Alternate Title Dance Africa 2007

Production Language English

Country of Origin Uganda, United States, Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, Cuba

Description At the 30th anniversary of the DanceAfrica Festival, many milestones were passed. It was the largest DanceAfrica gathering to date, bringing together not only the hundreds of dancers and vendors from across the world, but also number of DanceAfrica Elders (who were paid homage in multiple Honoring Ceremonies), as well as dozens of young students who participated by sharing their poetry, stories and performances with BAM audiences. What began with the construction of a small African village by the Chuck Davis Dance Company in the Lepercq Space in 1977 had grown into living, vital community lead by Baba Chuck Davis.

Identifier 2007s.00857

VenueOpera House

choreographerBaba Chuck Davis, Jewel Love, Noelani Love, Abdel R. Salaam, Dorothy Wilkie

companyForces of Nature Dance Theatre Company, Kùlú Mèlé African Dance & Drum Ensemble, Ndere Troupe, BAM/The Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble at the Youth Arts Academy, The Drumsong African Ballet Theatre, Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble

costume designerAbdel R. Salaam, 'Dele Husbands, Hopie Lyn Burrows

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, Mama Pearl White, Mama Akua N. Ishangi, Baba Chuck Davis, Mama Katunge Mimy, Mama Rahkiah Abdu Rahman-Eason, Mama Amy Olatunji, Mama Mary Umolu, Mama Esmerelda Simmons, Mama Madelyn Yayodele Nelson, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye, Mama Adwoa Brown

dancerDorothy Wilkie, Arisa Ingram, Ama Schley, Payin Schley, Angela Watson, Acacia Reed, Daniele Bourget, Tamara Thomas, Zoia Cisneros, Ali Wilkie, Eddie Smallwood, Markita Agard, Mohammed Ali (BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble), Nayilah Antoine, Camille Bailey, Naja Brathwaite, Alyssa Cloud, Danielle D’Avilar, Shekeem Davis, Kishana Flenory, Zoie Forster, Brittany Grier, Thea Grier, Shaniya Hyndman, Youthen Joseph, Qahirah Kibler, Elexus Knox, Monique Lalanne, Lavasia Lawton, Damaris Lewis, Ashley London, Lauren Miller, Melissa Moore, Adrian Nelson, Jadeah Norris, Jasmine Poole, Diamond Roach, Tseghe Simpson, Valencia Springer, Nailah Walthour, Caithlan Willis, Malik Camara, Mama Patricia Dye-Asante, Joy Gavin, Cimone Graves, Mama DeBorah Davis-Gray, Baba Leslie Gray, Francie Johnson, Daryl Lobban, Kamu Mimy, Subuna Mimy, Nikia D. Vieira, James Yarborough

director assistant/associateMama Andara Koumba Rahman, Dyane Harvey, Johari Mayfield, Zucan Abiola Bandele

executive directorJewel Love, Joseph Barnes, Olabamidele Hart-Husbands

lighting designerWilliam H. Grant III, Abdel R. Salaam

musicianAyanda Clarke, Kofi Osei Williams, Kwesi Nkroma, Phillip Williamson, Senfaub Stoney, Yusef Payton, Paul Winter, Michael Wimberly, Salik Keita, Arto Tuncboaychian, M'Bemba Bangoura, Noirin Ni Rian, Vickie Winans, Wojciech Kilar, Robert Crowder, John Wilkie, Kenneth Fauntleroy, Ishmael Jackson, Omar Harrison, Farai Malianga, Senfu Ab Stoney, Dellwyn Gilkes, Tra-Bi Lizie, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye

performerJewel Love, Joseph Barnes, Noelani Love, Adewole Love, Joy Richardson (Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble), Toyia Ford, Michele Stafford, Talu Green, Precious T. Bonaparte, Lamiek Melrose, Lisa Green, Aziza Zaid, Sherina Jardine, Anwar Ajamu Kedar, Karla Nicosa Moore, Kourtney Charles, Shani Graves, Persephone DaCosta, Ismael Kouyate, Dionne Monsanto, Jamila Outlar, Orisha Suares, Alicia Makeda Diop, Ofokonara Wilhelmina Taylor, Mama Aissatou Bey Bara, Aruwb Ama Ambekisye, Fatouseck Rahman, Nanyamka Nkromah Bandele, Kine’Fatou Diop, Lenore Sharpe, Darcel Jones, Danice Jones, D’Andra Jones, Koumba Rahman Ndiaye, Zucan Abiola Bandele, Rick Williams, Jerry McCoy, Ra’mon Wali, Konate Ali Rahman, Latir Rahman, Darrell Jones, Jr., Daniel Jones, Donnell Jones, Alpha Diop, Michael Walters, Claude Lateif, Eldar Rahman Ndiaye, Michael Melendez, Daniel Soto, Eugene Niles, Natia Kezevadze, Sarae Garcia , Melvin Black, Denica Abdur-Razzaaq, Chenoa Brown, Catherine Foster, Fatou Gittens, Aimee Graham, Shawne' Lee, Johari Mayfield, Maia McKinney, Eleanor Scott, Natalie Simmons, Dina Wright, Stephen Rwangyezi, Betty Akidi, Joyce Alinga, Thomas Anam, Benon Behwera, Mohamed Isabirye, Daniel Kasata, Jason Kasule, Annet Kugonza, Godfrey Muwulya, Rehema Nabangi, Aminah Namakula, Elizabeth Nyanzigye, Laurence Okello, Richard Onek, Rhona Rwangyezi, Emmanuel Shema, Daamiah Taali B-din, Josephine Oyella

singerMathew Simon, Paul Lucas

stage managerBaba N'Goma Woolbright, Steven Petrilli

teaching artistMamadou Dahoué, Mama Andara Koumba Rahman, Shaneeka Nicholson

technical assistant/associateDarrell Jones, Sr., GnaGna Ndiaye, Khadiatou Terri Wisdom, Mariama Primus Rahman, Michelle Godbee, Sandra Bell, Temishia Johnson, Yvette Jones

visual artistSaeeda Banks, Derick Cross