Sock Safari
Submitted by Anna Rosenfelder on Thu, 03 Sep 09
The Safari Sock Performance trail was comissioned by the Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures as part of "Great Explorations! Around the world in one day!" . This was the theme of an adventure packed program which filled the People´s Park on the Festival Sunday.
Twenty children were invited to become young explorers: equipped with a sock puppet each , they embarked on an interactive one hour journey around the world- led by two curious explorers (puppeteer Anna Rosenfelder, musician Eoin O Brien ) and a courageous Sock Puppet .
Inspired by the locations in people´s park (Bandstand, Bengal Tiger tent, African Plains Picnic area, Anatarctic Explorer´s tent), the expedition featured a number of challenges and adventures: the group climbed up mount Everest, escaped a furocious Bengal Tiger, learned a hungarian folk dance , listened to an african tale and made their way through a self-made tunnel to anarctica and a final penguins´dance.
General Information
Project Dates:
30 Aug 2009
Project length:
Two 1 hour sessions
Location:
Urban
County or Counties:
Dublin
Related Organisation(s):
DLR County Council's Festival of World Cultures
St Patrick´s Day Festival
Funding Bodies:
arts council
failte
Related Artists:
Eoin O´Brien (musician)
Participants
Age range of participants:
3-5
5-7
8-11
How many participants in each session?:
20
How many participants over the life of the project:
40 (plus accompanying parents, siblings, walk-by audiences)
Total contact hours:
2
