Alternate Title Dance Africa 1998

Production Language English

Country of Origin United States, Zimbabwe, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea

Description 1998’s DanceAfrica festival, themed “African Roots in American Soil: Male Rites of Passage,” featured IWISA, a dance ensemble based in Zimbabwe. Also presented was MASK Dance Company, which included dancers from the Ivory Coast. In its second year of partnering with DanceAfrica, the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation enabled 300 students to participate in a professionally-directed DanceAfrica program focusing on the visual arts and cultural history of several African countries.  
 

Identifier 1998s.00627

VenueOpera House

choreographerBaba Chuck Davis, James K. Green III

companyIWISA Music and Dance Company, Sankofa Dance Theatre, The Mask Dance Company, BAM/The Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble at the Youth Arts Academy, Sweet Honey in the Rock

contributorKevin Davis, Jovetta Anderson, Diane Stroud

danceafrica elderBaba Scuddie Mcgee, Mama Sara McGee, Baba Lee Abramson, Mama Carol Awolowo, Mama Rahkiah Abdurahman, Baba Yomi Awolowo, Mama Jacqueline Coban Martin, Mama Barbara Bey, Baba Chief Bey, Mama Dr. Lynette White-Mathews, Mama Linda Evans, Baba Walter P. Brown, Baba William Mathews, Mama Kumali Abramson, Baba Joseph Placide, Baba Joe Nash, Baba Jonathan Robinson, Baba Imam Obaba, Mama Elsie Washington, Mama Mary Robinson, Baba Mzee Moyo, Baba Al Carter, Mama Dr. Doris Green, Baba Mensah Wali, Mama Pearl White, Mama Alice Dinizulu, Mama Akua N. Ishangi, Baba Kwame Ishangi, Mama Marie Brooks, Baba Luther Suliamann Wilson , Baba Chuck Davis, Mama Katunge Mimy, Mama Andara Koumba Rahman, Mama Mary Umolu, Mama Madelyn Yayodele Nelson, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye, Baba Bilal Abdurahman

dancerAisha Kevin, Mama DeBorah Davis-Gray, Akilah Clarke, Ali Abdurahman Knott, Bi Botty, Breana LaFortune, Brian Sibanda, Butholezwe Ndlovu, Calvin Booker, Carlyn Hodge, Cassandra DeLeon, Cheryl Hinton, Christian McClelland, Dabson Chitengedza, Dalubehle Trust Hadebe, Damany Campbell, Darius Benjamin, Darnetha Lincoln, David Mitchell, Dawn Coleman, Dennis Jamel Lowry, Dorothy Holley, Gary Bascom, Godfrey Tiro Phuti, Guirlande Zetrenne, Jamila Ajanku, Kai Barksdale, Kauna Mujamal, Kibibi Anjaku-Mujamal, Kwabena Safo-Agyekum, Robin L. Boyd, Kyra Daley, Sabine Lafortune, Kyree Edwards, Lance Liles, Sekou Torbert, Mamadou Dahoué, Shelly Fortune, Mian Carolle, Smart Mlalazi, Sylvie Oulaï, Myo Campbell, Tina Smith, Tristan Glenn, Vado Diamonde, Princess T Smith, Victor Reddick, Wilson Delgado, Xolisani Ndlovu, Yao Affoué, Richard Seigler, Yusuf George, Olaifa Abramson, Robert Sola, Nalo Coban, LaQuanda Forte, Sabriyyah Job, Wadiyah Knott, Licia Matthews, Kamu Mimy, Janice Montague, Adzua Opare, Alicia White-Ayers

directorKibibi Anjaku-Mujamal, Kauina Mujamal

musical directorDji Bi Irie, K Salim Ajanku, Menes Yahudah

musicianAyanna VonHendricks, Darrin Jones, Tra-Bi Lizie, Dji Bi Irie, Jumoke Ajanku, K Salim Ajanku, Menes Yahudah, Sogbety Diomandé, Moussa Camara, Olufunmike Woods, Omari Taylor, Rashidah K Musse

producer assistant/associateMelanie Armer, Cheryl Horn

singerMian Carolle, Yao Affoué, Sylvie Oulaï, Shelly Fortune, Tina Smith, Sabine Lafortune, Darnetha Lincoln, Guirlande Zetrenne, Carlyn Hodge, Princess T Smith, Mamadou Dahoué, Vado Diamonde, Assamoua Jean, Bi Botty, David Mitchell, Dji Bi Irie, Sogbety Diomandé, Moussa Camara, Tra-Bi Lizie

stage managerBaba N'Goma Woolbright, Andrew Bryant, Vado Diamonde