{"id":44670,"date":"2023-03-16T12:29:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T12:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/16\/national-dance-company-wows-audience\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T12:29:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T12:29:19","slug":"national-dance-company-wows-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/16\/national-dance-company-wows-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"National Dance Company Wows Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A rousing applause accompanied with wild cheers filled the National Theatre auditorium last Sunday evening as a thrilled audience showed appreciation to the special dance piece: \u2018Lingima\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Lingima\u2019 is a Dagbani word meaning the \u2018Armour of God\u2019, and the dance piece presents a multidimensional choreographed assessment of the Armour of God, inspired by Ghanaian dance forms.<\/p>\n<p>The performance highlighted the life cycle events of an individual and drew inspiration from the full armour of God (Ephesians Chapter Six) which Christians are called upon to put on to resist the wiles of evil.<\/p>\n<p>The full armour, according to the Bible, comprises the Belt of Truth, the Breastplates of Righteousness, the Gospel of Peace, the Shield of Faith, the Helmet of Salvation, and the Sword of the Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>The dance performance involved artistic movements with a blend of percussive dance styles, Ghanaian dances, and influences from other art forms in each piece of the Armour, distinctly.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Andy Marfo, Mr. Joel Owusu and Ms. Anne Ayeh, all students at the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, expressed their admiration for the stage arrangements, lighting effects, transitions and every other piece of the dance performance, adding that, the event had given a practical touch to their studies.<\/p>\n<p>They advised the youth to embrace traditional culture, shun evil and seek God in all their endeavours.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Amy Appiah-Frimpong, Executive Director, National Theatre of Ghana, in her welcome address, said the performance was their first production for the year and would set the ball rolling for other exciting activities. She said activities for this year had been carefully crafted to engage the audience and requested feedback to improve on subsequent productions.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Stephany Ursula Yamoah, Artistic Director, National Dance Company of Ghana, expressed worry over the low patronage of their shows and encouraged Ghanaians to continue supporting the Arts.<\/p>\n<p>She said they also lacked financial aid, and called on churches, civil society organisations and the affluent to support them to nurture talents.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Yamoah, also the Co-Choreographer of the \u2018Lingima\u2019 dance piece, bemoaned the lack of patriotism amongst the youth and preference for Western culture over the rich Ghanaian cultural values.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>GNA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 A rousing applause accompanied with wild cheers filled the National Theatre auditorium last Sunday evening as a thrilled audience showed appreciation to the special dance piece: \u2018Lingima\u2019. \u2018Lingima\u2019 is a Dagbani word meaning the \u2018Armour of God\u2019, and the dance piece presents a multidimensional choreographed assessment of the Armour of God, inspired by Ghanaian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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