Sponsors
The Department of African American Studies, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Friends of the Symposium

The Mission
Rationale
Objectives
Guyana Folk Festival Statement on Use of Copyrighted Material
Ohio University's Department of African American Studies College of Arts and Sciences
Friends of the Symposium

The Symposium Committee
Dr. Vibert Cambridge
Dr. Aubrey Bonnett
Dr. Juliet Emanuel

Sub Committees
MEDIA
Coordinator: Angela Massiah, MBA; Guyana Broadcasters North America
FRIENDS OF THE SYMPOSIUM
Co Coordinator: Matie Singh, The Lotus Rose

The Catering Service, MBJ

Gifts: Ginger Root

SPECIAL APPRECIATION
Donors and Friends of the Symposium

PROGRAM

Saturday, September 3, 2005

Sessions and video documentaries
Richard Harris Terrace and Promenade
Room N411 and other rooms (TBA)

Books and artifacts Coordinator: Ms. Muriel Glasgow.

Curator of dance exhibit:

• Gail-Ann Bumbry, (M.A. International Affairs (2006) Center for International Studies) Ohio University
• Nadine Cambridge, B.A. Sociology (2007) Department of Sociology, Ohio University
• Dr. Vibert Cambridge, Ohio University

Registrar: Dr. Juliet Emanuel
Assistant Registrar: Dr. Yvonne McCallum-Peters
Assistant to Registrar: Lorna McKenzie

Registration Fee: $25.00
Registration badges must be worn by all persons throughout the Symposium. Press passes required for all media. These passes must be worn visibly at all times Photographers must obtain clearance from Guyana Cultural Association, The Secretariat. All members of media, including photographers, must have clearance from Secretariat before entering any part of symposium site including classrooms.

Registration and Book Exhibit:
All day
Richard Harris Terrace: The Promenade.

Breakfast 8.00am to 11am
Lunch: 12:30pm -1:30pm

8:00
Registration (continues all day)
The Promenade Richard Harris Terrace

All Exhibitions open throughout the day
Book signings as scheduled

Dance Master Classes
Register before 11:30 am.

THE PROGRAM

9: 00 - 9:10 am
Welcome: Dr. Vibert Cambridge
Introduction of Symposium Team

9:10 - 9:20
Address by Hon Bayney Karran or other representative of Guyana

9:20 - 9:30
Introduction : Dr. Vibert Cambridge, Ohio University
Address: Dr. Prem Misir, Pro Chancellor, University of Guyana
“Possibilities for Collaboration with Scholars within Global Guyana: an exploration.”

9:30 - 9:40
Celebrating Guyanese Dance
“Considerations on Theme: Focussing on the ART of DANCE GUYANA.”
Dr. Vibert Cambridge with Performance by Verna Patterson Walcott

MATRIX ONE
Our Amerindian Heritage

9:45 - 10:10
THE SYMPOSIUM ADDRESS
Introduction: Dr. Vibert Cambridge, Ohio University
Address: Dr. Desry Caesar-Fox, Coordinator, Amerindian Research Unit, University of Guyana; Curator, Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology, Guyana
“The Significance of Dance in the Indigenous Cultures of Guyana”

Panel 1
10:15 - 10:45
The Voicing the Dance of the Amerindian
Panel Chair: Dr. Marguerite Thompson, Brooklyn College/City University of New York; Guyana Art and Education Centre
Presenters: The Rev. Lloyd Andries, NY: “An Invitation to Dance.”
Ms. Jennifer Valenzuela Horatio, NY: “Reflections on an Amerindian Childhood: Considering Dance.”

Question and Answer.

MATRIX TWO
Emerging and Merging Forms: Issues with European and other Continental Forms

10.50 -11.15
Panel 2
Crossing the line
Facilitator: Dr. Yvonne McCallum Peters
Presenter: Dr. Vibert Cambridge

The Exponents and Innovators in Guyanese Dance: A discussion
Philip McClintock; Gora Singh; Helen Taitt; Beryl Perriera; Pia Pyaree, Doris Harper Wills, Ivy Campbell and others.
Audience participation

11:20 - 11:45
Panel 3
Social Dance in Post World War II
Discussant: Ms. Verna Patterson Walcott
Presenter : Godfrey Chin, USA: “Social Dance in Post World War II.”
Question and Answer

11:55 - 12:20
Panel 4
Dance and the Word
Facilitator: Dr. Joyce Harte, BMCC/CUNY
Presenters Dr. Prem Misir, University of Guyana: “Exploring the Intersection of the Guyanese Word and Dance in the Post-independence era”
Dr. Juliet Emanuel, BMCC/CUNY: “The Dance in the oeuvre of selected Guyanese authors: Bacchus, Mittelholzer, Seymour and Heath.”
Question and Answer follows

12:30 -1:30 p.m.
Lunch

Program
1:10 - 1:30 p.m.
Dance, Drum and Verse
Andrea Douglas
Zeggea
James Richmond

1:40 - 2: 15
Panel 5A
The Art of the Dance in Modern Guyana: Performance and Healing
Facilitator: Dr. Yvonne McCallum Peters
Presenter: Malcolm Hall, NY: “Historicizing the form: Reflections on Modern Dance in Guyana.”
Presenter: Rose Edun October, N.Y. “Dance as Therapy.”
Question and Answer

Panels 5B and 5C
(THESE SESSIONS END AT 4:30)
THE MASTER CLASSES
Loose clothing suitable for movement required. All participants must register at beginning of conference.

Panel 5B: Led by Verna Patterson Walcott
Room: Room 411

Panel 5C: Led by Rose October Edun
Room TBA

Panel 6
2:15 -2:40
Aspects of the Public Sphere
Introduction: Dr. Juliet Emanuel, BMCC/CUNY
Presenter: Dr. Bernard Heydorn, Independent Scholar, Ontario, Canada: “Dance Hall and Other Venues.”
Discussant: Dr. Prem Misir, University of Guyana

BREAK
2:40- 3:00

MATRIX THREE:
THE MAJOR DANCE FORMS

Panel 7
3:00 - 3:55 p.m.
EXPLORING ASIA: Our Asian Heritage
Discussant: Pritha Singh
“Classic movement and Contemporary Form:” A video from Romanie Kallicharan, M.A.
Romesh C. D. Singh: “Illustrated Reflections on East Indian Folk Dances of Guyana.”
Question and Answer follows.

Panel 8
4:00- 4:55
EXPLORING AFRICA: Our African Heritage
Facilitator: Dr. Rudolph Shaw, UN
Documentary: Kean Gibson (1993): African Guyanese Dance Traditions. This video contains a survey of African Guyanese dances associated with marriage, religion and death.
Presenter: Ms. Andrea Douglas, M.A. “Guyana Masquerade: A testimony to a Rich Heritage.”
Discussant: Dr. David Hinds

4:55 -5:05 pm
Address
Ms. Doris Harper Wills: “Dance and the Schoolchild.”

5:05- 6:00 pm.
DANCE PROGRAM
Exhibition from Master Classes
Performances
The Dance Troupes from Guyana

Symposium ends.