Alternate Title Dance Africa 1983

Production Language English

Country of Origin United States, Mali, Ethiopia

Description The 1983 DanceAfrica festival brought the return of Dinizulu, as well as the Art of Black Dance and Music. The Calabash Dance Theatre and the International Afrikan-American Ballet, both introduced in the previous year’s festival, also returned. This was the year that introduced both the Women of the Calabash and the Berenice Johnson Cultural Center Children’s Dance Group.  
 

Identifier 1983s.00340

VenueOpera House

choreographerBaba Chuck Davis, Nana Yao Opare Dinizulu, Ayanna Frederick, Marion Cooper, Jr., John Blandford, Rhonda Morman, Thuli Dumakude, Wilhelmena Taylor, Welcome Msomi, Mama Madelyn Yayodele Nelson

companyDinizulu and his African Dancers, Drummers and Singers, International Afrikan-American Ballet, Calabash Dance Theatre, Women of the Calabash, Touch of Folklore and More, Izulu Dance Theatre, Berenice Johnson Cultural Center Children's Dance Group, The Art of Black Dance and Music, Chuck Davis Dance Company

composerOlukose Wiles, Walter Ince, Baba Neil C. Clarke

consultantMama Adwoa Brown, Randall Alston

costume designerCarol Fredericks, John Blandford, Rhonda Morman, Olukose Wiles, Tamu Freeland, Louis Soaries, Amirah Shahid & Co, Barbara Linton, Abdel R. Salaam, Sister Paulette, Jackie Wiler

dance captain/répétiteurRobin Ross, Robert Turner, Rhonda Morman, John Blandford, Jabu Butler, Jewel Love, Lydia Kekere Bivens, Michele Davis

dancerKeino Anderson, Mama Adwoa Brown, Wavenie Best, Akousa Brown, Tanisha Ama Brown, Ruth Butler, Fela Cameron, Marion Cooper, Jr., Junnie Davidson, Ayanna Frederick, Michael Hines, Gail Johnson, Floyd Lindsey, Maxine Meerey, Natiki Hope Montano, Wanda Ortiz, Elaine Peterson, Robin Ross, Robert Turner, Barbara Woods, Roslyn Woods, Afua Ababio, Baakan Dente, Esi-Ayisi Dinizulu, Yaa Yaa Kumi, Akua Kyerewaa, Ewje Nkosi, Ayite Nkromah, Badu Nkromah, Serwaa Nsiaa, Okomfo Nyo, Adzua D. Opare, Lorenzo Popcorn Anderson, LaVerne Anduze, John Blandford, Dafina Buyu, Jackie Corley, Keturah Nubyan, Judy Edwards, Donna Gilliam, Raleigh Hall, Gregory Ince, Lauren Dunner Ince, Zenobia Kierstedt, Kenneth Johnson, Rhonda Morman, Pmani Peterson, Amaniyé Payne, Debbie Swinton, Willie B. Tolbert, Tiyika Tonge, Crystal Warner, Arlene Warren, Joann Aisha Watson, Clyde Wilder, Olori Wiles, Olukose Wiles, Joe Williams, Sunshine Allison, Jabu Butler, Thuli Dumakude, Patricia Gittens, Avella Greenridge, Debinka Karmien, Malika Karmien, Majida Killibrew, Latrice Levine, Yua Levine, Melvyn Louis, Ronnie Monroe, Deborah Nance, Duma Ndlovu, Deborah Pearl, Fayetta Pusey, Adefumni Saeib, Wasima Shahid, Lunguile Soaries, Aquah Tcherby, Akilah Wright, Darcel Abel, Pam Bellamy, Lydia Kekere Bivens, Vera Clark, Crystal Harrison, Jewel Love, Wilhelmena Taylor, Evelyn Flouretta Waltrous, Makeda Webster, Mama Ghizamboule Patricia Robinson

executive directorNana Yao Opare Dinizulu, Maxine McCrey

lighting designerYao Odum Opare, Sauti Wills, Kathy A Perkins, Kathy A. Perkins

musical directorObatiye Spells, Olukose Wiles, Baba Chief Bey

musicianBaba Chief Bey, Tiyé Giraud, Therese Folkes-Plair, Nana Yao Opare Dinizulu, Abiodun McCrea, Randall Alston, Joel Berryhill, III, Senghor Ato Frederick, James Sepyo, Obatiye Spells, Kwesi Agyamen, Kweyao Agyapon, Asante Bediako, Amartey Dente, Mensa Dente Botwe Sawyer, Kimati Dinizulu, Kwesi Mantey, Kofi Nkromah, Kwame Nyako, Baby Yao, Ayanda Clarke, Baba Neil C. Clarke, Raleigh Hall, Gregory Ince, Walter Ince, Michael Malik Norwood, Obayana Olumide, Olukose Wiles, Karim Brathwaite, Kehinde Donaldson, Raymond Graham, Balogun Love, Moses Turner

photographerEdward P. Montano, Manso Bruce, Terry Musa

producer assistant/associateLaVerne Anduze, Jackie Corley

production assistant/coordinatorGail Johnson, Donna Gilliam, Mahmoudah Ali, Rosann Muller

set designer/decorJames Sepyo, John Blandford, Oswald Simmonds, Jr., Devere Ince

speakerBro. Gerald Daniels, Amadoma Bediako