DREAM UP! DRUM UP!

From 24th of March to 3rd of April

Following on from a first project carried out with our partners Artscape and Barefeet between 2018 and 2020, “Dream up! Drum up! pursues the overall objective of organizing the conditions for young people in vulnerable situations to benefit from high-quality artistic, socio-educational and managerial systems to mobilize them, connect them and empower them from the local level to the international.

For this first mobility, we find our partner Barefeet Theater in Lusaka and 2 other teams of 14 people, coming from South Africa (our partner Artscape) and Toulouse. 

The latter has already exceeded our expectations: good socio-educational practices in the process of being formalized for potential economic exploitation, transmission of cultural management tools, musical fusion made immediately possible thanks to the work carried out upstream by Ivan, visit to the embassy of the EU, performance on national TV and radio show for media coverage…

An extremely rich week therefore, carried by a warm atmosphere mixing reunions and first encounters! A big thank you to Barefeet for the quality of its welcome, before everyone meets in Toulouse for the second stage of this exciting project!

From June the 27th to July the 5th

The second stage of the “Dream up! Drum up!”, with Barefeet (Zambia) and Artscape (South Africa) finally took place over the period from June 27 to July 5 at Samba Résille!

These days of reception in Toulouse were punctuated by rehearsals of percussion, singing and wind instruments, sometimes accompanied by other groups within Samba Résille. The objective was to bring to life the beautiful artistic collaboration started in Lusaka, during the first mobility which had already exceeded our expectations. The stay also gave rise to numerous workshops: Frevo dance, cooking, graffiti and round tables... Meeting times, both formal and informal, were organised. We were lucky to be received by the COCU; and the Zambians of Barefeet were able to exchange with young people in musical initiation course and the Batucabraille at the IJA.

The fruit of all this work was presented on June 30 at the 7th Meeting of African Studies in France, at the University of Toulouse Jean Jaures, in the form of a symposium and an outdoor demonstration.
The neighborhood party on July 2 also allowed the public to discover the richness of “Dream up! Drum up!”. After the animation of an Icebreaker workshop by Barefeet and a presentation of the project, the collaborative musical programming resonated throughout the rue Roquelaine, participating in this successful anniversary event!

The mobility then continued until July 10 with a departure for Paris and then Brussels.

From September 2 to 11, 2022

After a welcome from toulouse memorable in the festive setting of 30 years of Samba Fishnet, project teams have met in Cape Town in early September. In addition to the discovery of the highly anticipated life of the musicians of the Pacific Brass Band from Wellington to the north of Cape Town, the mobility has been marked by the encounter with the choir, malay, in the premises of Artscape. The malay culture, as recorded in the painful past of slavery, a blend of eastern influences and jazz to tell this cultural melting pot unique that can't be found than in Cape Town.

The week was punctuated by numerous workshops and artistic performances, including the very nice graph of Olmo in the corridors of Artscape !

Du 13 au 19 novembre 2022

Dernière mobilité de bilan avec les leaders des trois organisations afin dresser les objectifs atteints, permettre de comprendre les acquis et de poser les jalons de futures perspectives.