Alternate Title DA 2022, Dance Africa 2022

Production Language English

Country of Origin United States

Description The nation’s largest festival dedicated to African dance and music returns to the stages and streets of Brooklyn for its 45th year! This year DanceAfrica welcomes five different guest companies from Brooklyn, Harlem, the Bronx, and Washington, DC, each offering a homegrown vision of traditional dance. They bring to the stage movement and musical styles from Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, and the Caribbean, supported by an all-star African orchestra created by members of each company. Plus, the DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers return and the beloved RestorationArt Dance Youth Ensemble marks their 25th anniversary.

Identifier 2022s.00527

VenueOpera House;Other BAM venue;Off-site venue

choreographerKaren Thornton, Abdel R. Salaam, Keith Tolbert, Rhapsody Taylor, Fritzlyn Hector, Jerome Hunter, Lesina Martin

companyAsase Yaa African-American Dance Theatre, Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble, Farafina Kan, LaRocque Bey School Of Dance Theatre, Harambee Dance Company, BAM RestorationArt Dance Youth Ensemble, DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers

composerKofi Osei Williams, Abdel R. Salaam, Kweku Sumbry, Tunde Jegede, Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba

contributorOlabamidele Hart-Husbands, Jewel Love, Joseph Barnes, Noelani Love, Yao Ababio, Kofi Osei Williams, Mahiri-Fadjimba Keita, Sandella Malloy, Frank W. Malloy III

costume designerHopie Lyn Burrows, Abdel R. Salaam, Helen L Simmons-Collen, Jerome Hunter, Jeannie Mitchell, Lusaset Bakr, Lesina Martin, Leilani Gill

dance captain/répétiteurFerrin Coleman, Cimone Graves, Fritzlyn Hector, Joy Richardson (Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble)

danceafrica elderMama Kumali Abramson, Baba Lee Abramson, Mama Peggy Alston, Baba Timeke AmenRa, Mama Carol Awolowo, Baba Yomi Awolowo, Mama Denise Tima Fann Baker, Mama Aissatou Bey-Grecia, Mama Sandra Burton, Baba Neil C. Clarke, Alice Dinzulu, Mama Patricia Dye-Asante, Mama Rahkiah Abdu Rahman-Eason, Mama Linda Evans, Mama Dr. Doris Green, Baba Nathaniel Boyd Hakika, Mama Hanan Hameen, Mama Akua N. Ishangi, Mama Jacqueline Coban Martin, Mama Amma Wiles McKen, Mama Amy Olatunji, Mama Amma Oloriwaa Bernard, Mama Andara Koumba Rahman, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye, Patricia "Ghizamboule" Robinson, Mama Esmerelda Simmons, Mama Dr. Lynette White-Mathews

dancerJonell Ashby, Kayla Davis, Skyler Dias, Wynter Dias, Xavia Edghill, Daniel Forbes, Leah-Grace Johnson, Damaris Jordan, Nathaniel Paisley, Jaya Pascal-Charles, Atiya Pope, Dayanara Reyes, Alanna Robinson, Alexzandrya Robinson, Aaomi Sailing, Hadassah Samuel, Akilah Turner, Sanai Warren, Kourtney Charles, Ferrin Coleman, Omari Contaste, Crystal Craigen, Daaimah Taalib-Din, Jude Evans, Kenya Joy Gibson, Cimone Graves, Thea Grier, Dyane Harvey, Fritzlyn Hector, Jason Herbert, Paris Jones, Ashley Mingot, Maika Morin, Jasmine Poole, Shawndele Sta!ord, Tricia M Taitt, Rhapsody Taylor, Keith G Tolbert ll, L Woods, Alisha Anderson, Ritchy Asamani, Precious T. Bonaparte, Jean Lemeke Charlot, Maya Doyle, Toyia Ford, Menherit Goodwyn, Rasaan-Elijah "Talu" Green, Matthew Hill, Desmond Howard, Francie Johnson, Khary Kamau, Tearra Moore, Anandi Nesby, Gabriel Roxbury, Mahdu Siddappa, Michele Sta!ord, Alexis Allen, Dashawn Boykin, Theresa Capers, Leah DeAbreu, Shauna Gadsen, Aisha Hawkins, Paris Je!ries, Kiara Lee, Jasmine McFarlane, Negesti Mcintosh, Melinda Mickens, Thomas Mitchell, Atrese Reid, Jasmine Swain, Kalima Walker, Sarauniya Zulu, Afua Ababio, Fabiola Ababio, Naa Ayele Ababio, Lusaset Bakr, Natasha Diaz, N'dack Fleming, Zakiya M. Harris, Nyomi Hinds, Jackie Holmes, Maimouna Kane, Mesha Millington, Kaleeba Moore, Imani Nzingha Johnson, Rubie Inez Williams, Dina Wright-Joeseph, Stephan Litzey, Ayanfe Kemit, Fred Kelly, Imani Junai, Abena Crittendon, Mikalah Davis, Leilani Gill, Yaminah Gill, Giovanni Goss, Jalia-Ochina Inman, Lesina Martin, Annelise Berthelot, Jahbri Black, Jakeme Jamar Clark, Akinyomi Ajagun Kazmende Courtney, Chelcie Jacobs, Eddie Jones

director assistant/associateDyane Harvey, Ferrin Coleman

musical directorRasaan-Elijah "Talu" Green, Abdel R. Salaam, Adewole Love, Agyei Keita, Kweku Sumbry, Frank W. Malloy IV

musicianFara Camara, Nyemba Seales, Donald Eaton, Jerome Hunter, Abdel R. Salaam, Kweku Sumbry, Kofi Osei Williams, Pauli Harris, Tony Harris, Courtnee Roze, Mamoudou Konate Simbo, Oseku Ababio, Yao Ababio, Alseny Bangoura, Abou Camara, Sayo Camara, Ayanda Clarke, Famoro Diabate, Mamadou Badian Kouyate, Kwesi Nkroma, Gene Osbourne, Yao Akoto, Asante Amin, Sanu Basu, Jabulani Clay, Hampton Couser, Jamal P. Dickerson, Giveton Gelin, Wayne Goss Jr., Agyei Keita-Edwards, Mahiri Keita-Edwards, Adrian Somerville, Zion E. Utsey, Kalia Vandever

performerAbdel R. Salaam, Timothy Bishop, Vadou Diamode

set designer/decorValerie Maynard, Abdel R. Salaam

top billingAsase Yaa African-American Dance Theatre, Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble, Farafina Kan, LaRocque Bey School Of Dance Theatre, Harambee Dance Company, BAM RestorationArt Dance Youth Ensemble, Abdel R. Salaam, DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers