Drama, Music & Visual/Multi Media Arts, plus we can customise any workshop or performance specifically to meet your needs! See below for a list our popular workshops.

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African Drumming Workshops - (Highly Recommended)

Step into the beauty of African culture for a day and experience traditional drumming music workshop from Ghana, Senegal & Cameroon. During this African drumming workshop participants will collaborate with master drummers to learn the art of drumming leading to an uplifting and collaborative performance.

Traditional African Drumming Workshop @ Friern Barnet School

African drumming has a great cultural heritage and is an incredibly popular workshop. Africa has a rich variety of instruments and many call it the “drum continent”.

In this African Drumming workshop, a drum circle will be created and a master drummer will teach participants how to play the Djembe drum. Participants will also learn the significance and uses of drumming in African culture, where they are always an accompaniment for any manner of ceremony, such as births, deaths marriages etc.

To book a African Drumming Workshop please Contact Us today on 0844 561 7246.m

 

African & Caribbean Dance Workshops:

A traditional dance experience not to be missed! This is a fun and lively dance workshop, which is not only enjoyable but also serves to educate participants about the meanings of the dances in the African and Caribbean societies from which they originate.

Ghanaian African dance workshop @ Leytonstone School

Our African & Caribbean dance workshops are designed to introduce participants to the rich culture of the African/Caribbean people as experienced in their dance, rhythm, and music, which are vital means of expression. In this workshop, participants gain a deeper understanding of African dance culture.

Participants will learn how to respond to the African & Caribbean rhythms that accompany the dances by clapping and singing the rhythmic patterns. Songs will be taught that accompany certain dances. To broaden their awareness, children will learn about the musical instruments and important cultural aspects of the countries where the dances originated.

To book a African/Caribbean Dance workshop please Contact Us today on 0844 561 7246

Street Dance/Hip Dance & Break Dance Workshops - (Highly Recommended)

This is an incredibly popular workshop, which encourages individuality, originality, and personal style.  Participants will learn the latest moves and techniques such as free styling, breaking, waving, popping, and locking from our top street dancers, and discover how this dance form is rooted and influenced by traditional African dance.

Street dance workshop @ St Helens & Katherine School

The songs and music used are geared to the current charts using popular music that fits the hip-hop realm. This dance workshop is very practical – you get stuck straight in learning moves and a full-choreographed routine that will even impress yourself!

To book a Street dance or Hip Hop workshop please Contact Us today on 0844 561 7246.

Carnival Arts & Mask/Costume Making Workshops:

These workshops look at the role of street art within parades, carnivals, street theatre, festivals and celebrations. The use of colour, creativity and costume is explored. Participants are encouraged to create their own designs, try on and make head dresses, props and accessories. 

Carnival Venetian Mask Making Workshop @ THe Astley Cooper School

Carnival is a popular celebration across the world, and this celebration is characterised by colourful costumes and masks. In the workshop, participants also learn about the meaning and representations of certain masks, such as the spiritual uses of masks evident in some ancient African traditions.

To book a Carnival Mask Making Workshop please call us today on 0844 561 7246.

 

Afro Cuban (Samba) & Brazilian Drumming Workshops:

A lively and energetic musical extravaganza; this workshop recreates the sounds from the street carnivals of Rio. Participants will learn to play the most popular and influential Brazilian rhythms, or Afro –Cuban rhythms, that can be heard in carnivals and parades.

Brazilian & Samba Percussion @ FBS School

This workshop mixes elements of Afro cuban and Afro brazilian rhythms. The music is a fusion of ideas, drawn from a wide range of rhythms that include Samba, Reggae, Cuban styles of Bata, Rumba and other traditional sounds from Brazil.

Instruments from small Agogo bells to huge Surdo drum & djembes will be used to create the unmistakable rhythmic language of Brazilian the sound.

To book a Afro Cuban Drumming Workshop please Contact Us today on 0844 561 7246.

African Storytelling Workshops:

Experience the rich history and myths of the African continent with our interactive African Storytelling Workshops.

There may be no fires to sit around in our urban settings, but story telling lives on! Stories were told to make children aware of the world and to encourage good values in their lives.

Our African Storytelling workshop is an age old tradition, and serves as oral vehicle for imparting values and cultural ethics to the younger generation while providing entertainment and recreation. Historically, African Storytelling was essentially a communal participatory experience and therefore ideally for school environments.  Stories are told by our authentic West African storytellers with the emphasis on full interaction through song, chant, music, or dance.

African Storytelling Workshop & Music @ St Vincent Primary School

Participants also have the opportunity to discover, touch and play beautiful hand-made instruments. The beauty of African storytelling is that it is fashioned around myths and cosmological beliefs with wonderfully expressive characters and adventures designed to stimulate imagination.

As with all our workshops, African Storytelling can be customised to meet the needs of participants. All Stories are chosen and adapted according to various age groups. We recommend that African Storytelling workshops be combined with either African Dance or Music to make the workshop more interactive to participants.

To book a African Storytelling Workshop please Contact Us today on 0844 561 7246.

Want More Workshops to Consider?

Street Jazz, Music Production, Emceeing & Djing, Drama based topics - Slavery, Hero's, Storytelling, Samba Dance, Salsa, Rap & Spoken Word, African Jewellery Making, Short Film, Brazilian Caperoia.

If there is a particular workshop you require that we have not mentioned, please contact us on 0844 561 7246. Remember we can provide and customise something just for you. Also see our on our main site for more Dance Workshops, Music Workshops, Visual Arts Workshops and Drama Workshops.

 

Read Our Testimonials from Satisfied Customers:

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for performing at our Black History Month Event 2007 at The College of NW London. The students and staff found your African Drumming workshop and performances to be both inspirational and motivating. Your presence helped make the occasion a memorable one and we are truly grateful for your time and commitment.

We hope to see you again at our future events and wish you all the best in the future endeavours."

O. Asika
College of North West London


"I wanted to pass on many thanks to Lydia who did a fantastic day of African dance workshops - I've had nothing but great comments from all who were involved. Many thanks from the staff and the children at Aylward."

R. Patel
Aylward F&M School

"Dear Trap Media on behalf of the St Thomas primary school, the participants and staff want to say thank you for all the artists you provided for our Carnival arts and Black History Month workshops; the children where overwhelmed by the various workshops especially the mask making sessions, thank you for that special Brazilian Drumming performance.

I recommend using Trap Media for creative workshops in schools, they provide consistency with artists, making sure they are of the highest caliber before sending them"

R Kline
St Thomas Primary School

"I am writing to thank you for all your efforts during the recent Theatrical mask making workshop you delivered to our year 10 and 12 BTEC Performing Arts students. It was clearly evident you had spent considerable time and energy preparing and planning the day.

The students clearly enjoyed the workshop and the opportunity it gave them to them explore materials and techniques they would not normally use. For me it was fantastic to see them all so eager and really enjoying their work, and I was thoroughly impressed with the work produced. Once again, thank you for a very productive and enjoyable day"

Mrs L Cassidy
The Astley Cooper College

"I want to extend a huge thank you, for the street dance workshop you delivered to our school. It was so refreshing to see everyone from young to old, students to teachers absolutely 100% enjoying themselves. You managed to put a smile on about 200 kid’s faces. It was hip and trendy with a bit of attitude.

We look forward to working with you in the future. Thanks again!

J. Beard
School of St Helen and St Katharine

 

 

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