Coming up at Alliance Francaise: “LAIMOMO”, A UNIQUE CREATIVE ARTS SHOW
Date: Wednesday
24th June,2015 Time:7:30pm Venue: Alliance Française Accra.
Creative artist, Akweley Bernice Animle presents “Laimomo”, a special
performance featuring many aspects of the creative arts: drama, dance, music,
poetry, painting and photography. This show will take place on Wednesday 24th
June 2015 as part of La Paillote Takpekpe events organized by Alliance
Francaise Accra to encourage and support the creative arts.
Laimomo seeks to criticize the then
and now,
taking into consideration sanitation issues and the fact that many have become
insensitive to the environment. The show aims to use drama, dance, music,
poetry, painting, photography and rap to inspire the audience to stand up
against all wrong doings; such as selling in the midst of filth and extortion
of tenants by landlords. It seeks to encourage people to go back to communal
living where being each other’s keeper was appreciated and emphasize the
importance of team work. The central focus of the performance is to question
the ever changing state of culture. The Audience is sure to experience a
painting brought to life by very talented actors.
Lai signifies ‘wood’ and momo denotes
‘old’. The two combined have a rather interesting birth which is; old wood.
This simply means the old wood is the best to use. Laimomo is a Ga term
which can be linked to the adinkra symbol of the Akans called sankofa
which means ‘go back and take it!’. According to the Akweley, director of the
show, “it is the old wood that ignites fire quickly hence its effectiveness in
the area of cooking and other areas that need the use of fire. We must learn to
go back to our roots and pick from there some vital values to aid our future.”
Akweley Bernice Animle Popularly
known as Nana Akweley Bernice 1st loves to talk, watch movies and
also participate in theatre or television productions. She has worked as a
stage manager for most productions such as Dom C's by Nyansapo, Wise
up and unshelved directed by Alfred Elikem Kunutsu. She has also worked
as technical Director for the plays Nasoebi and Odasani. She worked again
as a crew in Spirited Actor, by Tracy Moore, Alien King sound Crew,Leopard’s
Choice Production Assistant. She co-directed The trial of Dedan Kimithi
and directed 'PITY THE FOOL'by D.M Larson, SELFLESS an improvise
play for the Counseling and Placement Center of the University of Ghana and GRIP
AM by OLA ROMITI.
As a director and creative artist she believes her works should influence
societal behaviors positively. Akweley does not seek to change society but
rather create the avenue for change. “As a director I believe this country will
only develop when we start to value the creative arts and technical education”,
she stated.
Rate: GHC5
for adults / GHC3 for AF students and members / Free under 12
