Alternate Title Dance Africa 2004

Production Language English

Country of Origin United States, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Mali

Description DanceAfrica ’04, subtitled “A Dancer’s Path: Ancient Traditions, Modern Trends,” was a truly multimedia affair. In addition to the usual array of dance offerings—which featured, among others, the Ghanaian troupe Nii Tettey Tetteh and the Kusan Ensemble—this year’s festival included an exhibition of Nigerian painter Bode Fowotade. Film was also an integral component of DanceAfrica ’04. After the success of 2003’s Haitian film festival, more Haiti-related films were screened, as well as a full-blown African film festival screened through the auspices of BAMcinématek.
 

Identifier 2004s.00782

VenueOpera House

companyBAM/The Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble at the Youth Arts Academy, Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble, Nii Tettey Tetteh and The Kusun Ensemble, Ezibu Muntu African Dance Company

danceafrica elderBaba Lee Abramson, Mama Carol Awolowo, Mama Rahkiah Abdurahman, Baba Yomi Awolowo, Mama Dr. Lynette White-Mathews, Mama Linda Evans, Baba William Mathews, Mama Kumali Abramson, Baba Joe Nash, Baba Jonathan Robinson, 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 Rahkiah Abdu Rahman-Eason, Mama Adwoa Brown, Mama Amy Olatunji, Mama Mary Umolu, Mama Esmerelda Simmons, Mama Madelyn Yayodele Nelson, Mama Jacqueline Coban Martin, Baba Joseph Placide, LJ Sulaimaan

dancerFrancis Adjetey Ostiwuo Adjei, Denis Amarh Tokuanin Mansah, Adwoa Sista Nyarkoh, Debora Patterson, Rita Taiwiah, Dennis Bailey, Joseph Barnes, Daaimah Taalib-Din, Jean-Marie Faye, Toyia Ford, Aisha Hawkins, Kim Holmes, Anwar Ajamu Kedar, Taliba Khabir, Ade Love, Noelani Love, Kamu Mimy, Foluso Mimy, Billy Greene (Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble), Luke Quaranta, Denica Abdur-Razaaq, Rasheda Walford, Aziza Zaid, Mama Dr. Hanan Hameen-Diop, Yolanda Branch, Bianca Clark, Tanya Davis, Shebony Forbes, Bernell Holmes, Renee Knight, Tammy McCain, Jarrell Morris, Babadunjo Olagunke, Zena Perthone, LaShaunda Spain, Mayah Walker-Taylor, Faye Walker, Wendy Warren, Kourtney Charles, Danielle D'Avilar, Bijan Dendtler-Clark, Shani Graves, Tabresha Harris, Keisha James, Sherina Jardine, Breana LaFortune, Damaris Lewis, Melissa Mack, Nneka Mitchell, Christine Placide, Jasmine Poole, Michele Stafford, Autumn Stitch, Acotirene Surette-Jungwirth, Markita Agard, Nayila Antoine, Camille Bailey, Chioneso Bakr, Nicole Burkholder, Thia Grant, Thea Grier, Qahirah Kibler, Elexus Knox, Ashley London, Mianna Questelles, Diamond Roach, Tsheghe Simpson, Valencia Springer, Nailah Walthour, Caithlin Willis, Olukemi Ajaiyoba, Amir Andrews, Naja Braitwaite, Alyssa Cloud, Niamke D'Avilar, Rashid Dendy, Imani Doyle, Schyler Drew, Taiwo Ellis, Kishana Flenory, Zoie Forster, Avril Gause, Brittany Grier, Hannah Harris, Shaniya Hyndman, Fakoya Jack-Vilmar, Alissa Jarvis, Gaumisha Jean-Paul, Monique Lalanne, Elias Maysonet, Melissa Moore, Naqueisha Moore, Shantel Moore, Jadeah Norris, Amber Payne, Nia Pittman, Powers Pleasant, Fatouseck Primus-Rahman, Cheyanne Robertson, Amanda Rodriguez, Capri Thornton, Aisha Toussaint, Rhakima Verley, Rakesha Verley, Michael Walters, Lavasia Warner, Shaunette Williams, Amina Willis, Nakia D. Vieira, Aisha White Ayers, Melvin Blak, Malik Camara, Mama Patricia Dye-Asante, Baba Leslie Gray, Ali Abdurahman Knott, Wadiyah Knott, Paul Lucas, Alicia Matthews, Bill Nathan, Mama DeBorah Davis-Gray, Joy Richardson (Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble)

executive directorJoseph Barnes, Jewel Love, Olaketu Clark

musical directorAde Love, Roderick Davis

musicianEmmanuel A. Anang, Robert Obuobi Ashong, Samuel Otu Kodjo, Adotey Richter, Nii Tettey Tetteh, Glover Nelson Yao, Dennis Bailey, Joseph Barnes, Daaimah Taalib-Din, Jean-Marie Faye, Toyia Ford, Aisha Hawkins, Kim Holmes, Anwar Ajamu Kedar, Taliba Khabir, Ade Love, Noelani Love, Billy Greene (Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble), Foluso Mimy, Kamu Mimy, Luke Quaranta, Denica Abdur-Razaaq, Rasheda Walford, Aziza Zaid, Mama Dr. Hanan Hameen-Diop, Roderick Davis, Paul Harris, Jabari Jefferson, Zakiyah Jefferson, Abdou Mohammed, Ernest Shaw, Jr., Dellwyn Gilkes, Farai Malianga, Baba Montego Joe, Steve Moss, Ray Phillips, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye, Joy Richardson (Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble)

performerNii Tettey Tetteh, Shaka Zulu

production assistant/coordinatorAdotei Bruice, Melody S. Cochran, Gabriel Odolai Quaye

stage managerBaba N'Goma Woolbright, Michael Stewart

teaching artistJeneen Cleare, M. Primus King, Barbara Elaine Pouncie, Michelle Smith, Afaliah Shayla Tribune