Alternate Title Dance Africa 2006

Production Language English

Country of Origin United States, Peru, Uganda, Guinea, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Benin, Jamaica, Ghana

Description “Legacy: African Dance in Our World,” the 29th annual DanceAfrica festival took place across nine days, with African films, master classes, an African Sculpture Garden, Cuban salsa music from Charanga Soleil, and a three-day outdoor bazaar. Featured ensembles included Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn, and Peru Negro, who were appointed “Ambassadors of Peruvian Culture” by their government for sharing Afro-Peruvian artistry with audiences all over the world.
 

Identifier 2006s.00831

VenueOpera House

choreographerBaba Chuck Davis, Jamel Gaines, Jamal P. Dickerson, Karen Thornton, Jewel Love

companyBAM/The Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble at the Youth Arts Academy, Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn, Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble, Perú Negro, Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble

costume designerOscar José Brunce Solano, Digna Soledad Ysusqui Cavaza

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, Baba William Mathews, Mama Kumali Abramson, Baba Joseph Placide, Baba Jonathan Robinson, Mama Elsie Washington, Mama Mary Robinson, Baba Mzee Moyo, Baba Al Carter, Mama Dr. Doris Green, Baba Mensah Wali, Mama Alice Dinizulu, Mama Akua N. Ishangi, 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, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye, Mama Pearl White, Al Iman Oba

dancerCalvin Booker, Jerobaum Bozeman, Whitney Brown, Adhama Cruel, Ian DaSilva, Caritha Davis, Atiya Dorsey, Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines, Shamony Gibson, Kevin Hunte, Jared Lewis, Taylor Lovett, Malanie Morgan, Khadija Nicholas, Camille Parson, Krystal Range, Ryan Rankine, Victor Reddick, Malaiyka Reed, Deon Sass, Leyland Simmons, Danny Soto, Danielle Acousta, Alorimi Brooks, Kai Harris, Imani Jackson, Felicia Jamela, Halima Lawrence, Ayanna McPherson, Kassim Middleton, Cheryl Smith, Kayla Stanisclaus McCall, Erien Tascher, Wanda A. Dickerson, Ronsha Dickerson, Diamond Clay, Breanna Cunningham, Genese Dean, Bintou Diabate, Atiya P. Dickerson, Ayanna P. Dickerson, Karima P. Dickerson, Tenenfig Dioubate, Shalea Dumas, Devon Hall, Pamela Johnson, Kia Marae Mathes, Sierra Leone Pratt, Kenyetta Sabree, Yakira P. Watson, Qadriyyah P. Sabree, Amina P. Sabree, Naimah P. Sabree, Latisee Watson, Marl'yon Watson, Robert H. Dickerson, Jamal P. Dickerson, Nasir P. Dickerson, Sekou Moussa P. Dickerson, Munir Griffin, Dwayne Johnson, Kory Johnson, Haki Pratt, Haki Pratt II, Ameen Sabree, Anwar Sabree, Anwar Sabree II, Hassan Sabree, Qaadir P. Sabree, Kysame Watson, Kourtney Charles, Danielle D'Avilar, Bijan Dendtler-Clark, Shani Graves, Brittany Grier, Sherina Jardine, Breana LaFortune, Lavasia Lawton, Damaris Lewis, Melissa Mack, Lauren Miller, Nneka Mitchell, Christine Placide, Jasmine Poole, Michele Stafford, Emma Milagros Valdivia Campos, Fiorella Inés Ayala Cotito, Vanesa Rivadeneyra Lara, Graciela Karelyz Bramón Penalillo, Milagro Araceli Elguera Illescas, Markita Agard, Mohammed Ali (BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble), Nayilah Antoine, Camille Bailey, Oludare Bernard, Alyssa Cloud, Niamke D'Avilar, Taiwo Ellis, Kishana Flenory, Thea Grier, Shaniya Hyndman, Qahirah Kibler, Elexus Knox, Monique Lalanne, Ashley London, Nia Pittman, Christine Piacide, Mianna Questelles, Diamond Roach, Tseghe Simpson, Valencia Springer, Michael Walters, Nailah Walthour, Caithlin Willis, Asiyah Ali, Nyema Ali, Nuri Anderson, Alexis Arias, Chianti Atkinson, Imani Bailey, Rachel Bailey, Jabari Baker, Nicole Barrells, Alyssa Battson, Anessa Battson, Olu Bernard, Candice Blake, Richard Blake, Shakenya Brantley, Naja Brathwaite, Shante Brunson, Brianna Carmichael, Maria Casanova, Takeya Clement, June Dathan, Sara DeBerry, Kendal Dendtler, Schyler Drew, Alexus Forest, Zoie Forster, Avril Gause, Kyani Hagins, Skye Harper, Zion Henderson, Tamara Jolly, Akindele Jones, Justin Jones, Iman Kialeuka, Xonatia Lee, Claudia Lopez, Alexis Lowe, Lucky Lunalilo, Iliah Maxwell, Nicole McQueen, Melissa Moore, Jadeah Norris, Taharka Owens, Freyani Patrice, Amber Payne, Ayinde Pope, Fatouseck Primus-Rahman, Symone Pritchard, Esther Riddick, Joseph Riddick, Ta'Shae Rodriguez, Tremayne Rollins, Diamond Samuels, Shanel Scott, Ishara Selassia, Lenora Sharpe, Taylor Shell, Catherine Sheppard, Ashli Spaulding, Jadayah Spencer, Olivia Spencer, Latrell Sturdivant, Kenya Swain, Brithney Sykes, Jya Turner, Imani Turnrentine, Shalonda Wallace, Michael Walter, Skye West, Keya Whetstone, Aneeshia Williams, Diamond Williams, Iyana Wilson, Hassan Barksdale, Melvin Blak, Ethel Calhoun, Malik Camara, Mama DeBorah Davis-Gray, Mama Patricia Dye-Asante, Hortensia Gooding, Cimone Graves, Baba Leslie Gray, Akousa Harris, Arisa Ingram, Francie Johnson, Wadiah Knott, Ali Abdurahman Knott, Subuna Mimy, Andrea Mitchell (BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble), Nadine Ogarro, Ama Schley, Payin Schley, Nakia D. Vieira, Niseeah Branch, Djeli Moussa Diabaté, Eder Ronaldo Campos Dueñas, José Luis Durand Torres, José Rivelinho Martínez Arica, Percy Alberto Martín Chinchilla Villanueva, José Luis Salamando Salas

musicianAkili Amoroso, Lernell Alcee, Najja Codrington, Talu Green, Iyedun Ince, Edwian Stokes, Nyeemba Seales, Farai Malianga, Dellwyn Gilkes, Oscar José Brunce Solano, Williams Roberto Nicasio Gonzáles, Eddy Frank Perez Mantilla, Juan Jesús Castro Ormeño, Jaime Ronaldo Campos Ponce, Baba Montego Joe, Olatunji Barton, Tra-Bi Lizie, Joseph Barnes, Ade Love, Senfu Ab Stoney, Amir Andrews, Niamke D'Avilar, Taiwo Ellis, Elias Maysonet, Shadae Nisbett, Michael Walters, David Williams

singerMónica Dueñas Avalos, Yolanda Olivia Tello Ortega, Marco Antonio Campos Olivares

speakerToni Seawright, Samuel Smith, Tammy Hall

stage managerBaba N'Goma Woolbright, Stephen Petrilli

teaching artistMama Andara Koumba Rahman, Shaneeka Nicholson, Mamadou Dahoué