Alternate Title Dance Africa 1991

Production Language English

Country of Origin United States, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Gambia

Description The Fourteenth Annual Festival of African-American Dance and Music
Subtitled “The Griot’s Corner,” the 1991 DanceAfrica festival featured for the first time Ladygourd Sangoma, a group that fused traditional African techniques with elements of blues and jazz. Also appearing were Forces of Nature, Touch of Folklore and More, and the African American Dance Ensemble.
 

Identifier 1991s.00476

VenueOpera House

choreographerBaba Chuck Davis, Abdel R. Salaam, Wilhelmena Taylor, Pat Hall (Smith)

companyForces of Nature Dance Theatre Company, Touch of Folklore and More, African American Dance Ensemble, Ladygourd Sangoma

costume designerAbdel R. Salaam, Esther Grant-Walker

danceafrica elderMama Sara McGee, Baba Scuddie Mcgee, Baba Imam Obaba, Baba Al Carter, Mama Elsie Washington, Baba Lee Abramson, Bilal Aburahman, Mama Rahkiah Abdurahman, Ron McGee, Marta Vega, Brenda Brisbane

dancerAhmondylla Best, Aithea Richardson, Ava McFarlane, Mama Patricia Dye-Asante, Beverly Botsford, Bukya Watkins, Caren Calder, Dawn Thomas, 'Dele Husbands, Dianne Scott, Dina Wright, Edward Munir Asante, Eladia Bennett-Clarice, El Amin Aalim, Elsan Hassan, Esther Grant-Walker, Eugene Niles, Francine Campbell, Inez Norman, Ivy Burch, Iyabo Scott, James K. Green III, J. J. Aalim, Mama Normadien Woolbright, Keisha Bennett, Kevin Rainey, Lavender D. Burris, Marck Waymmsnn, Michele Davis, Modupe Scott, Nzinga Ewadi, Olabamidele A Husbands, Osunwale Lett, Pamela Patrick, Pat Hall (Smith), Paula Reid, Persia Manners, Shavon Norman, Sherone Price, Teresa Gail Rouse, Terrence Beddae, Theonia Myre, Tiyé Giraud, Toni K. Hall, Toyia Ford, Nadga Taylor

lighting designerWilliam H. Grant III, Melody Beale

musicianAbu Shabazz, Abdel R. Salaam, Bradley Simmons, Diana Taylor, Eric Smith , Gregory Ince, Jalal Shariff, Joe Barnes, Kehinde Donaldson, Khalid Saleem, Michael Wimberly, Pamela Patrick, Phillip Williamson, Uriel Charles, Vernon, Yeboa

performerAhmondylla Best, Tiyé Giraud

production managerJanice Lane, Pamela S. Booker

wardrobeLinda Crews, Akofoa Warner, Paulette Williams