Saturday, September 30, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] 2 Performances & 2 Workshops this weekend

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Dear African Dance & Drum Community,

A reminder that there is too much going on this weekend in African Dance and Drum Arts!

In this email:
1 - Performances TONIGHT & Sunday October 1st
2 - Dance and Drum Workshops both Saturday & Sunday

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1 - African Dance and Music Performances

TONIGHT - An Evening of African Dance & Drum Performances
African Evening at the YWCA - Featuring Rhythms from West Africa and Brazil, with:
Moussa Traore , performing with his drum students and his band Timinandi
Sory Diabate, Aly Diabate and Pape N'Diaye
Capoeira group Mestre Chuvisco

Friday, September 29th, at 8pm, $5.00
At the Cambridge YWCA
7 Temple Street, Central Square, Cambridge

Email ( mateja@mac.com) for more information of visit www.WADaBo.org.

Sunday, October 1st - PanAfrican Concert of Music & Dance
From Africa to the caribbean, immerse yourself in an exciting explosion of
rhythms, styles and inspiriations with drummers, singers and dancers
from Africa, and the Americas and the Caribbean.

Sunday, October 1st at 6:00pm
At MIT Kresge Auditorium
Tickets are $23, students $17

Contact dovi.abbey@gmail.com for information and tickets

2 - Dance and Drum Workshops

Marie Basse - Dance classes (Sabar & Djembe)
Master Dancer and Teahcer Exraordinaire, Marie Basse Wiles
Will teach two master classes in Sengalese Dance:

Saturday, September 30th, 4:30-6:00pm, $12
(Fatou N'Diaye's class)
Master Class in Sengalese Sabar Dance

Sunday, October 1st, 1:30-3:00pm, $12
Master Class in Senegalese Djembe Dance

Both classes are open to all levels and are accomapanied by live drumming.
At The Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Central Square, Cambridge
online at www.DanceComplex.org
For more information on Marie Basse please visit
www.WADaBo.org

Thank you to both Fatou N'Diaye and Pape N'Diaye for facilitating these special workshops.

4 - Aly Diabate - Dundun workshops
Saturday & Sunday, September 30th & October 1st,

Aly Diabate will be in Boston next weekend (September 30th)
and will have two nice, long dundun workshops,

chock full of the best of the best,..Guinea Dundun!
Together with Moussa Traore's djembe classes,
plan for a fun day on this weekend (September 30th and October 1st).

Call Mateja at 617-510-1489 or email ( mateja@mac.com) for more info. Don't miss it.

The classes/workshops will be at Davis Sq. Somerville, next to the Diesel cafe.

If we have more than 12 people we will most likely move it somewhere else
so please do let me know if you are planning to come.

Thursday, September 28, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] This Weekend - Marie Basse, Aly Diabate, Kissema Dioubate, classes & performances!

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,

Once again we are blessed to have a ton of African Dance and Drum events this weekend!!

In this email:
1 - Kissema Dioubate Dance class - Thursday, September 28th
2 - An Evening of African Dance & Drum Performances at Cambridge YWCA - Friday, September 29th
3 - 2 Dance Classes with Marie Basse (Sabar & Djembe) - Saturday & Sunday, September 30th & October 1st
4 - 2 Dundun workshops with Aly Diabate - Saturday & Sunday, September 30th & October 1st

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1 - Kissema Dioubate - Dance Class
Master Dancer and Percussionist, Kissema Dioubate
will be teaching Lamine Toure's Sabar class
this Thursday, September 28th
6:30-8:00pm, $12

At The Dance Complex
536 Mass Ave, Central Square, Cambridge
Visit www.WADaBo.org for more information on Kissema.

2 - An Evening of African Dance & Drum Performances
African Evening at the YWCA - Featuring Rhythms from West Africa and Brazil, with:
Moussa Traore , performing with his drum students and his band Timinandi
Sory Diabate, Aly Diabate and Pape N'Diaye
Capoeira group Mestre Chuvisco

Friday, September 29th, at 8pm
At the Cambridge YWCA
7 Temple Street, Central Square, Cambridge

Email ( mateja@mac.com) for more information.

3 - Marie Basse - Dance classes (Sabar & Djembe)
Master Dancer and Teahcer Exraordinaire, Marie Basse Wiles
Will teach two master classes in Sengalese Dance:

Saturday, September 30th, 4:30-6:00pm, $12
(Fatou N'Diaye's class)
Master Class in Sengalese Sabar Dance

Sunday, October 1st, 1:30-3:00pm, $12
Master Class in Senegalese Djembe Dance

Both classes are open to all levels and are accomapanied by live drumming.
At The Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Central Square, Cambridge
online at www.DanceComplex.org
For more information on Marie Basse please visit
www.WADaBo.org

Thank you to both Fatou N'Diaye and Pape N'Diaye for facilitating these special workshops.

4 - Aly Diabate - Dundun workshops
Saturday & Sunday, September 30th & October 1st,

Aly Diabate will be in Boston next weekend (September 30th)
and will have two nice, long dundun workshops,

chock full of the best of the best,..Guinea Dundun!
Together with Moussa Traore's djembe classes,
plan for a fun day on this weekend (September 30th and October 1st).

Call Mateja at 617-510-1489 or email ( mateja@mac.com) for more info. Don't miss it.

The classes/workshops will be at Davis Sq. Somerville, next to the Diesel cafe.

If we have more than 12 people we will most likely move it somewhere else
so please do let me know if you are planning to come.

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Peace to All and See you all this weekend!

[Wadabo_updates] Bridging the Gulf - Benefit Concert for Katrina Survivors 10/07

Lizz Cannon <lzzcannon@yahoo.com> wrote:

As some of you may know I was one of those pushed out
of New Orleans because of hurricane Katrina. Now back
in Boston I helped organize this show.
Please spread the word.
We have all volunteered so that all of the money can go to
this great group, but without a full house it won't be
a success. Please contact me for any needed
information. Poster of show attached as well to
forward to friends and hang up.
Thank you so much,
Lizz Cannon

BRIDGING THE GULF, a concert of dance and music to
benefit Hurricane Katrina rebuilding efforts in
Mississippi by Turkey Creek Community Initiatives

Date: Saturday, October 7, 2006

Time: 8 pm

Venue: The Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square ,
Somerville , Ma 02144.

Performers: Diane Arvanites-Noya and Tommy Neblett
(Prometheus Dance), Marianne Harkless with Beat Tree,
Bass-Line Motion (Adrienne Hawkins and Larry Roland),
Kathy Hassinger Dance Company, Ballet Rox, Annie
Keating (folk-rock singer whose music has been
featured on WERU, WMBR and others around the country),
Matt Keating (no relation to Annie, folk-rock singer
(photo attached)), Rozann Kraus, Rebecca Rice Dancers,
and featuring two African American, folk singer
songwriters from the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, Erich
Suave Funches and Gigi Hines. Derrick Evans is also
scheduled to speak.

Tickets; Theatre and Ticketmaster

About the Benefit:
Local artists have organized an evening of dance and
music to benefit Turkey Creek Community Initiatives
(TCCI), a non-profit in Mississippi that is resettling
people and promoting a future for them that is
culturally and environmentally sound. Derrick Evans,
the founder and director, was raised in Turkey Creek,
attended Boston College, became a historian, and
taught history in Boston for twenty years. He
returned to Turkey Creek and founded TCCI, see more at
www.turkey-creek.com. CNN says of his work: "Faster
than FEMA, more nimble than the Red Cross, Derrick
Evans doesn't think much about either. All he thinks
about is that ocean of need."

CONTACTS: Lizz Cannon, 508-292-2720, e-mail
lzzcannon@yahoo.com; Kathy Hassinger, 617-965-1569,
e-mail kathyhassinger@verizon.net, and Margo Marado,
617-491-5144, e-mail casaniastudio@aol.com.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Benefit Song Class with Fatou N'Diaye this Sunday 9/24

A Benefit for Sister Fatou N'Diaye

Song Class with Sister Fatou

Sunday, September 24th
10:30am-12:30pm
The White Barn, 20 Dickenson Street
Amherst, MA

Marilyn Middleton & the community of Western Massachusetts
are sponsoring a special event to benefit Sister Fatou N'Diaye.
Come and experience this rare opportunity:
A song class taught by Sister Fatou herself.
The class is $15.00 per student,
additional donations are greatfully accepted.

For more information please contact 617.427.5160 or 617.909.4489
Copy and paste the url below for location map.
Amherst is easily accessible from I 91, about 1&1/4 hours from Boston.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=20%20Dickinson%20St&city=Amherst&state=MA&zipcode=01002%2d2310&country=US&title=%3cb%3e20%20Dickinson%20St%3c%2fb%3e%3cbr%20%2f%3e%20Amherst%2c%20MA%2001002%2d2310%2c%20%20US&cid=lfmaplink2&name=

Monday, September 18, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Master Class with Kissema Dioubate THIS Saturday, 9/23

Kissema Dioubate
will teach Sister Fatou N'Diaye's class on
Saturday, September 23rd at 4:30pm, $12

Master Class in African dance focusing on the dances form Senegal, West Africa. We are fortunate to have Kissema Dioubate visiting the N'Diaye family in the next week all the way from Germany!! Originally from Dakar, Senegal, Kissema is a former member of the Senegalese national dance company, Ballet La Linguire.
Kissema has taught in Boston on many occasions to rave reviews. Don't miss out!

Please see the announcement below for more class information. Sister Fatou is greatful to Kissema for suporting her and we are greatful that Fatou consistantly brings master artists here for us to study with.
We will see you all in class on Saturdays at the Dance Complex!

(Abdoulaye Sylla will teach Sister Fatou's class on Saturday, September 30th)

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African Dance with Sister Fatou N'Diaye

A series of guest teachers, including Abdoulaye Sylla, Kissema Dioubate & more,

will be teaching Fatou N'Diaye's class while she continues to recover from her injuries…

Come out and support Sister Fatou & learn the exquisite dances of Guinea & Senegal, West Africa
from a series of celebrated dance teachers!

Saturdays

4:30-6:00pm

At The Dance Complex

As always, class is $12.00/student

with LIVE accompaniment by master drummers!

536 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA

Central Sq. stop on Red Line / www.DanceComplex.org

WWW.SILIMBO.COM / 617.427.5160 / 617.909.4489 FOR INFORMATION

Sunday, September 17, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] SABAR DANCE W/ PAA SECK this THURSDAY!

This Thursday, master Senegalese dancer & drummer Paa Seck will be
teaching Lamine Toure's sabar dance class. Paa comes from the same
griot family as Lamine, and is currently based in New York. This
will be his first time teaching a class in Boston, so come show your
support!

Date: THURSDAY, SEPT 21
Time: 6:30-8pm
Where: Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Cambridge

After the class, Paa and his brother Moha will be performing as
special guests with Lamine Toure & Group Saloum at Johnny D's.
Boston Afrobeat Society will also be playing, so come out to dance
class, then head over to Johnny D's to dance the rest of the night
away!
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Dance with Sadio Diatta Rosche 9/15 & 9/22

SADIO DIATTA ROSCHE

Will Be Teaching Two Master West African Dance Classes

Friday Sep't. 15 6:00-7:30 P.M. (Fatou-Carol Sylla's class)
Focusing on the Dances of The Casamance Region of Senegal, West Africa

&

Friday Sep't 22 6:00-7:30 P.M. (Fatou-Carol Sylla's class)
A BENEFIT CLASS (with all profits going to her School in Guinea Bissau)

Classes will be held at the DANCE COMPLEX, 536 Mass Ave. Central Sq, Cambridge, $12

Sadio is raising funds for a group of financially challenged youth, who have difficulty entering the public school system in Guinea Bissau, West Africa. She created and continues to direct Goupo Jose Carlos Swharz Shcool of the Arts, which is now five years old and has over 200 students. This is an excellent way to support the betterment of our world's children. Come to class, make a donation or adopt a student.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Abdoulaye Sylla & Kissema Dioubate Dance Classes

Thank you to everyone who came out last Saturday to Fatou N'Diaye's class

to support the first of Abdoulaye Sylla's classes!

This is a reminder that Abdoulaye Sylla will be teaching a series of Sister Fatou N'Diaye's classes while she is still recovering. Come and enjoy the dances of Guinea, West Africa, a somewhat rare opportunity in Boston.

YES, THAT MEANS ABDOULAYE SYLLA'S NEXT CLASS IS

THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH AT 4:30PM, $12

Also, we are fortunate to have Kissema Dioubate visiting the N'Diaye family in the next week all the way from Germany!! Originally from Dakar, Senegal, Kissema is a former member of the Senegalese national dance company, Ballet La Linguire. Kissema has taught in Boston on many occasions to rave reviews. Don't miss out!

Kissema Dioubate will teach Sister Fatou's class on
Saturday, September 23rd at 4:30pm, $12

Please see the announcement below for more class information and Abdoulaye's biography. Sister Fatou is greatful to both Abdoulaye and Kissema for suporting her and we are greatful that Fatou consistantly brings master artists here for us to study with. We will see you all in class on Saturdays at the Dance Complex! This email notice is a revision of the original teaching schedule that Fatou annouced on 09/09.

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African Dance with Sister Fatou N'Diaye

Abdoulaye Sylla

will be teaching Fatou N'Diaye's class while she continues to recover from her injuries…

Come out and support Sister Fatou & learn the exquisite dances of Guinea, West Africa

from one of New England's most celebrated dance teachers!

Saturdays

4:30-6:00pm

At The Dance Complex

As always, class is $12.00/student

with LIVE accompaniment by master drummers!

536 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA

Central Sq. stop on Red Line / www.DanceComplex.org

WWW.SILIMBO.COM / 617.427.5160 / 617.909.4489 FOR INFORMATION

Abdoulaye Sylla was a principal dancer and percussionist with Les Ballets Africains, the national dance troupe of the Republic of Guinea, from 1989 to 1994 and a principal dancer, percussionist, and the director of technique for Les Merveilles D'Afrique, a private folkloric troupe which trains dancers for the national company, from 1986 through 1994. He has performed, toured, and taught traditional dance throughout Africa, Europe, and the United States. His US-based troupe, Fotoba, appeared recently at the benefit concert for Sister Fatou in August with a performance that received rave reviews. Fatou extends her thanks to Abdoulaye for his continued energy and support!

Monday, September 11, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Lamine Toure & Group Saloum 9/21

Don't miss this exciting double bill of African music as Group Saloum shares the stage with Boston Afrobeat Society!

LAMINE TOURE & GROUP SALOUM

and

BOSTON AFROBEAT SOCIETY

at Johnny D's

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 @ 9:00pm

17 Holland St., Somerville (Davis Square)

dinner/table reservations: 617-776-2004

www.johnnyds.ocm

For more info, visit www.laminetoure.com or www.myspace.com/groupsaloum

Lamine Toure & Group Saloum have just been nominated for best "World Music Act" for the 2006 Boston Music Awards! Awards will be decided via online voting until Sept. 22, so to cast your vote, go to:

http://www.nemoboston.com/index.php?PID=47

Thank you in advance for supporting Boston-based African music!

Friday, September 08, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Benefit Song Class with Fatou N'Diaye

A Benefit for Sister Fatou N'Diaye

Song Class with Sister Fatou

Sunday, September 24th
In Amherst, MA

Marilyn Middleton & the community of Western Massachusetts
are sponsoring a special event to benefit Sister Fatou N'Diaye.
Come and experience this rare opportunity:
a song class taught by Sister Fatou herself.
The event will be held in Amherst, MA on Sunday, September 24th.
Time and location TBA, so mark your calendars!

For more information please contact 617.427.5160 or 617.909.4489

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Abdoulaye Sylla Teaches Fatou N'Diaye's class THIS SATURDAY...

African Dance with Sister Fatou N'Diaye

Abdoulaye Sylla

will be teaching Fatou N'Diaye's class while she continues to recover from her injuries…

STARTING THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th!!

Come out and support Sister Fatou & learn the exquisite dances of Guinea, West Africa

from one of New England's most celebrated dance teachers!

Saturdays

4:30-6:00pm

At The Dance Complex

As always, class is $12.00/student

with LIVE accompaniment by master drummers!

536 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA

Central Sq. stop on Red Line / www.DanceComplex.org

WWW.SILIMBO.COM / 617.427.5160 FOR INFORMATION

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Monday, September 18, 2006

(Abdoulaye Sylla will teach Sister Fatou's class on Saturday, September 30th)

African Dance with Sister Fatou N'Diaye

Saturdays

4:30-6:00pm

As always, class is $12.00/student

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Thank you to everyone who came out last Saturday to Fatou N'Diaye's class

to support the first of Abdoulaye Sylla's classes!

This is a reminder that Abdoulaye Sylla will be teaching a series of Sister Fatou N'Diaye's classes while she is still recovering. Come and enjoy the dances of Guinea, West Africa, a somewhat rare opportunity in Boston.

YES, THAT MEANS ABDOULAYE SYLLA'S NEXT CLASS IS

THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH AT 4:30PM, $12

African Dance with Sister Fatou N'Diaye

Saturdays

4:30-6:00pm

As always, class is $12.00/student

Monday, September 11, 2006

Friday, September 08, 2006

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

African Dance with Sister Fatou N'Diaye

Saturdays

4:30-6:00pm

As always, class is $12.00/student

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