Nagginda’s ballerinas
Nov 15, 2004
Pessimists, especially kingdom ‘loyals’ who have silently bemoaned the prospect of Buganda’s queen introducing ‘foreign’ (ballet) dance lessons at the expense of the traditional kiganda dance, should think otherwise or forever keep silent, after one of the queens projects — the Kampala b
Pessimists, especially kingdom ‘loyals’ who have silently bemoaned the prospect of Buganda’s queen introducing ‘foreign’ (ballet) dance lessons at the expense of the traditional kiganda dance, should think otherwise or forever keep silent, after one of the queens projects — the Kampala ballet and modern dance School — kicked off with a plomb.
Thursday witnessed the official launch of the school that only opened in August 2004, offering quality and affordable lessons to pre-primary, primary and secondary school going children in and around the city.
Apart from the cutting of the tape by Buganda’s Queen Sylvia Nagginda and Toro’s queen mother Best Kemigisa, the highlight of the evening was watching the crowd enjoy the dance performances by the pioneer students of the school and a visiting dance troupe from South Africa.
Beverly Guiney Acquisto, of the Beverly Giuney Acquisto Academy of Dance in Pretoria, SA, under whose expert tutelage the students performed, couldn’t hide her glee.
“This is great. The outfits and the movements are just absolutely breathtaking. I will have to take a video of the performance to the Royal Academy of Dance (UK) just to prove how black children also fit in the classical ballet form,†she said.
The girls and boys, aged between three and 11, all in dazzling and telling outfit, glided gracefully onto the stage like swans in synchronised movements, drawing deserved applause from parents and sponsors who included, Enterprise Uganda, BUDS, The Ruparelia Group of companies, WBS TV, Club Silk, Total (U), Tropical bank among many others.
James and Sarah Mulwana were lucky recipients of pair of Tutus (ballerina dresses) after they topped an auction with sh0.6m.
The patron and founder, the Nnabageraka, said ballet grooms the child into a disciplined, self confident, poised individual and increases self-esteem, expression, communication and self-motivation.
Even before she wound up her speech, I finally knew which school to take my daughter, not with all the stories I have heard about Universal Primary Education.
Thursday witnessed the official launch of the school that only opened in August 2004, offering quality and affordable lessons to pre-primary, primary and secondary school going children in and around the city.
Apart from the cutting of the tape by Buganda’s Queen Sylvia Nagginda and Toro’s queen mother Best Kemigisa, the highlight of the evening was watching the crowd enjoy the dance performances by the pioneer students of the school and a visiting dance troupe from South Africa.
Beverly Guiney Acquisto, of the Beverly Giuney Acquisto Academy of Dance in Pretoria, SA, under whose expert tutelage the students performed, couldn’t hide her glee.
“This is great. The outfits and the movements are just absolutely breathtaking. I will have to take a video of the performance to the Royal Academy of Dance (UK) just to prove how black children also fit in the classical ballet form,†she said.
The girls and boys, aged between three and 11, all in dazzling and telling outfit, glided gracefully onto the stage like swans in synchronised movements, drawing deserved applause from parents and sponsors who included, Enterprise Uganda, BUDS, The Ruparelia Group of companies, WBS TV, Club Silk, Total (U), Tropical bank among many others.
James and Sarah Mulwana were lucky recipients of pair of Tutus (ballerina dresses) after they topped an auction with sh0.6m.
The patron and founder, the Nnabageraka, said ballet grooms the child into a disciplined, self confident, poised individual and increases self-esteem, expression, communication and self-motivation.
Even before she wound up her speech, I finally knew which school to take my daughter, not with all the stories I have heard about Universal Primary Education.