Awards will be given to teachers who have been nominated by their colleagues for having a significant impact at their schools. Dijana Plestina of Wooster College and wife of Ivica Racan, Prime Minister of Croatia, is one of the main speakers. Another is Veljko Vujacic, who teaches sociology at Oberlin college. He is from Serbia. There will also be a workshop on beginning dance.
Registration starts a half hour before each workshop.
The Iroko Drum and Dance Society led by Olugbala Manns and Dance Afrika Dance with Akil Hanif Marshall and Okantah will perform, along with the Drumplay percussion ensemble. Poets Daniel Thompson and Leilani Barrett will also participate. Community College Ave., Cleveland. Students from Parikh's Nupur School of Dance in Parma are also on the program. Kathak, a north India dance form, is characterized by rapid footwork, complex rhythms and heavy ankle bells that the dancers wear.