- Ali Pretty
Ali Pretty is a
carnival designer, founding member and artistic director of Kinetika - a non-profit performing arts company.Ali has designed and directed numerous productions for Kinetika including: Tiger Out East! 2006/2007, Roads To Freedom 2005, The Olympic Torch Relay Schools Project 2004,Din Shuru 2003,
Yemanja 2002, People on The Move for Celebrate South Africa 2001.Ali has worked internationally with many arts organisations including:
WOMAD ,Trinidad Carnival working withPeter Minshall to create winning costumes forThe Callaloo Company , The Atlanta Olympics Opening Ceremonies (costumes commissioned byPeter Minshall ), Parade of the Circle - TheCleveland Museum of Art , Ohio, The Carnival of Human Rights in Johannesburg, Kumasi Carnival, Ghana, TheSolstice Parade in Seattle, Cortejo Afro,Salvador Carnival, Brazil.At home she designed 3 winning bands for
Notting Hill Carnival in 1998, 1999 and 2004, as well as designing costumes for TheMillennium Dome Opening Ceremonies. She has produced commissioned work for The Greenwich and Docklands Festival, The Thames Festival and Salisbury Festival.Ali's work has been exhibited in Acknowledged Sources [ [http://www.acknowledgedsources.org/8stories/ap.htm Exhibition at Nottingham Castle 2001] ] and Midnight Robbers, The Artists of
Notting Hill Carnival (London, UK 2007 & Columbia, USA 2008).She is currently working on a five year project called "Imagination Our Nation" inspired by
Derek Walcott 's quote "The only nation I have now is my imagination". Kinetika is adopting a theme over the next five years that explores cities of the future with young people across the UK and beyond. It combines elements of carnival, street arts, music, circus, theatre and digital arts that builds each year and creates a legacy of talented new artists that are able to work across cultures and art forms.References
External links
* [http://www.kinetika.co.uk/ Kinetika official website]
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