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Master Dance & Drum Conference
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Dear African dance & drum community,
"Listening to Famoudou Konate, live or on CD, will make you a better drummer."
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The DrumConnection
PO Box 1311 Arlington, MA 02474-0021
781-316-8068 info@drumconnection.com
http://www.drumconnection.com
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Dear African Dance and Drum Community
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Dear African Dance and Drum Community,
at the LIZARD LOUNGE 1667 Mass. Ave in Cambridge
between Harvard Sq & Porter Sq, $10 COVER
Group Saloum is: Lamine Toure (sabar and lead vocals), Paa Seck
(sabar), Moha Seck (sabar), Michael Lewis (drums), Raja Kassis (lead guitar),
Akili Jamal Haynes (trumpet, percussion and backing vocals), Walid
Zairi (bass), Ben Ricker (keyboards), Kimani Lumsden (percussion), Josiah
Woodson (trumpet, flute and guitar), Iginaijah Maxwell (backing vocals),
John Vanderpool (sax) and Sarah Privler (trombone).
For more info, visit www.laminetoure.com or www.myspace.com/groupsaloum
2 - Beat Tree Dance presents THREEE
June 1st, 2nd & 3rd, Friday & Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 7pm
At The Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Central Sq., Cambridge
Beat Tree Dance presents THREEE, dance from all branches of the beat tree;
featuring new choreography from Venise Battle, Widmine Remy, Marianne Harkless,
Baindu Coomber, Heather Bryce, and Alissa Wilson.
Tickets are $10 in advance, $13.50 at the door, or 2 for $25. Call (617) 750-5931 for
advance tickets or for more information email beattreeconcert@yahoo.com.
Beat Tree Dance, a diverse collaboration between choreographers and dancers,
recognize African dance as the mother and roots of all dance and create new
vocabularies that incorporates elements of contemporary and traditional dance styles
- West African, Hip-hop, Orisha dance, Jazz and Modern. Beat Tree's choreographers
combine their movement with spoken word and live drumming to create a unique theatrical
experience. The choreography and prose of Beat Tree speaks directly to our African
Diaspora cultural history and our immediate experiences.
posted by WADaBo @ 12:23 PM
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Dear African Dance & Drum Community,
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dear sabar enthusiasts
there will be no drum class this saturday may 26 or monday may 28 due
to the holiday weekend
have a great weekend
-Patty
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Hi everyone,
Issa's and Seydou's classes are cancelled for this weekend. Enjoy the holiday!
Jori
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Dear African Dance & Drum Community,
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Greetings!
We at the Ndaje Festival 2007 are pleased to announce that tickets
are now on sale for Boston's 1st Annual African Dance Festival Concert,
Ndaje: It Takes a Village, which will be held on Saturday, June 30, 2007
at 8pm at the Somerville Theatre.
This is a show not to be missed, with choreography by Pape N'Diaye
from the National Ballet of Senegal, and featuring master artists from
various West African national ballets. (Download concert flyer!)
To purchase your tickets now, click here.
Or, visit www.ticketmaster.com/venue/8238 and click on Ndaje: It Takes a Village.
For more festival information, and to join the Ndaje Festival Email List , visit www.papendiaye.com/ndajefestival.
Jerejef!
Pape N'Diaye, Founder
Ndaje Festival 2007
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Master Dance & Drum Conference
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Dear African Dance & Drum Community,
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Dear African Dance & Drum Community,
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New Afro-contemporary classes with Melissa Alexis!!
AFRO-FUSION MODERN DANCE: Saturdays, 5-6:30pm (begins 5/19/07)$12/class
Afro-Fusion Modern Dance is a class that combines the spirit and
technique of West African, Afro-Caribbean, and modern dance styles. After a
soothing yet challenging full body warm-up, we will travel across the floor and
do center work, including choreography. Open to all levels; you are
encouraged to bring your sense of drama and expression to a soulful, fun, high
energy class. Wear comfortable clothing and bare feet (or flat dance
shoes/sneakers).
MOVING MEDITATION THROUGH DANCE: Sundays, 2-3:15pm (begins 5/20/07)$14/class
In Moving Meditation Through Dance, we will enter a peaceful space
where movement will help you release tension and stress and slow the racing
of the mind. We will use different movement methods and genres for the hour
long journey back to Self – Afro-Caribbean and West African dance
forms/for the duality of hot and cool; yoga postures and classical ballet/for the
opening of the joints and stretching and lengthening of muscles. This class is
not just about the technique... Open to all levels; wear comfortable
clothing, and bare feet (or flat dance shoes/sneakers).
**Location**
Joint Ventures Physical Therapy, Kenmore Square 654 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215 Web site: www.jointventurespt.com (there is a picture of the beautiful
studio space located on the 3rd floor)By Train: Green line to Kenmore Sq. stop.
Steps from the stop and close to the Boston University Barnes & Noble Bookstore.
** For any inquiries about the classes,
please contact Melissa at (617) 224-7213 or lifeforcedance@gmail.com. Reserve your
space now via email! Sign up for both classes and pay the opening weekend
rate of $22 for both classes!***
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Issa's drum class and Seydou's dance class will return to regularly scheduled times this week!
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LAMINE TOURE & GROUP SALOUM
SATURDAY, MAY 5th at 4:30pm - 5:30 pm
at the 29th annual Wake Up the Earth Festival
On the Sun Stage at the corner of Lamartine & New Minton Streets
Near the Stony Brook T Station on the Orange Line
in Fabulous Jamaica Plain!
**THIS IS A FREE SHOW**
Enjoy a full day of live music and performances on two stages!
(Rain date is May 12.)
Group Saloum is: Lamine Toure (sabar and lead vocals), Paa Seck
(sabar), Moha Seck (sabar), Michael Lewis (drums), Raja Kassis (lead guitar),
Akili Jamal Haynes (trumpet, percussion and backing vocals), Walid
Zairi (bass), Ben Ricker (keyboards), Kimani Lumsden (percussion), Josiah
Woodson (trumpet, flute and guitar), Iginaijah Maxwell (backing vocals),
John Vanderpool (sax) and Sarah Privler (trombone).
For more info, visit www.laminetoure.com or www.myspace.com/groupsaloum
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Call for drummers to commemorate Richie Goldstein
Our dear friend Richie Goldstein, who has run the junk percussion
program for youth in JP/Roxbury and Dorchester area
for many many years, passed away yesterday. Richie had been battling
cancer for over a year.
Please help us gather together as many drummers as possible as a
commemoration for him and a tribute to the hundreds of youth he has
inspired, supported, and nurtured through his amazing percussion
programs.
Anyone able or willing to help with this can show up and be in the
Wake Up the Earth Parade at 11am (prompt) from the Monument in
Jamaica Plain at the corner of Centre and South Streets - Saturday
May 5th - please tell every drummer you know!
There is also a need for committed drummers who are comfortable with
youth to take shifts running the Junk Percussion area of the
festival, this is something Richie has done for years, playing
rhythms with you throughout the day - please contact Bonnie Rovics at
zenmassage@gmail.com if you'd like to help and i'll put you in touch
with the organizer for junk percussion.
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Rambax MIT presents:COSAAN
An afternoon of traditional Senegalese drumming & simb (lion dance)
Sunday, May 6th, 2007 at 3:00PM -
Free and open to the public!
Featuring master drummer and Rambax co-director Lamine Toure,
with special guests artists:
Paa Seck, Moha Seck, Talla Ngom, Cheikh Ngom, Demba
Sene and Pape N'Diaye,
all master drummers and dancers from Senegal.
Broad Institute Auditorium
7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA.
(on Main St., near Kendall Square)
Sponsored by MIT Music & Theater Arts
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Announcing...
A 6-Week Workshop Series at The Dance Complex
Taught and facilitated by Wyoma
KUUMBA(We are creators)
Until the lion has his own historian…tale of the hunt will always
glorify the hunter.—Ghanaian Proverb
Location: Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Studio 3
Dates: May 3-June 7
Time: Thursdays, 8:15-9:30pm
Cost: $14/class; $84 for full series
Description:
In this 6-week workshop series, facilitated by master dancer and
choreographer Wyoma, we will form a sacred circle for exploring who we
are as creators through African healing dance. African dance is much more
than physical movement—it is a direct way to celebrate life and to create
healing. From the movements of nature, of animals and elements, and
everyday life, the peoples of Africa developed specific dances to summon the
energy of the world around them into their bodies for connection and healing.
Dances and movements of the cycle of life, improvisation, and yogic
techniques are also integrated. As a facilitator of the African healing
dance, Wyoma creates the space and provides the vehicle for spiritual
and emotional healing through the dances of Africa. Participants who would
like to bring instruments are encouraged to do so. Comfortable clothing for
dancing is recommended. No dance experience is necessary—this is the
dance of life.
May 3: Creating space
May 10: Letting go
May 17: Rejoicing
May 24: Pulling in Opposites
May 31: Gathering strength
June 7: Taking action in the world
Please reply to this email with REGISTER in the subject to pre-register
(recommended).
Wyoma is a master dancer and instructor of African traditional and
healing dance. She is also a mind-body consultant utilizing dance therapy. For
over 35 years, she has taught and conducted workshops throughout the US and
internationally.
WYOMA
www.wyomadance.com
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