Alternate Title A Festival celebrating the rich cultural heritage of Africa and its influence on the Caribbean, South America and the United States!, Dance Africa 1984

Production Language English

Country of Origin United States, Brazil, Senegal, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria

Description Led by then-artistic director Dinizulu, the 1984 DanceAfrica festival brought work inspired by Caribbean, Nigerian, and Brazilian dance. Of particular note was the introduction into the DanceAfrica mix of Garth Fagan, who contributed choreography to the Bucket Dance Theatre’s offerings. The festival closed with an evening-length tribute to Chuck Davis, who is credited for planting the seeds for DanceAfrica in his 1977 appearance at BAM, and who later took over as artistic director of the festival.  
 

Identifier 1984s.00356

VenueOpera House

choreographerBaba Chuck Davis, Nana Yao Opare Dinizulu, Garth Fagan, John Blandford, Rhonda Morman, Loremil Machado, Wilhelmina Joseph Moore, Melvin Deal, Charles Moore, Peter Badejo, Asadata Dafora, Sadio Rosche, Assane Konte, Kombo Omolara, Mama Madelyn Yayodele Nelson

companyCharles Moore Dance Theatre, Women of the Calabash, International Afrikan-American Ballet, Bucket Dance Theatre, Loremil Machado's Afro-Brazilian Dance Company, Dinizulu and his African Dancers, Drummers and Singers, Melvin Deal's African Heritage Dance Society, Chuck Davis Dance Company

composerAbdou Dounta, Ralph MacDonald

costume designerGarth Fagan, Ursula Reed

dancerAdzua D. Opare, Afia Opare, Afua Ababio, Ajaibo Waldron, Ajile Greaves, Ann McKinney, Audrey Madison, Ayite Nkromah, Baakan Dente, Bit Knighton, Brian Walker, Carla Rivera, Carl Riley, David Pace, Donna Gilliam, Eric Vives, Esi-Ayisi Dinizulu, Frances Hare, Garthan Moore, Gregory Ince, Henry Young, Herculano Pilao, Jackie Corley, James Martin, Jelom Vieira, John Blandford, Jon Gourdine, Judy Edwards, Kenneth Johnson, Keturah Nubyan, Ligia Barreto, Loremil Machado, Lorenzo Popcorn Anderson, LaVerne Anduze, Marcia Birmingham, Marcia King, Marie Gourdin, Mark Luther, M'bewe Escobar, Melvin Deal, N. K. Nkosi, Norwood Pennewell, Okola Toure, Okomfo Nyo, Olukose Wiles, Paula Coleman, Ramona Candy, Regina Smith, Rhonda Morman, A. Roger Smith, Rose Allen, Shelly Taplan, Stacie Ross, Stanley Mathis, Steve Humphrey, Sylvania Magda, Valentina Alexander, Wilhelmina Joseph Moore, Willa Walker Antoine, William Harcum, Yaa Yaa Kumi, Mama Ella Thompson Moore, Charles Moore, Kwesi Amoa

musicianAbdullah Mubdi, Ahmondylla Best, Amartey Dente, Asante Bediako, Baba Chief Bey, Nana Yao Opare Dinizulu, Ayanda Clarke, Aziz Akmed, Bamidele Osumarea, Carl Riley, Gregory Ince, Joseph Soh, Kevin Peart, Kombo Omolara, Kwame Nyako, Kwesi Agyeman, Kwesi Mantey, Louis Celestin, Marcus Shelton, Melvin Deal, Mensa Dente Botwe Sawyer, Olukose Wiles, Reginald Simmons, Richard Byrd, Ron McBee, Seku Tonge, Therese Folkes-Plair, Tiyé Giraud, Walter Ince, Baba Neil C. Clarke, William Caudle, William White

performerAjaibo Waldron, Ajile Greaves, Jelom Vieira, Johnny Barracuda

speakerAmadoma Bediako, Nana Yao Opare Dinizulu

top billingBaba Chuck Davis, Nana Yao Opare Dinizulu