[NEohioPAL] 5th Annual African Dance/Drum Conference!!!

Talise Campbell via NEohioPAL neohiopal at lists.neohiopal.org
Tue May 13 11:08:42 PDT 2014





 



Press Release

Come dance with us! Come drum with us! Come and celebrate the spirit
of the dance!!!

Join us at the
5th annual Juneteenth Conference and Concert weekend Celebration, held at Cuyahoga
Community College Metro Campus. This year's event celebrates African American freedom
with a theatrical infusion of dance, poetry, drumming and song from June 14th
to June 15th. 

Saturday and Sunday features a
community-wide African dance and drum conference with master teachers from
Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Ivory Coast and the United States. Saturday night
features “Magal Guinou Mome Souno Boop” – Celebrating the Spirit of the Dance –
a concert performance choreographed and produced by noted artist, choreographer
and dancer Talise Campbell.  Cleveland's
own Djapo Cultural Arts will join master teachers and area performers for a
moving tribute in celebration of Freedom. End the evening at the “Juneteenth
After-Party,” an African dance party where everyone dances to the rhythm of the
drums. 

Tickets for the
concert are $25 in advance/ $30 at the door, and can be purchased online at
Djapo.com or from cast members. Don't delay: last year's show sold out quickly.


Tickets for the
dance workshops are $15 per class for teens and adults and $8 for children. Buy
tickets and register
here, or email conference coordinator: Juneteenthcleveland at gmail.com

What: Fifth Annual Juneteenth Dance/ Drum Conference and
Concert  

When: June 14th – 15th, 2014

Where: Dance/Drum Workshops: Cuyahoga Community
College-Metro Campus Gym,

Classes are $15
adults/teens, $8 children

Saturday night
performance: CSU Main Classroom Auditorium, 8:00 pm. $25

Juneteenth
After-Party: Anatomy Ultra-lounge 1299 W.9th Street.

                


Saturday Schedule   

·       
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.   Ivory Coast Dance with Djian Tie

·       
11:30 – 12:45 p.m.   Djembe Drum with Yamoussa Camara

·       
11:45 –  
1:15 p.m.   Djembe Dance with
Tenenfig Dioubate

·       
  1:30 –  
3:00 p.m.   Serer Dance with Idy
Ciss

·       
  3:15 –  
5:00 p.m.   Sabar Dance with Diene
Sagna

 

Sunday Schedule

·       
10:00
– 11:30 a.m.   Djembe Dance/Song with
Tacko Sissoko

·       
11:45
–   1:15 p.m.   Kutiro Dance with Babacar N’diaye

·       
12:30
–   1:45 pm  
  Sabar Drum with Aly M’baye
(Pre-registration only)

·        
  1:30 –   3:00 p.m.   Contemporary Dance with Antonio Brown-Bill T.Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co


   3:15 –   4:45 p.m.   Dun-Dance with Tenenfig Dioubate (*Some Dun Duns provided)


·       
  5:00 –  
6:30 p.m.   Ivory Coast Dance with
with Djian Tie 

·       
  7:00 –  
9:00 p.m.   Sabar Explosion with
Diene Sagna, Babacar N’diaye, and Idy Ciss 

  		 	   		  
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