Alternate Title Dance Africa 1999

Production Language English

Country of Origin United States, Kenya

Description “Hear the movement, See the rhythm,” DanceAfrica ’99, featured for the first time the ensemble known as Mizizi. With a repertoire of dances drawn from over 45 distinct Kenyan tribes, Mizizi was the first Kenyan ensemble to be featured in DanceAfrica. Other featured ensembles included, among others, the Ballethnic Dance Company and the Ishangi African Dancers.
 

Identifier 1999s.00655

VenueOpera House

choreographerBaba Chuck Davis, Waverly Lucas

companyIshangi African Dancers, Mizizi, Ballethnic Dance Company, BAM/The Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble at the Youth Arts Academy

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, 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 Luther Suliamann Wilson , Baba Chuck Davis, Mama Katunge Mimy, Mama Andara Koumba Rahman, Baba Babatunde Olatunji, Mama Madelyn Yayodele Nelson, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye, Marie Placide, Mama Marie Brooks, Al Iman Oba

dancerMama DeBorah Davis-Gray, Acotirene Surette-Jungwirth, Ade Torbert, Adwoa Kumasi, Adwoa Opanyin, Adwoa Zakee, Adzua Opare, Alicia White-Ayers, Amy Harold, Arisa Ishangi, Asantewa Ishangi, Ayanna Lomax, Bakari Pepe, Barissa Dhidha, Beatrice Ogada, Bijan Dendtler-Clark, Joseph Konya, Caliaf St. Aubyn, Jose Rivera, Lauren Hoyte, Whitney Alexander, Kamu Mimy, Licia Matthews, Crystal Peterson, Melida Gonzalez, Danielle D'Avilar, Michele Stafford, Baba Kwame Ishangi, Monique Abraham, Monisol Olatunji-Vaughn, Nena Gilreath, Cassieda Hill, Nikkisha Guerra, Nneka Mitchell, Danika White, Nubia Floyd, Mama Akua N. Ishangi, Odhiambo Murunga, Olaifa Abramson, Keisha James, Orinthia King, Khadija Nicholas, David Wachia, David Williams, Pascal Vixama, Patricia Ochanda, Kiana Ishangi, Renee Smith, Roscoe Sales, Charles Okongo, Ruth Agotsa, Saidah Lomax, Salinee Vanichanan, Samantha Williams, Esther Wanjiku, Sapron Lesorogol, H. Sasha Flores, Seban Questelles, Mama Dr. Hanan Hameen-Diop, Charles Thorpes, Shakir Torbert, Komora Wayu, Heather Malone, Shani Graves, Shenequa Ishangi, Kwabena Ishangi, Henry Matoke, Silvia Masimbo, Simone LaFleur, Kyle Archer, Jai Hinson, LaQuanda Forte, Jasimine Poole, LaShawna Walker, Waverly Lucas, Zafia Cooper, Zaindria Yarborough, Zakiya Torbert, Jenipher Konya, Latoya Davis, Johnson Muleka, Diana Placide

musical arrangerGerard L. Reid, Ron Patterson

musicianDellwyn Gilkes, Kofi Osei Ababio

performerAdrien Mathis, Amber Mathis, Andre Mathis, Ariel Terry, Atalaya Johnson, Ayana Christie, Azaria Inverary, Brittany Grier, Latrece Seneca, Lavasia Lawton, Leah Baker, Crystal Brown, Caressa Robinson, Mary Smith, Megan Reneau, Danaya Bethea, Mercedes Sass, Mikiyaa Haynes, Minyon Rhodes, Danielle D'Avilar, Danika White, Dauron Herriot, Kelly-Ann Villafana, Osebolulu Omo-Abu, Patricia Brown, Quinn Gallman, Cassieda Hill, Doniqua Govans, Rondell Anderson, Donya Dais, Kiesha Toussaint, Erica Ramirez, Sade Briggs, Kissena Lide, Gertrude Edwards, Seban Questelles, Shakuwra Gay, Kourtney Charles, Shamoura Welch-Robinson, Shanel Duckett, Shannon Anderson, Shate Knox, Christine Placide, Simone Melrose, Jaclyn Harris, Starasha Young, Tenisha Grant, Thomas Rucker, Tierra Solomons, Tiffany Bryant, Travis McNeal, Tynesha Williams, Venesa Barnett, Javier Washington, Yassah Moore, Lashea Robinson, Latoya Bromfield, Jazzmen Kahlein, Claudette Rolling, Zalayia Grillet

production assistant/coordinatorNena Gilreath, Ivye Wright-Arnold, Yolanda Reynolds, Earnestine Shuemake, Donna Grant, Mama Patricia Dye-Asante

stage managerBaba N'Goma Woolbright, Kimberly M. Palma

teaching artistMelvin Fogle, Robin Gee, Kenneth Johnson