The dancing initiative and BEAT!

Last night i went to the Grosvenor Community Centre in West Belfast for the dance lessons project. It was really exciting for the girls...and for me ofcourse. The girls got salsa lessons from a Columbian lady. So it was i think the first time for many of the girls to meet up with girls from 'the otherside' let alone a foriegner. This confrontation was interesting for me to observe. I shall be following these girls once a week.

Went looking for the 'Beat initiative' today in East Belfast. It's a carnival orgainzation which do many cross-community works, so a very interesting orgainzation for me. It's close to an interface area and a 'hotspot' so to speak. Many segragated areas are sometimes literally around the corner to eachother so you can imagine what close confrontation can do....the whole area infront of it looks like an urban battlefield.
'The hanger in which all the props of the carnival etc. are kept'