About Hip Hop Duende
Fantastic, presented beautifully - Othniel, Casula High School, Grade 9
Thank you so much. You are fantastic and your positive energy filled the room - Christine Argyli, audience at Rum 'n' Drums
Hip Hop Duende is Annalise Friend (Slapsista) and Claudia Chambers. Two experienced performers, facilitators and teachers, they bring together artistic influences that range from performance poetry and body percussion to flamenco dance and funky box-drum cajons. Their interactive performances, workshops, team-building sessions and ice-breakers share the magic (duende) of rhythm.
Hip Hop Duende have performed for festivals such as Viva la Gong, Feastability, and Bankstown Bites; for High Schools such as Canberra Grammar, Northmead High, and MLC School Sydney; and for primary schools such as Katoomba, Bidwell, Campbelltown East and Blakehurst.
Claudia and Annalise have facilitated professional development sessions for teachers, mentored an exciting group of Pacific Islander boys, the Jabberwocky Juniors, who won Polyfest 2009, ignited rhythmic fun for International Womens Day, and delivered successful, repeat workshops in boys juvenile detention and for accessible arts festivals.
A Hip Hop Duende highlight is rapping, clapping and tapping with audience and listeners for two years running as a part of the ABC Radio 702 Knit In, which culminated in a Guinness Book of Records attempt for the largest knitting-needle percussion ensemble!
A unique duo of female Australian rhythmatists, Hip Hop Duende express and inspire!
Thank you so much. You are fantastic and your positive energy filled the room - Christine Argyli, audience at Rum 'n' Drums
Hip Hop Duende is Annalise Friend (Slapsista) and Claudia Chambers. Two experienced performers, facilitators and teachers, they bring together artistic influences that range from performance poetry and body percussion to flamenco dance and funky box-drum cajons. Their interactive performances, workshops, team-building sessions and ice-breakers share the magic (duende) of rhythm.
Hip Hop Duende have performed for festivals such as Viva la Gong, Feastability, and Bankstown Bites; for High Schools such as Canberra Grammar, Northmead High, and MLC School Sydney; and for primary schools such as Katoomba, Bidwell, Campbelltown East and Blakehurst.
Claudia and Annalise have facilitated professional development sessions for teachers, mentored an exciting group of Pacific Islander boys, the Jabberwocky Juniors, who won Polyfest 2009, ignited rhythmic fun for International Womens Day, and delivered successful, repeat workshops in boys juvenile detention and for accessible arts festivals.
A Hip Hop Duende highlight is rapping, clapping and tapping with audience and listeners for two years running as a part of the ABC Radio 702 Knit In, which culminated in a Guinness Book of Records attempt for the largest knitting-needle percussion ensemble!
A unique duo of female Australian rhythmatists, Hip Hop Duende express and inspire!
Here is a pdf which lists our experience with schools and youth organisations, festivals parties and events, and workplace team building.
| hhd_experience.pdf |
About Claudia
Starting off with a strong interest in Flamenco dance, Claudia moved to Spain where she lived for five years studying dance and percussion. While in Barcelona, she encountered the cajon, and began studying with some of Spain’s leading Flamenco percussionists including Juan Flores (Duquende, Manuel Soto), Isaac Figueras (Chiquelo, Diego Carrasco) and Pepe Motos (Sara Baras Flamenco Company, Paco de Lucia).
After a year of playing for local Flamenco dancers in Barcelona, she was offered touring work with Mexican guitar virtuosos, Rodrigo y Gabriela. Moving to Ireland to record with them on their album, Re-foc, Claudia then began to work with other artists such as jazz duo, Zrazy, Spanish group, Viento y Fuego and Irish folk legend Luka Bloom, as well as working with American contemporary dance choreographer, Paul Estabrook as live percussionist.
Since moving back to Australia in 2005, Claudia has collaborated with Los Carmonas, Flamenco Dreaming, Flamenco Fire, Gipsy Rhythms, Gian and many others.
A registered secondary teacher, with a dance teaching qualification, and a Workplace Category 4 Trainer, Claudia has over 15 years’ experience teaching and facilitating people of many ages, backgrounds and abilities.
After a year of playing for local Flamenco dancers in Barcelona, she was offered touring work with Mexican guitar virtuosos, Rodrigo y Gabriela. Moving to Ireland to record with them on their album, Re-foc, Claudia then began to work with other artists such as jazz duo, Zrazy, Spanish group, Viento y Fuego and Irish folk legend Luka Bloom, as well as working with American contemporary dance choreographer, Paul Estabrook as live percussionist.
Since moving back to Australia in 2005, Claudia has collaborated with Los Carmonas, Flamenco Dreaming, Flamenco Fire, Gipsy Rhythms, Gian and many others.
A registered secondary teacher, with a dance teaching qualification, and a Workplace Category 4 Trainer, Claudia has over 15 years’ experience teaching and facilitating people of many ages, backgrounds and abilities.
About Annalise (Slapsista)
Annalise's rhythmic journey really kicked off upon meeting Australian percussionist Greg Sheehan in Byron Bay. She loved absorbing his approach to rhythm and experiencing the joys of body percussion.
Slapsista has performed movement, spoken word, body percussion and percussion at festivals such as Woodford Folk Festival and Newtown Festival, at many gigs such as poetry slams. Annalise has taught and facilitated courses, workshops, icebreakers in body percussion, improvised movement, and drumming with kids, executives, grandmas and teenagers. She has also completed a Community Coach Training and a Kalani Drum Circle Music (DCM) Facilitator Training.
Meanwhile, her love of writing has culminated in her double degree with distinction majoring in English Literatures and Creative Writing. Following from her First Class Honours thesis on Pacific hip hop, Annalise is now working towards a PhD on hip hop artists from Australia, New Zealand and Canada, as well as developing her poetic MC-ing.
Annalise loves sharing her passion for rhythm, movement and words, such as when a stomping-good body percussion rhythm becomes an all-inclusive group sound.
Slapsista has performed movement, spoken word, body percussion and percussion at festivals such as Woodford Folk Festival and Newtown Festival, at many gigs such as poetry slams. Annalise has taught and facilitated courses, workshops, icebreakers in body percussion, improvised movement, and drumming with kids, executives, grandmas and teenagers. She has also completed a Community Coach Training and a Kalani Drum Circle Music (DCM) Facilitator Training.
Meanwhile, her love of writing has culminated in her double degree with distinction majoring in English Literatures and Creative Writing. Following from her First Class Honours thesis on Pacific hip hop, Annalise is now working towards a PhD on hip hop artists from Australia, New Zealand and Canada, as well as developing her poetic MC-ing.
Annalise loves sharing her passion for rhythm, movement and words, such as when a stomping-good body percussion rhythm becomes an all-inclusive group sound.
