Alternate Title Dance Africa 2016

Country of Origin Senegal, United States, Guinea

Description DanceAfrica, the nation’s largest African dance festival, returns with its traditional Memorial Day weekend extravaganza—featuring dance, music, art, film, and community events, including the beloved DanceAfrica outdoor bazaar. The 39th installment enters a new era with Artistic Director Abdel R. Salaam, who succeeds DanceAfrica’s founder Chuck Davis. This year’s DanceAfrica celebrates Senegal, the West African country known for its storytelling and rich music and dance traditions. The complete artistic program will be announced soon.

Identifier 2016s.00540

VenueOpera House

choreographerMoussa Sonko, Abdel R. Salaam, Marie Agnes Gomis

companyLes Ballets De La Renaissance Africaine "WAATO SiiTA", Compagnie Tenane, BAM RestorationArt Dance Youth Ensemble

costume designerLeaurant Preira, Brenda Bunsen Bey, Hopie Lyn Burrows

danceafrica elderBaba Lee Abramson, Mama Carol Awolowo, Mama Rahkiah Abdurahman, Baba Yomi Awolowo, Mama Jacqueline Coban Martin, Mama Dr. Lynette White-Mathews, Mama Linda Evans, Mama Peggy Alston, Mama Kumali Abramson, Mama Dr. Doris Green, Mama Sandra Burton, Baba Mensah Wali, Mama Akua N. Ishangi, Papa Leslie Gray, Baba Chuck Davis, Mama Katunge Mimy, Mama Rahkiah Abdu Rahman-Eason, Mama DeBorah Davis-Gray, Baba Neil C. Clarke, Mama Amma Oloriwaa Bernard, Mama Amma Wiles McKen, Baba Nathaniel Boyd Hakika, Mama Esmerelda Simmons, Mama Madelyn Yayodele Nelson, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye, Mama Normadien Woolbright, Baba N'Goma Woolbright, Baba Jonathan Robinson

dancerAissatou Dione, Amidou Sy, Amy Ndiaye, Baidy Ba, Baye Mbaye Dieng, Demba Niang, Faith Mondesire, Fatou Niang, Ibrahima Thioube, Jamaine Victor, Jasmine Poole, Jude Evans, Kourtney Charles, Mama Cissokho, Marie Agnes Gomis, Marie Pierre Gomis, Massanba Diallo, Ndeye Khady Gaye, Noel Kelly, Nogaye Ndiaye, Simone Gomis, Thea Grier, Yushemepree Spencer, Dyane Harvey, Camille Bailey, Armand Celestin, Stephen Hill, Shaniya Hyndman, Qahirah Kibler, Fatouseck Primus-Rahman, Nailah Walthour, Deirdre Brock, Kaisa Brown, Teanna Chin, Hadiya Hyppolite, Naomi Johnson, Aziza Pope, Tianna Smith, Wynter Dias, Kaleah Gaskin, Kyra Howard, Bahiyah Leito, Nuani Lewinson, Saabriah Mapp, Atiya Pope, Jada Spencer, Alexis Donavon, Nikala Elson, Jeffrey Infante, Bria Knox, Colby Myers, Mia Nelson, Sade Scriven, Naomi Sylvester, T’khiya Townsend, Christina Woods, Ajna Amenra-Vaughan, Ciara Andre, Kiara Archille, Sudani Ausby, Jordan Bestman, Kianna Blake-Collins, Amani Boyce, Femi Brown, Autumn Campbell, Jada Charles, Adia Clarke, Nyya Collins, Sotera Gomez, Denae Guy, Donea Harrison, Kyane Howard, Nya Jones, Aaliyah McKenzie, Aniyah New, Tatiana Pettus, Christine Ramsey, Star Torbert

musical arrangerWilliam Bungo, Tunde Jegede

musicianAbdoulaye Sonko, Elhadji Faye, Ibrahima Ndyiaye, Mbacke Thioubou, Benoît de Clerck, Wasis Diop, Woodkid, Youssou NDOUR, Yande Codou Sene, Omou Sangare, Xalam, Dellwyn Gilkes, Stephan Litzsey, Frank W. Malloy IV, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye, David Williams

performerGermaine Acogny, Nafisa Sharriff, Armand Celestin, Kourtney Charles, Dyane Harvey, Faith Mondesire

stage managerBaba N'Goma Woolbright, Mama Normadien Woolbright, Lori Lundquist

teaching artistShaneeka Nicholson, Mama Andara Koumba Rahman, Lydia Yearwood, Karen Thornton