Alternate Title Dance Africa 2011

Production Language English

Country of Origin Cuba, Guinea, Mali

Description Now in its 34th year, DanceAfrica, galvanized by the vision of Artistic Director Chuck Davis, unites dance companies from around the world to celebrate the cultural vitality of Africa and its diaspora. This year, in conjunction with a citywide celebration of Cuban culture and art, BAM welcomes Santiago de Cuba-based Ballet Folklórico Cutumba, masters of the island's vibrant Afro-Cuban and Haitian popular styles. A favorite at the DanceAfrica 2002 celebration, Cutumba returns to BAM with a compelling program infused with the sultry rhythms of the Cuban gagá and son. They will be joined by Kùlú Mèlé African Dance and Drum Ensemble, Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble, and Brooklyn's very own BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble for a program that promises to inspire.

A Memorial Day weekend tradition, DanceAfrica is packed with dance, music, art, film, and community events-plus the one-and-only DanceAfrica outdoor bazaar.
 

Identifier 2011s.01074

VenueOpera House

choreographerBaba Chuck Davis, Danys "La Mora" Perez, Roberto David Linares, Cachet Ivy, Youssouf Koumbassa

companyBambara Drum and Dance Ensemble, Ballet Folklórico Cutumba , Kùlú Mèlé African Dance & Drum Ensemble, BAM/The Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble at the Youth Arts Academy

costume designerRose Mitchell, Elaina Lanier, Simone Knox, Hopie Lyn Burrows, Jeannie Mitchell, Jewel Love

danceafrica elderBaba Lee Abramson, Mama Carol Awolowo, Mama Rahkiah Abdurahman, Baba Yomi Awolowo, Mama Jacqueline Coban Martin, Mama Dr. Lynette White-Mathews, Baba William Mathews, Mama Kumali Abramson, Baba Joseph Placide, Baba Jonathan Robinson, Baba Al Carter, Mama Dr. Doris Green, Mama Pearl White, Mama Akua N. Ishangi, Baba Leslie Gray, Baba Chuck Davis, Mama Katunge Mimy, Mama Rahkiah Abdu Rahman-Eason, Mama Adwoa Brown, Mama DeBorah Davis-Gray, Baba Neil C. Clarke, Mama Amma Oloriwaa Bernard, Mama Esmerelda Simmons, Mama Madelyn Yayodele Nelson, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye, Nakika Boyd, Kimati Dinizulu, Baba Mensah Wali

dancerRachel Acacia Salas Vega, Yordanka Michel Almenares, Juan Carlos Cabrera Borrero, George Castellanos Agüero, Maria de los Angeles Rios Arrate, Sergio Hechavarria Gallardo, Yaneidis González La Valle, Maura Isaac Alvarez, Adrian Limonta Alvarez, Laima Martinez Coello, Elieser Mendoza Pérez, Victor Ramirez Regrifo, Daniele Bourget, Tekeytha Fullwood, Dorothy Gordon Wilkie, Kia Holifield-Wimmer, Cachet Ivy, Bryant Lee, Acacia Reed, Ama Schley, Payin Schley, Edward Smallwood, Renelle Smith, James Wilkie, Fasina Wilkie-Harrison, Tajah Williams, Precious T. Bonaparte, Heike Currie, Toyia Ford, Billy Greene (Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble), Latoya Hall, Yetunde Hatcher, Francie Johnson, Noelani Love, Falosha Martin, Richard Nixon (Harambee/LaRocque Bey School/Bambara), Mathew Pasterisa, Joy Richardson (Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble), Michele Stafford, Erlene Trumpet-McKinney, Kadesha Trumpet, Sherece Walker, Lydia Yearwood, Mohammed Ali (BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble), Joseph Boose, Kourtney Charles, Kishana Flenory, Thea Grier, Tamara Jolly, Noel Kelly, Qahirah Kibler, Elexus Knox, Hassan Mohammad, Adrian Nelson, Jadeah Norris, Diamond Roach, Dayshon Saunders, Nailah Walthour, Deborah Garrett, Nadia Hyppolite, Nicole London, Virna Springer, Johann Bastien, Zawadi Boyce, Dierdre Brock, Femi Brown, Kaisa Brown, Ayodele Cameron, Ariel Campbell, Victoria Chery, Malcolm DosReis, Kiah Dozier, Kerdeem Farrell, Miyah Harris, Brianna Hendley, Shaniya Hyndman, Hadiya Hyppolite, Zaria Jones, Brooke Kennedy, Bria Knox, Simone Knox, Talijha Lezama, Jada Martin-Capers, Kianna McKoy, Leanna Mitchell, Aziza Pope, Annessa Reid, Kimberly Reid, Tianna Smith, Keturah Stephen, Carmella Taitt, Tianna Thomas, Kibibi Ajanku, Malik Camara, Lindia Dugue, Cimone Graves, Kim Holmes, Naima Infinity, Arisa Ingram, Joy Karaimu, Diarra Lansana, Daryl Lobban, Paul Lucas, Kamu Mimy, Subuna Mimy, Aisha Starr, Nakia D. Vieira, James Yarborough, Nyomie Torres, Breeyah Dozier, Shoniah Torres, Colby Myers, Baba Leslie Gray, Sequoia Harris, Mama DeBorah Davis-Gray, Mama Dr. Hanan Hameen-Diop

directorNathea Lee, Nieves de Armas

musical arrangerFrancisco Mora Catlet, Menes Yahudah, Ira Bond

musicianAlbemis Castellanos Echevarria, Rolando Gómez Vinent, Raúl López Ramirez, Genis Manuel Maceda Rodriguez, Ramon Marquez Dominguez, Leonardo Rojas Cobos, Diango Sánchez Cobas, Marino Sánchez Machado, Pastor Santiago Pérez Gil, Ira Bond, Kenneth Fauntleroy, Omar Harrison, Paul Lucas, John Wilkie, Joseph Barnes, Jean-Gemue Charlot, Talu Green, Anwar Ajamu Kedar, Ade Love, John McKinney, Foluso Mimy, Madu Sippada, Andrew Daniels, Dellwyn Gilkes, Stephan Litzsey, Tra-Bi Lizie, Olatunji Tunji, David Williams, Kolipe Camara, Cedric Frank Stevens, Baba Obara Wali Rahman Ndiaye

performerVado Diamonde, BeBe Kouyate

singerRachel Acacia Salas Vega, Yordanka Michel Almenares, Juan Carlos Cabrera Borrero, George Castellanos Agüero, Maria de los Angeles Rios Arrate, Sergio Hechavarria Gallardo, Yaneidis González La Valle, Maura Isaac Alvarez, Adrian Limonta Alvarez, Laima Martinez Coello, Elieser Mendoza Pérez, Victor Ramirez Regrifo, Ramon Marquez Dominguez, Pastor Santiago Pérez Gil, Rafael Cisnero Lescay, Yunia Eni Cisnero Rodriguez, Yamil Derribal Mengana

stage managerBaba N'Goma Woolbright, Stephen Petrilli

teaching artistMama Andara Koumba Rahman, Shaneeka Nicholson