[Wadabo_updates] DANCE This weekend - Pape N'Diaye & Reynaldo Gonzalez (NO Class!)

Dear African Dance & Music Community
Dance this weekend:
1 - Pape N'Diaye YES! Friday class, NO! Sunday class & Rehearsals begin...
2 - Reynaldo Gonzalez NO! Sunday class

1 - Pape N'Diaye

 PAPE IS TEACHING this FRIDAY, 5/9/08 at the YWCA of Cambridge! But class on Sunday is cancelled due to the holiday. He would like to wish all the mothers a Happy Mother's Day!

Ndaje Festival Concert rehearsals will begin this Friday, May 9th after the dance class from 9-10pm at the Cambridge YWCA. To find out more about the Ndaje Festival 2008, please visit www.papendiaye.com/ndajefestival.

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Pape N'Diaye holds regular African dance classes in djembe and sabar every weekend. Come and sweat with him this Friday and Sunday in Cambridge, MA

Fridays 7:30-9pm Djembe Dance at YWCA of Cambridge, 7 Temple St, Central Sq.

Sundays 1:30-3pm Sabar Dance at the Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Central Sq. 

If you have questions, feel free to call 323-684-8298

Jéréjëf

Pape N'Diaye

www.papendiaye.com

ndiayeartiste@yahoo.com

1 - Reynaldo Gonzalez

There is NO AFRO-CUBAN CLASS THIS SUNDAY, MAY 11TH.

Class will resume next Sunday, May 18th.  Happy Mother's Day!

Class is held every Sunday at the Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Central Sq., Cambridge - www.dancecomplex.org

 

[Wadabo_updates] Upcoming Sabar events!

dear sabar enthusiasts,

get your sabar fix by coming to these exciting, upcoming events!!

THURSDAY, MAY 8 - Sabar dance class w/ Rich Faye! Rich will be
teaching Lamine's class this thursday at the dance complex (6:30-8pm).

SATURDAY, MAY 10 - Rambax MIT - Senegalese Drum Ensemble Spring Show!
8:00pm - Broad Institute Auditorium (7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge --
on Main St., near Legal Seafoods). Free and open to the public!

THURSDAY, MAY 15 - Group Saloum at the Lizard Lounge!
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[Wadabo_updates] Ndaje Festival of African Music and Dance in Boston June 26-29th 2008

NDAJE FESTIVAL
of African Music & Dance
June 26-29th 2008

Thank you to everyone for sending in your votes online for your
favorite African dance and music instructors! We took your advice and
invited the hottest African dance and music artists in the world to
join us this summer for the second annual Ndaje Festival in beautiful
Cambridge, MA June 26-29th, 2008!

NDAJE FESTIVAL 2008 SCHEDULE

Thursday, June 26
6:00-7:30pm Mali Dance - Mohamed "Joh" Camara
7:30-9:00pm Kutiro Dance - Malang Bayo

Friday, June 27
2:30-4:00pm Mali Dance - Djeneba Sako
4:00-5:30pm Guinea Dance - Ismael Kouyate
5:30-7:00pm Djembe Drum - Moussa Traore
5:30-7:00pm Sabar Dance - Marie Basse-Wiles
7:00-8:30pm Kutiro Dance - Ousmane Sall
8:30-10:00pm Guinea Dance - Mouminatou Camara

Saturday, June 28
10:30-12:00pm Guinea Dance - Alseny Soumah
12:00-1:30pm Sabar Dance - Babacar M'Baye
12:00-1:30pm Women's Dun Dun - Mangue Sylla
1:30-3:00pm Guinea Dance - Tenenfig Dioubate

3:00-4:30pm Sabar Dance - Babacar N'Diaye
4:30-6:00pm Sabar Drum - Cheihk Tairou M'Baye
4:30-6:00pm Guinea Dance - Mouminatou Camara

8:00 pm - Ndaje Concert - Artistic Director, Pape N'Diaye
10:00 pm - Doundounba and Sabar Party - Live Music!

Sunday, June 29

10:30-12:00pm Guinea Dance - Youssouf Koumbassa
12:00-1:30pm Sabar Dance - Mariama Basse
1:30-3:00pm Guinea Dance - Alseny Soumah
1:30-3:00pm Casamance Songs - Fatou N'Diaye-Davis
3:00-4:30pm Sabar Dance - Rich Faye
3:00-4:30pm Guinea Drum - Fode Bangoura
4:30-6:00pm Mali Dance - Djeneba Sako
6:00-7:30pm Guinea Dance - Youssouf Koumbassa

About the Festival
The Ndaje Festival 2008 is a fun-filled, four-day Boston event that
invites everyone to come together and celebrate the spirit and
cultures of Africa !

Complete with a live theatrical performance featuring master musicians
and dancers from West Africa and the US, this festival will allow
participants to experience traditional West African drum and dance
classes taught by world renowned artists, taste traditional West
African cuisine and indulge in the variety of authentic African
clothing, crafts and accessories brought by festival vendors!

Ndaje and celebrate with us!
Take advantage of deep discounts! Pre-register online on or before
June 25, 2008!

More Festival information and video clips from the last festival
online at: www.papendiaye.com/ndajefestival!

For more information about West African dance in the Boston area,
please visit www.WADaBo.com!

Questions? Send an email to: ndajefestival@papendiaye.com

Jerejef!
Pape N'Diaye
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[Wadabo_updates] Afro-Cuban class tomorrow will be taught by Lizz Cannon

CHANGE OF PLANS!
Afro-Cuban class tomorrow will be taught by Lizz Cannon.
Rosemarie Roberts is ill.

She will be teaching on Sunday the 11th of May instead from 12:00 to 1:30.
Please pass the word.

Rosamaria Roberts, Dancer, Choreographer and Educator, hails from New
York with Puerto Rican and Cuban roots. Since the age of 5, she has
been moved by the spirit of dance. Winner of the 1997 Ethnic Dance
Award for her commitment to teaching and peforming African diasporic
dance and its history to youth and adults in the U.S. and the Caribbean,
Rosamaria is an interpreter of traditional and folkloric Cuban, Haitian,
Puerto Rican, Congolese and Brazilian dance forms. Her dance and
teaching celebrates the historical, cultural and spiritual richness of
Bantu, Congo, Dahomey and Yoruba peoples found throughout the Caribbean
and African Diaspora. Rosamaria has taught workshops to people of all
ages and performed to diverse audiences at a variety of venues in the
Caribbean and the United States including holistic centers such as
Esalen Institute, Omega Institute and Kripalu Center; institutes of
higher education, including Yale University, Mount Holyoke College,
Howard University and Connecticut Colege; and in urban high schools as a
resident teaching artist through Arts Connection and Working
Playground. She has danced with Richard Gonazalez and Ochumare and
performed as a guest artist with M'Bewe Escobar, Cinque Folkloric Dance
Theater and Maimouna Keita Co. She has also choreographed works for
Retumba, and was an ensemble member for over ten years. Rosamaria
directed Echoes of Brown (2004), a multi-genre performance project
marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling
in Brown v. Board of Educationn, directed and choreographed Sweet
Freedom for El Puente Academy of Peace and Justice, and choreographed
for Common Green/Common Ground, a collaborative performance created by
community gardeners, Bronx River advocates, and NYU Drama and dramatic
writing students. In 2006, Rosamaria co-directed Cultural Traditions
Dance Program at the Jacob's Pillow School which focused on
Afro-Dominican, Afro-Cuban, and Afro-Puerto Rican foikloric dance. She
holds a Ph.D. candidate in Social Psychology and is a Visiting Assistant
Professor of Education at Connecticut College.

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[Wadabo_updates] Habib Koite // Providence // May 7

If you miss Habib Koite in Somerville on Saturday night, head down to
Providence for his show.
Bad news = you have to drive a little bit.
GREAT News = Lupo's has TONS of danceable space for the audience!!

Wednesday, May 7

The King of the Sahel - Habib Koite is Back!

Concert to Benefit Providence-based
Global Alliance to Immunize Against AIDS (GAIA)
http://www.GAIAVaccine.org

Tickets: $35
$20 for Under 18
Doors 6:30 pm | Show 7:30 pm
http://www.lupos.com/
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[Wadabo_updates] Joh Camara to Teach Fatou's Class This Saturday

A quick note:
Joh Camara will be teaching Fatou N'Diaye's class this Saturday (May 3)
Where: Dance Complex
When: 4:30 - 6 pm

Also, please remember to come out for Fatou N'Diaye's Community Show this Sunday, May 4th! It will be a wonderful show with many new and familiar
faces on stage. It is a wonderful chance to support the diversity and energy in our community.

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[Wadabo_updates] Afro-Cuban class with guest teacher Rosamaria Roberts

Announcing a special Afro-Cuban class with guest teacher Rosamaria Roberts at the  Dance Complex this Sunday May 4th from 12 noon to 1:30, $12. Pass the word!

Rosamaria Roberts, Dancer, Choreographer and Educator, hails from New York with Puerto Rican and Cuban roots.  Since the age of 5, she has been moved by the spirit of dance.  Winner of the 1997 Ethnic Dance Award for her commitment to teaching and peforming African diasporic dance and its history to youth and adults in the U.S. and the Caribbean, Rosamaria is an interpreter of traditional and folkloric Cuban, Haitian, Puerto Rican, Congolese and Brazilian dance forms. Rosamaria has taught at a variety of venues in the Caribbean and the United States including Yale University, Mount Holyoke College, Howard University and Connecticut Colege; and in urban high schools as a resident teaching artist through Arts Connection and Working Playground.  She has danced with Richard Gonazalez and Ochumare and performed as a guest artist with M'Bewe Escobar, Cinque Folkloric Dance Theater and Maimouna Keita Co. She has also choreographed works for Retumba, and was an ensemble member for over ten years. Rosamaria directed Echoes of Brown (2004), a multi-genre performance project marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, directed and choreographed Sweet Freedom for El Puente Academy of Peace and Justice, and choreographed for Common Green/Common Ground, a collaborative performance created by community gardeners, Bronx River advocates, and NYU Drama and dramatic writing students. In 2006, Rosamaria co-directed Cultural Traditions Dance Program at the Jacob's Pillow School which focused on  Afro-Dominican, Afro-Cuban, and Afro-Puerto Rican folkloric dance.  She holds a Ph.D. candidate in Social Psychology and is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Education at Connecticut College.

[Wadabo_updates] Fatou N'Diaye Presents A Special Collaborative Performance - Sunday May 4th

Fatou N'Diaye Presents:
GET Together!
An Evening of West African Music and Dance:
A Student Showcase

An evening of powerful West African dance, music and song.
Created by an array of talented choreographers, rehearsed by dedicated
students and directed by a visionary artist.
We invite you to come enjoy this unique showcase!

When: Sunday, May 4th, 7pm
Where: Julie Ince Thompson Theatre, Dance Complex (536 Mass Ave,
Central Sq, Cambridge, MA)
Tickets: $15 Adults/$8 Kids
Reservation Information: Fatou N'Diaye - 617.427.5160 or 857.492.1424
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[Wadabo_updates] BENEFIT: JANBE dance program for Haitan children

BENEFIT FOR JANBE: BRIDGES TO HAITI
bringing dance education to the children of Haiti
April 25th 6-8pm Beacon Hill

Dear Friends,
Please join us for an informational gathering for JANBE: Bridges to
Haiti, a Boston-based organization that offers intensive dance
workshops to young Haitian students every summer.

We are a year old not-for-profit organization and are raising funds to
support our month-long workshop this summer in Port-au-Prince (July
7th-August 3rd). All money raised will go to cover costs of the
program: the rental of studio space; the lunch program; the costs of
hiring musicians for the classes. No teacher receives any salary or
compensation. We teach modern dance techniques as well as traditional
Haitian dance, and were so successful last summer that JANBE's work
was featured prominently in the oldest Haitian newspaper, Le
Nouvelliste.

We hope you can come to this gathering at the Museum of
African-American History on Beacon Hill from 6-8PM on April 25, where
we will show video footage of our work last summer as we eat and drink
and answer your questions about our work in Haiti. The recommended
donation is a $50 minimum to attend the informational event. If you
cannot make it to the gathering, we hope you can make a contribution
in any amount.

If you are planning to attend, please RSVP so that we can send you
directions and parking information:
imagecroix@yahoo.com
If you cannot make it and want to contribute: please make the check
payable to JANBE and mail it to 13 Highland Avenue #3, Roxbury, MA
02119.

We thank you very much for considering this request, and invite you to
visit our website for more information: www.janbe.org
All the best wishes,
Jean Appolon
Co-founder and director of JANBE
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[Wadabo_updates] NO PROVIDENCE CLASSES FOR 2 WEEKS

Hi all,

Just a reminder there is NO CLASS this Sunday or the following Sunday (April 19, 26). See you May 3 for drumming at 11 and dance 12-1:30.

Jori

[Wadabo_updates] Special Class TODAY! Sing Sing Faye Family Teaches Fatou N'Diaye's Class!

Late notice I know, but there is a wonderful class today (Saturday,
the 12th of April)

Special Sabar Dance Class
with
The Faye family of Senegal

This is a special opportunity to experience the Géwël Tradition of the
famous Sing Sing family, directly from Dakar, Senegal. The dance class
will be taught by Aziz Faye, a dancer with few equals who has taught
and performed all over the United States. He will be accompanied by
Moustapha Faye, one of the most knowledgeable and skilled drummers in
Dakar today he has played for the Daniel Serano National Theater and
Studio 2000 in Dakar; and Malick Ngom, one of the most talented
drummers of his generation in Dakar he is the lead drummer for the
Sing Sing Juniors Sabar Drum and Dance Ensemble

Saturday, April 12, 2008
Fatou Ndiaye's Class
The Dance Complex
4:30-6:00
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