[NEohioPAL]Chuck Davis and The African American Dance Ensemble this Saturday!

Thu Feb 17 06:16:26 PST 2005

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                     "Peace, Love, Respect for eeeverybody!"=20
Chuck Davis and The African American Dance Ensemble
at the Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square Center
Saturday February 19 at 2pm
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Buy 1, Get 1  FREE
Get two tickets for $14.50=20
Just mention promotional code DAN when ordering tickets.
Tickets are available at the Playhouse Square Box Office=20
or by calling 216-241-6000
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Tickets for groups of 10 or more are just $6.00
(ticket prices include a $1.00 ticket preservation fee charged to all
group orders)
Contact Moira Beale at 216-771-4444 ext. 3257 to order yours today!
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"Peace, Love, Respect for eeeverybody!" intones "Baba Chuck" at the
beginning of a typical concert and you know it's going to be feel-good,
family-friendly and multicultural. But that first impression might imply
a temporary uplift that quickly fizzles out, and Davis and company have
a certain staying power. From 1980 to 1984 Davis' affiliation with the
prestigious American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina produced
concerts which morphed into gigantic rituals that overflowed auditoriums
and turned audience members into participants. The DanceAfrica Festival
at Brooklyn Academy of Music, of which Davis is Founding Elder and
Artistic Director, is a 28-year Memorial Day tradition. In a way,
importing African culture to the U.S. is nothing new. Vernacular dance
among white as well as black Americans has been offering interpretations
of African dances since the Cakewalk was all the rage in the last half
of the 1800s, and the Charleston in the 1920s. Davis is able to go
beyond "got a new dance and it goes like this" because back in 1968 he
had the vision and the passion to commit to an ongoing study of African
dance, making annual trips to Africa. "That is the key," says Jewel
Jackson, Executive and Artistic Director of Cleveland's African Soul
Dance Theater. "Baba Chuck is a pioneer as an African-American who not
only celebrates this art, but who studies it continuously; he is one of
the few who has sat at the feet of the elders; he presents each dance in
its cultural context."=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DTahoma color=3D#ff0000 =
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to order=20
yours today!</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face=3DArial><EM>"Peace,=20
Love, Respect for eeeverybody!"</EM> intones "Baba Chuck" at the =
beginning of a=20
typical concert and you know it's going to be feel-good, family-friendly =
and=20
multicultural. But that first impression might imply a temporary uplift =
that=20
quickly fizzles out, and Davis and company have a certain staying power. =
From=20
1980 to 1984 Davis' affiliation with the prestigious American Dance =
Festival in=20
Durham, North Carolina produced concerts which morphed into gigantic =
rituals=20
that overflowed auditoriums and turned audience members into =
participants. The=20
DanceAfrica Festival at Brooklyn Academy of Music, of which Davis is =
Founding=20
Elder and Artistic Director, is a 28-year Memorial Day tradition. In a =
way,=20
importing African culture to the U.S. is nothing new. Vernacular dance =
among=20
white as well as black Americans has been offering interpretations of =
African=20
dances since the Cakewalk was all the rage in the last half of the =
1800s, and=20
the Charleston in the 1920s. Davis is able to go beyond "got a new dance =
and it=20
goes like this" because back in 1968 he had the vision and the passion =
to commit=20
to an ongoing study of African dance, making annual trips to Africa. =
"That is=20
the key," says Jewel Jackson, Executive and Artistic Director of =
Cleveland's=20
African Soul Dance Theater. "Baba Chuck is a pioneer as an =
African-American who=20
not only celebrates this art, but who studies it continuously; he is one =
of the=20
few who has sat at the feet of the elders; he presents each dance in its =

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