Alternate Title Dance Africa 2009

Production Language English

Country of Origin United States, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea

Description For its 32nd year, DanceAfrica—with the theme “Rhythmic Reflection: African Legacies Revealed”—offered films from South Africa, dance from Brooklyn (with the ensemble Evidence, and the yearly favorite BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble), as well as music from spiritualist master Omi Yesa, and an exhibition featuring American sculptor Emmett Wigglesworth.
 

Identifier 2009s.00922

VenueOpera House

choreographerBaba Chuck Davis, Abdel R. Salaam, Ronald K. Brown

companyFarafina Kan, Evidence, A Dance Company, The SeèWè African Dance Company, BAM RestorationArt Dance Youth Ensemble

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, Mama Kumali Abramson, Baba Joseph Placide, Baba Jonathan Robinson, Baba Al Carter, Mama Dr. Doris Green, Baba Mensah Wali, Mama Pearl White, Mama Akua N. Ishangi, Papa Leslie Gray, Baba Chuck Davis, Mama Katunge Mimy, Mama Adwoa Brown, Mama Amy Olatunji, Mama DeBorah Davis-Gray, Baba Montego Joe, Mama Esmerelda Simmons, Mama Madelyn Yayodele Nelson, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye

dancerAdrian Nelson, Akosua Akoto, Alyssa Cloud, Arimaris Cano, Ashley London, Bintou Kouyate, Cachet Ivy, Camille Bailey, Daaimah Taalib-Din, Darian Parker, Denica Abdur-Razzaaq, Dennis Bailey, Desteni Edwards, Diamond Roach, Dijon Lindsey, Elexus Knox, Fatou Gittens, Fofie Akoto, Jadeah Norris, Kishana Flenory, Kourtney Charles, Kyesha Vann, Kyra Johnson, Lauren Miller, Lesina Martin, Nkenge Cunningham, Mamady Sano, Markita Agard, Qahirah Kibler, Melissa Moore, Quynn Johnson, Richard Nixon (Harambee/LaRocque Bey School/Bambara), Monique Code, Rohiratou, Shaniya Hyndman, Shawne' Lee, Monique Lalanne, Naemeah Brown, Thea Grier, Valencia Springer, Nailah Walthour, Natasha Murphy, Kibibi Ajanku, Nayilah Antoine, Malik Camare, Breeyah Dozier, Lindia Dugue, Mama Patricia Dye-Asante, Enyasha Daniel, Khadija George, Cimone Graves, Papa Leslie Gray, Mama DeBorah Davis-Gray, Arisa Ingram, Francie Johnson, Tamara Jolly, Joy Karaimu, Kentaysha Lane, Daryl Lobban, Claudia Lopez, Kamu Mimy, Tseghe Simpson, Aisha Starr, Nyomie Torres, Nakia D. Vieira, James Yarborough, Subuna Mimy, Naliah Walthour

musicianAde Love, Amadou Kouyate, Asase Yaa Musicians, Ayanda Clarke, Brother Ramon Rahman, Diallo Sumbry, Frank W. Malloy III, Frank W. Malloy IV, Jabari Exum, Joe Barnes, Kofi Dankwa Akoto, Kofi Osei Williams, Kweku Akoto, Kwesi Ngoma, Malari Moore, Menes Yahudah, Modou Gueye, Talu Green, Yao Ababio, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye

performerArcell Cabuag, Clarice Young, Francine E. Ott, Joel Sulé Adams, Lilli-Anne Tai, Otis Donovan Herring, Tiffany Quinn

singerAkosua Akoto, Bintou Kouyate, Fofie Akoto, Lesina Martin, Nkenge Cunningham, Quynn Johnson

stage managerBaba N'Goma Woolbright, Brian Westmoreland

stage manager assistantBaba N'Goma Woolbright, Mama Normadien Woolbright

teaching artistKaren Thornton, Abdel R. Salaam, Mama Andara Koumba Rahman

wardrobeRose Mitchell, Elania Lanier