Comparative Civilizations 12
PULSE: A STOMP ODYSSEY
What better way to spend a Sunday evening than enjoying a feast of sight and sound and rhythm at the Victoria IMAX? Comparative Civilizations 12 students did just that last Sunday evening. “Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey” has to do with the universal language of rhythm. Described as “a visual and auditory celebration of diversity and culture, rhythm and humanity” the show lightened our hearts and loosened our souls. Just plain foot-tapping fun – and what a unique opportunity – to consider the notion of a universal pulse loudly and energetically proclaimed by percussion groups from Brazil, West Africa, Japan, India, and Botswana, and by bell ringers ringing the fourteen bells of Winchester cathedral all tuned to the key of C. Add flamenco dancer, Eva la Yerbabuena’s accelerated heel beats from Granada, Spain, and Maori people in New Zealand whirling the ‘Porotiti’, and you have it all – the lovely crashing and sighing pulse of humanity. Thanks to instruments loaned by Jenny Ferris, the class created our own “Pulse” in class the next day!
– Sue Newns