Alternate Title Dance Africa 1992

Production Language English

Country of Origin United States, Gambia, Senegal, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Description Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the 1992 DanceAfrica festival blended the traditional and contemporary dances of the Congo, Old Mali, Guinea, and South Africa, and featured A Touch of Folklore and More, the Kairaba West Afrikan Dance Company, Malaki Ma Kongo and the International African Islamic Ballet. The final performance of the festival paid homage to those dynamic ancestors who passed on to the ancestral ground, and featured the LaRocque Bey Dance Company. In addition to the weekend of performances, the Festival  included a series of master classes in African music and dance and a free outdoor bazaar.
 

Identifier 1992s.00519

VenueOpera House

choreographerThelma Martin, Elombe Badila, Abass Badji, LaRocque Bey, Souleymane Diop, Sister Kibibi, Anthony Wooden, Wilhelmina Taylor, Kibibi Muhammad

companyMalaki Ma Kongo, Touch of Folklore and More, International African Islamic Ballet, Kairaba West Afrikan Dance Company, LaRocque Bey School Of Dance Theatre

danceafrica elderBaba Scuddie Mcgee, Mama Sara McGee, Baba Bilal Abdurahman, Baba Lee Abramson, Mama Carol Awolowo, Mama Rahkiah Abdurahman, Mama Cheryl Anthony, Baba Yomi Awolowo, Mama Jackie Woods, Mama Jacqueline Coban Martin, Mama Tara Bernard, Mama Barbara Bey, Baba Chief Bey, Mama Dr. Lynette White-Mathews, Mama Linda Evans, Mama Selma Edwards, Baba Joseph Placide, Baba Joe Nash, Baba Jonathan Robinson, Baba Imam Obaba, Mama Elsie Washington, Baba Al Carter, Mama Monifa Olajorin, Baba Reverend Chester Williams, Wilhelmina Taylor, Hakim Bey, Baba Mensah Wali

dancerAamashep Neqhi Beale, Adashima Muhammadu, Afalalu Muhammadu, Afriye Fruster, Aisha Hawkins, Althea Richardson, Ama Fruster, Anita Peterson, Anthony Wooden, Gyasi Fruster, Haja Hamin, Hudain Muhammad, Ifetayo Muhammadu, Inez Norman, Jerome Hunter, Asia Goodwin, Aswad Derrick Haynes, Kadiyjah Hamin, Keish Bennett, Kennon Scott, Kibibi Muhammad, Kibibi Zawadi Haynes, Kibosha Walker, Lamumba Muhammad, Latrice Levine, Leonard King, Leroy Radcliff, Linda Crews, Luther Fontaine, Aziza Haynes, Majida Sharriff, Bernadine Jennings, Makeda Webster, Beverly Rouget, Mali Fleming, Malynthia Speights, Mamadi Keïta, Chiniqua Reinaldo, Michele Davis, Modupe Scott, Chris Snead, Mzinga Ervadi, Naima Muhammadu, Naiymah Hamin, Nancy Smith, Ndambi Muhammadu, Nzingah Muhammadu, Odiya Muhammadu Hamin, Osakwe Beale, Pamela Badila, Paula Reid, Dawn Thomas, Regina Martino, Nafisa Sharriff, Saduda Muhammadu, Dianne Scott, Sakina O'Uhuru, Selena Stanley, Sharon Deane, Shavon Norris, Donna Mendez, Su-Quan Amin Diop, Takiya Lester, Tarkeema Lewis, Thelma Martin, Theonia Myrie, Toyia Ford, Elombe Badila, Uriel Charles, Vanessa Exhem, Wardi Muhammad, Eunice Reese, Wilhelmina Taylor, Evelyn Flouretta Waltrous, Ya Ya Ayele Bandele, Fumilaya Chesney, Yemaya Muhammad, Yvette Barrows, Zaraya Nabulanghi, Zaynab Hamin, Francine Campbell

musicianAbass Badji, Abayneh Haynes, Abdul Hawkins, Abdullahi Muhammadu, Abdullah Mubdi, Ahmadu Muhammadu, Anthony Patterson, Aquah Tcherbu Beale, Arthur Maddox, Asadallah Muhammadu, Jalal Sheriff, James Cherry, Jerome Hunter, Kafar Muhammad, Kotoko Muhammadu, Kush Muhammad, A. Maddox, Bradley Simmons, Michael Goodman, Coster Massamba, Olori Wiles, Olukashe, Olukose Wiles, Olumida Gilbert, Phillip Williamson, Diana Taylor, Robert Palmer, Souleymane Diop, Uriel Charles, Enell Met-tat Kefa Flagg, Enrique Cunningham, Vernon Bey, Yaka Muhammadu, Gene Osborne, Jr., Gregory Ince, Philip "Spanky" Williamson